🚀 Sponsor Spotlight: CloudSEK 🚀 Thank you to CloudSEK for supporting BSides Vancouver Island! CloudSEK helps organizations stay ahead of cyber threats with AI-powered predictive cybersecurity, threat intelligence, attack surface monitoring, and digital risk protection.

BSides Vancouver Island 2026 - that's a wrap! A huge THANK YOU to everyone who came out on Friday, supported the event, filled the rooms, listened to some incredible talks, asked great questions, and most importantly, helped make BSidesVI the community-driven event that it is.

🔦 BSides Vancouver Island Sponsor Spotlight: Kobalt.io Kobalt.io is helping organizations build security into every stage of the software development lifecycle. Their mission is to make cybersecurity accessible, actionable, and integrated into modern development practices.

📣 Sponsor Spotlight: Websec A huge thank you to Websec for supporting BSides Vancouver Island as a valued sponsor! 🎉 👉 Learn more about Websec: https://websec.ca/ Thank you, Websec, for supporting the local cybersecurity community! 🚀🔒 #BSidesVI2026 #CyberSecurity #InfoSec

🚀 Thank you to our bronze sponsor, Snyk! As a leader in developer security, Snyk helps organizations find and fix vulnerabilities in code, open-source dependencies, containers, and cloud infrastructure before they become risks. #BSidesVI2026 #CyberSecurity #InfoSec

🎟️ Get Your Tickets! 🎟️ Time is running out to join the Vancouver Island cybersecurity community at BSides Vancouver Island! Don't miss a full day of insightful talks, hands-on learning, networking, and community connections with security professionals, students, and industry leaders.

🚨 Sponsor Spotlight Alert! 🚨 A big shoutout to Optiv for sponsoring BSides Vancouver Island! From cyber advisory services to cutting-edge security solutions, Optiv helps organizations tackle today's biggest cybersecurity challenges with confidence.

🌟 Sponsor Spotlight: SailPoint 🌟 We're excited to shine a spotlight on SailPoint, a valued sponsor of BSides Vancouver Island! 🎉 As a global leader in identity security, SailPoint helps organizations manage and secure access to critical systems, applications, and data. #BSidesVI2026

🎟️ Have your ticket yet? Time is running out for BSides Vancouver Island! Join the island's cybersecurity community for a day packed with insightful talks, great networking, hands-on learning, and an incredible lineup of security professionals. #BSidesVI2026 #CyberSecurity #InfoSec

🌟 BSides Vancouver Island Sponsor Spotlight We're excited to welcome Varonis, silver sponsor for BSides Vancouver Island! Varonis empowers organizations to protect sensitive data, identify security risks, and stop threats before they become breaches. #BSidesVI2026 #CyberSecurity #InfoSec

🌟 Sponsor Spotlight: Cycode Community-driven events like BSides Vancouver Island wouldn't be possible without the support of organizations that are passionate about advancing cybersecurity. #BSidesVI2026 #CyberSecurity #InfoSec #AppSec #Cycode

🚨 Too many alerts. Too many frameworks. Not enough people. Sound familiar? Join Michael Argast, cybersecurity veteran and Co-Founder & CEO of Kobalt.io, as he shares how organizations can build a security harness that enables small teams to achieve big results through thoughtful use of AI.

👏 Sponsor Spotlight: BDO Canada 👏 As one of Canada's leading professional services firms, BDO helps organizations navigate today's complex business and technology landscape through expertise in advisory, assurance, tax, and cybersecurity services. #BSidesVI2026 #CyberSecurity #InfoSec

🌟 Speaker Spotlight: Gabrielle Comeau As a Senior Solutions Engineer at SailPoint, Gabrielle Comeau helps organizations discover, manage, and secure an ever-growing universe of identities, both human and machine. #BSidesVI2026 #Cybersecurity #InfoSec

Happy Friday, cyber enthusiasts! The cat's out of the bag, thanks to Quantum Village for announcing that they will be joining us on Friday, September 25, 2026 for BSides Vancouver Island! #BSidesVI2026 #cybersecurity #infosec

