Tech Events by CREST International

A full day on penetration testing from CREST, the accreditation body for the technical security industry, at IET Birmingham: Austin Court on Cambridge Street. CREST Focus Group chair Boglarka Ronto hosts. The format is practitioner tech talks plus structured networking, pitched at both people early in an offensive security career and experienced testers. AI runs through the whole programme as a theme: where it is proving genuinely useful to incident response, SOC and pen test teams, where the limits are, and what that means day to day. Tickets were around 17 pounds and sales have now closed. Why go: one of the very few days in the Midlands where offensive security practitioners compare notes in a room rather than on a forum. Best for pen testers, red teamers and security engineers who want the tooling conversation first-hand.

A practitioner day on incident response and security operations from CREST: technical talks on the tools, techniques and trends shaping IR and SOC work. Hosted by the chairs of CREST's focus groups, Benn Morris (incident response) and Martin Riley (SOC). The programme was still being confirmed at the time of writing, with 20 to 30 minute presentations and five-minute lightning talks invited from the community. Talks run from 09:00 to 16:00, followed by networking until 19:00, at IET Birmingham: Austin Court, 80 Cambridge Street. Tickets are £17 on Eventbrite; CREST members and CREST-qualified individuals can request a free code by email. Entry is for booked attendees only. Why go: a low-cost technical day for the people who actually answer the alerts, open to everyone from career-starters to senior responders. Best for SOC analysts, incident responders and security engineers in the Midlands.

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