CRESTCon UK Community Event: Red Teaming

Join CRESTCon UK Red Teaming Community Day for a full day of insights, collaboration, and networking with the wider cybersecurity community.
About this Event

Hosted by CREST Focus Group chair Matt Lorentzen, we will be exploring the latest challenges, techniques, and innovations shaping the threat landscape.

Full programme now available

Topics included this year:

• Evolving threats – Threat actor investigations, campaign tracking, geopolitical insights, and emerging trends
• Intelligence-led adversary operations – Using threat intelligence to inform adversary emulation, detection engineering, and decision-making
• Identity, trust & human vulnerability – Phishing, social engineering, MFA bypass, insider risk, and identity compromise
• Automation, AI & operational scale – The impact of AI and automation on offensive and defensive security operations
• Continuous validation & security effectiveness – Threat-led assurance, CTEM, purple teaming, and measurable resilience
• Learning from the frontline – Real-world lessons from incidents, investigations, and testing engagements
• Threat Intelligence & Red Teaming in the ecosystem – Integrating intelligence, offensive security, and defence for stronger resilience

The day doesn't end there! Stay for the networking drinks and retro gaming event.

Who should attend?

Whether you’re early in your cybersecurity career or an experienced professional, this event offers valuable insights into emerging trends and a great opportunity to connect with peers across the industry.

Attendance

• Open to ALL
• FREE for CREST Members and CREST Qualified Individuals (please contact [email protected] for a discount code)

Event Details:

Date: Wednesday 16 September 2026

Time: 09:00 - 16:00

Location: Everyman Cinema, Manchester St Johns

Networking session: 16:00 - 19:00

Reserve your place now. Entrance strictly reserved for booked attendees.

Agenda

🕑: 09:00 AM
Arrivals and registration
🕑: 09:30 AM
Welcome and introductions
Host: Matt Lorentzen
🕑: 09:45 AM
Beam Me Up, Luke: A Review of Teleport Attack Scenarios
Host: Adam Chester
🕑: 10:15 AM
You've Been Ph0wned: How Attackers Compromise Organisations Via Telephone Soci
Host: Luiz Simpson
🕑: 10:45 AM
BREAK
🕑: 11:15 AM
Back in the Trenches: War Stories from the Trust Boundary
Host: Ben Turner
🕑: 11:45 AM
No Pragma, No Problem - Evading Static Detection in DLL Hijacking
Host: Aaron Dobie
🕑: 12:15 PM
LUNCH
🕑: 01:15 PM
Community Spotlight Session
🕑: 01:45 PM
Blending into the Noise: Environmental Blending for Covert Ops
Host: Andy Gill
🕑: 02:15 PM
The Next Internal Network: Why Your Old Playbook Doesn't Work
Host: Dumisani Masimini
🕑: 02:45 PM
BREAK
🕑: 03:00 PM
TBC
Host: Matt Lorentzen
🕑: 03:30 PM
Open floor
Host: Matt Lorentzen
🕑: 04:30 PM
Retro gaming network event
Host: NQ64