The Rand · Tech & Builders
Access Granted
Every other room this week is people talking about technology.
This one is people taking it apart.
- Date
- Wednesday, September 30, 2026
- Time
- 1:00 – 6:00 PM
- Where
- Geekdom, 3rd Floor
The running order
What’s on, in order.
1:10 PM – 1:40 PM
Trust Each Other, Not Technology
We’re kicking off Access Granted with a keynote from Richard Davey - Bringing two decades of cybersecurity leadership at Amazon and USAA, he sets the agenda for the day with a provocative look at why we need to stop relying on tech to solve human problems.
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Richard DaveyDirector, Security
1:50 PM – 2:10 PM
The Hackers Left. Now What?
The attackers are gone. Systems are down. Everyone wants to know what happened. In this fast-paced look inside a cyber incident, we’ll take a pile of incomplete and sometimes misleading evidence and try to reconstruct what actually happened. As new clues emerge, the story changes, assumptions get challenged, and the obvious answer may turn out not to be the right one. Along the way, we’ll see how incident responders turn scattered technical evidence into answers that founders, executives, attorneys, IT teams, and security professionals can actually use. No security background is required. If you enjoy solving puzzles, understanding how systems fail, or seeing how investigators make decisions when the evidence is incomplete, this talk is for you.
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Jacob WellnitzSenior Security Consultant
2:15 PM – 2:35 PM
Meow-ware: A Look at the Gayfemboy Malware
Gayfemboy is a strain of Mirai malware most present in 2024, infecting IoT devices across multiple industries and countries, making headlines in multiple news outlets around the world. It also has a very funny name. Here, we will be looking at the malware's lineage and the findings created from researchers investigating the humorously-named botnet.
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Dante MorenoApplication Security Analyst
2:50 PM – 3:10 PM
How to Prepare for Q-Day
A practical roadmap for migrating to post-quantum cryptography before quantum computers make today's encryption obsolete.
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Keeban VillarrealPresident · UTSA Cyber Jedis
3:50 PM – 4:10 PM
Glyph: A binary analysis tool powered by machine learning.
Glyph is an ML-powered web service (API + GUI) for architecture-agnostic binary analysis. It uses Ghidra/PyGhidra to lift 32- and 64-bit ELF binaries, then applies machine learning for function fingerprinting, similarity detection, and vulnerability analysis, and generates a web-based symbol table for triage. Shown at Black Hat Arsenal and DEF CON, it is expanding from cross-architecture fingerprinting toward broader binary analysis when ISAs, compilers, and names differ.
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Corey Hartman, Ph.D.AI/ML Applied to Cyber Ops
4:50 PM – 5:10 PM
AI-powered Bug Bounty Hunting
How to find real vulnerabilities and write clean reports using Claude, Codex, and Deepseek that will get you paid
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Mike BellSenior Security Researcher
Continuous · 1:00 – 6:00
Walk in whenever.
Nothing here runs to a clock or needs a seat booked — the running order above is the part that does.
Lockpicking village
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A TOOOL affiliate, picking locks in the open. Understanding how a lock fails is how you learn to protect yourself and the people around you — all ages welcome, no experience needed.