Program HEK.SI 2026

The first conference day will take place live at the business venue in Ljubljana, Stegne 23a, and the second conference day will be held online.

On the first conference day, some talks will be delivered in Slovenian and will be accompanied by simultaneous English interpretation. The second conference day will be held entirely in English.

1st confernce day (11. 2. 2026)
2nd confernce day (12. 2. 2026)

Wednesday, 11. 2. 2026
08:20 - 09:00	REGISTRATION
09:00 - 09:10	Welcome and short introduction
09:10 - 09:40	Updates in the field of legal regulation and the challenges of privacy protection and artificial intelligence Andrej Tomšič, Informacijski pooblaščenec / Information Commissioner
09:40 - 10:10	Artificial Intelligence for Hacking Andrea Bodei, INFRA AI
10:10 - 10:40	Same command, different form: Why detection sometimes sees nothing Vid Grosek, Telprom d.o.o.
10:40 - 11:10	The Pentester’s shift: From Executor to Operator Danijel Grah, NIL d.o.o.
11:10 - 11:40	COFFEE BREAK
11:40 - 12:10	Exploiting Digital Energy at Level 0 Paul Coggin, nou Systems, Inc
12:10 - 12:40	AI BYPASS: How to gain a physical access in 15 seconds Alessandro Vannini, Eclysse Cybersecurity
12:40 - 13:10	It Can’t Happen to Me Gregor Spagnolo, SSRD d.o.o.
13:10 - 14:00	LUNCH BREAK
14:00 - 14:30	Privacy in the Age of Telemetry, Cloud Services, and AI Monitoring Nejc Bajželj, Nemis, Nejc Bajželj s.p.
14:30 - 15:00	CSRF attacks in modern Web applications Mateo Hanžek, INFIGO IS
15:00 - 15:30	Key steps for ensuring the secure use of artificial intelligence in an organization Domen Hribar, Petrol d.d. Jaka Bochl, Petrol d.d.
15:30 - 16:00	The Onion: Layered cyber security for corporations Tamás Bőhm, contractor
16:00 - 16:05	Closing of the first conference day
* The organizer reserves the right to make changes to the program. * On the first day of the conference (February 12, 2025), the HEK.SI conference will take place at Fantastični prostori (Stegne 23a, Ljubljana). * The program on the second day of the conference (February 13, 2025) will be available online (via Zoom). * The event program is scheduled according to Central European Time (CET Time Zone).

Thursday, 12. 2. 2026
08:55 - 09:00	OPENING GREETING
09:00 - 09:30	Secure-by-design: Building cyber-resilient products that meet UX, security, and emerging compliance standards Kateryna Ovechenko, HBM.ai
09:30 - 10:00	Quishing Without Compromise: Scoping, Tools, Tricks, and Lessons Learned Bob van der Staak, Ignifexlabs Rutger Flohil, Ignifexlabs
10:00 - 10:30	Zero Trust in the Era of AI: Why "Verify" is Broken Tudor Damian, D3 Cyber
10:30 - 10:40	COFFEE BREAK
10:40 - 11:10	Adversary Emulation: Simulating APTs, Ransomware, and Emerging Threats Diogo Fernandes, SEG Automotive
11:10 - 11:40	Smart Security: How Adaptive Authentication Is Changing the Game Marko Hölbl, Univerza v Mariboru
11:40 - 12:10	Quantum-Proofing Images: Stopping Fake News in a Synthetic Media Age Maksim Iavich, SCSA / Caucasus University
12:10 - 13:00	LUNCH BREAK
13:00 - 13:30	Securing Cloud-Native Supply Chains: Strategies for Fast, Resilient DevOps Matthias Luft, Supabase
13:30 - 14:00	Attack of the Clones: 80+ AI Agents Walk Into a SOC Andrei Cotaie, UiPath Cristian Miron, UiPath
14:00 - 14:30	Advanced Threat Hunting: Staying One Step Ahead of Adversary Alex Holden, Hold Security, LLC
14:30 - 14:40	COFFEE BREAK
14:40 - 15:10	Unmasking the Shadows: Advanced Techniques for Dark Web Domain Deanonymization Jaime Esquivias, a.k.a Bash Bunny
15:10 - 15:40	Cyber Threat Intelligence in action: From data to defensive decisions Riccardo Cervelli, ITIS "G. Marconi" - Pontedera (PI)
15:40 - 15:45	Closing the conference
* The organizer reserves the right to make changes to the program. * On the first day of the conference (February 12, 2025), the HEK.SI conference will take place at Fantastični prostori (Stegne 23a, Ljubljana). * The program on the second day of the conference (February 13, 2025) will be available online (via Zoom). * The event program is scheduled according to Central European Time (CET Time Zone).

Friday, 12.2.2022

11. - 12. 2. 2026

Ljubljana & online

Program HEK.SI 2026

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