Welcome to the Security BSides Community Wiki

 

What is BSides?

BSides is an unconference built for and by information security community members.  The goal is to expand the spectrum of conversation beyond the traditional confines of space and time.  It creates opportunities for individuals to both present and participate in an intimate atmosphere that encourages collaboration.  It is an intense event with discussions, demos and interaction from participants. It is entirely community driven.  It is where conversations for the next-big-thing may be happening.  We've followed the BarCamp format... because it works.

 

Upcoming events: #BSidesSF, #BSidesAustin, #BSidesBOS, #BSidesLV.

 

Take a look at the BSidesLasVegas01 event for details of what a completed event looks like.

 

Resources

 

Questions? Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) << or >> 415-742-1739

 

New here? Join the SecurityBSides Mailing List, FaceBook BSides Group, SlideShare, or Twitter.

 

Attending? Here's what to expect at a BSides event.

 

Organizing? Read about... organizing.

 

Sponsorship? Interested in Sponsoring this group or one event?

 

Media/Press: Read about the media coverage we get!

 

Corporate Unconference? Many organizations are thinking of organizing & hosting unconferences.

 

Site maintenance join the SiteMaintainers if you want to help keeping this site functional. If you have problems while editing, you may find helpers there.

 

BSides's History

BSides was born out of number of rejections to the CFP for Black Hat USA 2009.  A number of quality speakers were rejected, not due to lack of quality but lack of space and time.  Any constrained system must operate within the bounds to which it has defined itself.  Conferences constrain themselves to the eight hours a day for however many days they run.  Our goal is to provide people with options by removing those barriers and providing more options of speakers, topics, and events.   Much like Noisebridge, and other hacker spaces, we are a do-acracy, another words if you want it then you do to it or make it happen.  We do not have members, but rather participants.  You are the "We" and we can only be successful if you make that happen for yourself.

 

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Upcoming Camps

Note: THIS list right here is the 'definitive list' of upcoming SecurityBSides events. The links in the event lists _must_ point to a properly formatted SecurityBSides page (see UsingTheBSidesWiki for details). If your country isn't listed, perhaps it's time for you to organize a BarCamp there.

 

Africa

South Africa

1. November 21, 2009 - ZaCon 2009 (@zacon09) - via @singe, @haroonmeer, @z0nbi, @Paterva

 

Asia

Hong Kong

1. Add your next camp here

Japan

1. Add your next camp here

Korea

1. insert your event here

 

South America

Brazil

1. Add your next camp here

 

 

 

North America

Canada

1. Add your next camp here

USA

1. July 29-30, 2009 - BSidesLasVegas01 - coinciding with Black Hat USA 2009.
2. July 29-30, 2009 - Neighborcon - coinciding with BSidesLasVegas.
3. December 12, 2009 - BSidesBay (Mountain View, CA) - a bbq, pirate party!
4. March 2-3, 2010 - BSidesSanFrancisco - coinciding with RSA Conference.
5. March 13, 2010 - BSidesAustin - "Keep Security Weird" - Coinciding with SxSW Interactive
6. April 24-25, 2010 - BSidesBoston - weekend after SOURCE Boston.
7. July 29-30, 2010 - BSidesLasVegas - coinciding with Black Hat / Defcon

 

Europe

France

1. Add your next camp here 

Germany

1. Add your next camp here

Italy

1. Add your next camp here

United Kingdom

1. Add your next camp here

 

Oceania

Australia

1. Add your next camp here