🌟 Sponsor Spotlight: Zafran 🌟 Thank you to Zafran for supporting BSides Vancouver Island! Their AI-native Threat Exposure Management platform helps organizations identify truly exploitable risks, prioritize remediation, and reduce cyber exposure faster. Learn more: https://www.zafran.io/

🚨 Speaker Spotlight Alert! We're excited to welcome Chris Brown, a seasoned management consultant with a track record of leading mission-critical programs where risk is rising, complexity is growing, and delivery cannot fail. #BSidesVI2026 #Cybersecurity #InfoSec

🙌 A huge thank you to Daxtech for sponsoring BSides Vancouver Island! As a Victoria-based provider of managed IT and cybersecurity services, Daxtech is dedicated to helping organizations stay secure, resilient, and focused on what matters most. #BSidesVI2026 #CyberSecurity #InfoSec

🚨 The wait is over! 🚨 The BSides Vancouver Island Conference Schedule is now live! Get ready for a full day of cybersecurity talks, hands-on learning, industry insights, and opportunities to connect with fellow security professionals and enthusiasts.

🎙️ Speaker Spotlight: Amy Tom Join Amy, Community Manager at D3 Security and host of the Let's SOC About It podcast, for her session: Building the Local Cybersecurity Community: Meet Up by Meet Up. #BSidesVI2026 #CyberSecurity #CyberCommunity #InfoSec

🎤 Speaker Spotlight: David Brunsdon Get ready to dive into one of the fastest-growing and most misunderstood areas of cybercrime with David Brunsdon. David specializes in uncovering malicious activity hidden within DNS, the critical infrastructure that keeps the Internet running. #BSidesVI2026

🌟 Speaker Spotlight: Darin Smith Join Darin Smith, Manager of Threat Research at Cisco, as he presents "Living Off the Tunnel: A Project for Tracking Evasive VPN Clients." Darin's research spans detection engineering, AI, and cloud security. #BSidesVI2026 #CyberSecurity #InfoSec

🎤 Speaker Spotlight: Greg Pollock We're excited to welcome Greg Pollock to BSides Vancouver Island with a fascinating talk that explores an unconventional source of cyber threat intelligence: "From OnlyFans to Online Casinos: Threat Hunting in Google's DMCA Data". #BSidesVI2026 #CyberSecurity

📣 Speaker Spotlight 📣 Please welcome Megg Sage, Application Security Engineer whose journey began in web development before she was drawn into the world of cybersecurity by its endless puzzles and challenges. Join us at her talk: Anatomy of a Sandworm: A Deep Dive into the Shai-Hulud Attacks 🔐✨

🌟 Speaker Spotlight We're excited to welcome Geoff McDonald, Principal Research Manager at Microsoft Defender for Endpoint to #BSidesVI2026 Join us to hear Geoff's insights with his talk Fully autonomous AI attacks, and worms that vibe-code themselves - update on where we are and what to expect.

🎤 Speaker Spotlight Do you like Star Wars references and #cybersecurity? We're excited to welcome our very own Ryan Smith, Senior Security Researcher at Microsoft. Join us for his talk The Control Plane Awakens: How Attackers Are Taking Over Network Edge Infrastructure.

🎙️ Speaker Spotlight: Alan Ilicic Staff Android App/OS Developer at Rivian, Alan brings expertise in reactive architectures, security, and performance optimization with a unique background. Join us for Alan's talk: Evil AI vs Open Source Linux: Zero Competition in the Realm of DNS Exfiltration.

Tickets for BSides Vancouver Island 2026 happening on Friday, September 25th at the Victoria Conference Centre are selling quickly. If you’ve been on the fence, now’s the time to lock in your spot and reserve your t-shirt! www.bsidesvi.com/ #BSidesVI2026 #cybersecurity 1/2

🎤 Got a #cybersecurity talk or knowledge to share with other hackers and security professionals? We're still accepting talks for #BSidesVI on September 25, 2026 and we'd love to hear from you! 📍 Talk submissions close this Friday, August 14. ➡️ Submit now: www.bsidesvi.com/cfp

We're grateful for the incredible support of our sponsors for #BSidesVI. 📅 The sponsorship deadline is Friday, August 14! Don't miss the chance to connect with attendees and demonstrate your commitment to the #cybersecurity community. 🔗 Learn more and register: www.bsidesvi.com/cfs