SANS Munich Community Night 2026

Join us on Wednesday, the 7th of October, for the SANS Munich Community Night 2026!

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SANS invites you to a day of great conversations, fresh perspectives, and meaningful connections. Our Community Nights are all about bringing people from across the industry into one room, sharing stories, discussing real-world challenges, and building relationships that last beyond the event.

Join us at Mindspace Munich, Herzogspitalstraße 24, 80331 München-Altstadt-Lehel, Munich, Germany

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Wednesday, October 7, 2026

05:00PM - 05:30PM CEST

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The Exploit Window Is Collapsing: How AI Is Industrializing Cyber Offense

AI is not inventing an entirely new attacker: it is instead making existing attackers faster, cheaper, and dramatically more scalable.

This session examines how frontier AI models and autonomous agents are changing reconnaissance, vulnerability analysis, exploit development, phishing, lateral movement, and post-compromise operations.

Through recent examples, including an AI-driven intrusion that generated more than 17,000 recorded actions, we will explore why vulnerabilities previously considered difficult or impractical to exploit may now represent materially greater risk. The presentation will also explain why successful AI-assisted offensive security requires more than a powerful model: it requires a carefully engineered harness, appropriate tools, persistent context, validation mechanisms, and experienced human oversight.

Wednesday, October 7, 2026

05:30PM - 06:15PM CEST

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Presented by

Bojan Zdrnja

Chief Technology Officer at INFIGO IS

QA and Break

Wednesday, October 7, 2026

06:15PM - 06:45PM CEST

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Nobody Panic (Yet): Incident Response and Threat Hunting for the People Who Get the 2 AM Call

Most breaches aren't won or lost by firewalls - They're decided in the first hour by who gets called, who makes the call to pull a critical system, and who talks to the regulator. This talk will cover modern incident response and threat hunting from the seat that has to answer for the outcome, in plain language, with NIS2 and DORA as the backdrop. We'll look at how to strengthen every stage of the incident lifecycle — from preparation and detection through containment, recovery, and lessons learned — turning the reporting deadlines NIS2 and DORA impose into an operational advantage rather than a compliance scramble. You'll leave with a clear model of your own risk, the questions to take back to your security team, and enough calm to make the next 2 AM call a lot less dramatic.

Wednesday, October 7, 2026

06:45PM - 07:30PM CEST

In-Person

Presented by

Xavier Mertens

Owner at Xameco

QA and Networking

Wednesday, October 7, 2026

07:30PM - 08:00PM CEST

In-Person

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Bojan Zdrnja

Chief Technology Officer at INFIGO IS

Bojan Zdrnja is a SANS Certified Instructor and CTO at INFIGO IS, specializing in penetration testing, malware analysis, and incident response. Teaching SEC542 and SEC565, he brings decades of real-world experience into the classroom.

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Xavier Mertens

Owner at Xameco

Xavier's motto is “to better defend yourself, know your enemy”. That’s why he focuses on the defensive side of cybersecurity. He has a strong background in incident management, threat hunting, malware analysis, and security monitoring.

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