Brucon - a new Security conference in Brussels

The Splendid Kris Buytaert writes:

BruCON is the first annual security and hacker(*) conference providing two days of an interesting atmosphere for open discussions of critical infosec issues, privacy, information technology and its cultural/technical implications on society.

Organized in Brussels on 18th and 19th September 2009, BruCON offers a high quality line-up of speakers, such as CloudSec guru Christoffer Hoff  and encryption expert Vincent Rymen with different talks about security challenges and interesting workshops. It's affordable, accessible and entertaining.

BruCON is a conference by and for the security and hacker (*) community. The 2-day conference wil be preceeded by a 2-day Security Training on topics such as Pen Testing, Web 2.0 hacking and Social Engineering for IT Security professionals.

Early bird registration is valid till July 1st with prices starting from €50 for students.

_{(*)Hackers are "persons who delight in having an intimate understanding of the internal workings of a system, computers and computer networks in particular." People who engage in illegal activities like unauthorized entry into computer systems are called crackers and don't have anything to do with hacking. BruCON doesn't promote any illegal activities or behavior. Many hackers today are employed by the security industry and test security software and systems to improve the security of our networks and applications. In addition, for the younger generations.}