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CYPHERCON

Wisconsin’s largest technology conference

Technology, AI, Security, Hacking — and everything in between

Wisconsin’s largest technology conference

2025 Keynotes

KEYNOTE: Cyber-War: The New Mindsets Needed to Survive and Thrive

KEYNOTE: Cyber-War: The New Mindsets Needed to Survive and Thrive

KEYNOTE: Cyber-War: The New Mindsets Needed to Survive and Thrive

Sheldon Cuffie

KEYNOTE: IC (What you Did There): Managing a Career While Staying out of Management

KEYNOTE: IC (What you Did There): Managing a Career While Staying out of Management

KEYNOTE: IC (What you Did There): Managing a Career While Staying out of Management

Johnny Xmas

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CypherCon is Wisconsin’s premier technology and hacker conference, bringing together cybersecurity professionals, tech enthusiasts, and innovators to share knowledge and explore cutting-edge ideas. With engaging keynotes, interactive workshops, and creative challenges, it fosters a collaborative and vibrant community.

What

Wisconsin’s largest technology conference, an event with over 125 technology, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, and privacy presentations.

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When

March 30/31: Training
April 1/2: CypherCon
April 3: BSidesMKE

Where

Baird Center
400 W Wisconsin Ave
Milwaukee, WI 53203

Presentations

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Aerospace Application Security (AppSec) Artificial Intelligence (AI) Automotive Biohacking Blue Team Careers Cloud Cold War Cryptocurrency Databases Encryption & Cyphers Executive Forensics Game Hacking Hacker Culture & Music Hacking 101 Hardware & Soldering Healthcare ICS Incident Response Internet of Things (IoT) Locks & Safes Malware Mobile Open Source Password Cracking Privacy Red Team Risk Social Engineering Threat Intelligence Vintage Hacking Wireless

Firewalls and Fire Alarms: What to Do When Your Best Defenses Go Up in Smoke

Firewalls and Fire Alarms: What to Do When Your Best Defenses Go Up in Smoke

Firewalls and Fire Alarms: What to Do When Your Best Defenses Go Up in Smoke

Dr. Catherine J. Ullman

Purple Teaming and Securing our Future Today

Purple Teaming and Securing our Future Today

Purple Teaming and Securing our Future Today

Chriss Hansen

Why AI-powered Cybersecurity is Required to Confront the Rise of AI-powered Cyber Threats

Why AI-powered Cybersecurity is Required to Confront the Rise of AI-powered Cyber Threats

Why AI-powered Cybersecurity is Required to Confront the Rise of AI-powered Cyber Threats

Nicole Carignan

KEYNOTE: IC (What you Did There): Managing a Career While Staying out of Management

KEYNOTE: IC (What you Did There): Managing a Career While Staying out of Management

KEYNOTE: IC (What you Did There): Managing a Career While Staying out of Management

Johnny Xmas

Optimal Offensive Security Programs

Optimal Offensive Security Programs

Optimal Offensive Security Programs

Phillip Wylie

Critical Controls Unleashed: The Power Moves for Proactive Cybersecurity

Critical Controls Unleashed: The Power Moves for Proactive Cybersecurity

Critical Controls Unleashed: The Power Moves for Proactive Cybersecurity

Aaron Hurt

The Brain Cypher: Hacking Your Freestyle Rap Flow

The Brain Cypher: Hacking Your Freestyle Rap Flow

The Brain Cypher: Hacking Your Freestyle Rap Flow

Thug Shells

Please Keep Your Bait-and-Switch Business Practices, Export Restrictions, and Customs Shipping Delays Off My Incunable

Please Keep Your Bait-and-Switch Business Practices, Export Restrictions, and Customs Shipping Delays Off My Incunable

Please Keep Your Bait-and-Switch Business Practices, Export Restrictions, and Customs Shipping Delays Off My Incunable

Ed Skoudis

The Electromagnetic Fault in Our Capacitars

The Electromagnetic Fault in Our Capacitars

The Electromagnetic Fault in Our Capacitars

Will McCardell

Building the Ultimate Budget-Friendly Low Earth Orbit Satellite Ground Station

Building the Ultimate Budget-Friendly Low Earth Orbit Satellite Ground Station

Building the Ultimate Budget-Friendly Low Earth Orbit Satellite Ground Station

Victor Fernandez Minguillon

Nobody Gives A Shit about Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC)

