Cyber Marathon 2026 (pre-registration)

The Cyber Marathon is now entering its third year. In January 2026, the Cyber Marathon returns bigger than ever, featuring more extraordinary guests and new content.

The date in January 2026 is a placeholder and may be adjusted by up to one week.

Why a pre-registration?

This year, a decision was made to set up a pre-registration page. This has several benefits to both the attendees (you) and the organiser:

• By pre-registering, you will get updates on the finalised date of the event (end of January 2026)

• You will be the first to get updates for the finalised date

• You will be the first to secure the (always FREE) tickets for the sessions of your choice

• You will have the opportunity to nominate a speaker or to suggest a topic. This way, you can shape the Cyber Marathon yourself.

• A pre-registration will allow for better planning and realistic audience expectations, so the Marathon's technical and support infrastructure will be in place.

Previous Cyber Marathon Guest Speakers (2024, 2025)

Some of our very special guests joined us in both of the first two marathons, whereas some others delivered more than one session.

Cary Hendricks, Global Operations Director, ID Cyber Solutions

Mark Cunningham-Dickie, DFIR Expert, Quorum Cyber

Dr Adrian Smales, Health Informatics and Wearables Expert, National Robotarium

Mark Mitchell, Security and Sales Engineer, Check Point

Lisa Ventura MBE, Cyber Security & Tech Specialist, Cyber Security Unity

Sharon Moore MBE, IBM, BCS (Trustee)

Jacob Duane, CEO, Cyber Security Supply Chain Management expert, Stellastra

Timi Adegunwa, Cyber Security Risk Manager |GRC|, Wood Mackenzie

Wumi Akintokun, Identity & Access Management Specialist, NHS

Calum Baird, DFIR Consultant | Digital Forensics Expert Witness, SYSTAL

James McGoldrick, Head of Security Services, SYSTAL

Steph Wright, Head of Scottish AI Alliance

Laura Irvine, Partner and Head of Regulatory Law at Davidson Chalmers Stewart LLP

Eng Selene Giupponi, Director at ReSecurity

Don Smith, Head of CTU Threat Research at Secureworks

Christine Eckford, Lecturer (West Lothian College), Director of Citizens of Cyber

Vladyslav Tsvirkun, VP, Law Enforcement & Enterprise, Global Ledger

Beverly Bowles (Head of Cyber), Nicola Taylor (COO) and David Ferguson (Head of Data & Cyber Development Lead).from ScotlandIS

Scott Killen, Graduate Apprenticeships Delivery Manager at Edinburgh Napier University.

James Kwaan CIPM CISM CISSP, Lloyds Banking Group

Brian Baglow FRSA, Scottish Games Network

Annabel Turner, Director at Cybersafe Scotland

Keith McDevitt MBE, Scottish Government

and of course the organiser, Basil Manoussos, MSc, MBCS, ACSFS, Expert Witness in Digital Evidence, Strathclyde Forensics Ltd