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Another Ruxcon wows the crowds
David Heath
Tuesday, 22 November 2011 21:24
Ruxcon 2011 is over for another year. The delegates are happy, the organisers are very tired.
The 2011 event, held from 18th to 20th November saw presentations on such wildly varying topics as recent criminal cases, statistical analysis of enormous amounts of breach data and all kinds of hacking techniques. In addition there was a look at a variety of radio systems such as air traffic control and police/emergency radio encryption. We were also exposed to lock picking workshops and a "capture the flag" event.
At the conclusion of the event, organising Chairman Chris Spencer observed, "The conference was a lot of fun and we hope everyone enjoyed the weekend. I'm going to catch up on some sleep and start planning for next year." No wonder since the parties at the end of both days were still going when Chris left at around 1am.
The regular "capture the flag" event, won by 'Kitten' with the team WhiteAndNerdy as runners up was generally described as pretty tough, but that's the whole point of a CTF!
The lock picking contest (also a staple at such events) was won by Nick Jones, an 18-year-old who proudly proclaimed that he's only finished high school the week before. Nick, just an aside; you were at a geek conference while everyone else was at Schoolies? What were you thinking? Nick was also spruiking a local lock picking group that is actively seeking members.
The event, sponsored by Telstra and NetWitness (Platinum); Google, Ernst & Young, NGS Secure and Department of Defence, Intelligence and Security (Gold); Blackberry (Silver); and WhiteHat Security, Qualsys and Aruba Networks (Bronze) was attended by 50 professional and 550 general delegates.
Keep an eye on the Ruxcon website for details of next year's event.
Delegates at this year's event are welcome to add their thoughts as comments below.
The author attended the event as a guest of the organisers.
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