Of the Field

Elbsides 2026

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lbsides stands as North Germany’s annual beacon for the computer security community, a gathering that ignites passion and fosters collaboration among security professionals. Organized by the community for the community, this event is where innovative ideas meet practical solutions, creating a fertile ground for advancing security knowledge and practices. At…

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21Voices
0Underwriters
0Exhibitors
15On the bill · sessions
14Companies · in total
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The Voices

Programmed at Elbsides, in alphabetical order.
Axelle Apvrille
Björn Kimminich
Kuehne + Nagel (AG & Co.) KG
Christina Lekati
Cyber Risk GmbH
Christoph Eicke
XING SE
Christoph Peglow
University of Lübeck
Clemens Rambow
Allgeier CORE GmbH
Constantin Zankl
Allgeier CORE GmbH
Erik Sy
University of Hamburg
Katharine Jarmul
Kjamistan
Luca Nagy
Sophos
Malte Stoffers
University of Lübeck
Martin Reinhardt
Ambassador of Software Craftsmanship and Secure {Code} Catalyst, Architect at Holisticon AG · Holisticon AG
Michael Helwig
Codemetrix GmbH
Mikko Hyppönen
Ole Michaelis
DNSimple
Paul Vixie
CEO at Farsight Security, Inc. · Farsight Security, Inc.
Richard Sammet
Samy Makki
Akamai
Thomas Fricke
Thore Tiemann
University of Lübeck
Tim Eggert
Principal Cybercrime Investigator · Otto Group
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The Programme

Selected from 15 sessions on the bill.
  • 09:10

    Keynote: The Past, Present, and Future of DNS Resolution

    The Domain Name System has been a critical enabler of Internet growth since its inception in 1987. In the decades since then, the DNS resolution process has evolved from the LAN to…

  • 10:10

    DNS privacy and how DNS-over-HTTPS may fix it

    DNS is a protocol as old as the Internet. Yet we only notice it when it’s not working, or when some company acquires a cool IP to run their own resolvers. But lately, there’s a new…

  • 11:00

    Bettercap: exploring the local network

    This workshop gives an introduction into doing MITM attacks on your local ethernet network. I will demonstrate how to direct all traffic in an ethernet switched network to your mac…

  • 11:00

    From source code to the final end - The way of an encryption trojan from attacker to your company

    Agenda - General: - Functionality and targets of a ransomware attack - Phase 1: Preparation - How do I create my own ransomware? - Where can I find suitable frameworks? - W…

  • 11:15

    Privacy Attacks Against Machine Learning Systems

    Research in the past several years has shown that machine learning models can expose personal information present in their training data. This vulnerability exposes sensitive user …

  • 12:00

    Improving the Performance and Privacy of TCP Fast Open, TLS 1.3, and QUIC

    The delay of the connection establishment of modern HTTPS protocol stacks presents a performance bottleneck for web browsing. Furthermore, performance-optimizations such as TLS ses…

  • 12:25

    Exploring Emotet, an Elaborate Everyday Enigma

    Based on Sophos detection numbers the Emotet Trojan is the most widespread malware family in the wild. It has been, and is still, the most notorious and costly malware since its ap…

  • 13:50

    Defending BLE Beacon Applications Against Common Attacks

    Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) is a wireless network technology that is often used in IoT scenarios like indoor navigation, proximity marketing, automatic check-in or contactless payme…

  • 13:50

    Elbsides vs. Juice Shop

    In this workshop you can test your skills in hacking modern web applications against the OWASP Juice Shop! There are 85+ hacking challenges that are waiting to be solved, ranging f…

Intermission
Part the Second · For the Buyer

An audience of 14 companies, parsed from the program.

Fourteen companies in attendance.

The numbers below are derived from the speakers, sponsors, and exhibitors on this page — cross-referenced into one ledger. They are the only thing here that 10times.com cannot tell you.

01Fig. 01 — Composition of the House
0All threespeak · spons · exh
0Sponsoringsponsor only
0Exhibitingexhibitor only
14Companies Speakingspeaker only
02Fig. 02 — The Voices, by Seniority

5% of the speakers carry senior titles — C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.

  • C-suite15%
  • Manager / Lead15%
  • Engineer · IC15%
  • Other roles1886%

Of 21 on the bill · classified by free-text title

03Fig. 03 — The Heaviest in the Room
  1. 01University of Lübeck3V
  2. 02Allgeier CORE GmbH2V
  3. 03Akamai1V
  4. 04Codemetrix GmbH1V
  5. 05Cyber Risk GmbH1V
  6. 06DNSimple1V
  7. 07Farsight Security, Inc.1V
  8. 08Holisticon1V
  9. 09Kjamistan1V
  10. 10Kuehne + Nagel (AG & Co.) KG1V
  11. 11Otto Group1V
  12. 12Sophos1V
  13. 13University of Hamburg1V
  14. 14XING SE1V
04Fig. 04 — By Tier

Tiers were not disclosed for this convocation.