Every year you see thousands of blogs trying to wrap up what happened in the last year, or even worse predict what will happen over the next year, or worst of all, a top 10 list.  Instead of doing anything like that I like to instead make predictions for the previous year, and I like to make over 4 of them and rank them in some sort of order, here they are.

 

3: Def Con 19 will amass over 15,000 attendees in the new venue, it will be the most chaotic that you have ever seen a Def Con.  It will not be chaotic because of all the ‘hackers’ in one place, but instead of all of them that are crammed into a convention area like sardines.  Someone will have to ask “How does it feel to outgrow your new venue before the second year in it Def Con?”

5: Anti-Sec movement, there will be an anti security movement in the year 2011, it will be vast and it will be quite cruise like.  Most information security professionals will curse these cats in public, and while in earshot of their bosses.  However in reality most of these very same professionals will be very happy at the new job security provided.

2: Playstation network will go down, productivity will increase because of it, but only after it goes down as  everyone finds ways to complain about the PSN being down first.  The network will continue to bounce, and then eventually Sony will finally admit that everyone who has ever spent money on PSN had their credit cards jacked.

4: B-Sides drama will ensue, there will be an errata post about the monetary practices of the lead organizer of B-Sides. Chaos will ensue. Hopefully though most people will just realize that while this might tarnish the name as a whole, B-Sides is still a thing for good in the long run.  I love B-Sides events and with a singular exception I wouldn’t prefer to be at any other convention.

1: DerbyCon will arise from the murky depths that is 4th Street Live, and the people will rejoice.  The most homey of all security conventions will happen in Louisville, Kentucky.  There will be bourbon, there will be beer, and there will be cherry infused vodka.  The talks will be pure and entertaining, the training will be informative and in some cases take forever and refuse people sleep.  The CTF will even have textual images when flashed at the closing ceremony will make the audience flinch.  While they will undersell tickets this year, it will only count toward the feeling of family that will persist across the convention hall.  Hackers for Charity will raise more money at this convention than they did at Def Con 19, an impressive feat considering the attendance is a 15th of Def Con 19′s.  Most importantly of all, there will be hugs, Oh will there ever be hugs abound, there will even be tickets for the hugs, and those tickets will be forged, and even turned into a charity item for HFC.  The only downside to all of DerbyCon is that there will never be enough thanks for all of the effort put forth, and the happiness that is brought because of the event.

 

Now that I have postdicted the 2011 year you can all await these events becoming true with great happiness and mystery.