Who sponsors BSides RDU 2026?

ConferenceGrid lists 36 sponsors, including Armis, Aspida, Avalara, Cisco Systems, Inc. and Cloud Security Alliance.

Cybersecurity

BSides RDU 2026

Name: BSides RDU 2026
Start: 2026-12-18
End: 2026-12-18
Location: Raleigh

Starts in 6 weeks

BSides RDU 2026 runs on Dec 18, 2026 at The McKimmon Conference and Training Center at NC State in Raleigh, United States. It is a Cybersecurity conference. ConferenceGrid lists 36 speakers and 36 sponsors so far.

Lineup updated Oct 12, 2026 · dates verified May 6, 2026

Security BSides RDU is a community-driven event for and by cybersecurity community members. It provides an opportunity for individuals to present and participate in an intimate atmosphere that encourages collaboration, discussion, and learning. The conference hosts engaging sessions, demos, and networking for professionals interested in the latest in informa…

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36Speakers

36Sponsors

0Sessions

53Companies · in total

Speakers

Programmed at BSides, in alphabetical order.

Adam Arellano

Former VP Enterprise Cybersecurity @ Paypal · Paypal

Anubha Gupta

Head of Security Engineering

Carlota Sage

Founder, Pocket CISO · Pocket CISO

Collin Roach

Security Engineer, Pendo · Pendo

Cortez Frazier Jr.

Principal Product Manager, FOSSA · FOSSA

Debra Baker

CEO & Founder at TrustedCISO · TrustedCISO

Deviant Ollam

Physical Penetration Specialist

Eric Cameron

Instructor and All-Around Database Geek

Eric Kuehn

Professionally Evil by Secure Ideas · Secure Ideas

Erkang Zheng

Founder, JupiterOne · JupiterOne

Iris (Naa) Apomah

IT Security Compliance Specialist

Jennifer Minella

Founder & Principal Advisor, Viszen Security · Viszen Security

Jesse Kolbert

Principal Cloud Security Engineer for Red Hat · Red Hat

Jessica Butel

Doctor of IT, working in Product Security

Jim Duncan

"Between employers"

John Dwyer

Binary Defense, Directory of Security Research · Binary Defense

Jonathan Davis

Wireless Geek in a Security World

Jon Sternstein

Founder & CEO, Stern Security · Stern Security

Joseph Rosen

Cisco Threat Hunting Analysis Manager · Cisco

Josh Dembling

Intel Corporation, Senior Director · Intel Corporation

Julia Hopkins

PSIRT Technical Program Manager, Dell Technologies · Dell Technologies

Kevin Johnson

Secure Ideas

Quick answers

When is BSides RDU 2026?: BSides RDU 2026 runs on Dec 18, 2026 at The McKimmon Conference and Training Center at NC State in Raleigh, United States.
Where is BSides RDU 2026 held?: BSides RDU 2026 is held at The McKimmon Conference and Training Center at NC State in Raleigh, United States.
Who is speaking at BSides RDU 2026?: ConferenceGrid lists 36 speakers, including Adam Arellano (Former VP Enterprise Cybersecurity @ Paypal, Paypal), Anubha Gupta (Head of Security Engineering) and Carlota Sage (Founder, Pocket CISO, Pocket CISO).
Who sponsors BSides RDU 2026?: ConferenceGrid lists 36 sponsors, including Armis, Aspida, Avalara, Cisco Systems, Inc. and Cloud Security Alliance.

Company intelligence

What does it mean when 53 companies show up, and 4 bet on three roles at once?

53 companies. four are betting more than once.

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

4All threespeak · spons · exh

32Sponsoringsponsor only

17Speakingspeaker only

In all three roles

Cisco Systems·JupiterOne·Pendo·Stern Security

Speakers by seniority

33% of the speakers carry senior titles: C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.

C-suite514%
Founder / Owner38%
VP-level13%
Director / Head of38%
Manager / Lead514%
Product13%
Engineer · IC719%
Research / Science13%
Other roles1028%

Of 36 speakers · classified by free-text title

Most-represented companies

#	Company	Roles	Speakers
1	Cisco Systems	Sponsor	1
2	JupiterOne	Sponsor	1
3	Pendo	Sponsor	1
4	Stern Security	Sponsor	1
5	Armis	Sponsor	-
6	Aspida	Sponsor	-
7	Avalara	Sponsor	-
8	Cisco		3
9	Cloud Security Alliance	Sponsor	-
10	Cobalt	Sponsor	-
11	Corelight	Sponsor	-
12	CrowdStrike	Sponsor	-
13	Deliea	Sponsor	-
14	Delinea	Sponsor	-

Sponsors by tier

unspecified36

100% of 36

At peer events but not here

These companies sponsored two or more peer events recently, but aren't on this program. For an organizer, that's a list of warm prospects.

Fortinet×19 peers
Datadog×18 peers
Chainguard×17 peers
ThreatLocker×16 peers
Palo Alto Networks×15 peers
Red Hat×15 peers
Rubrik×15 peers
AWS×14 peers
Microsoft×14 peers
Cloudflare×13 peers
Cribl×13 peers
Google Cloud×13 peers

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