A half-day virtual conference about the books that shape cybersecurity - the writers, the readers, and the ideas that endure.
A half-day virtual conference about the books that shape cybersecurity - the writers, the readers, and the ideas that endure.
A half-day virtual conference about the books that shape cybersecurity - the writers, the readers, and the ideas that endure.
Books in Cyber is a half day virtual conference dedicated to the books that shape cybersecurity, the people who write them, the craft of publishing them, and the practice of turning a book into a career tool. Co hosted by EK Cyber and the Cybersecurity Canon Project.
Why a conference about books? Because the best cybersecurity practitioners do not just read security books - they argue about them. Books in Cyber turns those arguments into a stage.
What happens on the day? A half-day, four to five sessions, author spotlights and leadership panels, closing with the Cybersecurity Canon’s annual Hall of Fame inductions. Year One runs on September 8, 2026.
What does it cost? Nothing. The conference is free to attend, recordings stay public on YouTube, and there are no replay paywalls.
Discover the books that continue to shape cybersecurity thinking and the practitioners who stand behind them.
Turn what's on the page into practice - first principles, frameworks, and what to do on Monday morning.
Join live conversations with authors, editors, and industry professionals through panels, reviews, and audience Q&A.
Apply these ideas to your work, your career, and the future of cybersecurity.
Two ways to partner - a Speaker Sponsor slot for your published author, or a Logo Sponsor for brand visibility across every event touchpoint. Founding slots for Year Two open after the event.
Books in Cyber is a free, half-day virtual conference about the books that shape cybersecurity. Year One runs on September 8, 2026, co-hosted by EK Cyber and the Cybersecurity Canon Project. The day features author spotlights, leadership panels, publishing insights, and closes with the Cybersecurity Canon's annual Hall of Fame inductions.
Books in Cyber Vol. I runs on Tuesday, September 8, 2026, from 10:00 AM to 2:30 PM Eastern Time. The event is entirely virtual and free, broadcast on LinkedIn Live and YouTube Live. Registrants receive a calendar invite and a recording link after the event.
Anyone in or adjacent to cybersecurity who reads, writes, or learns from books. The audience spans three groups: practitioners building a foundation in security, technical professionals moving toward leadership, and authors with ideas, stories, or manuscripts who want to build credibility and contribute to the field.
Yes. Books in Cyber is free to attend. Registrants get a calendar invite, the live stream link, and the session recordings on YouTube after the event. No paywalls, no replay gates.
Yes. Every session is recorded and posted to YouTube after the event so registrants and the wider community can watch on their own time. The replays are public and free.
Two sponsorship tiers are available. The Logo Sponsor tier includes brand visibility across the event site, livestream, attendee emails, a mention in the Cybersecurity Canon newsletter, and a permanent replay listing. The Speaker Sponsor tier includes everything in Logo Sponsor plus a 20-minute speaker slot for your author of a published cybersecurity book. Email info@booksincyber.com for full details and pricing.
The Cybersecurity Canon Project maintains a curated list of cybersecurity books every practitioner should consider reading. The project inducts new books into a Hall of Fame each year - those inductions are the centerpiece of the Books in Cyber program.
The Cybersecurity Canon was built because the best practitioners I know don't just read security books - they argue about them. Books in Cyber turns those arguments into a stage. That's overdue.
Every cybersecurity leader I admire reads. They read constantly. We don't have a venue that takes that seriously - one day a year where the field stops to talk about the books that built it. Year One is that day.
Scroll to the Register section on this page (or click 'Register Free' in the hero). The form is hosted on Luma and embedded inline - no separate account is required to attend.
Use the email where you want the calendar invite and the recording link. We send no marketing - just the event reminders.
Luma sends a confirmation email immediately with an Add to Calendar link for Google, Apple, Outlook, or ICS download. Save the invite so the event lands in your calendar at 10:00 AM Eastern on September 8.
On the day of the event, click the stream link emailed to you or come back to this page - the live stream embeds here at 10:00 AM Eastern. LinkedIn Live and YouTube Live both stream simultaneously.
Every session is recorded and posted publicly on YouTube within 48 hours of the event. Registrants get the playlist link by email; everyone else can find it on the Books in Cyber YouTube channel.
Free to attend. Recording available to all registrants. Grab a seat and we will see you on September 8.
Nicole Perlroth is one of the world’s leading voices on cybersecurity, cyber conflict, and the emerging era of AI-enabled threats.
She spent over a decade as the lead cybersecurity and digital espionage reporter for The New York Times, where her reporting uncovered thousands of nation-state cyberattacks and helped drive major policy actions, including the first U.S. indictments against Chinese military hackers and the blacklisting of the commercial surveillance firm NSO Group.
She is the New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestselling author of This Is How They Tell Me the World Ends, a definitive account of the global cyber arms race, which received the Financial Times and McKinsey 2021 Business Book of the Year Award, the Arthur Ross Book Award, was inducted into the Cybersecurity Canon Hall of Fame, and optioned for television and documentary film.
Perlroth is the founder and managing partner of Silver Buckshot Ventures, a cyber moonshot venture fund investing in next-generation cybersecurity companies at the forefront of AI-driven threats. She is also a Venture Partner at Ballistic Ventures and advises leading cybersecurity and AI companies including Armadin, Rubrik and Nozomi.
Her podcast, To Catch a Thief, which examines global cyber threats including China’s cyber operations, became a top-ranked show across Apple, Spotify and Audible and earned her the Signal Award for Best Documentary Podcast, an Ambie nomination for Best Science, Tech and Knowledge Podcast, and is currently being considered for a Pulitzer.
She has served on the Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity Advisory Committee (2021- 2024) and the Council on Foreign Relations’ Cyber Task Force, and is a sought-after speaker for senior executive, policy, and security audiences worldwide.
Perlroth has delivered keynotes and briefings at institutions including the Munich Security Conference, the Council on Foreign Relations, the World Bank, In-Q-Tel, RSA Conference, and private forums for Fortune 100 leadership and global security stakeholders like the Business Roundtable. She is also a regular lecturer at the Stanford Graduate School of Business.
Perlroth has been widely cited in the New York Times, The New Yorker, The New York Review of Books, The Economist, Wired, Forbes, CNN, Bloomberg, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, and appeared on HBO's "Realtime with Bill Maher," NBC’s “Meet The Press,” “The Rachel Maddow Show,” “Dan Rather’s America,” CNBC, PBS Newshour, and appeared on The Times’ “The Daily” podcast, Fresh Air, "On with Kara Swisher," VOX’s “Pivot” podcast, among others.
