THE HACK SUMMIT 2026

The Hack Summit is a conference focused on the Polish CyberSec community and professionals involved in cybersecurity. Each year, over 2000 industry participants attend the event. The conference covers both technical security issues and topics related to strategy, management, risk, compliance, auditing, and IT law.

The Hack Summit 2026 is a two-day conference dedicated to cybersecurity, combining online and in-person components. On the first day, participants benefit from live-streamed presentations, discussions, and Q&A sessions, as well as specially prepared VoD materials. On the second day, the event moves to PGE Narodowy in Warsaw, where the program includes presentations, round tables, discussions with speakers, and networking.

The program includes over 150 presentations and more than 15 thematic tracks covering topics such as offensive and defensive security, SOC, cloud security, AI, critical infrastructure, DevSecOps, OSINT, cybercrime, IT risk, compliance, auditing, and data protection. In-person presentations follow a specific 35-minute format.

• Red Team, Blue Team, Pentesting specialists, and related security experts.

• SOC – Security Operations Center specialists.

• Officers from services, military, and police.

• Management staff, including C-level executives, directors, and IT managers.

• Compliance, IT risk, and IT auditing specialists.

• Lawyers dealing with IT issues.

• Representatives of legislative bodies.

• Programmers and software architects.

• SysOps, DevOps, DevSecOps, and NetOps engineers.

• Cloud solution consultants and architects.

• QA testers.

• Developing knowledge of the technical, organizational, and legal aspects of cybersecurity.

• Understanding current threats, attack methods, and ways to secure systems, applications, networks, and infrastructure.

• Enhancing knowledge in offensive security, defensive security, SOC, and incident response.

• Learning about cloud security, AI, critical infrastructure, IoT, and industrial environments.

• Developing competencies related to IT risk management, compliance, and auditing.

• Exchanging experiences with experts and representatives of the Polish and international CyberSec community.

• Building industry contacts through online and in-person networking.

Benefits for Organizations

• Development of competencies for employees responsible for IT security and cybersecurity.

• Access to knowledge covering both technical aspects of security and management, risk, compliance, and auditing.

• Understanding current threats, attack techniques, and approaches used to protect technological environments.

• Development of knowledge regarding cloud security, AI, critical infrastructure, and software development processes.

• Opportunity to learn from specialists representing various areas of cybersecurity.

Benefits for Participants

• Access to over 150 presentations and more than 15 thematic tracks.

• Participation in online streamed presentations and the in-person part of the conference.

• Opportunity to engage in discussions, Q&A sessions, and round tables with speakers.

• Access to specially prepared VoD presentations.

• Immediate access to recordings of presentations from the previous edition of the conference.

• In selected packages, 3-month access to presentation recordings.

• Opportunity to earn 10, 20, or 30 CPE points, depending on the chosen package.

• Certificate of participation.

• Online and onsite networking supported by a matchmaking feature.

Offensive Security

• Red Teaming.

• Pentesting.

• Reverse Engineering.

• Bug Hunting, Fuzzing, and Exploiting.

• DDoS, network, social engineering, and other attacks.

Defensive Security

• Blue Teaming and Threat Hunting.

• Security Operations Center.

• Incident Analysis.

• Malware.

• Cryptography.

Technology and Infrastructure Security

• Cloud Security.

• Mobile Technology Security.

• Hardware and IoT Security.

• OT, industrial systems, and SCADA security.

• Critical Infrastructure Security.

• Blockchain and cryptocurrency security.

• AI, ML, and Big Data Security.

Secure Software Development and Maintenance

• Security during the software development phase – SDLC.

• DevSecOps, SysOps, DevOps, and NetOps.

• Product Security.

• IT Security Architecture.

• IT Security Solutions.

AI and Cybersecurity

• AI Cybersecurity.

• Cybersecurity of AI.

• Security of solutions utilizing AI and ML.

• Trends and technologies of tomorrow related to cybersecurity.

Cybercrime, OSINT, and Public Safety

• OSINT.

• Cybercrime and digital forensics.

• Cybersecurity in the military, special services, police, Europol, and prosecution.

• Experiences and cases related to incidents and failures in IT security.

Management, Risk, Compliance, and Law

• Oversight and management in the area of IT security.

• IT Risk.

• Ensuring IT Compliance.

• IT Auditing.

• AML and combating fraud.

• Law and IT.

• Personal data protection, privacy, and anonymity online.

Networking and Experience Exchange

• Round tables and discussions with speakers.

• Online and onsite networking.

• Matchmaking, contact exchange, and individual chat with other participants.

• CyberSec Expo enabling meetings with product and service providers and industry representatives.

• Preparty and Afterparty for participants of selected packages.

2 days, November 5–6, 2026.

• Access to the online part on November 5, 2026.

• Participation in the in-person part on November 6, 2026, according to the chosen package.

• Access to live-streamed presentations.

• Access to discussions and Q&A sessions with speakers.

• Access to specially prepared VoD presentations.

• Access to over 15 thematic tracks during the in-person part.

• Participation in round tables and discussions with speakers.

• Access to networking and matchmaking features.

• Immediate access to recordings of presentations from the previous edition.

• 3-month access to presentation recordings in selected packages.

• Certificate of participation.

• Opportunity to earn 10, 20, or 30 CPE points depending on the chosen package.