The inaugural Linux Security Summit Europe (LSS-EU) was held in October, in Edinburgh, UK.
For 2018, the LSS program committee decided to add a new event in Europe, with the aim of fostering Linux security community engagement beyond North America. There are many Linux security developers and users in Europe who may not be able to obtain funding to travel to North America for the conference each year. The lead organizer and MC for LSS EU is Elena Reshetova, of Intel Finland.
This was my first LSS as a speaker, as I’ve always been the MC for the North American events. I provided a brief overview of the Linux kernel security subsystem.
Sub-maintainers of kernel security projects presented updates on their respective areas, and there were also several referred presentations.
Slides may be found here, while videos of all talks are available via this youtube playlist.
There are photos, too!
The event overall seemed very successful, with around 150 attendees. We expect to continue now to have both NA and EU LSS events each year, although there are some scheduling challenges for 2019, with several LF events happening closely together. From 2020 on, it seems we will have 4-5 months separation between the EU and NA events, which will work much better for all involved.