Of the Field

BSidesOK 2026

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osted in Tulsa, OK, BSides Oklahoma is a free information security conference focused on practical, hands-on training for improving security. As the premier security conference for the state of Oklahoma, it draws speakers from across the country and attendees from several surrounding states. Each BSides event is community-driven and built by and for members…

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40Voices
28Underwriters
0Exhibitors
21On the bill · sessions
50Companies · in total
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The Voices

Programmed at BSidesOK, in alphabetical order.
Aaron Crawford
Andre Piazza
Cybersecurity Strategist
Andrew Lemon
Principal Security Engineer · Alias
Andrew Peters
Security Engineer at Alias Cybersecurity · Alias Cybersecurity
Andy Lewis
Technical Marketing Manager at ReversingLabs · ReversingLabs
Anthony Hendricks
Legal Problem Solver and Litigator · Crowe & Dunlevy
Antonio Cobo
Camron Borders
Special Agent, FBI (Oklahoma City Cyber Task Force) · FBI
Cary Hooper
Offensive Security Engineer
Donovan Farrow
CEO, Founder · Alias Forensics
Filipi Pires
Principal Security Engineer and Security Researcher · Zup Innovation
Geoff Wilson
Founder · Go Security Pro
Gordon Rudd
CEO · Stone Creek Coaching
Gregg Robbins
AVP of IT Security Services, Watco Companies · Watco Companies
Ian Anderson
Director of Enterprise Security, Network, and Monitoring, Oklahoma Gas & Electric · Oklahoma Gas & Electric
James Honeycutt
Jason Rohlf
VP of Solutions · Onspring
J Fridley
Senior Solutions Engineer at Oligo Security · Oligo Security
Joe Sullivan
Consultant · Rural Sourcing
Jonathan Kimmitt
Chief Information Security Officer, Alias Cybersecurity · Alias Cybersecurity
Julio Tirado
Karthikeyan Govindaraj
Vice President · BlackRock

— and 18 more, by name unsung —

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Underwritten By

The houses behind the program. Tiers as disclosed.
Alias CybersecurityDiamond
CyberOne SecurityPlatinum
FortinetPlatinum
Nozomi NetworksPlatinum
VorlonPlatinum
ZafranPlatinum
CorelightGold
CriblGold
Go Security ProGold
IntezerGold
Oligo SecurityGold
OU Polytechnic InstituteGold
PBSnowGold
RubrikGold
SemgrepGold
Consumer ReportsSilver
CyberBase AISilver
MOKNSilver
OptivSilver
QualysSilver
Reach SecuritySilver
Red Threat SecuritySilver
Vector Pulse AISilver
ISACA Central Oklahoma ChapterCommunity Partner
ISSACommunity Partner
Oklahoma Information Sharing and Analysis Center (OK-ISAC)Community Partner
PCI Security Standards CouncilCommunity Partner
TechlahomaCommunity Partner
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The Programme

Selected from 21 sessions on the bill.
  • 10:00 am

    Hardening the OS: Fighting 0-Days with Modern Exploit Defenses

    As advanced threats evolve, defending against zero-day exploits has become increasingly challenging. Old-school mitigations like DEP and ASLR are largely ineffective against today’…

  • 10:00 am

    Offensive Engineering: Applying DevOps Principles to Offensive Security

    Most offensive security programs start off with a small, one-person team, a few created or borrowed scripts and tools, and operate largely on trust and muscle memory. In teams I’ve…

  • 10:00 am

    The Adversary Doesn't Care About Your Compliance Score

    Cybersecurity standards exist for good reason; they establish a floor. But floors aren’t ceilings, and adversaries like Volt Typhoon are playing a game our frameworks weren’t desig…

  • 1:00 pm

    Extending Shared Threat Models with the Application Attack Matrix

    Shared threat frameworks have transformed how defenders describe adversary behavior and coordinate response. As attackers increasingly target software supply chains, application ru…

  • 1:00 pm

    Hunting Smarter, Not Harder: Building Threat Hunting Pipelines with Python (Featuring ESXi Hunting)

    Blue teams are swimming in logs, alerts, and noise—but not always the right visibility. Especially when it comes to ESXi and virtualization, most detection tools stop at the OS lay…

  • 1:00 pm

    The Mentor's Roadmap to Your Cyber Career

    The job market is tough and there are numerous paths shrouded in mystery one can take in their cyber security career. Join us as a veteran of the industry demistifies the field and…

  • 11:00 am

    Burned-Out Admins: Your Most Exploitable Vulnerability

    Your organization has invested in EDR, SIEM, zero-trust architecture, and a SOC—yet your most critical security vulnerability might be sitting in the next room, responding to their…

  • 11:00 am

    “I’m in Danger”: From Alert Chaos to CTEM

    As the digital attack surface expands beyond traditional endpoints and into the realms of identity, cloud misconfigurations, and shadow IT, the standard “patch-all-critical” approa…

  • 11:00 am

    Operation Moonlander: Dismantling the Anyproxy/5socks Botnet

    Hear about how in 2025, the FBI and Dutch National Police conducted a coordinated takedown of a decades-old botnet that enabled millions of dollars of criminal activity by foreign …

Intermission
Part the Second · For the Buyer

What does it mean when 50 companies show up — and 4 bet on three roles at once?

50 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.

01Fig. 01 — Composition of the House
4All threespeak · spons · exh
24Sponsoringsponsor only
0Exhibitingexhibitor only
22Companies Speakingspeaker only

The Triple-Threat

Alias Cybersecurity·Go Security Pro·Oligo Security·Qualys

02Fig. 02 — The Voices, by Seniority

25% of the speakers carry senior titles — C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.

  • C-suite38%
  • Founder / Owner410%
  • VP-level25%
  • Director / Head of13%
  • Manager / Lead410%
  • Engineer · IC820%
  • Research / Science13%
  • Marketing / Brand13%
  • Other roles1640%

Of 40 on the bill · classified by free-text title

03Fig. 03 — The Heaviest in the Room
  1. 01Alias CybersecuritySp·D2V
  2. 02Go Security ProSp·G1V
  3. 03Oligo SecuritySp·G1V
  4. 04QualysSp·S1V
  5. 05Consumer ReportsSp·S
  6. 06CorelightSp·G
  7. 07CriblSp·G
  8. 08CyberBase AISp·S
  9. 09CyberOne SecuritySp·P
  10. 10FortinetSp·P
  11. 11IntezerSp·G
  12. 12ISACA Central Oklahoma ChapterSp·C
  13. 13ISSASp·C
  14. 14MokNSp·S
04Fig. 04 — By Tier
diamond1
4% of 28
platinum5
18% of 28
gold9
32% of 28
silver8
29% of 28
community partner5
18% of 28
05Fig. 05 — The Missing · who's 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.

06Fig. 06 — Adjacent Convocations · by shared underwriters