--- title: THE HACKER'S PLAYBOOK description: Article based on Round table, The hacker's playbook, by Pointury for Hadrian, Nomios and XM Cyber. image: https://www.pointury.com/hubfs/BE20250925%20%20Offensive%20Cybersecurity%20Banner-3.png --- ![Pointury White Banner connecting](https://www.pointury.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Pointury%20White%20Banner%20connecting.png?width=250&height=100&name=Pointury%20White%20Banner%20connecting.png "Pointury White Banner connecting") - [Home](https://www.pointury.com) - [Upcoming Events](https://www.pointury.com#upcoming) - [Past Events](https://www.pointury.com#past) - [Articles](https://www.pointury.com#articles) - [Services](https://www.pointury.com/services) - [Training](https://www.pointury.com/services#webinars) - [Round Tables](https://www.pointury.com/services#round-tables) - [Community](https://www.pointury.com/services#community) - [Company](https://www.pointury.com/company) - [About us](https://www.pointury.com/company#about-us) - [How do we do it?](https://www.pointury.com/company#what-we-do) - [Partners](https://www.pointury.com/company#partners) - [Advisory Board](https://www.pointury.com/company#advisory) - [What participants say](https://www.pointury.com/company#quotes) - [Publications](https://www.pointury.com/publications) - [Blogs](https://www.pointury.com/publications/tag/blogs) - [Articles](https://www.pointury.com/publications/tag/articles) - [Past Events](https://www.pointury.com/publications/tag/events) - [Videos](https://www.pointury.com/publications/tag/videos) - [Contact us](https://www.pointury.com/publications/the-hackers-playbook#contact) - [English](https://www.pointury.com/publications/the-hackers-playbook) - [Français](https://www.pointury.com/fr/publications/the-hackers-playbook) - [Nederlands](https://www.pointury.com/nl/publications/the-hackers-playbook) en [Back to blog](https://www.pointury.com/publications) # THE HACKER'S PLAYBOOK ![Picture of Luc Brouwers](https://app.hubspot.com/settings/avatar/c2b0bc244d014dd5c1ffdc6af9ca1fcf) [Luc Brouwers](https://www.pointury.com/publications/author/luc-brouwers) Sep 25, 2025, 11:00:00 PM [blogs](https://www.pointury.com/publications/tag/blogs) [events](https://www.pointury.com/publications/tag/events) ![BE20250925 Offensive Cybersecurity Banner-3](https://www.pointury.com/hs-fs/hubfs/BE20250925%20%20Offensive%20Cybersecurity%20Banner-3.png?width=720&height=405&name=BE20250925%20%20Offensive%20Cybersecurity%20Banner-3.png)On Thursday, September 25, 2025, Pointury hosted an exclusive roundtable and dinner at Brasserie Latem in Sint-Martens-Latem, bringing together 21 CISOs and CIOs for an evening of networking and insights on the fast-evolving field of offensive cybersecurity. ![IMG_1081](https://www.pointury.com/hs-fs/hubfs/IMG_1081.jpeg?width=720&height=540&name=IMG_1081.jpeg) In today’s cyber battlefield, waiting for an attack is no longer an option. Offensive cybersecurity turns traditional defense strategies on their head—adopting the mindset of attackers to proactively identify and fix vulnerabilities before they can be exploited. The evening featured an engaging presentation by Olivier Beg, Co-Founder of Hadrian, who shared his journey as an ethical hacker and illustrated how organisations leverage offensive techniques not only to test but to strengthen their defenses. Beg highlighted that the majority of breaches stem from preventable issues such as configuration mistakes, exposed backups, default passwords, or the absence of multi-factor authentication—small oversights that can open the door to major compromises. The roundtable sparked dynamic discussions among participants, emphasizing the growing importance of offensive security practices as a vital complement to traditional defense measures. This exclusive event was made possible thanks to the partnership between Hadrian, Nomios, and XM Cyber.   - [Hadrian](https://hadrian.io/) is an AI-driven offensive security platform that helps modern security teams prevent breaches by continuously assessing the external attack surface, validating real-world threats, and prioritising exploitable exposures. Orchestrator AI powers 10x visibility into your critical risks, cuts through false positives, and provides step-by-step remediation guidance. Organizations reduce time to resolution by 80%, reclaim 10+ hours weekly, and act before attackers can. With Hadrian, you don’t just keep up, you leave your adversaries in the dust. - [Nomios](https://www.nomios.be/) is a leading European cybersecurity and networking company, that designs, secures, and manages digital infrastructures for organisations of all sizes, across a wide range of industries. Their experts develop innovative solutions to tackle complex cybersecurity and networking challenges, ensuring you stay secure and connected in an evolving digital landscape.  By combining cutting-edge technology with consulting, managed services, and professional services, they create strategic value for their customers and partners—building the foundation for digital life and modern business. - [XM Cyber](https://xmcyber.com/) is a leading hybrid cloud security company that’s changing the way organisations approach cyber risk. XM Cyber transforms exposure management by demonstrating how attackers leverage and combine misconfigurations, vulnerabilities, identity exposures, and more, across AWS, Azure, GCP and on-prem environments to compromise critical assets. With XM Cyber, you can see all the ways attackers might go, and all the best ways to stop them, pinpointing where to remediate exposures with a fraction of the effort. Founded by top executives from the Israeli cyber intelligence community, XM Cyber has offices in North America, Europe, and Israel. 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