Security BSides

{{Short description|Information security conference}}

{{redirect|BSides|music term|A-side and B-side}}

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| name = Security BSides

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| genre = security conferences

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| location = Las Vegas

| country = US

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| first = 2009

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| founders = Mike Dahn, Jack Daniel, Chris Nickerson

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| website = {{URL|bsides.org}}

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Security BSides (commonly referred to as BSides) is a series of loosely affiliated information security conferences.{{cite web |last1=Bradbury |first1=Danny |title=B-Sides: A Grassroots Security Movement |url=https://sector.ca/b-sides-a-grassroots-security-movement/ |website=SecTor 2018 |accessdate=19 November 2018 |date=7 October 2016}} It was co-founded by Mike Dahn, Jack Daniel, and Chris Nickerson in 2009.{{Cite web |title=BSides / BSidesHistory |url=http://www.securitybsides.com/w/page/50746315/BSidesHistory |access-date=2024-01-28 |website=www.securitybsides.com}}{{Cite news|url=http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/opinion/Becoming-jaded-with-Security-BSides-Jack-Daniel|title=Becoming jaded with Security BSides' Jack Daniel|newspaper=SearchSecurity|language=en-US|access-date=2016-11-03}}{{Cite web |last=Vamosi |first=Robert |title=After 10 Years And 600 Events, Security BSides Keeps Growing |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/robertvamosi/2020/02/20/after-10-years-and-600-events-security-bsides-keeps-growing/ |access-date=2024-01-28 |website=Forbes |language=en}} 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.{{Cite web|url=http://www.securitybsides.com/w/page/12194156/FrontPage#BSidessHistory|title=Security BSides / FrontPage|website=www.securitybsides.com|access-date=2016-11-05}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.mckeay.net/2009/07/23/have-you-signed-up-for-security-bsides/|title=Network Security Blog » Have you signed up for Security BSides?|access-date=2016-11-05|archive-date=2016-11-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161105094724/http://www.mckeay.net/2009/07/23/have-you-signed-up-for-security-bsides/|url-status=dead}} The event was named after the "B-side" of a vinyl record.{{cite news |last1=Loshin |first1=Peter |title=Top cybersecurity conferences for when Black Hat and RSA aren't right |url=https://www.techtarget.com/searchsecurity/feature/Top-cybersecurity-conferences-for-when-Black-Hat-and-RSA-arent-right |access-date=18 March 2024 |work=TechTarget Security |publisher=TechTarget |date=29 August 2017}}

Over time the conference format matured and was released to enable individuals to start their own BSides conferences.{{Cite web |last=HUNTER |first=ILEANA |date=2022-10-08 |title=More than 200 attend Idaho Falls cybersecurity conference |url=https://www.postregister.com/news/local/more-than-200-attend-idaho-falls-cybersecurity-conference/article_664ec6f2-4666-11ed-a46e-3f8e96e066a2.html |access-date=2023-02-25 |website=Post Register |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2020-03-06 |title=BSides Cairo: The security conference that's building information sharing from the ground up |url=https://portswigger.net/daily-swig/bsides-cairo-the-security-conference-thats-building-information-sharing-from-the-ground-up |access-date=2023-02-25 |website=The Daily Swig {{!}} Cybersecurity news and views |language=en}} 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.{{Cite web |date=2022-08-09 |title=What to watch for as 'Hacker Summer Camp' gets underway in Las Vegas |url=https://cyberscoop.com/cybersecurity-black-hat-defcon-geopolitics/ |access-date=2023-02-25 |website=CyberScoop |language=en-US}}

Of the three standard conference event styles, structured, unconference, and hybrid. BSides falls into the unconference, or anti-conference, event style and is completely attendee driven.{{Cite news |title=Growing InfoSec "Unconference" Exceeds 20 Global Events This Year & Expects 400 Attendees in San Francisco |url=https://www.yahoo.com/news/growing-infosec-unconference-exceeds-20-global-events-expects-20110208-062211-823.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161105095220/https://www.yahoo.com/news/growing-infosec-unconference-exceeds-20-global-events-expects-20110208-062211-823.html |archive-date=2016-11-05 |access-date=2016-11-05}}{{Cite news |title=Security BSides Grows, But Not Too Much |url=http://www.darkreading.com/risk/security-bsides-grows-but-not-too-much/d/d-id/1134041? |access-date=2016-11-05 |newspaper=Dark Reading}}{{Cite web |last=Brenner |first=Bill |date=2010-02-24 |title=Security B-Sides: Rise of the 'Anti-conference' |url=https://www.csoonline.com/article/2124910/security-b-sides--rise-of-the--anti-conference-.html |access-date=2023-02-25 |website=CSO Online |language=en}} Attendees appear at a predetermined time, discuss ideas, and collaboratively agree upon what the schedule will look like for that day. Talks that get the most attention and conversation get added to the schedule.