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BSides312 2026

Sides312 is Chicago's biggest little non-profit cybersecurity conference, bringing together security professionals, researchers, and enthusiasts for a day of learning and networking. The 2026 event will feature a keynote, two talk tracks with 15 diverse presenters, hands-on activities like a CTF hacking challenge and lockpicking, game shows, and more. The c…

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17Voices

18Underwriters

0Exhibitors

19On the bill · sessions

19Companies · in total

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The Voices

Programmed at BSides312, in alphabetical order.

Admford

Amanda Kollmorgan

Catherine Ullman

Heidi Potter

COO · Turngate

HelpMeRob

John Mathot

Kyprianos Vasilopoulos

Larry Trowell

Martin Voelk

Matt Scheurer

mcdwayne

Mr. Sprawl

Nikos Vourdas

PANTH13R

Paul Petefish

rand0h

ギンジ🐾ターラノー

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Underwritten By

The houses behind the program. Tiers as disclosed.

CardinalOpsGold

Material SecurityGold

Picus SecurityGold

Push SecurityGold

ScannerGold

SpecterOpsGold

Stellar CyberGold

VorlonGold

BinalyzeFounding

BSides MKECommunity

BurbSecCommunity

CobaltFounding

Evolve Security

Hak4KidzCommunity

Modest MerchCommunity

OzConCommunity

WiCySCommunity

Zafran

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The Programme

Selected from 19 sessions on the bill.

10:00 AM
KEYNOTE: Community Doesn’t Start With a Conference
Go see the keynote!!
1:00 PM
So, You Want to be a Forensicator...
Green Line
1:00 PM
We Need to Talk About Signal: Security Assumptions, Threat Models, and Activist Community Risk
Orange Line
11:00 AM
From Pets To Cattle To Agents: Evolving Identity And Security For Workloads
Green Line
11:00 AM
Laser Beams & Light Streams: Letting Hackers Go Pew Pew, Building Affordable Light-Based Hardware
Orange Line
12:00 PM
Lunch - (12-1:30) - Talks restart at 1 but lunch service continues!
2:00 PM
Countdown To ZeroPay- When the fall is all that’s left, it matters a great deal.
Green Line
2:00 PM
Ctrl + Alt + Lead: Rebooting Cyber Culture with Human Skills
Orange Line
3:00 PM
Definitely Not Secure (DNS)
Green Line

Intermission

Part the Second · For the Buyer

An audience of 19 companies, parsed from the program.

“Nineteen companies in attendance.”

The numbers below are derived from the speakers, sponsors, and exhibitors on this page — cross-referenced into one ledger. They are the only thing here that 10times.com cannot tell you.

№ 01Fig. 01 — Composition of the House

0All threespeak · spons · exh

18Sponsoringsponsor only

0Exhibitingexhibitor only

1Speakingspeaker only

№ 02Fig. 02 — The Voices, by Seniority

6% of the speakers carry senior titles — C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.

C-suite16%
Other roles1694%

Of 17 on the bill · classified by free-text title

№ 03Fig. 03 — The Heaviest in the Room

01BinalyzeSp·F
02BSides MKESp·C
03BurbSecSp·C
04CardinalOpsSp·G
05CobaltSp·F
06Evolve SecuritySp
07Hak4KidzSp·C
08Material SecuritySp·G
09Modest MerchSp·C
10OzConSp·C
11Picus SecuritySp·G
12Push SecuritySp·G
13ScannerSp·G
14SpecterOpsSp·G

№ 04Fig. 04 — By Tier

gold8

44% of 18

community6

33% of 18

founding2

11% of 18

unspecified2

11% of 18

№ 06Fig. 06 — Adjacent Convocations · by shared underwriters

RMISC - Rocky Mountain Information Security ConferenceJune 23, 2026 · Denver+ 2 shared

BSides312 2026

KEYNOTE: Community Doesn’t Start With a Conference

So, You Want to be a Forensicator...

We Need to Talk About Signal: Security Assumptions, Threat Models, and Activist Community Risk

From Pets To Cattle To Agents: Evolving Identity And Security For Workloads

Laser Beams & Light Streams: Letting Hackers Go Pew Pew, Building Affordable Light-Based Hardware

Lunch - (12-1:30) - Talks restart at 1 but lunch service continues!

Countdown To ZeroPay- When the fall is all that’s left, it matters a great deal.

Ctrl + Alt + Lead: Rebooting Cyber Culture with Human Skills

Definitely Not Secure (DNS)

“Nineteen companies in attendance.”