Call for Sponsors: BSides Vancouver Island 2026
Multiple sponsorship tiers are available, offering meaningful ways to contribute and connect with the local tech community.
🔗 Details: bsidesvi.com/cfs
Let’s work together to make 2026 our strongest year yet!
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It's official! We are back! Join us for a full day focused on connection, learning, and community-driven security talks.
📅 Friday, September 25th, 2026
📍 Victoria, BC
🔗 Stay tuned at bsidesvi.com
We look forward to seeing you there!
#BSidesVancouverIsland2026 #Cybersecurity #InfoSec
BSides Vancouver Island Agenda 8:00 - 9:50 AM Registration 9:50 - 10:00 AM Opening Comments 10:00 - 10:45 AM Simran - Navigating AI security: Identifying risks and implementing mitigations 11:00 - 11:45 AM Johann - Agentic ProbLLMs - Exploiting AI Computer-Use and Coding Agents 11:45 AM - 1:00 PM Lunch Break 1:00 - 1:45 PM Pierre-Nicolas - Stolen Laptops - Modern physical access attacks against hardware and firmware 2:00 - 2:45 PM Shu-Hao - From Spoofing to Tunnelling: New Red Team's Networking Techniques for Initial Access and Evasion 3:00 - 3:45PM Emily - Beyond Vibe Coding: Building Reliable AI AppSec Tools 3:45 - 4:15 PM Break 4:15 - 5:00 PM David - Unwanted Guests 5:15 - 6:00 PM Wade - CBC Padding Oracles in 2025 6:15 - 6:30 PM Closing Remarks 7:00 PM - 12:00 AM Afterparty @ Milestones
🚨 Coming THIS FRIDAY!! BSides Vancouver Island 2025 🚨
Let’s make this the biggest BSides Vancouver Island yet. See you in Victoria on October 3 at the Victoria Conference Centre for a full day of inspiration, innovation, and community!
🎟️ www.bsidesvi.com
#BSidesVI2025 #CyberSecurity
BSides Vancouver Island Agenda 8:00 - 9:50 AM Registration 9:50 - 10:00 AM Opening Comments 10:00 - 10:45 AM Simran - Navigating AI security: Identifying risks and implementing mitigations 11:00 - 11:45 AM Johann - Agentic ProbLLMs - Exploiting AI Computer-Use and Coding Agents 11:45 AM - 1:00 PM Lunch Break 1:00 - 1:45 PM Pierre-Nicolas - Stolen Laptops - Modern physical access attacks against hardware and firmware 2:00 - 2:45 PM Shu-Hao - From Spoofing to Tunnelling: New Red Team's Networking Techniques for Initial Access and Evasion 3:00 - 3:45PM Emily - Beyond Vibe Coding: Building Reliable AI AppSec Tools 3:45 - 4:15 PM Break 4:15 - 5:00 PM John-Luke - Incident Response Autopsies and Today's Threats: How You Can Prepare Today for Tomorrow's Ransom 5:15 - 6:00 PM David - Unwanted Guests 6:15 - 7:00 PM Berk - Red Team Activities in Civil Aviation 7:00 PM - 12:00 AM Afterparty @ Milestones
The BSides Vancouver Island 2025 agenda is officially live!
We’re thrilled to share a full day of engaging talks, expert speakers, and learning opportunities, all happening this October in Victoria. For details, please see www.bsidesvi.com/bsidesvi25
#BSidesVI2025 #Cybersecurity
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We’re proud to announce First West Credit Union as a sponsor of BSides Vancouver Island 2025!
First West is more than a financial institution — they’re a purpose-driven cooperative creating lasting impact across BC. Explore your options at firstwestcu.ca
#BSidesVI2025 #Cybersecurity #FirstWestCU
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We’re thrilled to welcome Johann Rehberger to BSides Vancouver Island 2025!
Johann brings experience in threat modelling, red teaming, and security research. More about Johann: www.bsidesvi.com/johann-rehbe...
Get your ticket now at bsidesvi.com!
#BSidesVI2025 #Cybersecurity #AI
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🔐 We’re proud to welcome CyberArmor as a sponsor for BSides Vancouver Island 2025!
CyberArmor is dedicated to Pre-Breach intelligence and advanced threat defense by uncovering compromised credentials, phishing campaigns, and infostealer malware before they become active threats. cyberarmor.tech
🚨 Speaker Announcement🚨
We are thrilled to welcome Shu-Hao Tung to BSides Vancouver Island!
His talk, "From Spoofing to Tunneling: New Red Team’s Networking Techniques for Initial Access and Evasion".
Steven Pellerin sat down with Shu-Hao for a preview chat: youtu.be/IV9kVuvh9yY
Poster with three cybermarmots in the background. Top banner: Speaker Announcement. Middle banner: Topic: Beyond vibe coding: building reliable AI appsec tools. Bottom banner under picture of the speaker: Emily Choi-Greene, Presenter, CEO and co-founder of ClearlyAI.
