Industry Events
In-depth guides and analysis on industry events from the Safeguard engineering team.
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Where Defenders Should Be: The H2 2026 Cybersecurity Conference Calendar
A preview of the major H2 2026 security events — Black Hat USA, DEF CON 34, USENIX Security — and the agentic AI security and supply chain themes that will dominate the agendas.
Hacker Summer Camp 2026 Survival Guide: OPSEC for Black Hat, DEF CON 34 and BSides
A practical, opinionated field guide to surviving Hacker Summer Camp in Las Vegas this August — device hygiene, network OPSEC, talk selection, and pacing — with a preview of the AI agent and supply chain themes likely to dominate the floor.
Black Hat Arsenal 2026 Preview: The Agentic AI and Supply-Chain Tools to Watch
Black Hat USA 2026 runs August 1–6 at Mandalay Bay, with Arsenal August 4–6. Here is an honest preview of the open-source tool categories worth your time — and how to tell signal from demo-day hype.
DEF CON 34 Preview: Agentic AI Security Takes Center Stage at Hacker Summer Camp
DEF CON 34 lands in Las Vegas August 6-9, 2026 under the theme 'Agency' — a deliberate nod to agentic AI. Here is what to watch, why it matters, and how to prepare before you board the plane.
Black Hat USA 2026 Preview: Agentic AI Security Takes Mandalay Bay
A preview of Black Hat USA 2026 at Mandalay Bay, Aug 1-6. Why agentic AI security, the software supply chain, and post-quantum readiness are the threads to watch before the briefings begin.
Infosecurity Europe 2026's Cyber Startup Programme: A New Pipeline for Early-Stage Security
Infosecurity Europe debuted a Cyber Startup Programme, a live-pitch Startup Award, and a dedicated Cyber Startups Zone in June 2026. Here is what it actually delivered for early-stage founders working on agentic AI security and software supply chain risk.
Agentic AI Security Took Center Stage: The OWASP GenAI Summit at Infosecurity Europe 2026
OWASP's first dedicated GenAI Security Summit at Infosecurity Europe put agentic AI security front and center, unveiling an Agentic Research Council and a maturity framework. Here's what actually mattered.
Infosecurity Europe 2026 Recap: Agentic AI Security Owned the Floor at ExCeL London
Agentic AI, post-quantum cryptography, and ransomware economics dominated Infosecurity Europe 2026. Here is what actually mattered on the floor at ExCeL London, and what was hype.
Gartner SRM Summit 2026 Recap: Agentic AI Security and the Post-Quantum Clock
Gartner's Security & Risk Management Summit landed on four forces every security leader now has to navigate. Two of them — agentic AI security and the post-quantum world — dominated the room. Here's our honest read on what mattered.
RSAC 2026 Floor Report: Agentic AI Security, Platformization, and the Consolidation Debate
What the Moscone show floor actually said about platformization vs. best-of-breed, data sovereignty, and how agentic AI security rewrote the enterprise buying conversation at RSAC 2026.
Agentic AI Security Owned RSAC 2026: Innovation Sandbox, Launch Pad, and the Startups Worth Watching
Geordie AI won the RSAC 2026 Innovation Sandbox with an agentic AI security pitch, and nearly every finalist leaned on AI. Here is an honest recap of the contest, Launch Pad, and the Cryptographers' Panel — and what the signal actually means.
RSAC 2026's Five Most Dangerous Attack Techniques: Every One Now Runs on AI
For the first time in the history of the SANS keynote, all five of the most dangerous new attack techniques carry an AI dimension — from AI-generated zero-days to your vendor's vendor's vendor. Here's the honest breakdown, plus what defenders should actually do.