NovaCustom · 2nd Place Prize

The Stack · 2nd Place Prize

NovaCustom

novacustom.com · Own. Your. Tech.

We're grateful to NovaCustom for backing the CISO.poker community and our gathering in Las Vegas this August. NovaCustom builds customizable, privacy-first hardware with open-source firmware you can actually audit — and they've put real hardware on the table as the 2nd place prize.

Contribution · 2nd Place

NovaCustom Privacy Hardware

2nd place at the final table takes home NovaCustom hardware · the exact piece stays face-down until the night of — never underestimate a small stack

Prize Placement · TBD Night Of

2nd Place — NovaCustom Hardware

Locked in: privacy-first NovaCustom hardware, awarded to second place at the final table. Which piece? Face-down for now — small stacks go deep.

Open-Source Firmware

Dasharo coreboot on every machine — no black-box boot chain, with Heads verified boot on the SecurityTitan line.

Built for This Room

Qubes OS certified, assembled in the EU, 3-year warranty and 7+ years of support.

* Final placement determined on August 5, 2026. Prize awarded in-person, Las Vegas.

About NovaCustom

NovaCustom is a European manufacturer of customizable, privacy-first computers — laptops, mini PCs, and phones configured to order and shipped with open-source Dasharo coreboot firmware instead of a proprietary black-box boot chain. Their machines are Qubes OS certified, and the SecurityTitan line adds Heads for verified boot integrity.

Assembled in the EU with a repair-first philosophy — 3-year warranty, 7+ years of support, spare parts, and custom options down to laser-engraved keyboards — NovaCustom is built for practitioners who want to verify, not just trust, the hardware they carry.

Learn more at novacustom.com.

Product lines

PrivacyGuard laptops — privacy-focused coreboot laptops with hardware kill switches and custom configuration
SecurityTitan laptops — hardened models with Heads firmware for verified, tamper-evident boot
NUC Box mini PC — compact desktop with the same open Dasharo coreboot firmware
SHIFTphone 8.1 with iodéOS — de-Googled, privacy-first phone from the sustainable SHIFT line

Get NovaCustom — Two Ways

Dedicated Storefront

Shop the NovaCustom lineup at securitygadgets.shop

CISO Marketplace runs a dedicated NovaCustom storefront at securitygadgets.shop — PrivacyGuard and SecurityTitan laptops, the NUC Box mini PC, and the SHIFTphone 8.1. Not a one-time event drop: it's an ongoing storefront, there whenever you're ready to upgrade.

Shop securitygadgets.shop/novacustom →

Curated NovaCustom hardware, fulfilled through securitygadgets.shop.

Buy Direct

Configure yours at novacustom.com through our affiliate link

Prefer to spec it yourself? Configure your machine straight from the source — firmware, OS, keyboard engraving, the works — through our affiliate link. Same prices, and your purchase supports CISO.poker.

Buy direct at novacustom.com →

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