DEF CON Training will be back in Las Vegas August 7-11, 2026!
We have one-day, two-day, and four-day course options running 8:00 am-5:00 pm:
- Friday (one-day)
- Saturday-Sunday (two-day)
- Saturday-Tuesday (four-day)
- Monday-Tuesday (two-day)
DEF CON Training 2026 will be located at: Las Vegas Convention Center West Hall
300 Convention Center Dr, Las Vegas, NV 89109.
Jeff Moss and Seeyew Mo will host an evening social mixer cash bar for trainers and students on August 10. This will be a great opportunity to network and discuss cybersecurity and policy.
Please email training@defcon.org for wire payment instructions.
Early bird discount ends at 11.59 PM on May 31 local time (PDT).
Advanced Cloud Incident Response in Azure and Microsoft 365 - Korstiaan Stam - DCTLV2026
Advanced Windows Binary Exploitation - Kolja Grassmann & Florian Schweins - DCTLV2026
Adversarial Thinking: The Art of Dangerous Ideas - Greg Conti & Tom Cross - DCTLV2026
Agentic RE: Automating Reverse Engineering & Vulnerability Research with AI - John McIntosh - DCTLV2026
AI + SOC 101 Bootcamp: Building Modern Security Operation Skills with AI Integration - Rod Soto - DCTLV2026
AI Agent Security Masterclass: Attacking and Defending Autonomous AI Systems - Abhay Bhargav & Vishnu Prasad - DCTLV2026
AI SecureOps: Attacking & Defending AI Applications & Agents - Abhinav Singh - DCTLV2026
Attacking Public and Private 5G Infrastructure and Defense - Akib Sayyed - DCTLV2026
Car Hacking Masterclass - Attacking & Defending Automotive Systems and Infrastructure - Kamel Ghali - DCTLV2026
Dark Wolf Hack Our Drone Workshop - Ronald Broberg & Rudy Mendoza - DCTLV2026
Digital Forensics Investigations and Hunting with the Tsurugi Linux Team - Giovanni Rattaro & Marco Giorgi - DCTLV2026
Exploit Development and Malware Analysis - Sam Bowne, Elizabeth Biddlecome, Kaitlyn Handelman, & Irvin Lemus - DCTLV2026
Introduction to Linux Kernel Security - pwn.college LLC Trainers - DCTLV2026
IoT Exploitation Masterclass: Hardware & RF Hacking - Smriti Gaba & Yianna Paris - DCTLV2026
Securing the Future: Defending Kubernetes & Cloud-Native Infrastructure in the Age of AI - Madhu Akula - DCTLV2026
Simulated Adversary: Tactics & Tools Training - Jayson E. Street, Iain Jackson, and James Sheppard (CovertSwarm) - DCTLV2026
Software Defined Radios 101 - Introduction to RF Hacking - Richard Shmel - DCTLV2026
Solving Modern Cybersecurity Problems with AI - Michael Glass - DCTLV2026