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BSides Nashville 2026

Sides Nashville is a volunteer-run, non-profit conference focused on information security. It’s a place where developers, analysts, engineers, and researchers connect, share ideas, and learn together. The event features talks by leaders in offensive and defensive security, hands-on workshops, and opportunities to network within the local and global InfoSec…

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2Voices

20Underwriters

0Exhibitors

17On the bill · sessions

22Companies · in total

§I

The Voices

Programmed at BSides, in alphabetical order.

Ben Sadeghipour

Co-founder of HackingHub.io, Advisor to Caido · HackingHub.io

Ben Sadeghipour (NahamSec)

Keynote Speaker, Co-founder of HackingHub.io, Advisor to Caido · HackingHub.io / Caido

§II

Underwritten By

The houses behind the program. Tiers as disclosed.

§III

The Programme

Selected from 17 sessions on the bill.

10:40 am → 40 min
Eastern Promises: Russian and Chinese State Cryptography
Blue Track
10:40 am → 40 min
Tales from the Trenches: Declassified Incident Response to the Shai-Hulud NPM Worm
Red Track
11:30 am → 45 min
Keynote - Ben Sadeghipour (NahamSec) @ Marathon Music Works
Red Track
1:15 pm → 40 min
The Intelligence-Driven Advantage: A Practical Guide to Building CTI Into Your Security Program
Blue Track
12:15 pm → 60 min
Lunch
Red Track
2:05 pm → 40 min
Art and Security: The Incredible History Nobody Taught You
Blue Track
2:55 pm → 40 min
Bootstrapping a Security Program
Blue Track
2:55 pm → 40 min
Defeating Memory-Only Malware with Volatility 3
Red Track
3:45 pm → 40 min
Evidence-as-Code: Automating Compliance Without the Audit Theater
Blue Track

Intermission

Part the Second · For the Buyer

An audience of 22 companies, parsed from the program.

“22 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

20Sponsoringsponsor only

0Exhibitingexhibitor only

2Speakingspeaker only

№ 02Fig. 02 — The Voices, by Seniority

100% of the speakers carry senior titles — C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.

Founder / Owner2100%

Of 2 on the bill · classified by free-text title

№ 03Fig. 03 — The Heaviest in the Room

№ 04Fig. 04 — By Tier

unspecified20

100% of 20

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

RMISC - Rocky Mountain Information Security ConferenceJune 23, 2026 · Denver+ 2 shared
BSIDESPGH 2026July 10, 2026 · Pittsburgh+ 2 shared

BSides Nashville 2026

Eastern Promises: Russian and Chinese State Cryptography

Tales from the Trenches: Declassified Incident Response to the Shai-Hulud NPM Worm

Keynote - Ben Sadeghipour (NahamSec) @ Marathon Music Works

The Intelligence-Driven Advantage: A Practical Guide to Building CTI Into Your Security Program

Lunch

Art and Security: The Incredible History Nobody Taught You

Bootstrapping a Security Program

Defeating Memory-Only Malware with Volatility 3

Evidence-as-Code: Automating Compliance Without the Audit Theater

“22 companies in attendance.”