EVENT

EMEA Splunk Boss of the SOC

Wednesday 7 May 2025  |  Virtual and In-Person
10:00 - 15:30 CEST*
09:00 - 14:30 BST

We are excited to be running our flagship Boss of the SOC (BOTS) event both virtually and in-person in multiple cities across EMEA.

What is BOTS?
BOTS is a blue-team capture the flag-esque competition. As a contestant, you will explore and investigate realistic event data in Splunk Enterprise and Splunk Enterprise Security. During this EMEA wide competition on Wednesday 7th May you will practice your security skills and compete against peers for prizes and bragging rights. Players will be given a series of questions of varying type and difficulty and points are awarded for both accuracy and speed. Competitors will gain a stronger and more realistic understanding of their strengths regarding incident investigations. In addition, the results will highlight areas for training and education.

The Scenario
We are proud to present BOTS version 9 with tales of a new fictional adversary. With this version you will encompass all the things that our competitors have come to expect and love. In this blue-team, CTF(ish) event, competitors will play once again as Alice Bluebird, a security analyst protecting her organization, Frothly, against a new APT group that will be unveiled.

Racing the clock and other contestants, you’ll answer a series of questions, Jeopardy-style — both speed and accuracy earn you points. Use Splunk Enterprise and premium Splunk products to practice your security and troubleshooting skills and see how you’d handle a real-world incident investigation like this one.

Who knows? You might even earn some bragging rights.

How Can I Prepare?

• Take a spin on previous BOTS versions, workshops, and other Splunk security focused content on https://bots.splunk.com.
• Check out our "Hunting With Splunk" blog series. Mastering the topics covered in this series will help you answer questions faster.

Take advantage of the Free Splunk Fundamentals 1 Training Course. 

We look forward to having you and your team compete for a chance to be crowned EMEA BOTS champions! Check the drop down list to find your nearest city or play virtually!

Fine Print

• There's always something, isn’t there? Registration is required to compete in BOTS. No game-day registration is allowed.
• Each individual must register their interest to attend on this landing page and then follow the steps listed in the confirmation email to get your account set up if this is your first BOTS and all the details you need ahead of EMEA BOTS Day.
• * Please note that event times may differ per location

Event Location:

Amsterdam
Location: Cisco Office Amsterdam, Haarlerbergweg 13-19, 1101 CH Amsterdam-Zuidoost Nederland

Barcelona
Location: Cisco Office Barcelona, Carrer de Pere IV, 362, Sant Martí, 08019 Barcelona, Spain

Brussels
Location: Het Fenikshof, Abdijstraat 20, 1850 Grimbergen, Belgium

Copenhagen
Location: Radisson Blu Scandinavia Hotel Copenhagen, Amager Boul 70, 2300 Copenhagen, Denmark

Lisbon
Location: Hotel H10 Duque de Loulé, Av. Duque de Loulé 81 83, 1050-088 Lisboa, Portugal

Madrid
Location: Cisco Office Madrid, Av. de la Vega, 15, 28108 Alcobendas, Madrid

Milan
Location: Cisco Office Milan, Piazza Gae Aulenti, 6, 20154 Milano MI

Munich
Location: smartvillage Schwanthalerhöhe, Ganghoferstrasse 66 b, 80339 München

Rome
Location: Cisco Office Rome, Via del Serafico, 200, 00142 Roma RM

Vienna
Location: k47.wien, Franz-Josefs-Kai 47, 1010 Wien

Zurich
Location: Plaza Klub, Badenerstrasse 109, 8004 Zürich

Helsinki
Location: Scandic Park Helsinki, Mannerheimintie 46, 00260 Helsinki, Finland

London
Location: Storey London, Storey Club, 4 Kingdom St, London W2 6BD

Dubai
Location: Cisco Office Dubai, Plot No. A004-024, Al Sufouh 2, Dubai Knowledge Village - Dubai - United Arab Emirates

Prague
Location: Cisco Office Prague, Pujmanové 1753/10a, 140 00 Praha 4-Nusle, Czechia

Tel Aviv
Location: Cisco Office Tel Aviv, Azrieli Town, 7th & 8th Floor, Menachem Begin 146, Tel Aviv, Israel WeWork office

Warsaw
Location: ADN Conference Center, Grzybowska 56, 00-844 Warszawa, Poland