Cybersecurity

BSides Montreal 2026

BSides Montreal is a community-driven cybersecurity conference aimed at making information security knowledge accessible and affordable for all. The event encourages diverse talks that may not fit into mainstream conferences, fostering an inviting environment for newcomers and veterans alike to learn, teach, and share. It is an intimate, safe space prioritiz…

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30Speakers
10Sponsors
39On the bill · sessions
24Companies · in total
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Speakers

Programmed at BSides, in alphabetical order.
Alessandra Rizzo
Senior Threat Researcher at Panther · Panther
Alex Holden
Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) and Founder at Hold Security, LLC · Hold Security, LLC
Alexis Dorais-Joncas
Ali Alame
co-founder of CyberArmor · CyberArmor
Allyn Stott
Andre Piazza
Cybersecurity Strategist · BforeAI
Chaimaa Mhab
Global Cybersecurity Advisor at CAE · CAE
Charles F. Hamilton (Mr.Un1k0d3r)
Chris McDonald
Principal Systems Engineer · Veeam
Clément Cruchet
David Goulet
dead1nfluence
Penetration Tester at Software Secured · Software Secured
Faan Rossouw
Independent Researcher, Instructor @ AntiSyphon Training, Builder at AionSec.ai · AionSec.ai
Filip Jodoin
Offensive Security Professional
Francis Venne
Responsable de la sécurité informatique (RSI) · Wepoint Canada
Ikhtear Bhuyan
Jie Wu
Jonathan Nomed
Lee Yang Peng
Luke Jennings
VP of R&D at Push Security · Push Security
Mathieu Saulnier
Mina Movahedi
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Sponsors

The houses behind the program. Tiers as disclosed.
Beauceron Security
ESET
Flare
GoSecure
Mokn
Object First
Polysecure
Propolys (Polytechnique Montréal)
SEKOIA.IO
Sentrix
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Agenda

Selected from 39 sessions on the bill.
  • 10:20AM – 10:45AM

    Breaking Backup: Attacking the Last Line of Defence

    Backups are widely treated as the last line of defence against ransomware and destructive attacks. In practice, they are often among the first systems deliberately targeted once an…

  • 10:45AM – 11:10AM

    Emmerdissement, Érosion de plateforme… et si on en parlait?

  • 11:05AM – 11:30AM

    Entra conditional access pLOLicies

    “Multifactor Authentication blocks 99% of attacks” - but only when a Conditional Access Policy (CAP) actually fires. Microsoft built CAPs to give IT teams fine-grained control over…

  • 1:10PM – 1:35PM

    Tinker Tailor LLM Spy: Investigate & Respond to Attacks on GenAI Chatbots

  • 1:10PM – 4:25PM

    Workshop “Windows Forensics for Insider Threat“

  • 1:10PM – 4:25PM

    Workshop “Windows Forensics for Insider Threat”

  • 11:10AM – 11:35AM

    Developing Your Own Local LLM (GenAI) for Cybersecurity GRC

  • 11:30AM – 11:55AM

    Rewiring the SOC: From Detection-as-Code to Agentic MDR in Production

    The SOC has always evolved to keep pace with attacker speed. Detection-as-Code introduced engineering discipline and version control to threat coverage. SOAR platforms brought auto…

  • 11:35AM – 12:00PM

    Agentic Access: OAuth Gets You In. Zero Trust Keeps You Safe

Intermission
Part the Second · For the Buyer

An audience of 24 companies, parsed from the program.

24 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.

Who's in the room
0All threespeak · spons · exh
10Sponsoringsponsor only
14Companies Speakingspeaker only
Speakers by seniority

13% of the speakers carry senior titles: C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.

  • C-suite13%
  • Founder / Owner13%
  • VP-level13%
  • Director / Head of13%
  • Manager / Lead27%
  • Research / Science413%
  • Advisor / Investor13%
  • Other roles1963%

Of 30 on the bill · classified by free-text title

Most-represented companies
  1. 01Beauceron SecuritySp
  2. 02ESETSp
  3. 03FlareSp
  4. 04GoSecureSp
  5. 05MokNSp
  6. 06Object FirstSp
  7. 07PolysecureSp
  8. 08Propolys (Polytechnique Montréal)Sp
  9. 09Sekoia.ioSp
  10. 10SentrixSp
  11. 11Act Digital Canada1V
  12. 12AionSec.ai1V
  13. 13BforeAI1V
  14. 14Broadcom (Symantec)1V
Sponsors by tier
unspecified10
100% of 10
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