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Join the ANU Information Security Office and Elastic for a three-part, hands-on workshop series during Cybersecurity Awareness Month. Led by Elastic security experts, the workshops explore modern threat hunting, AI-assisted security operations and practical attack and defence techniques.

Open to students, public sector professionals and others interested in developing their cybersecurity skills, the series offers practical experience with Elastic Security. No technical prerequisites are required for the first workshop. Subsequent sessions require prior knowledge or experience, as outlined below.

Workshop 1: Security Analyst Workshop: Navigation to Investigation

Wednesday 28 October 2026, 1:30–4:30 pm
Lectorial Room 2, RSSS Building, 146 Ellery Crescent, Canberra

Explore the day-to-day workflow of a security analyst, from searching and visualising security data to investigating alerts, triaging threats and documenting cases. Participants will work through a guided investigation scenario.

Prerequisites: None. Participants must bring their own device.

Workshop 2: Agentic SOC Workshop: Redefining the Analyst Workflow

Thursday 29 October 2026, 1:30–4:30 pm
Lectorial Room 1, RSSS Building, 146 Ellery Crescent, Canberra

Discover how AI can support security operations through a hands-on scenario. Participants will explore alert correlation, AI-assisted query writing, custom AI agents and detection rule creation.

Prerequisites: Attendance at Workshop 1 or existing knowledge of Elastic Security. Participants must bring their own device.

Workshop 3: Breach and Attack Simulation: Scattered Spider Edition

Friday 30 October 2026, 12:00–3:00 pm
Lectorial Room 2, RSSS Building, 146 Ellery Crescent, Canberra

Explore attack and defence techniques through a simulated Scattered Spider attack scenario. Participants will alternate between red and blue team activities, examine stages of an attack chain, validate findings and investigate incident response strategies.

Prerequisites: Basic familiarity with Elastic Security and the Kibana interface is required. Experience in security operations and familiarity with ethical hacking are preferred. Participants must bring their own device.

Speakers

Brent Sargent, Principal Security Architect, Elastic
Adrian Chen, Principal Customer Architect, Elastic

Registration

Registration is free but subject to availability. Please register through the and check the individual workshop requirements before signing up.

This event is delivered in partnership with Elastic as part of Cybersecurity Awareness Month.