12th Annual Best Scientific Cybersecurity Paper Competition Winners

12th Annual Best Scientific Cybersecurity Paper Competition Winners

The National Security Agency (NSA) has awarded the 12th Annual Best Scientific Cybersecurity Paper Competition to “Decoding Trust: Comprehensive Assessment of Trustworthiness in GPT Models.” The winning paper, authored by 19 researchers including Professors Dawn Song (UC Berkeley), Bo Li (UIUC), and Sanmi Koyejo (Stanford), proposes a groundbreaking evaluation framework for assessing the trustworthiness of large language models (LLMs) such as GPTs.

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NSA 2023 Cybersecurity Year in Review

NSA 2023 Cybersecurity Year in Review

The National Security Agency has published their 2023 Cybersecurity Year in Review!

In an effort to be more transparent, the National Security Agency publishes an annual year in review sharing information regarding cybersecurity efforts that better equipped U.S. defenses against high priority cyber threats. NSA’s efforts to help secure the nation’s most sensitive systems also help your cybersecurity because NSA cascades these solutions through public guidance and engages with key technology providers to help them bolster the security of their products and services.

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National Cyber Summit 2025

The National Cyber Summit (NCS) 2025 will take place September 23–25, 2025, in Huntsville, Alabama. As one of the premier cybersecurity conferences in the U.S., NCS unites government, industry, and academic communities to foster innovation and collaboration in cybersecurity research and practice.

The event features keynote speakers, technical tracks, hands-on workshops, and networking opportunities covering a wide array of topics such as secure software engineering, threat intelligence, network defense, and emerging cyber technologies.

Blue Team Con 2025

Blue Team Con 2025 takes place at the Fairmont Chicago, IL, with training sessions on September 4–5 and the main conference on September 6–7, 2025.

What It’s About
As the only in-person conference focused entirely on cybersecurity defenders, Blue Team Con gathers over 850 professionals—including SOC analysts, threat hunters, incident responders, and defensive developers—to share knowledge through hands-on training, villages, and talks.

Key Highlights

NSA, CISA, and FBI Warn of Potential Foreign Cyber Campaigns Targeting U.S. Infrastructure

NSA, CISA, and FBI Warn of Potential Foreign Cyber Campaigns Targeting U.S. Infrastructure

The NSA, CISA, FBI, and DoD’s DC3 released a joint Cybersecurity Information Sheet titled "Iranian Cyber Actors May Target Vulnerable U.S. Networks and Entities of Interest." The agencies caution that, despite an ongoing ceasefire, Iranian-affiliated threat actors—including state-sponsored groups and hacktivists—could soon launch disruptive campaigns against U.S. networks, particularly those with out-of-date systems or weak credentials.

Key Risks Highlighted:

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Kawaiicon 2025

Join the next Kawaiicon, New Zealand’s premier hacker conference, happening November 6–8, 2025 in Wellington. This year’s edition dives deep into modern exploit techniques, particularly automated memory corruption attacks and emerging mitigation strategies in native languages and runtimes.

Why it matters for SoS‑VO:

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