RISE Nordics is a private, TLP:RED gathering curated exclusively for cybersecurity analysts and practitioners. Over two full conference days at sea, you’ll experience peer-led workshops, professional networking, and candid troubleshooting sessions addressing the most pressing challenges in today’s threat landscape.
The entire conference takes place onboard the M/S Viking Grace as it sails between Stockholm and Turku. Apply to secure your spot at this special RISE conference at sea.
Real Intelligence. Real Skills. Real Impact.
Where the cybersecurity community comes together to solve what matters.
TLP:RED Sessions
Attend exclusive briefings under strict information sharing protocols. Limited attendance fosters the trust required for candid discussion of active threats targeting financial infrastructure, including fraud networks, ransomware syndicates, and nation-state actors.
Hands-On Workshops
Work directly with tools, datasets, and real-world financial sector scenarios in live exercises. Whether it's cryptocurrency tracing, infrastructure hunting, or malware analysis, you'll gain practical skills through direct application, not slide decks.
Practitioner-Led Collaboration
Every session is led by those actively working investigations inside financial institutions, regulatory bodies, and intelligence agencies. No keynotes. No pitches. Just operators sharing what's working right now.
Investigative Methods from the Field
Access playbooks, frameworks, and analytical approaches that are actively disrupting adversaries. Learn from those who've successfully tracked, exposed, and neutralized threats.
Actionable Threat Intelligence
Leave with specific insights, techniques, and strategies. RISE attendees consistently report deploying new defenses within days of the event.
A Network That Keeps Working
Build trusted relationships with security leaders who understand your challenges. Past attendees report ongoing collaboration, intel sharing, and problem-solving long after RISE ends.
A Legacy of Elite Collaboration
RISE events provide a trusted environment for cybersecurity practitioners to exchange intelligence, share investigative insight, and strengthen the relationships that support their work. Attendees leave with actionable insight and trusted connections built on shared experience.
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Join the Inner Circle
The lessons and connections built at RISE Conferences go far beyond the conference itself. Once you attend, you become a member of an inner circle, connected with global defenders, operators, and intelligence professionals.
Your application to attend is the first step toward the most important work of your career, as you join a community dedicated to saving and improving human lives.
Space is extremely limited. Attendance is by invitation only.
How to Apply for RISE Nordics
Please complete the application form below. Detailed logistics will be provided upon registration confirmation.
Choose where you embark
Monday evening, February 15 (the night before Day 1)
Early Tuesday morning, February 16 (first day of the conference, before sessions begin)
Choose where you disembark
Wednesday evening, February 17 (end of Day 2)
Thursday morning, February 18
Book your cabin
Attendees are responsible for booking their own cabin. Cabin bookings require a code only available to confirmed registrants.
Do not book your cabin before receiving this code.
You may embark and disembark at different ports to suit your travel plans. Please share where you would like to embark during the registration process. View the M/S Viking Grace timetable.
Scroll within the form below to complete and submit your application.
Call for Speakers: Shape the Future of CTI
Share your expertise. Help defenders worldwide. Shape the future of Threat Intelligence
RISE Nordics looks to members of the community to share their unique insights into today’s most substantial threats. If you have a compelling case study, an active investigation, or a unique perspective that moves our community from a reactive to proactive security posture, we want to hear from you.
Submit Your ProposalTLP:RED & Social Media Policy
All content shared at RISE Nordics, including sessions, presentations, speakers, attendee identities, and the agenda, is classified TLP:RED unless explicitly stated otherwise by the source.
Per the FIRST Traffic Light Protocol standard (v2.0), TLP:RED means for the eyes and ears of individual recipients only. No further disclosure. In the context of a meeting, TLP:RED information is limited to those present.
Social Media at RISE Nordics
We welcome delegates sharing that they're here: use #RISENordics to connect with the community. But participation in the event comes with strict obligations on what can and cannot be shared publicly
Do NOT post, photograph, screenshot, or share:
- Delegate faces (without explicit, informed consent)
- Specific threat actor or malware family names
- Slides, presentation materials, or workshop content
- Session summaries, quotes, or key takeaways from speakers
- The agenda or session schedule
- Venue specifics, room layouts, or off-site locations
- Conference group photos, signed posters, or badges
What you CAN share:
- That you're attending RISE Nordics and general enthusiasm for the community
- Photos taken at the designated photo opportunity area (ideal for LinkedIn — look for the backdrop at registration)
- Content explicitly cleared as TLP:GREEN or TLP:CLEAR by the source, in the moment
If a session or piece of content is designated at a lower classification, that will be stated explicitly. Absent that designation, assume TLP:RED applies.
Questions? Reach us at conferences@cymru.com or find us at the Registration Desk on-site.