Modat at PIVOTcon 2026
Invite-only threat research, capped at around 160 vetted attendees, focused on tradecraft and deep technical analysis rather than vendor content.
- Dates
- 6 to 8 May 2026
- Where
- Málaga, Spain
- Organiser
- PIVOTcon
- Modat
- Attended
What ran through it
- State-sponsored espionage
- Financially motivated crime
- Mercenary spyware
- Actor tradecraft
Recap
How it went
The room is the whole point
A hard cap of around 160 vetted attendees, drawn from private-sector researchers, government, law enforcement and military analysts, academics and investigative journalists. Very few events put those people in one room, and none of them do it at this size.
No recording, no streaming, no live posting
That rule is why the content is what it is: researchers present work they could not present anywhere else, because nothing leaves the room attributable. So we are not going to be the sponsor that live-tweets it, and this page will stay shorter than the others by design.
Threat actors, not products, in 25 minutes flat
The scope is state-affiliated espionage, disinformation and disruption, financially motivated crime, mercenary spyware, and vulnerability research where it ties back to an actor. Every talk runs 25 minutes with five for questions, so there is no keynote theatre and no vendor pitch anywhere on the agenda.
Who was there
Pick up where he left off.
If you met us at PIVOTcon, or meant to, write to whoever is closest to your work.
Vincent Thiele
Co-Founder & COO
Twenty-five years across finance, government and technology, most of it on your side of the table: Head of Operations for ING Bank’s CISO department, CISO at Cybersprint, then Deputy CISO at Darktrace. A former FS-ISAC board member and current CSIRT.global board member, so he has sat through the vendor conversation from the buying seat.
Where we are going next
Four conferences before the end of the year, including a talk in Strasbourg.
See upcoming events →Missed us at PIVOTcon?
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