Nobody Gives A Shit about Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC)

Nobody Gives A Shit about Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC)

Allie Zagrodnik

Hashcat Password Cracking Methodologies

Hashcat Password Cracking Methodologies

Hashcat Password Cracking Methodologies

Dustin Heywood / EvilMog

Hardware hacking a cheap IP camera (and how they could’ve made it more secure)

Hardware hacking a cheap IP camera (and how they could’ve made it more secure)

Hardware hacking a cheap IP camera (and how they could’ve made it more secure)

Matthew Brugman

How do you eat an Elephant? Byte by Byte!

How do you eat an Elephant? Byte by Byte!

How do you eat an Elephant? Byte by Byte!

Mike Kavka / Shecky

CyberBurn – The lessons you never learned in school about navigating your career in the corporate world as a cyber professional.

CyberBurn – The lessons you never learned in school about navigating your career in the corporate world as a cyber professional.

CyberBurn – The lessons you never learned in school about navigating your career in the corporate world as a cyber professional.

Mike Kuzminski

Infiltration and Betrayal: When Trusted Software Turns Rogue

Infiltration and Betrayal: When Trusted Software Turns Rogue

Infiltration and Betrayal: When Trusted Software Turns Rogue

Andy Lewis

Attention Takeover: Leveraging Hacker Infamy to Make Yourself a Trusted Resource

Attention Takeover: Leveraging Hacker Infamy to Make Yourself a Trusted Resource

Attention Takeover: Leveraging Hacker Infamy to Make Yourself a Trusted Resource

Brad Wagner

How a Broken Popsicle Stick Becomes Network Security: Tales from the CX side of Tech

How a Broken Popsicle Stick Becomes Network Security: Tales from the CX side of Tech

How a Broken Popsicle Stick Becomes Network Security: Tales from the CX side of Tech

Aaron Lee

A Little Help From My Friends

A Little Help From My Friends

A Little Help From My Friends

Michael Aguilar (v3ga)

Dissecting the Evil Bit

Dissecting the Evil Bit

Dissecting the Evil Bit

Owen Pryga

Surviving the Robot Apocalypse 2: Dawn of the Rise of the LLMs

Surviving the Robot Apocalypse 2: Dawn of the Rise of the LLMs

Surviving the Robot Apocalypse 2: Dawn of the Rise of the LLMs

Wolfgang Goerlich

Metric Ton of BS: How Vendors are Selling You Bad Metrics

Metric Ton of BS: How Vendors are Selling You Bad Metrics

Metric Ton of BS: How Vendors are Selling You Bad Metrics

Jack "0DDJ0BB" Hatwick

Is AI Safety an illusion?

Is AI Safety an illusion?

Is AI Safety an illusion?

Roman Eng

Cybersecurity Competitions: From Friendly Fire to Live Fire

Cybersecurity Competitions: From Friendly Fire to Live Fire

Cybersecurity Competitions: From Friendly Fire to Live Fire

Jim Schultz & Mark Krzyszkowski

Where’s the Money: Defeating ATM Disk Encryption

Where’s the Money: Defeating ATM Disk Encryption

Where’s the Money: Defeating ATM Disk Encryption

Matt Burch

Please tell me you’re thinking about API Security!

Please tell me you’re thinking about API Security!

Please tell me you’re thinking about API Security!

Dan Barahona

Intro to Badge Hacking: Essential Tools and Techniques for Embedded Device Testing

Intro to Badge Hacking: Essential Tools and Techniques for Embedded Device Testing

Intro to Badge Hacking: Essential Tools and Techniques for Embedded Device Testing

Kevin Bong

A Treasure Trove of Failures – What History’s Greatest Heist Can Teach Us About Defense In Depth

A Treasure Trove of Failures – What History’s Greatest Heist Can Teach Us About Defense In Depth

A Treasure Trove of Failures – What History’s Greatest Heist Can Teach Us About Defense In Depth

