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// CRACCON.26 / EDITION 04 STATUS: BOARDING

The Nexus
for Cyber
Innovation &
Opportunity.

// TEASER 2025 → 2026 OCT 24 - 25
Recap · '25

Two days. 700+ Experts. One signal.

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01 / About Us

Build the future of security - don't just watch it.

This year, we're tackling the cybersecurity industry's biggest challenges head-on, from closing the skills gap to creating real-world hiring pathways. Whether you're here for networking or hands-on training, you'll gain mastery in AI integration, Red Team, SOC, Exposure Management and more. Don’t just watch the future of security, build it with us at CRACCON 2026.

06
Tracks
60+
Speakers
700+
Experts
48h
Networking
02 / Tracks

Six lanes. One mission.

AI-powered security & Adversarial ML

14 SESSIONSDAY 1+2

Exposure Mgmt, Cloud & IAM

9 SESSIONSDAY 1

Threat Research

11 SESSIONSDAY 2

OffSec, AppSec & Supply Chain

8 SESSIONSDAY 1+2

Cyber-Physical Threats

10 SESSIONSDAY 1

Career & Skills

12 SESSIONSDAY 1+2
// Call for Papers

Call for Papers: Shape the Stage at CRACCON-26.

Drop the Slides.
Bring the Code.

We want sessions that run, break and get rebuilt in the room - live demos, working tooling and field-tested tradecraft over deck-ware. First-time speakers welcome. We review the work, not the résumé.

Technical Talk Hands-on Workshop Live Demo / Tooling
// Submission Desk

Pitch a session for the 2026 stage.

Across6 tracks
SendTitle + 200-word abstract
BonusRepo · PoC · demo link
Submit your session
03 / Speakers

Voices shaping the next decade of defense.

// SPEAKER 001 · KEYNOTE
Kevin Cardwell
President
Cyber2Lab & CybastionTech
● KEYNOTE SOC, CSIRT and deception
// SPEAKER 002 · KEYNOTE
Swati Laxmi
Founder
CRAC Learning
● KEYNOTE SKILLS GAP
// SPEAKER 003 · TECH TALK
Deepak Gandotra
Cryptography Expert, Global solution architect
Landys+Gyr
● TECH TALK PQC
// SPEAKER 004 · Talk
Siddharth Jain
Managing Director
EPI India
Talk/span> Agentic AI
// SPEAKER 005 · Talk
Sohan Das
Cryptographic Researcher
WESEE
Talk/span> PQC
// SPEAKER 006 · Talk
Soumyadip Chowdhury
Senior Software Engineer
Red Hat
Talk/span> Agentic AI
// SPEAKER 007 · WORKSHOP
Ayushman Agrawal Hingorani
Defhawk
Talk/span> IoT Security
// 58 MORE SPEAKERS ANNOUNCED WEEKLY VIEW FULL LINEUP →
04 / Advisory Board

An advisory board with operational depth.

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BOARD MEMBER ★ INDIA

Rajnish Gupta

Managing Director & Country Manager - India
Two decades scaling exposure-management programs across India's largest enterprises.

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BOARD MEMBER ★ POLICY

Sudhanshu Mittal

Head & Director, Technical Solutions
Architect of the national cyber-skills agenda and India's industry-academia bridge.

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HM
BOARD MEMBER ★ OPERATIONS

Harsh Marwah

Chief Executive Officer
Building the OA Compserve & Silicon Comnet group into a security-first systems integrator.

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REVIEWER ★ Automotive Security

Sumit Chouhan

CISO
Heads a team of elite security researchers at DestroSolutions

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CFP REVIEWER ★ Threat Research, Detection & Response

Eitan Platok

Chief Technical Officer
Head of the Incident Response Team at Israeli E-Government organization, now leads a team of elite security researchers

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CFP REVIEWER ★ India

Dr. Somanath Tripathy

Professor, Department of Computer Science & Engineering, IIT Patna
Research Interest: Cybersecurity, Malware Detection, Secure Machine Learning, Blockchain

IIT PATNA
05 / Partners

Powering the 2026 edition.

Not a logo wall — a working hive. Every partner here plugs into the same community: sharing talent, mentoring newcomers and opening doors, so everyone in the cell grows together.

Presenting & Headline Community Supporting
CRACCON The CONFERENCE
// Partner Applications Open

Put your name on the front line.

Companies and communities - apply to partner with CRACCON '26. Tell us who you are and how you want to show up, and our team will be in touch within 48 hours.

  • Booth & stage presence in front of 2,000+ practitioners
  • Logo placement across site, decks & on-site collateral
  • Community tracks, CTF sponsorship & recruiting access
Prefer to read first? Request the sponsorship deck →

Takes 60 seconds · No commitment · We reply within 48 hours

Proposal received.

Thanks — our partnerships team will reach out within 48 hours.

05 / Tickets

Two passes. One conference.

Tier A // Student SKU·STU·26

Student Pass

For full-time students & campus societies.

1,200 Flat · 2 days
// Valid ID required at entry · No early-bird
  • Full access to all 8 tracks & keynotes (24–25 Oct)
  • Hands-on workshops & live CTF arenas
  • Career corner - resume reviews & recruiter mixer
  • Conference kit, lunch & coffee both days
Tier B // Professional SKU·PRO·26

Professional Pass

For practitioners, researchers, blue/red teams & industry.

Early Bird · Limited SAVE ₹1,500
3,000 Reg ₹4,500
// First 100 seats only
  • Full 2-day access - all tracks, keynotes, workshops
  • Practitioner labs - hands-on AI red team, exposure mgmt & SOC sandboxes
  • Networking dinner on Day 1 with speakers & advisors
  • Conference kit, lounges, lunch & printed proceedings
// Bulk Booking · 10+ seats

Bringing your team or cohort?

Custom rates for universities, security teams & corporate cohorts booking five or more passes. Reserve a private cluster of seats, get group invoicing, and (if you ask nicely) a dedicated CRACCON liaison through the conference.

06 / Archive · '25

Field notes from last year's edition.