CRESTCon UK Community Event: Threat Intelligence
About this Event
Hosted by CREST Focus Group chair Matt Hull, we will be exploring the latest challenges, techniques, and innovations shaping the threat landscape.
Line up 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: Tuesday 15 September 2026
Time: 09:00 - 16:00
Location: Everyman Cinema, Manchester St Johns
Networking session: 16:00 - 19:00
Location: NQ64
Reserve your place now. Entrance strictly reserved for booked attendees.
Agenda
🕑: 09:00 AM - 09:30 AM
Arrivals and registration
🕑: 09:30 AM - 09:45 AM
Welcome and introductions - please note timings are subject to change
Host: Matt Hull
🕑: 09:45 AM - 10:15 AM
Threat Actor Developments in Offensive AI
Host: Paul Hood
🕑: 10:15 AM - 10:45 AM
The future of cyber warfare, from Ukraine to the Persian Gulf and beyond
Host: Stephen Robinson
🕑: 10:45 AM - 11:15 AM
BREAK
🕑: 11:15 AM - 11:45 AM
TIP Your Server - How, when, and why to establish your Threat Intelligence Pla
Host: Ryan Harrison:
🕑: 11:45 AM - 12:15 PM
The Agent's Inner Monologue: Catching Compromise in the Reasoning Trace
Host: Max Corbridge
🕑: 12:15 PM - 01:15 PM
LUNCH
🕑: 01:15 PM - 01:45 PM
CREST Community Spotlight Session
🕑: 01:45 PM - 02:00 PM
The Parking Ticket and the IOC: Intelligence Tradecraft from Policing to Cyber
Host: Leigh Walker:
🕑: 02:00 PM - 02:30 PM
PoisonPlant: Tracking the Growth of PoisonSeed's Recruitment-Themed Phishing C
Host: Dillon Ashmore
🕑: 02:30 PM - 02:45 PM
Lightening Talk - TBC
🕑: 02:45 PM - 03:00 PM
BREAK
🕑: 03:00 PM - 03:30 PM
The Cybercrime Hydra: What happens after the takedown?
Host: Ben Ellis:
🕑: 03:30 PM - 04:00 PM
OPEN FLOOR
Host: Matt Hull
🕑: 04:30 PM
Retro Gaming Networking event
Host: NQ64
Where is it happening?
Event Location & Nearby Stays:
GBP 16.96 to GBP 22.38