Pete Stegemeyer

Build Your Personal Brand: Unlock Career Growth

Build Your Personal Brand: Unlock Career Growth

Build Your Personal Brand: Unlock Career Growth

Terra L Fletcher

Inside Social Engineering with Eddie Miro

Inside Social Engineering with Eddie Miro

Inside Social Engineering with Eddie Miro

Eddie Miro

How to hack a cloud production environment with external Terraform manipulation

How to hack a cloud production environment with external Terraform manipulation

How to hack a cloud production environment with external Terraform manipulation

Uri Aronovici

What we’ve learned about building secure AI products

What we’ve learned about building secure AI products

What we’ve learned about building secure AI products

Nathan Lasnoski

Weird Ways to DA

Weird Ways to DA

Weird Ways to DA

Nicholas Anastasi

Controlling Developers Minds Through First Principle and Engineering Models

Controlling Developers Minds Through First Principle and Engineering Models

Controlling Developers Minds Through First Principle and Engineering Models

Alton Crossley

Where are all the young hackers? They’re speedrunners hacking games, and really smart

Where are all the young hackers? They’re speedrunners hacking games, and really smart

Where are all the young hackers? They’re speedrunners hacking games, and really smart

Josh Bressers

Kali Nethunter: The Power of Pen Testing in Your Pocket

Kali Nethunter: The Power of Pen Testing in Your Pocket

Kali Nethunter: The Power of Pen Testing in Your Pocket

Brayden Houston

Building Your IT Security Department

Building Your IT Security Department

Building Your IT Security Department

Seth Ott

Talking to Satellites with a Measuring Tape

Talking to Satellites with a Measuring Tape

Talking to Satellites with a Measuring Tape

Eric Escobar

Take back our data! (Giving users the privacy they deserve)

Take back our data! (Giving users the privacy they deserve)

Take back our data! (Giving users the privacy they deserve)

Katelyn Bowden & Christien Rioux

Overcoming Stupid Salesperson Tricks and CISO Evasion Techniques

Overcoming Stupid Salesperson Tricks and CISO Evasion Techniques

Overcoming Stupid Salesperson Tricks and CISO Evasion Techniques

Alyssa Miller & Ben Ten Pas

Practical Protocol Hacking: CypherCon 2024 Badge

Practical Protocol Hacking: CypherCon 2024 Badge

Practical Protocol Hacking: CypherCon 2024 Badge

Luciano Moretti

Versus Killnet

Alex Holden

Systems of Dehumanization: The Digital Frontlines of the War on Bodily Autonomy

Systems of Dehumanization: The Digital Frontlines of the War on Bodily Autonomy

Systems of Dehumanization: The Digital Frontlines of the War on Bodily Autonomy

Daly Barnett

10nd Annual Nerd Trivia

10nd Annual Nerd Trivia

10nd Annual Nerd Trivia

ESP32-Gattacker: Bluetooth Low Energy MITM for the Masses

ESP32-Gattacker: Bluetooth Low Energy MITM for the Masses

ESP32-Gattacker: Bluetooth Low Energy MITM for the Masses

Tyler Grant

Deployment and Management in the Age of Al (GenAl)

Deployment and Management in the Age of Al (GenAl)

Deployment and Management in the Age of Al (GenAl)

George Wang

White Hat Business Process Hacking

White Hat Business Process Hacking

White Hat Business Process Hacking

Matt Meis

Building Testing Dropboxes

Building Testing Dropboxes

Building Testing Dropboxes

Chris Carlis

The Hacker Mindset: Unlocking the Next Generation of Hackers

The Hacker Mindset: Unlocking the Next Generation of Hackers

The Hacker Mindset: Unlocking the Next Generation of Hackers

Garrett Gee

So… You want to build your own hacking device…

So… You want to build your own hacking device…

So… You want to build your own hacking device…

Alex Thines

KEYNOTE: Cyber-War: The New Mindsets Needed to Survive and Thrive

KEYNOTE: Cyber-War: The New Mindsets Needed to Survive and Thrive

KEYNOTE: Cyber-War: The New Mindsets Needed to Survive and Thrive

Sheldon Cuffie

Meshtastic Attacktastic

Meshtastic Attacktastic

Meshtastic Attacktastic

Dave "Heal" Schwartzberg

Here a Threat, There a Threat, Everywhere a…

Here a Threat, There a Threat, Everywhere a…

Here a Threat, There a Threat, Everywhere a…

Crystal Morin

Adware as a Service

Adware as a Service

Adware as a Service

Sean Juroviesky

Crisis Management 101: How to Manage the Unexpected

Crisis Management 101: How to Manage the Unexpected

Crisis Management 101: How to Manage the Unexpected

David Bernstein

Techie or CISO: Is Management the Right Move for You?

