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Zeroday Cloud contest: $4.5M bounties for cloud tools

🔐 Zeroday Cloud is a new hacking competition focused on open-source cloud and AI tools, offering a $4.5 million bug bounty pool. Hosted by Wiz Research with Google Cloud, AWS, and Microsoft, it takes place December 10–11 at Black Hat Europe in London. The contest features six categories covering AI, Kubernetes, containers, web servers, databases, and DevOps, with bounties ranging from $10,000 to $300,000. Participants must deliver complete compromises and register via HackerOne.

Accelerate AI with Agents: EMEA Developer Series and Labs

🚀 Google Cloud is hosting a regional event series across EMEA to help developers and tech practitioners learn to build and scale AI agents. The program combines immersive, hands-on labs and expert-led workshops covering technologies such as Cloud Run, Vertex AI, Gemini, and the Agent Development Kit (ADK). Participants receive step-by-step guidance and practical exercises designed to accelerate agent deployments and operational readiness within organizations.

Cybersecurity Awareness Month 2025: Knowledge Is Power

🔐 October marks Cybersecurity Awareness Month, underscoring that the human element is the first and most critical line of defense against cyberthreats. Cybercriminals exploit social engineering and increasingly rely on AI-driven tools to create believable, hyper-personalized scams and deepfakes. Watch the video with ESET Chief Security Evangelist Tony Anscombe for practical insights, and consider ESET's cybersecurity awareness training to strengthen individual and organizational resilience.

DHS and CISA Launch Cybersecurity Awareness Month 2025

🛡️ The Department of Homeland Security and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) announced the official start of Cybersecurity Awareness Month 2025, centered on the theme Building a Cyber Strong America. Administered by CISA, the campaign urges state, local, tribal, and territorial (SLTT) governments, small and medium businesses, and supply chain partners to bolster protections for critical services such as water, power, communications, food, and finance. Officials emphasized a whole-of-society approach and recommended immediate adoption of core controls—recognize and report phishing, require long unique passwords, enable multifactor authentication, keep software patched, enable system logging, back up data, and encrypt sensitive information—to improve resilience nationwide.

CSO30 Australia 2025: Honoring Leading Cybersecurity Figures

🛡️ At the CSO30 Australia Awards 2025, Australia’s top cybersecurity leaders and teams were recognised for initiatives that materially strengthened organisational security and resilience. The Sydney gala, held alongside the CIO50 and aligned with Foundry’s global program, honoured winners for business value, leadership and emerging talent. Shaun Martin (Aware Super) secured the Business Value award and Manasseh Paradesi (Tyro Payments) won Leadership, while Duné Sookloll took the Next CISO prize—each cited for measurable impact, stakeholder engagement and industry contribution.

Fortinet Highlights Unified SASE at 4th Annual Summit

🔒 Fortinet’s 4th Annual SASE Summit reinforced that unifying networking and security is now a strategic requirement for cloud and hybrid work environments. Analysts from Gartner, Fortinet executives, and customers shared lessons on consolidation, AI-driven operations, and sovereign SASE. Demos highlighted FortiAI-Assist for automated remediation and DEM for end-to-end experience monitoring. Attendees saw real-world results from customers who replaced fragile VPNs with a single-platform Unified SASE approach.

Check Point Honors Top Asia Pacific Partners in 2025

🤝 Check Point Software Technologies recognised top-performing partners across Asia Pacific at its 2025 Partner Conference held 8-11 September at the JW Marriott Hanoi. Nearly 200 regional partners gathered to address rising AI-driven cyber threats, share best practices and strengthen go-to-market strategies. As a 100% partner-led organisation, Check Point celebrated channel excellence with awards that honoured innovation, collaboration and outstanding adoption of its unified security portfolio. The event reinforced the ecosystem’s central role in securing organizations across the region.

Preparing Organizations for the AI and Quantum Threat

🔒 This upcoming 60‑minute webinar examines how quantum computing and AI are jointly reshaping cybersecurity and accelerating new attack vectors. Top experts will cut through the hype to explain quantum-safe cryptography, practical defenses against AI-driven phishing and "harvest now, decrypt later" risks, and industry-specific controls for finance, healthcare, and critical infrastructure. Attendees will leave with a concrete roadmap for assessment, deployment, and ongoing resilience. Seats are limited.

Webinar: Securing the Modern Web Edge from Browser Threats

🔒 On September 29 at 12:00 PM ET, BleepingComputer and SC Media will host a live webinar featuring browser security experts from Push Security to examine how modern web browsers have become a primary enterprise attack surface. The session will cover malicious and shadow extensions, session token theft, OAuth abuse, and emerging ClickFix and FileFix techniques, plus mitigation strategies. Attendees will learn practical detection and response approaches to protect SaaS sessions, restore visibility at the web edge, and close gaps missed by traditional endpoint and identity controls.

Bruce Schneier: Upcoming Speaking Engagements 2025–2026

📢 Bruce Schneier lists his scheduled public talks and book signings through late 2025 and early 2026. Highlights include a signing at the Cambridge Public Library on October 22, 2025 at 6 PM ET, sponsored by Harvard Bookstore, and a virtual talk about his book Rewiring Democracy on October 23, 2025 at 1 PM ET hosted by Data & Society. He will also appear at the World Forum for Democracy in Strasbourg (Nov 5–7), the University of Toronto Bookstore (Nov 14), the MIT Museum with Crystal Lee (Dec 1), and the Chicago Public Library (Feb 5, 2025). Details and updates are maintained on this page.

