BSides

BSides Huntsville presented by NAC-ISSA and hosted at Calhoun Community College, Huntsville Campus! It provides a realistic and safe platform where individuals and organizations can practice responding to cyber threats, conducting security exercises, and honing their cybersecurity capabilities without risking real-world systems or data.

NAC-ISSA is proud to present the 11th annual BSides Huntsville in 2025! Each BSides is a community-driven framework for building events for and by information security community members. The goal is to expand the spectrum of conversation beyond the traditional confines of space and time. It is where conversations for the next-big-thing are happening. Stay Tuned For More Details!

What is BSides

Each BSides is a community-driven framework for building events for and by information security community members.  The goal is to expand the spectrum of conversation beyond the traditional confines of space and time.  It creates opportunities for individuals to both present and participate in an intimate atmosphere that encourages collaboration. It is an intense event with discussions, demos, and interaction from participants. It is where conversations for the next-big-thing are happening. More information about the global BSides conferences can be found here.

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We appreciate our great lineup of speakers!

Andrew Staton
Houdini and Social Engineering: Analysis of Human Perception and Engineering
Cassondra VanVliet
HR Panel… with so many cyber jobs, why am I having a hard time getting hired?
Christa Gaddy
HR Panel
Jacob Oakley
Buzzword Soup: Quantum, AI, Cyber and Space
Joshua Crumbaugh
PsyberSecurity: Social Engineering For Good
Joshua Flowers
Hardware Hacking 101:
Josh Shepard
Radicl: Observations in Obfuscation – Phishing Link Obfuscation Techniques
Lucero Huante-Frias
Zero Trust implementation focused on DoD tactical weapon systems
Marc Sachs
Encryption, Engineering and Errors: What the Enigma Machine Teaches OT Security Professionals
Micah VanFossen
APTs & CVEs & TTPs, Oh My!
Michael Portera
Analyzing Chinese Devices from Amazon
Norris Carden
HR Panelist
Paul Coggin
Space Cyber Immunity
Sam Williams
No Cloud, No Problem: Cybersecurity with Local LLMs
Scott McDaniel
Why You Should Care about Critical Infrastructure Security in 2025
Shane Killen
Common threats in the everyday entity
Tim Hoekenschneider
HR Panelist

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0800-0900Check-in/Networking
0900-0945Keynote-
Joshua Crumbaugh
0945-1015Break
1015-1100HR Panel

Cassondra VanVliet
APTs & CVEs & TTPs, Oh My!

Micah VanFossen
Observations in Obfuscation

Josh Shepard
Common Threats in the Everyday Entity

Shane Kilen
1100-1200Break
1200-1245Space Cyber Immunity

Paul Coggin
Houdini and Social Engineering

Andrew Staton
Why You Should Care about Critical Infrastructure Security in 2025

Scott McDaniel
Hardware Hacking 101

Joshua Flowers/Chris Shrout
1245-1300Break
1300-1345Encryption, Engineering, and Errors

Marc Sachs
Zero Trust Implementation

Lucero Huante-Frias
Buzzword Soup: Quantum, AI, Cyber and Space

Jacob Oakley
1345-1400Break
1400-1445No Cloud, No Problem

Sam Williams/Chris Shrout
Analyzing Chinese Devices from Amazon

Michael Portera

Training

EC-Council

Unlock the power of AI workshop

AI fundamentals with a practical user facing interface project.
• A one-day workshop with a hands-on sentiment analysis web app project is both feasible and engaging.
• Students experience the full cycle: from AI fundamentals to practical coding to a user-facing interface.
• They come away with a portfolio piece they can show off—always a plus for college-level workshops.

Cost is $129 for this training. Register here. Must be registered for BSides as well.


Karen Williams

Creating & Conducting Tabletop Exercises for Incident Response & Business Continuity

Are you responsible for your company’s Incident Response (IR) or Business Continuity (BC) Plan? Do you want to ensure your organization is prepared for real-world disruptions? This interactive two-hour workshop will teach you how to design and conduct effective tabletop exercises to test your company’s response and recovery capabilities.

Cost is $65 for this training. Register here. Must be registered for BSides as well.


More training sessions coming soon

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