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# Bugcrowd at AusCERT2021
- URL: https://cje.io/2021/05/19/auscert2021-recap/
- Published: 2021-05-19T08:36:00.000Z
- Updated: 2025-07-08T00:03:31.000Z
- Description: AusCERT 2021 was a hybrid conference this year, and one of the first Australian cybersecurity conferences to resume in real life after the onset of the COVID pandemic. I was there representing Bugcrowd across three (!) separate sessions.
- Author: Casey Ellis
- Tags: Building, Learn, #bugcrowd

Warming up... 

> T minus 15 minutes! [@AusCERT](https://twitter.com/AusCERT?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=cje.io) [#auscert2021](https://twitter.com/hashtag/auscert2021?src=hash&ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=cje.io) [pic.twitter.com/5Rnyz0cVe2](https://t.co/5Rnyz0cVe2?ref=cje.io)
> 
> — cje (@caseyjohnellis) [May 12, 2021](https://twitter.com/caseyjohnellis/status/1392612360695828492?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=cje.io)

Shocking the crew with a suit

> [@caseyjohnellis](https://twitter.com/caseyjohnellis?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=cje.io) in a suit???? [#AusCERT2021](https://twitter.com/hashtag/AusCERT2021?src=hash&ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=cje.io) [pic.twitter.com/z9ekjqvM3W](https://t.co/z9ekjqvM3W?ref=cje.io)
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> — Nigel Phair (@nphair) [May 12, 2021](https://twitter.com/nphair/status/1392623220650516481?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=cje.io)

The opening keynote 

> How can SOAR help a security transformation program? Great panel with Tony Kitzelmann from [@AirservicesNews](https://twitter.com/AirservicesNews?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=cje.io), James Young from [@splunk](https://twitter.com/splunk?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=cje.io) , [@girlgerms](https://twitter.com/girlgerms?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=cje.io) from [@Microsoft](https://twitter.com/Microsoft?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=cje.io) and [@caseyjohnellis](https://twitter.com/caseyjohnellis?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=cje.io) from [@Bugcrowd](https://twitter.com/Bugcrowd?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=cje.io) at [@AusCERT](https://twitter.com/AusCERT?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=cje.io) 2021 [#AusCERT2021](https://twitter.com/hashtag/AusCERT2021?src=hash&ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=cje.io) [pic.twitter.com/ZDUBi2sucB](https://t.co/ZDUBi2sucB?ref=cje.io)
> 
> — Don McKenzie (@TheDonMcKenzie) [May 12, 2021](https://twitter.com/TheDonMcKenzie/status/1392624742868275202?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=cje.io)

Talk on Crowdsourced Security in Financial Services

> [@caseyjohnellis](https://twitter.com/caseyjohnellis?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=cje.io)'s thoughts on bugs: Broke: Total bug bounty payouts as vanity metric by companies.  
> Woke: Required payouts as a business metric for cost of attack (To put it another way, higher bounties netting fewer vulnerabilities means attackers have higher costs) [#AusCERT2021](https://twitter.com/hashtag/AusCERT2021?src=hash&ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=cje.io) [pic.twitter.com/fm7ofUCpLj](https://t.co/fm7ofUCpLj?ref=cje.io)
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> — Jeremy Kirk (@Jeremy\_Kirk) [May 13, 2021](https://twitter.com/Jeremy%5FKirk/status/1392690827210625024?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=cje.io)

> Fantastic presentation from [@caseyjohnellis](https://twitter.com/caseyjohnellis?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=cje.io) on the value of crowdsourced security at [@AusCERT](https://twitter.com/AusCERT?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=cje.io) 2021 [#AusCERT2021](https://twitter.com/hashtag/AusCERT2021?src=hash&ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=cje.io) [pic.twitter.com/49YHWpcCNa](https://t.co/49YHWpcCNa?ref=cje.io)
> 
> — Don McKenzie (@TheDonMcKenzie) [May 13, 2021](https://twitter.com/TheDonMcKenzie/status/1392719087747227651?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=cje.io)

Troy Hunt doing an interesting AMA on haveibeenpwned.com

> now up: [@troyhunt](https://twitter.com/troyhunt?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=cje.io) doing a [@haveibeenpwned](https://twitter.com/haveibeenpwned?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=cje.io) AMA [#auscert2021](https://twitter.com/hashtag/auscert2021?src=hash&ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=cje.io) [pic.twitter.com/rRs782iVY1](https://t.co/rRs782iVY1?ref=cje.io)
> 
> — cje (@caseyjohnellis) [May 13, 2021](https://twitter.com/caseyjohnellis/status/1392734637357768704?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=cje.io)

Ciaran Martin of NCSC talking through why we should all just chill out a little and get on with the job

> the legendary [@ciaranmartinoxf](https://twitter.com/ciaranmartinoxf?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=cje.io) giving his keynote at [#auscert2021](https://twitter.com/hashtag/auscert2021?src=hash&ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=cje.io) [pic.twitter.com/Cv5AeYVBlz](https://t.co/Cv5AeYVBlz?ref=cje.io)
> 
> — cje (@caseyjohnellis) [May 13, 2021](https://twitter.com/caseyjohnellis/status/1392722786548948993?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=cje.io)

Gala dinner and easily the best pirate band I've ever heard

> ALL RISE FOR THE NATIONAL ANTHEM [pic.twitter.com/s9ZT8yon76](https://t.co/s9ZT8yon76?ref=cje.io)
> 
> — cje (@caseyjohnellis) [May 13, 2021](https://twitter.com/caseyjohnellis/status/1392793950239395841?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=cje.io)

Speed debate to close the event

> speed debate time at [#auscert2021](https://twitter.com/hashtag/auscert2021?src=hash&ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=cje.io)... once again I find myself forced to argue in favor of completeness of the cfaa 😬 [pic.twitter.com/llEeGcwyDs](https://t.co/llEeGcwyDs?ref=cje.io)
> 
> — cje (@caseyjohnellis) [May 14, 2021](https://twitter.com/caseyjohnellis/status/1393089108365414401?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=cje.io)

...and done

> ...and done. [pic.twitter.com/o58dfzRlIL](https://t.co/o58dfzRlIL?ref=cje.io)
> 
> — cje (@caseyjohnellis) [May 14, 2021](https://twitter.com/caseyjohnellis/status/1393105630706216960?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=cje.io)