Happy 2024, all! We’re going to be opening up our Call For Presenters (CFP) for our June 1 event in one week, on January 15. The CFP will be open through the end of March. There are a couple of changes this year, so I wanted to post those ahead of time. First of all, we’re using Sessionize this year for our CFP process — this gives us...

Excited to announce our first Gold Sponsor for the 2024 event – returning sponsor Optiv! Optiv works alongside clients to manage cyber risk and equip them with perspectives and programs to accelerate business progress. We couldn’t run this event without the support of our sponsors, so thanks so much for making it possible and helping us build up the local technology community. See you in June!

We’ve updated the sponsorship packet for next year’s event – you can download a copy at the link at the bottom of this post. A few changes since the 2023 event: In order to drive more traffic to the Gold Sponsor tables, we’ll be issuing “stamp cards” to all attendees – if they get the card stamped by every sponsor, they can use it to enter a prize...

For Saturday, there is ample parking available — the event is in Science Hall (“N” on the map), convenient to lots 14, 15, and 16, as well as street parking on Main or the athletic center lots 17 and 19. Attendees can park in any lot, permit not required. If you prefer public transit, there are Metro Rail stops at Main-Humboldt and Delevan-Canisius that are also a short...

We are pleased to announce the talk schedule for our event in June – once again, the morning of Track 2 will be our “Hacking is Art” track, focusing on creative work with free and open tools. Stay tuned, we’ll post abstracts for the talks here as we get closer to the event. There will also be a third Sponsor Track with speakers from our Gold Sponsors —...

Excited to announce our third Silver Sponsor for our 2023 event, first-time sponsor Tanium. Tanium provides Converged Endpoint Management, which helps to converge tools, workflows and teams across the entire endpoint management cycle. We couldn’t run this event without the support of our sponsors, so thanks so much for making it possible and helping us to build up the local technology community. See you in June!

Like all BSides events, BSides Buffalo depends upon volunteers from the community to help make the event happen. If you’re interested in volunteering, let us know when you’re available and add your email address. We need people to help with setup and bag stuffing the night before and with all of the conference ops (registration, keeping speakers on track, etc.) the day of. As a volunteer, you’ll get...

Excited to announce our second Silver Sponsor for our 2023 event, first time sponsors MetaCTF. MetaCTF creates hands-on, interactive, and educational capture-the-flag (CTF) events that make it easy to learn new cybersecurity skills by breaking down complex cybersecurity concepts into engaging challenges that simulate real world scenarios. And not only that, they’ll be bringing one of their CTFs to BSides Buffalo for attendees to compete in! We couldn’t...

Excited to announce our eighth Gold Sponsor for our 2023 event – it’s first-time sponsor Corellium! Corellium’s revolutionary Arm virtualization platform combines high-fidelity virtual devices with powerful security tools for mobile testing and research. We couldn’t run this event without the support of our sponsors, so thanks so much for making it possible and helping us to build up the local technology community. See you in June!