Security and Privacy Sessions at SXSW 2017

The Forrest Four-Cast: November 30, 2016

Given our current challenges with separating real news from so-called fake news (as well as a President-elect who consistently blurs the lines between these two opposites), Journalism may be the most important track at SXSW 2017. But, in light of so many high-profile hacks over the last six months, we also expect sessions covering security and privacy to be very popular.

Many of these security and privacy sessions will occur as part of the Government track which runs March 10–13 at the Downtown Austin Hilton. These sessions include:

• Are Biometrics the New Face of Surveillance?
• Cyber Arms Control: How To Make Our World Safer!
• DoD, Silicon Valley, Hollywood: Hacking for Defense
• Dude, Where’s My Data? Privacy and Consumer Rights
• Get a Warrant: The 4th Amendment and Digital Data
• The Threat is Evolving: Are You? Meet Up
• When Should My Data Become the Government’s Data?

Other security and privacy sessions will occur within the Intelligent Future track and the Tech Industry track, both of which run March 10–16. These sessions include:

• A New Normal: User Security in an Insecure World
• Back to the Future: Securing Marty McFly’s World
• Connected Cities, Hackable Streets
• How To Hijack the Pizza Delivery Drone
• Rating the IoT: How Do We Test Consumer Privacy?
• Your “Check Security” Light is On
• Zero Day Software Vulnerabilities: Deal With It

Find the content that you want to see at SXSW 2017 by browsing the 1000+ sessions in the online schedule. Remember that registrants who attend content outside their area of expertise often get the most value at SXSW. Finally, watch this video to learn more about the 2017 badge structure that gives registrants more flexibility to attend more March programming.