| CFP closes at | December 16, 2025 08:00 UTC |
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The 2nd annual SunSecCon is a volunteer-driven, non-profit initiative dedicated to bridging the gaps between security specialties and fostering collaboration across domains. Designed for practitioners by practitioners, the summit brings together experts in application security, infrastructure security, cloud security, and corporate to break down silos and promote a unified approach for defensive and offensive security.
Videos from our 2025 are available on our Youtube channel.
SunSecCon is a joint production of LinuxFests and Pacific Hackers.
CFP Description
The 2nd annual SunSecCon is a volunteer-driven, non-profit initiative dedicated to bridging the gaps between security specialties and fostering collaboration across domains. Designed for practitioners by practitioners, the summit brings together experts in application security, infrastructure security, cloud security, and corporate to break down silos and promote a unified approach for defensive and offensive security.
Over two days in Pasadena, you’ll dive into:
- Technical Deep-Dives: Learn from real-world case studies, incident post-mortems, and live demos from practitioners on the front lines.
- Hands-On Workshops: Sharpen your skills in interactive labs covering cloud-native security, AI/ML defense, and more.
- Open Discussions: Share your toughest challenges and lessons learned—successes and failures alike—in a candid, vendor-neutral environment.
- Emerging Threats: Explore the latest in AI security, supply chain attacks, and multi-cloud defense strategies.
Whether you’re an engineer, architect, or security leader, SunSecCon is your platform to gain actionable insights, build your network, and help shape the future of security in Southern California.
Suggested Topics (but not limited to):
- Holistic security strategies bridging organizational silos
- Security engineering and architecture
- Platforms and culture initiatives that make secure software the default
- Real-world success stories from the trenches of defense
- “What Went Wrong and How We Fixed It”: Lessons from security failures, incident post-mortems, and remediation strategies
- Cloud and multi-cloud security: what works (and what doesn’t)
- Threat intelligence, Detection and Response
- Strategies for enabling a “security-first” mindset across your organization
- Securing AI workloads
- War stories about information security
- Using AI in security defense/offense
- Emerging Threats
- Hands-on Workshops
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