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Top SANS Summit Talks of 2024

This year, SANS hosted 13 Summits from OSINT, ICS, Ransomware, DFIR to HackFest. Here were the top-rated talks of the year.

December 10, 2024

In 2024 SANS Summits hosted 13 events, featuring over 300 talks from top cybersecurity practitioners all over the world. Ranging from cyber threat intelligence, ICS, hacking, ransomware, and everything in between, enjoy these exciting talks!

View upcoming Summits that are open for registration, and don't forget to save your spot!

Enjoy the Top 17 Summit Talks in 2024:

Beyond the Basics: The Role of LLM in Modern Threat Intelligence - CTI Summit

Thomas Roccia, Senior Security Researcher, Microsoft

Roberto Rodriguez, Principal Security Researcher, Microsoft


Zero to CTI: A Novice’s Journey into Threat Intelligence - CTI Summit

Garland Curry, Cyber Threat IntelligenceOfficer, Pediatrix Medical Group


Maximizing Social Media Data Extraction Dumping and Preserving Content for OSINT - OSINT Summit

Megan Munoz, Founder, DataPoint Intelligence Training & Solutions


The Impact of AI with OSINT - OSINT Summit

Chris Poulter, Founder & CEO, OSINT Combine


Telegram 101 to 401 - OSINT Summit

Stephen Lerner, Intelligence Analyst Team Leader, Cobwebs Technologies

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Panel | How to Best Defend Your Organization Against Ransomware - Ransomware Summit

Ryan Chapman, Certified Instructor, SANS Institute

Stephanie Regan, Principal Cybersecurity Incident Response Consultant, Unit 42 by Palo Alto Networks

Michael Rogers, Senior Director Technical Advisory Services, MOXFIVE

Jim Walter, Senior Threat Researcher, SentinelLabs, SentinelOne

Aaron Walton, Threat Intel Analyst, Expel

John Hammond, Research & Development Threat Operations, Huntress


How to transition from feeling overwhelmed to achieving hyperfocus in 45 minutes or less - Neurodiversity Summit

Kevin Bailey


Automating incident response: scalable & fast, within minutes - DFIR Summit

Zawadi Done, Incident Responder, Hunt & Hackett

Mattijs Dijkstra, Senior Incident Handler, Hunt & Hackett


Day in the Life of a CTI Engineer - New2Cyber Summit

Chris Ante, Senior Cybersecurity Engineer, MITRE


Lessons Learned Building OT SOCs - ICS Summit

Bruce Large, Principal OT Cyber Security Architect & Chief Evangelist, Secolve


Value of Mentorship: Building a Better Approach to Support Neurodiversity in Cybersecurity - Neurodiversity Summit

Koshitha Sasikala Nagarajan, Manager, Information Security, First Citizens Bank

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The responsible use of generative AI in academic information security research - AI Forum

Johannes Ullrich


Real Threat Hunting with AI and ML - AI Forum

David Hoelzer


AMA: Ask a Human Hacker Anything - Security Awareness Summit

Rachel Tobac, CEO, SocialProof Security


The Frontier of Cybersecurity: Defending Against AI-Based Threats - AI Forum

Corey White, Founder & CEO, Cyvatar

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Best Practices for How to Manage All Your Access from the Cloud - CloudSecNext Summit

Bailey Bercik, Senior Product Manager, Microsoft

Jef Kazimer, Principal Product Manager, Microsoft


Keynote | Memory Safe Languages Won't Save You - HackFest Summit

Yarden Shafir, Senior Security Engineer, Trail of Bits


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Join us at a SANS Summit in 2025 | Choose Your Experience

Many of our Summits in 2025 will be offered both In-Person and Live Online, two very different experiences. Find the format that works best for you:

Join us In-Person for an All-Access Summit Experience

  • Technical Talks, Demos, and Panel Discussions – Presenters will share proven techniques, tools, and capabilities to help you expand your skillset and better inform your organization’s defenses. In-Person attendees get access to ALL Summit content.
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Interested in speaking at a Summit in 2025? Learn more here.

We are looking forward to seeing you in 2025!


Bookmark this page to view all of 2024 Summit talks. Playlists below:

CTI Summit

OSINT Summit

New2Cyber Summit

AI Forum

Leadership Summit

Ransomware Summit

ICS Summit

Neurodiversity in Cybersecurity Summit

Security Awareness Summit

DFIR Summit

AI Summit

CloudSecNext Summit

HackFest Summit

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