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Alfonso De Gregorio is a globally recognised cybersecurity technologist, award-winning research artist, and strategic policy advisor. He has spoken at 25+ peer-reviewed int'l events across 5 continents, such as NATO Conference on Cyber Conflict, RSAC, and the leading hacker events. High-performance organisations engage him to spearhead relentless innovation across disciplines and fields, accelerate asymmetric advantage, and achieve peak confidence in today's interconnected operational environment—establishing Alfonso as a key figure shaping the discussion and practice of cybersecurity.Today he is Founding Director and Principal Investigator at Pwnshow, an interdisciplinary research agency investigating critical cybersecurity challenges at the complex technology-society nexus; CEO at Zeronomicon, a premium zero-day vulnerability acquisition platform; and, Member of the ETSI TC SAI (Securing AI), where he works towards ensuring the technical standards underpinning the EU AI Act are practical, effective, and innovation-friendly. At the forefront of the AI governance debate, his current work focuses on the dual-use dilemma of open-weight AI and how the proliferation of powerful models impacts the cyber threat landscape. Active in the legislative and standardization trenches as much as at the terminal prompt, he provided expert technical consultation to the European Commission regarding the EU AI Act. He successfully advocated for the "substantial modification" clauses in the GPAI Code of Practice, protecting open model developers from undue liability.

A motivated individual always up for breaking stuff ! Currently working as a Red Team Security Consultant with a focus on penetration testing and security assessments for Web, Mobile, API, OT, and Network environments. I have experience leading 150+ security assessments, working with vendors from various industries such as government agencies, private organizations, healthcare, crypto, finance, retail, education, and many more to identify vulnerabilities and improve their overall security and help organizations strengthen their defenses against potential threats.In addition to my professional work, I’m an active bug bounty hunter on platforms like Bugcrowd and Synack. I’ve earned recognition in 70+ Hall of Fame lists, including those of Microsoft, Apple, Google, Zoom, Okta, Canva, Indeed, Atlassian, Dell, and many more. Helping organizations strengthen their security by identifying vulnerabilities and contributing to their overall cybersecurity efforts.Constantly learning, always hacking, I thrive on offensive security challenges and take pride in discovering the unknown before attackers do.

I have spoken at multiple international cybersecurity conferences and platforms, addressing both deeply technical audiences and early-career practitioners, with topics spanning AI security, detection engineering, and modern SOC evolution. At NDC Security 2026 Oslo, I shall deliver “Who Gave the Agent Admin Rights?! Securing Cloud & AI Machine Identities”, where I'll examine non-human identities, AI agents, and the emerging risks of autonomous privilege, focusing on governance, detection, and containment strategies in cloud environments. At BSides Pittsburgh and BSides Krakow, as well as at the Silicon Saxony Day (19th edition), I presented “Enhancing Open-Source IDS & SIEM Solutions into AI-Enabled XDR & SOAR Solutions in Cloud Environments”, focusing on extending open-source detection stacks with automation, ML-driven enrichment, and response orchestration to build scalable, analyst-effective security operations. In contrast, my session at BSides Buffalo, “From Curiosity to Cybersecurity: A Practical Guide to Getting Started and Standing Out”, was designed for students and early professionals, offering actionable guidance on skill-building, differentiation, and navigating cybersecurity careers. Beyond conferences, I have appeared on the Distilled Security Podcast, where I discussed how deploying specialised, small language models locally can significantly improve efficiency, reduce operational friction, and make AI-assisted security workflows more practical and trustworthy.

Christian Herrmann – RFID Hacker | Co-Founder of AuroraSec & RRG | MCPD Enterprise ArchitectChristian Herrmann, better known in the hacker community as “Iceman”, is a co-founder ofAuroraSec and RRG, and has helped develop many of today’s most widely used RFIDresearch tools, including the Proxmark3 RDV4 and the Chameleon Mini. He is a well-knownRFID hacking and Proxmark3 evangelist, serving the community as both a forumadministrator and a major code contributor alongside other developers since 2013.Christian has spoken at hacker conferences around the world, including Troopers, Black HatAsia, DEF CON, Hardwear IO, SSTIC, NullCon, Pass-the-Salt, BSides Tallinn, BlackAlps, and SaintCon. He also runs a YouTube channel where he shares his knowledge of RFID hacking with the public.With over 14 years of experience in bespoke software development, Christian specializes in.NET platforms and is a Certified MCPD Enterprise Architect.He possesses near-unmatched expertise in the Proxmark3 architecture and various RFIDtechnologies, and has served as an instructor for Red Team Alliance (RTA), including trainingsessions at Black Hat.

Dustin Heywood, otherwise known as EvilMog has been in the Cybersecurity Industry for close to 2 decades. He is an Executive Managing Hacker and Senior Technical Staff Member for IBM X-Force, a member of "Team Hashcat", and a Bishop of the "Church of Wifi".EvilMog is a world champion Hacker Jeopardy Player, and a holder of multiple "Black Badges" including DEFCON, THOTCON, and CypherCon.

I spoke at about a dozen conferences so far, mostly always about Software Supply Chain Security / Application Security. I am a regular guest on several podcasts on the same topic as well. I spoke in front of small (a few dozen) and large audiences (several hundreds) both locally and internationally (North America and Western Europe). I spoke at BlackHat SecTor, OWASP Global AppSec, NorthSec, Linux Foundation's OpenSSF event, Munich Cyber TTP, etc.

Niek brings over 10 years of expertise to the device security field. With a background in System and Network Engineering and an intrinsic interest, he's able to digest the complexities of device security efficiently.He shared his research with the community at various security and academic conferences, as well as journals, such as Black Hat, Bluehat, Usenix WOOT, hardwear.io, FDTC and PoC||GTFO.He gave trainings at HITB, hardwear.io and Ringzer0.