Day Zero 2026 Threat Research Summit: Call for Technical Research Now Open
Day Zero invites leading threat researchers and intelligence practitioners to submit original, previously unpublished technical research examining modern adversary operations. From AI-enabled tradecraft and model abuse to reverse engineering, vulnerability research, detection engineering, and cross-domain intrusion techniques, selected research will be presented before a highly curated audience of peers at the forefront of adversary intelligence, advancing the technical foundation of modern cybersecurity.
“Defense starts with knowing your adversary: how they break in, how fast they move, and how AI is both the accelerant and the target of modern attacks,” said
Advancing Technical Insight into Modern Adversary Tradecraft
Modern adversaries are compressing timelines, weaponizing newly discovered vulnerabilities, refining identity-based attacks, and operating seamlessly across endpoint, cloud, SaaS, and AI systems. These shifts expand the technical surface area researchers must analyze and understand. As tradecraft evolves, technical depth and timely research exchange become operational requirements. Day Zero is designed to support that exchange, providing a structured, peer-driven forum for surfacing new findings, examining methodology, and strengthening collective understanding of contemporary adversary behavior.
Call for Research Submissions
Day Zero seeks original, previously unpublished technical research advancing the understanding of modern adversary operations. Areas of focus include:
- Adversary operations and campaign analysis
- AI-enabled attack techniques and model abuse
- Reverse engineering and malware analysis
- Vulnerability discovery and exploitation research
- Identity-based compromise
- Detection engineering and threat hunting methodologies
- Cross-domain intrusion tradecraft
Submissions will be evaluated based on technical depth, originality, and relevance to contemporary adversary behavior.
The Day Zero Call for Research is now open. Submission guidelines, review criteria, and important dates are available here.
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