IT Underground is one of the biggest hacking conferences in Middle - East Europe. A series of events dedicated to information security have been held in Warsaw and Prague. In 2009 IT Underground will be organised in Germany.
The conference is focused on IT security. The aim of it is to show the participants how to defend themselves and how to improve their security.
Bring your own laptop
Most lectures are conducted in BYOL (Bring Your Own Laptop) mode, aimed at participants who have brought their own computers and therefore can actively participate in sessions. Attendees are able to boot their machines to test networks using the techniques described by the lecturers or try to defend themselves against attacks performed by others.
References
IT Underground Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA