Tuesday, Aug 4th
Decibel Oasis @ Libertine Social
Mandalay Bay Hotel - Las Vegas
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Tuesday August 4th
9:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Founder Oasis Opens
Reserved Networking Spaces Available
Founder and early adopter networking and reserved meeting spaces at Libertine Social open / available, refreshments and breakfast served.
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
GameDay KickOff Lunch
AI Security Engineering Launch
GameDay kicks off with a lunch buffet for all Decibel friends and family - please join us at Libertine for casual networking with founders and early adopters. We’ll be broadcasting with Ashish Rajan, founder of the Cloud Security and AI Security Podcasts who will be launching his new book AI Security Engineering with our panelists!

- Nick Reva, Global Director, Engineering Security, DoorDash
- Ashish Rajan, CISO and Founder, Cloud Security and AI Security Podcast
- Jon Sakoda, Founder of Decibel
1:00 PM - 3:15 PM
GameDay Matchups
The Man vs. Machine Playoffs
What is myth vs reality in the ever changing world of cyber? Join our GameDay broadcast live to see founders and influential builders face-off on the most controversial topics.

1:15p The Endpoint Battleground - The Super Bowl of Cyber
- Brandon Dixon, Co-Founder of Ent Security 
- Josh Kamdjou, Founder of Sublime Security 
 - Hosted by Daniel Miessler, Unsupervised Learning 

1:45p SIEM Under Siege - Who Will Survive?
- Jack Naglieri, Founder of Panther Labs (acquired by Databricks) 
- Damien Lewke, Founder of Nebulock 
 - Hosted by Zack Allen, Datadog and Detection Engineering Weekly 

2:15p Zero Day Countdown - The Myths of Mythos
- Zakir Durumeric, Founder of Censys 
- Jonathan Cran, Founder of Mallory 
 - Hosted by Casey Ellis, Founder of Disclose.io 

2:45p The Frontier LLM Arena - Offense vs. Defense
- Edward Wu, Founder of Dropzone 
- David McGuire, Founder of SpecterOps 
 - Hosted by Andrew Peterson, Founder of Signal Sciences
3:15 PM - 5:00 PM
Elite Defenders - Live Interviews
Hosted by Super Bowl Champion Richard Sherman, Former All-Pro Cornerback and Thursday Night Football Analyst
What is the difference between good, great, and elite? We’ll ask the very best to go inside the minds of the best defensive units!

3:20 - 3:40: The Nation State Scouting Report with Rob Joyce, Former Cybersecurity Director, NSA and Security Advisor, OpenAI

‍3:40 - 4:00: What Makes an Elite Defense with Richard Sherman, NFL All-Pro and Super Bowl Champion

‍4:00 - 4:20: Why Endpoint is the Super Bowl of Cyber with Lou Manousos, Founder of Risk IQ (acquired by Microsoft) and Ent Security

‍4:20 - 4:40: How Great Offense Drives Great Defense with Kevin Mandia, Founder of Armadin and Mandiant (acquired by Google)

‍4:40 - 5:00: Man vs Machine: The Human Advantage with HD Moore, Founder of Metasploit and RunZero
5:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Founders Celebration and Networking
Cocktails at the Founder Oasis at Black Hat
Please join us for our annual cocktail event for founders and friends of founders at Black Hat - stop by for great vibes and familiar faces at our Founder “Oasis”.Co-hosted with HD Moore (Founder, Metasploit and RunZero), Chris Hughes (Founder, Resilient Cyber) and Mike Privette (Founder, Return on Security).
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