BSidesPDX: De-Cryptid

Sasquatch is our beloved cryptid mascot, but we know he's just a mythical creature, and we want our field to be "de-cryptid". We want to expose infosec myths, shed light on the mysterious parts of the field, and battle disinformation. While it would be great for you to incorporate this into your submission, it is not a requirement at all.

Content

Along that theme, we want to hear about anything that sheds light on the breadth and variety in the infosec field - Beginner to advanced, hardware to cloud, and theoretical to advanced.
Nearly everyone has something useful to share. Even if you've only been working in a field for a year - there will be plenty of folks at BSidesPDX who don't know anything about your favorite topic, and would really benefit from hearing what you've discovered.

>Presentations

By default, every presentation will be for a 20 minute slot. Attendees don't come for a lecture, they come for new information they can think about and act on. Let us know if there's important background, and give attendees resources to get deeper details.

If you really feels your submission warrants a 40 minute slot - tell us why, and we'll consider it.

>Workshops

Workshops will be ~ 2 hour, in-depth training. These are for up to 30 attendees and are intended to be hands-on, but we're flexible with the current situation and will work with you to try to accommodate what you need.

>Events:

In addition to our CTF, we'd love to include other event and contests. What ideas do you have? What resources might you need?

Tags

We want to do a good job getting the right content in the right place at the right time. To help us with that, we'll ask you to tag your submission:
* Beginner Speaker: you haven't presented much, or this is your first time
* 101 track: you have info you think is relevant to beginners
* OTR: off the record, do not record, or other constriants
* 2nd Stage: you'd prefer a smaller room with a smaller audience

Reviewers

As BSidesPDX has evolved over the years into a larger event, the process of curating the content has evolved as well. In an effort to recognize that the goal of BSidesPDX is to support the local information security community, we’ve recruited Review Board of local experts to help with the selection process.

Questions?

Just ask

You can enter proposals until 2025-09-15 12:59 (America/Los_Angeles), 2 months, 2 weeks from now.