Break it Before you Make it

Break It Before You Make It

At this months event Saskia Coplans will talk about secure software development, how breaking things early helps you build them safer, and practical ways to embed security into your build process.

Dr Katie Paxton-Fear will explore how AI is being used in hardware hacking, showing how the same principles of secure design apply from code to circuit.

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Due to a corporate policy from the venue sponsor, to get into the venue & up to the event, you will need to register with your full name when signing up to the event AND show photo ID when checking in to the event on the night.
As we're still dealing with a large number of no-shows, if you don't attend without releasing your ticket, we may remove you from future events.

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Agenda:
6:00 - Open doors & networking & drinks
6:30 - Saskia Coplans - OUTSOURCING DEVELOPMENT: WHAT’S THE WORST THAT COULD HAPPEN…? OH… OH SHIT
7:15 - Refreshments (Food & Drinks & Networking)
8:00 - Dr Katie Paxton-Fear - No Thoughts Only Vibes: Hardware Hacking with AI
9:00 - Vacate venue -> to the pub for more socialising
LOCATION

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Coalfire
City Tower
New York Street
Manchester
M1 4BT

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SPEAKERS

Saskia Coplans
Saskia is an award-losing security specialist and the co-founder and managing director of Digital Interruption. She sits on several cyber security advisory groups, is a chapter lead for OWASP Manchester, and runs Manchester 2600. She’s a three-time Innovate UK grant recipient and can be seen speaking internationally at tech conferences such as TestBash, EXPOQA, (ISC)² Security Congress, and various BSides. She really, really likes dinosaurs.

OUTSOURCING DEVELOPMENT: WHAT’S THE WORST THAT COULD HAPPEN…? OH… OH SHIT
This is the story of how, in the wake of Roe v Wade, we ran a little experiment to see what the security of a cheaply outsourced mobile symptom tracking application would look like. The results ranged from comic to terrifying.

Dr Katie Paxton-Fear
Dr Katie Paxton-Fear is a former developer turned hacker, in her own words she used to make apps and now she breaks them instead. A security advocate at Semgrep she is passionate about teaching people why security matters and how to turn security from chore into adore. She’s reported vulnerabilities in real software you probably use every day and she’s been recognised by the Wall Street Journal, BBC News and even survived being grilled by the dreaded local radio. In her free time she makes YouTube videos for an audience of almost a 100k subscribers.

No Thoughts Only Vibes: Hardware Hacking with AI
Move over humans AI is here and it’s not stopping at generating LinkedIn cringe. If you’re in security you’ve probably heard a lot already about vibe coding, the new trend that lets anyone build their dream app, riddled with security vulnerabilities. But why stop at React apps? We’re making vibe coding 3D: Can AI help us hack a weather station? We’ve going beyond vibe coding into vibe soldering, vibe amazon-purchasing and vibe plugging-in.

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SPONSORS (Thank you for supporting our community!!)

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Coalfire - Venue Sponsor
Portswigger - Food and Drinks Sponsor