Welcome Emily Choi-Greene, CEO and co-founder of Clearly AI, to BSides Vancouver Island! Her talk, "Beyond Vibe Coding: Building Reliable AI AppSec Tools", will dive into the real-world challenges of building trustworthy AI systems for security automation. #BSidesVI2025 #cybersecurity #AI
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MYRA Systems - Gold Sponsor of BSidesVI 2025
We’re proud to welcome back MYRA Systems as a Gold Sponsor for BSides Vancouver Island 2025! Their continued support and enthusiasm for the conference have been instrumental in helping us grow and serve the local cybersecurity community.
#BSidesVI2025
In the background, a trio of cyber marmots. Top banner says: Speaker announcement. Photo of Pierre-Nicolaas Allard-Coutu in the centre. Next to his photo is a banner that says: Topic: Stolen laptops - modern physical access attacks against hardware and firmware.
🎤Speaker Spotlight: Pierre-Nicolas Allard-Coutu
We’re excited to welcome back to BSides Vancouver Island Pierre-Nicolas Allard-Coutu, Senior pentester and offensive security R&D lead at Bell Canada’s STIRT team with his talk on Stolen Laptops.
#BSidesVI2025 #CyberSecurity #Infosec #RedTeam
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We’re proud to welcome KnowBe4 as a returning sponsor for BSides Vancouver Island 2025! 🎉
As a global leader in security awareness training and simulated phishing, KnowBe4 is helping organizations foster strong security cultures from the inside out.
#BSidesVI2025 #KnowBe4 #CyberSecurity
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📣 Big news, friends! 🙌🏽🙌🏽
We’re extending Call for Presentations and Sponsors for BSides Vancouver Island 2025 to August 15, 2025! Keep an eye out for the 🔥 presentations we will announce soon!
Presentations: www.bsidesvi.com/cfp
Sponsorships: www.bsidesvi.com/cfs
#BSidesVI2025 #Cybersecurity
Also if you have a talk you want to present to a friendly group of hackers, please consider submitting to our Call for Presenters! We would love to hear from you. The deadline is coming up very quickly: August 1, 2025. 😱
www.bsidesvi.com/cfp
#BSidesVI2025 #Cybersecurity
Poster for BSides Vancouver Island 2025 speaker Announcement. The background is three mecha cyber marmots. At the forefront left-hand side is a picture of the speaker, Simran Kaur. The label under her name says: Presenter | Senior Customer Engineer @Microsoft.
We’re excited to welcome Simran Kaur to BSides Vancouver Island 2025 with her talk: “Navigating AI Security: Identifying Risks and Implementing Mitigations”.
You won’t want to miss this one!
#BSidesVI2025 #Cybersecurity #victoriabc #AISecurity #ArtificialIntelligence
We’re proud to welcome SolutionStack as a Bronze Sponsor!
Based on the West Coast, SolutionStack delivers modern IT solutions that help businesses stay agile and secure. From infrastructure to innovation, their team supports orgs with tech that works and works well.
#BSidesVI #Cybersecurity
Good news everyone!
Tickets are ON SALE for BSides Vancouver Island 2025!
October 3rd,2025 starting at 9 am
Victoria Conference Center
www.eventbrite.ca/e/bsides-van...
www.bsidesvi.com
Don’t miss out on a weekend of learning, networking, and fun on the island.
#BSidesVI2025 #cybersecurity
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Hello Hacker Fam!! It's finally here!!! BSides Vancouver Island 2025 call for presenters!!! Accepting talks until Aug. 1, 2025. Got an epic idea you're itching to share? Submit your talk and join us October 3rd in Victoria, BC, Canada.
www.bsidesvi.com/cfp
#BSidesVI #Cybersecurity
Poster for BSides Vancouver Island. There is a cyber marmot in the centre, facing the camera - it's wearing a hoodie and has robotic hands stroking its chin. There are two more cyber marmots on each side. At the bottom, there is what looks like a security operations centre, with people sitting infront of a bank of monitors. The BSidesVI logo is on the bottom right. In the middle, there is a banner that says:"Call for Sponsors. Deadline August 1st"
🚨 Partner with BSidesVI 2025! 🚨
Want your brand in front of top security professionals, ethical hackers, and industry leaders? Join us October 3rd in Victoria, BC, Canada and be part of something big.
📢 Explore sponsorship opportunities: www.bsidesvi.com/cfs
#BSidesVI #Cybersecurity
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Good morning hacker fam! We are excited to be back for another year!!! Join us October 3rd, 2025 for some amazing talks, networking, and shenanigans. Details TBD - watch this space and our website for updates. Want to know sooner? Join our mailing list: visrs.us8.list-manage.com/subscribe?id...