Vanguard Security and Compliance

Conference talks, webinars, and technical sessions from our team.

Busting Mainframe Pentest Myths: What Really Happens  Start to Finish
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Philip Young

Busting Mainframe Pentest Myths: What Really Happens Start to Finish

At VSC 2026, NetSPI's Mainframe Director Philip Young shares a clear picture of what a modern mainframe pentest looks like, how to...

Same Findings, Different Mainframes: z/OS Security Trends from 2026
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Philip Young

David Bryan

Same Findings, Different Mainframes: z/OS Security Trends from 2026

NetSPI Mainframe experts Phil Young & David Bryan explore why fundamental security controls remain poorly implemented despite being technically feasible for decades....

Teaching AI to Hack CICS: Hack3270, MCP, and Source-Assisted Pentesting
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David Bryan

Michelle Eggers

Teaching AI to Hack CICS: Hack3270, MCP, and Source-Assisted Pentesting

At VSC 2026, NetSPI Mainframe experts Michelle Eggers & David Bryan cover how MCP interacts with live TN3270 sessions, what prompting strategies...

Web Based Penetration Testing
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Michelle Eggers

Web Based Penetration Testing

At Vanguard Security & Compliance 2024, NetSPI's Michelle Eggers explored how web applications on the mainframe introduce OWASP-style risks that can lead...

10 Years of Mainframe Hacking (Keynote) | Philip Young
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Philip Young

10 Years of Mainframe Hacking (Keynote) | Philip Young

At Vanguard Security & Compliance 2024, NetSPI's Philip Young delivered a keynote on a decade of mainframe hacking research and how the...

CICS Application Penetration Testing
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Philip Young

CICS Application Penetration Testing

At Vanguard Security & Compliance 2024, NetSPI's Philip Young demonstrated CICS application penetration testing using the open-source hack3270 tool against the Damn...

No Longer a Myth: A Guide to Mainframe Buffer Overflows
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Philip Young

No Longer a Myth: A Guide to Mainframe Buffer Overflows

NetSPI's Philip Young showed that mainframe buffer overflows are real, demonstrating how to hunt and exploit them in APF-authorized libraries.