Hacker Summer Camp 2025 Recap
From Cybersecurity Growth by Cybersecurity Growth
October 13, 2025 · 1h 1m · Episode 41
About this episode
This episode recaps the key highlights from Hacker Summer Camp 2025, including insights from Black Hat, DEF CON, and BSides Las Vegas.
Welcome to Cybersecurity Growth. A show for aspiring and existing cybersecurity leaders. Highlight reel of the 2025 Verizon DBIR. Organized into 10 clear areas of focus, to help you quickly identify data points that you can use to quickly build business cases and focus on risk areas. Dive into our recap of Black Hat, DEF CON and BSides Las Vegas from the summer of 2025. 00:00 ...coming up 00:12 introduction & agenda 02:53 who are you wearing? 04:36 sponsorship - Cybersecurity Growth Membership E-Learning & Community 06:01 hot topic - Hacker Summer Camp 2025 Recap 07:28 BSidesLV 08:38 Pros Vs Joes CTF 09:34 Great for noobs but industry heavies still there 11:29 Compliance ≠ Security: Passing audits (PCI, GDPR) does not guarantee real protection against attackers. 13:58 Black Hat USA 17:40 AI! AI! AI! AI! AI! AI! AI! 21:24 Biz hall much smaller than usual 24:24 RunZero booth/CTF 27:22 Party Crashing 29:07 VulnCheck - this is how you do parties at BlackHat 34:37 DEF CON 37:55 DARPA AIxCC 43:26 DEF CON Soundtrack 45:41 Villages 52:05 Very large vendor area this year - good/bad? 56:11 Recap 57:34 sponsorship - Cybersecurity Growth Merch Store 58:15 upcoming shows 59:09 That’s…
People in this episode
Host: Cybersecurity Growth
Topics covered
- cybersecurity
- Hacker Summer Camp
- Black Hat
- DEF CON
- BSides Las Vegas
- data points
- risk management
Keywords
- cybersecurity
- Hacker Summer Camp
- Black Hat
- DEF CON
- BSides Las Vegas
- Verizon DBIR
- risk areas
- data points
- compliance
- security
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Cybersecurity Growth Membership E-Learning & Community, Cybersecurity Growth Merch Store
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Verizon, RunZero, DARPA
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