Events

Contests and Prizes

Raffle

You get a ticket, we pull a ticket; if they match, you get a prize!

Cool stuff like:

Raffle is drawn at the after party. You must be present to win.

Hacker Jeopardy

Do you have what it takes to answer the dreaded, "What port is SSH?" and DFIU!

Winners will win things. The crowd will win things, Everyone will be a winner!

Team registration is closed

Capture the flag (CTF)s

Online CTF

Brought to you by PWNX.io

Sign ups are OPEN

Pre-register before we go live March 30th

Winner will receive very cool prize. It will be worth it. 

Lockpicking & Tamper Evident CTF

Brought to you by Somerset Recon

The lockpicking and tamper evident village will test your skillsets at a wide variety  physical security challenges. Learn how to defeat tamper targets without a trace, break into cars, escape handcuffs and break your way in or out of "secure" locations.

Tools will be provided to participants but we recommend bringing your own tools if you have some.

Guilds (Villages)

Community

A dedicated area, to learn more about the many information focused groups in San Diego, not just about security. 

Career 

Trying to get that dream job?Working on your resume?Looking to re-career into information security?Visit the BSides Career Village!The Career Village consists of cybersecurity and IT professionals from across the industry, and we're here to help you grow and develop your career.Sign up for a 1 on 1 

Hardware 

Hardware hacking may occur: make and break for fun and awesome. Some of the activities available will be:
Single board computer fun
Learn to solder 
Reverse engineering hardware
Open tutorial forum

Tamper Evident 

Tamper-evident refers to a physical security technology that provides evidence of tampering (access, damage, repair, or replacement) to determine authenticity or integrity of a container or object(s)

Lock-Picking 

Pick, bypass, hack and crack all things physical security

Hardware 

Hardware hacking may occur: make and break for fun and awesome. Some of the activities available will be:
Single board computer fun
Learn to solder 
Reverse engineering hardware
Open tutorial forum

The After Party

Come join us after the closing ceremonies right downstairs! There will be fun, food, and festivities to be had. It will be a dedicated space for use, so please come with your badge present. 

Where is it?

Aztec Lanes
Location is danger close. It is literally downstairs !

What will be happening there?

Food and Drink will be provided for 3 hours!

That is right, hosted bar and food. We feed your brain and soul all day, now we focus on that gut.

Raffle

We will take the other half of your raffle ticket at the door and raffle off different prizes through out the night. 

Bowling 

We will be in the bowling alley already, so lets also bowl.