1. Why ZaCon ?
people@zacon.org.za

2. Where this came from?

3. 4 Conferences we spoke
at last year..

4. Cool speakers,
Great setup!

5. Sponsors && Vendors!

6. A chance for us to act
academic..

7. We love ISSA..
(its good fun)

8. other guys.. not so much

9. We love Defcon
(8 years in a row)

10. The commute is a pain..

11. Blackhat USA is cool..

12. The commute is a pain..
And Expensive!!

13. Primary Aims..
1) Local
2) Non Vendor Aligned
3) Not pure Academia
4) Not hellishly expensive

14. but wait.. theres more!

16. National Pride..
Australia and New Zealand were as isolated
as we were..
They managed to produce:
• Brett Moore • Mark Dowd • Chris Spencer
• Shaun Clowes • AndrewG • Nemo
• Mercy • MettleStorm • Justine Aitel
• Ben Nagy • Paul Craig • Peter Guttman
• Ben Hawkes • Kuza55 • Silvio
• Michael Howard • Steve Micallef • ...

17. Win at buzz-word bingo!

18. Actually.. thats back
asswards..

19. “smashing the stack”
“1997 vs 2009”

20. So the conundrum is..
• the problems are getting harder..
• new entrants find it harder to cut
their teeth..
• old guys are.. well.. getting older..
• this is very very chicken or egg...

21. but on the bright side..
oct 98 olaf kirch null
byte in bugtraq

22. this is ur vehicle.. talk about
whats cool for u..
ignore those who think its lame..
and if u one of the leet guys who
think that its lame.. come do
better..
we just need (more)
people to be un-afraid
to give it a shot..

23. More Aims..
non pros
tech over process
5) For sec geeks by sec geeks..
6) Grow the Pool
a) Lower barriers to entry
7) have some fun :)

24. Lastly.. (phew)
• ZaCon #1 was the beginning..
• There are no plans to make money of
this..
• Use the feedback forms..
• Use the feedback forms (wisely)..
• Thank the speakers.. 1) Local
2) Non Vendor Aligned
• Thanks for coming.. 3) Not pure Academia
4) Not hellishly expensive
5) For sec geeks by sec geeks..
6) Grow the Pool
7) have some fun :)