DEF CON Training Middle East 2026 | Breach and adversarial attack simulation, advanced edition

I will be teaching the Level 2 advanced edition of Mastering Breach and Adversarial Attack Simulation Engagements at DEF CON Training Middle East, at the Wyndham Grand Manama in Bahrain on 9 and 10 November 2026.

This edition is meant for people who already run offensive engagements: red teamers, penetration testers and offensive security engineers who want to work against a hardened enterprise network. We will go from initial access and evasion through lateral movement to exfiltration, and after each technique we will look at what it left behind in the AV, EDR, SIEM and proxy logs.

I have rebuilt the labs and tooling for 2026. Students who clear the practical exam will get the CBAS certification, DEF CON Training edition, with a digital badge and a challenge coin.