Agentic SOC Workshops: Practical AI for Security Teams

🛡️ The Agentic SOC Workshop is a complimentary, half-day event series from Google Cloud designed to help security professionals apply agentic AI and cloud-native threat intelligence to real-world operations. Attendees will participate in hands-on labs, a Capture the Flag challenge, and peer networking to learn how Gemini and Google Cloud tools can reduce alert fatigue and automate routine workflows. Sessions start in Los Angeles on Sept. 17 and Chicago on Sept. 19, with additional dates in October.

CISA Priorities at 16th Billington CyberSecurity Summit

🔐 The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) will present senior leaders and experts at the 16th Annual Billington CyberSecurity Summit, Sept. 9–12 in Washington, D.C. Acting Director Madhu Gottumukkala and new Executive Assistant Director for Cybersecurity Nick Andersen will deliver fireside chats outlining CISA’s strategic objectives. Other sessions address vulnerability management, threat hunting, supply chain collaboration, and AI in code security. Registration is required.

GKE Turns 10 Hackathon: Build Agentic AI Microservices

🚀 Join the GKE Turns 10 Hackathon to build next‑generation microservices enhanced with agentic AI. Google provides sample applications (Bank of Anthos or Online Boutique), example agents on GitHub, documentation, quickstarts and a webinar to help teams get started. Submissions must run on GKE and use Google AI models such as Gemini, with agents interacting via APIs rather than altering core application code. Participants may also use the Agent Development Kit (ADK), Model Context Protocol (MCP) and Agent2Agent (A2A) to extend functionality.

Advanced Threat Hunting Workshop — Labscon 2025 LLMs

🔎 Our colleague Joseliyo Sánchez, together with SentinelOne researcher Aleksandar Milenkoski, will present a hands-on workshop at Labscon on automating large-scale threat hunting using the VirusTotal Enterprise API. Attendees will employ Python and Google Colab to process massive datasets, track APT behaviors, and apply LLMs to enhance analysis, query building, and visualizations. The session targets CTI analysts, threat hunters, incident responders, SOC analysts, and security researchers. A follow-up blog post will publish example exercises and materials for further learning.

Agent Development Kit Hackathon: Winners and Highlights

🚀 The Agent Development Kit (ADK) Hackathon concluded with more than 10,400 participants from 62 countries, 477 submitted projects, and 1,500+ agents built. The competition emphasized multi-agent orchestration for automation, data analysis, customer service, and content generation, awarding SalesShortcut the Grand Prize. Regional winners included Energy Agent AI, Edu.AI, GreenOps, and Nexora-AI, and organizers pointed participants to ADK documentation and developer forums while announcing an upcoming GKE hackathon with over $50,000 in prizes.

SASE Summit 2025 — Convergence without Compromise, Global

🔒 Fortinet’s 4th Annual SASE Summit (NAMER: Sept 16, 2025; EMEA/LATAM/APAC: Sept 18, 2025) centers on the theme Convergence without Compromise, arguing that robust security and top performance can be delivered together through a unified, AI-driven platform. The event features Gartner VP Analyst Jonathan Forest and Fortinet leaders Nirav Shah and Jordan Thompson, along with customer case studies from Tepper Sports & Entertainment and Funke Mediengruppe. Attendees will receive practical guidance on adopting a consolidated SASE approach that embeds zero trust, AI-enabled controls, and end-to-end visibility to reduce complexity, cut costs, and better protect hybrid workforces and cloud environments.

Fortinet Marks International Women in Cybersecurity Day

👩‍💻 Fortinet marks International Women in Cybersecurity Day 2025 by highlighting programs that expand access to cybersecurity training and career pathways for women. The Fortinet Training Institute and its Education Outreach Program provide free access to Network Security Expert (NSE) training and certifications, and run instructor-led initiatives such as the Networking Fundamentals Bootcamp. Through a four-year partnership with WiCyS, Fortinet supported regional meetups and led a Hands-on SOC Workshop at the WiCyS Annual Conference (April 2–5, 2025) in Dallas. These efforts are positioned to address the global cyber skills gap ahead of the forthcoming 2025 Cyber Skills Report.

12 Days Left to Nominate for CSO30 Awards 2025 — Apply

🏆 With only 12 days until the 12 September 2025 nomination deadline, the CSO30 ASEAN Awards invite senior security leaders to submit entries that demonstrate outstanding leadership, innovation, and measurable business value. Categories include Business Value, Leadership, and Public‑Private Partnership. Winners will be honoured at an in‑person ceremony in Singapore and join a global community of top CISOs and security executives.

CSO Guide to Top Security Conferences for 2025 and Dates

📅 CSO's editors compile a curated calendar of leading and niche cybersecurity conferences worldwide, spanning September 2025 through April 2026. The list identifies event names, dates and locations, and notes in-person, virtual and hybrid formats as well as events run by CSO’s parent company, Foundry. Use this guide to prioritize training, vendor demos and networking opportunities tailored to your region and role.

Webinar: Code-to-Cloud Visibility — Foundation for AppSec

🔒 Join a focused 60-minute webinar on September 18, 2025 at 2 PM EST to learn why leading teams are prioritizing code-to-cloud visibility to reduce app risk and accelerate remediation. Experts will share practical steps to map code issues to cloud behavior, prioritize critical applications and automate fixes to shrink vulnerability counts and remediation time. Attendees receive a free ASPM checklist and a recording to apply learnings immediately.