Security BSides

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Security BSides
Genresecurity conferences
Location(s)Las Vegas
CountryUS
Inaugurated2009
FoundersMike Dahn, Jack Daniel, Chris Nickerson
Website bsides.org

Security BSides (commonly referred to as BSides) is a series of loosely affiliated information security conferences. [1] It was co-founded by Mike Dahn, Jack Daniel, and Chris Nickerson in 2009. [2] [3] [4] Due to an overwhelming number of presentation submissions to Black Hat USA in 2009, the rejected presentations were presented to a smaller group of individuals. [5] [6] The event was named after the "B-side" of a vinyl record. [7]

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Over time the conference format matured and was released to enable individuals to start their own BSides conferences. [8] [9] The Las Vegas BSides conference is also considered part of Hacker Summer Camp given its schedule and proximity to other security conferences during that time. [10]

BSides was organized in a style similar to an unconference in its inaugural year, with talks selected immediately prior to the event through an online community-driven process. [11] [12] Every year since, the speaker lineup has been scheduled in advance through a formal RfP process, and published by the organizers ahead of time. [13]

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References

  1. Bradbury, Danny (7 October 2016). "B-Sides: A Grassroots Security Movement". SecTor 2018. Retrieved 19 November 2018.
  2. "BSides / BSidesHistory". www.securitybsides.com. Retrieved 2024-01-28.
  3. "Becoming jaded with Security BSides' Jack Daniel". SearchSecurity. Retrieved 2016-11-03.
  4. Vamosi, Robert. "After 10 Years And 600 Events, Security BSides Keeps Growing". Forbes. Retrieved 2024-01-28.
  5. "Security BSides / FrontPage". www.securitybsides.com. Retrieved 2016-11-05.
  6. "Network Security Blog » Have you signed up for Security BSides?". Archived from the original on 2016-11-05. Retrieved 2016-11-05.
  7. Loshin, Peter (29 August 2017). "Top cybersecurity conferences for when Black Hat and RSA aren't right". TechTarget Security. TechTarget. Retrieved 18 March 2024.
  8. HUNTER, ILEANA (2022-10-08). "More than 200 attend Idaho Falls cybersecurity conference". Post Register. Retrieved 2023-02-25.
  9. "BSides Cairo: The security conference that's building information sharing from the ground up". The Daily Swig | Cybersecurity news and views. 2020-03-06. Retrieved 2023-02-25.
  10. "What to watch for as 'Hacker Summer Camp' gets underway in Las Vegas". CyberScoop. 2022-08-09. Retrieved 2023-02-25.
  11. "Growing InfoSec "Unconference" Exceeds 20 Global Events This Year & Expects 400 Attendees in San Francisco". Archived from the original on 2016-11-05. Retrieved 2016-11-05.
  12. Brenner, Bill (2010-02-24). "Security B-Sides: Rise of the 'Anti-conference'". CSO Online. Retrieved 2023-02-25.
  13. "Security BSides Grows, But Not Too Much". Dark Reading. Retrieved 2016-11-05.

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