IT Underground is one of the biggest hacking conferences in Middle - East Europe. Series of events dedicated to information security

Information security

Information security means protecting information and information systems from unauthorized access, use, disclosure, disruption, modification, perusal, inspection, recording or destruction....

 have been held in Warsaw

Warsaw

Warsaw is the capital and largest city of Poland. It is located on the Vistula River, roughly from the Baltic Sea and from the Carpathian Mountains. Its population in 2010 was estimated at 1,716,855 residents with a greater metropolitan area of 2,631,902 residents, making Warsaw the 10th most...

 and Prague

Prague

Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million...

. In 2009 IT Underground will be also organised in Germany.

The Conference is focused on IT security and the main aim of it is to provide participants how to defend them self and how to improve their security.

Many speakers of renown have animated former editions of this conference: Adam Laurie, Alessio "mayhem" Pennasilico, Alexander Kornbrust, Andrea Barisani, Angelo Rosiello, Anton Chuvakin, Antonio Merola, Błażej Miga, Christian Klein, Chuck Willis, Claudio Merloni, Daniel Cid, Daniel Mende, Dave Aitel, David H1kari Hulton, Dror Roecher, Enno Rey, Fyodor Yarochkin, Gerard Frankowski, Ilja van Sprundel, Jakub Vrana, Jakub Zemanek, Jarosław Sajko, Jim Geovedi

Jim Geovedi

Jim Geovedi , is a renowned IT security expert from Indonesia, who focuses on the discovery of computer and network security vulnerabilities with a special focus on telecommunication and satellite systems. BBC News described him as a guy who "doesn't look like a Bond villain.....

, Joanna Rutkowska

Joanna Rutkowska

Joanna Rutkowska is a Polish security researcher, primarily known for her research on low-level security and stealth malware.She became known after the Black Hat Briefings conference in Las Vegas in August 2006, where Rutkowska presented an attack against Vista kernel protection mechanism, and also...

, Joffrey Czarny, K.K.Mookhey, Marcel Holtman, Mariusz Burdach, Martin Herfurt, Maximilian Dornseif, Michael M. Kemp, Michael Shema, Michal Bucko, Michał Szymański, Mike Stan, Neil Archibald, Ofir Arkin, Oliver Roeschke, Paul Wouters, Pavel Chovanec, Paweł Krawczyk, Philippe Langlois, Piotr Oleszkiewicz, Piotr Sobolewski, Raoul Chiesa, Renaud Bidou, Rene Graf, Riley Hassel, Robert Lee Ayers, Roelof Temmingh, Saumil Udayan Shah, Shalom Carmel, Shawn Merdinger, Simon Rich, Skyper, Stefano Zanero, Sumit Siddharth, Thomas B. Ruecker, Thomas Blackard, Thorsten Holz, Tomek Nidecki, Wojciech Dworakowski, Zeljko Vrbe, Roger Klose, MAtthias Luft, Ferruh Mavituna, Michal Szajbe, Laurent Venet, Luca Carettoni, Petr Matousek, Joffrey Czarny, Spala Frenc, Panczel Zoltan, Daniel Mende, Simon Rich, Dawid Mentel

BYOL
Most lectures is conducted in BYOL (Bring Your Own Laptop) mode, aimed at participants who have brought their own computers and therefore are actively participate in sessions. Attendees are able to boot their machines to test networks using the techniques described by the lecturers or try to defend themselves against attacks performed by others.