History

Securi-Tay

(known as “Securi-Tay 2011” on the shirt design for the year)

• October 15th 2011 (Saturday)

• Tickets: £5.50 (39 sold)

• Speakers

  • John Butler (?) (MWR),

  • Stuart Criddle

  • Android Exploit by Nick Walker & Werner Nel (Students)

  • Ian Soutar (Student),

  • 10 Years of Application Security by Rory McCune

• CTF Winners: St Andrews University Team

Securi-Tay 2

• Date: 16th January 2013 (Wednesday)

• Talks (YouTube)

  • (“Apologies for the missing videos from Track A. We experienced a technical failure during the 11:10 session that disrupted our recordings.”)

• Website: Internet Archive

Securi-Tay 3

• Date: 15th January 2014 (Wednesday)

• Website: Internet Archive

Securi-Tay IV

• Date: 27th February 2015 (Friday)

• Website

• Tweets: #SecuriTayIV

• Talks (YouTube)

  • Currently Private

Securi-Tay V

• Date: 26th and 27th February 2016 (Friday & Saturday)

• Website

• Tweets: #SecuriTayV

• Talks (YouTube)

Securi-Tay 2017

• Date: 24th February 2017 (Friday)

• Website

• Tweets: #SecuriTay2017

• Talks (YouTube)

Securi-Tay 2018

• Original Date: 2nd and 3rd March (Friday & Saturday)

  • Postponed to: 18th and 19th May 2018 (Friday & Saturday)

• Website

  • Programme (9MB)

• Tweets: #SecuriTay2018

• Talks (YouTube)

Securi-Tay 2019

• Date: 1st March 2019 (Friday)

• Website

• Programme (14MB)

• Tweets: #SecuriTay2019

Securi-Tay 2020

• Pre-party was made official this year, for the first time @ Dukes Corner, night of 27th February

• Date: 28th February 2020 (Friday)

• Website

• Programme (14MB) - currently shows 2019 programme

• Tweets: #SecuriTay2020

• This year was also the first year that the afterparty was not held at the Abertay Student Union - instead, it was held at Innis & Gunn Beer Kitchen, next door to Dundee Rep Theatre

Securi-Tay X | Securi-Tay 2022

• Pre-party was held at Dukes Corner, night of 3rd March

• Date: 4th March 2022 (Friday)

• Website

• Programme (32MB)

• Tweets: #SecuriTayX

• This year the afterparty moved to The Barrelman on Commercial Street for the first time

Securi-Tay 2023

• Date: 3rd March 2023 (Friday)

• Website

• Tweets: #SecuriTay2023

Securi-Tay 2024

• Date: 1st March 2024 (Friday)

• Website

• Tweets: #SecuriTay2024

Securi-Tay 2025

• Date: 28th February 2025 (Friday)

• Website

• Tweets: #SecuriTay2025

• CTF took place over 48 hours, running through from the 25th-27th of February, with the pre-party at Dukes Corner on the night of the 27th.

• Attendee cap was raised to 500 with a record number of tickets sold (457)