Techie or CISO: Is Management the Right Move for You?

Techie or CISO: Is Management the Right Move for You?

Todd Fitzgerald

Not Fair!!1!: Bypassing Anti-Cheat With Direct Memory Access

Not Fair!!1!: Bypassing Anti-Cheat With Direct Memory Access

Not Fair!!1!: Bypassing Anti-Cheat With Direct Memory Access

Connor Kastner

SafeGen: Accelerating Secure Generative AI Implementation

SafeGen: Accelerating Secure Generative AI Implementation

SafeGen: Accelerating Secure Generative AI Implementation

Vineeth Sai Narajala

Lasers and Acid and Chips, oh my! (Decapping Integrated Circuits at Home)

Lasers and Acid and Chips, oh my! (Decapping Integrated Circuits at Home)

Lasers and Acid and Chips, oh my! (Decapping Integrated Circuits at Home)

Aaron Wasserman

Your Guide to Romance Scam

Your Guide to Romance Scam

Your Guide to Romance Scam

Alex Holden

Comedy Of Error Codes – When Incident Response Goes Wrong

Comedy Of Error Codes – When Incident Response Goes Wrong

Comedy Of Error Codes – When Incident Response Goes Wrong

Joshua Havlik

Lost in Transliteration: Hidden Passwords in a Multilingual World

Lost in Transliteration: Hidden Passwords in a Multilingual World

Lost in Transliteration: Hidden Passwords in a Multilingual World

Juan Pablo Gomez Postigo

Selling Security: How to get the Resources you need

Selling Security: How to get the Resources you need

Selling Security: How to get the Resources you need

Alex Nevling

Empathy Over Fear: Leading Securely by Understanding People, Breaking Bias, and Building Trust.

Empathy Over Fear: Leading Securely by Understanding People, Breaking Bias, and Building Trust.

Empathy Over Fear: Leading Securely by Understanding People, Breaking Bias, and Building Trust.

Alex Bates

Optimizing .bashrc for Seamless Pwnage and Rapid Environment Init

Optimizing .bashrc for Seamless Pwnage and Rapid Environment Init

Optimizing .bashrc for Seamless Pwnage and Rapid Environment Init

Danny Hetzel

Decoding Deepfakes AI’s Dual Role in Digital Deception and Detection

Decoding Deepfakes AI’s Dual Role in Digital Deception and Detection

Decoding Deepfakes AI’s Dual Role in Digital Deception and Detection

Kyle Hinterberg

Become a Quantum Computer – Encryption of the Future, Today

Become a Quantum Computer – Encryption of the Future, Today

Become a Quantum Computer – Encryption of the Future, Today

Abby Bick

Finding Holes in Conditional Access Policies

Finding Holes in Conditional Access Policies

Finding Holes in Conditional Access Policies

Brandon Colley

Salesforce Snafus: Unveiling and Exploiting Security Misconfigurations Using Commonly Used Widgets

Salesforce Snafus: Unveiling and Exploiting Security Misconfigurations Using Commonly Used Widgets

Salesforce Snafus: Unveiling and Exploiting Security Misconfigurations Using Commonly Used Widgets

Jessa Gegax

Creating an Application Security Program

Creating an Application Security Program

Creating an Application Security Program

Ken Kazinski

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Venue Info

Baird Center
400 W Wisconsin Ave
Milwaukee, WI 53203

Travel Information

2026 InfoSec Spring Break

March 30/31 – Mon & Tues: Training
April 1/2 – Wed & Thurs: CypherCon
April 3 – Friday: BSidesMKE

Milwaukee, WI

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