CSides Canberra’s 2027 dates are live! bsidescbr.com.au/pages/csides... Sorry for the extended break, room booking availability means we won’t be back until January 2027. Have a wonderful holiday break, and see everyone next year!

Day 3. Let’s go. An absolutely stacked speaker lineup today, plus the final push for both the CTF and Black Bag challenges. Three days in and we’re not slowing down yet. See you inside.

Day 2 done. Killer keynote and talks. CTF underway. Black Box made its debut. Locksport packed. Then we finished with a few thousand hackers + nerdcore rappers int80, YTCracker & DNZ. Huge thanks to the volunteers and crew making it all happen. One more day.

BSides Canberra Day 2. Renaud Feil of Synacktiv kicks us off with our keynote. Main CTF starts 10am. New Black Box competition in Locksport. Free coffee upstairs + downstairs. Then int80, YTCracker & DNZ tonight from 6pm. Bring your badge + lanyard for party entry.

That’s a wrap on Day 1 of BSides Canberra 2026. Packed talks, competitions, hardware hacking, Careers Village, training, locksport, BlackBag, HackerChix and more. Unofficial events are buzzing around Canberra tonight and tomorrow, the CTF begins. See you for Day 2.

Day 1 of BSides Canberra and a fantastic turnout for our annual HackerChix women’s networking event. Great to see so many women from across the community connecting, catching up and meeting new people. Thanks to everyone who came along!

On our way...

Early rego is TODAY, 2–5pm at the NCCC. Otherwise, doors open tomorrow at 7:30am, with the first talk at 9am. We’ve got 3,000+ people to check in. Please don’t all arrive at 8:50am and test whether we can do it in 10 minutes.

The BSidesCbr @sk8boardingdog.bsky.social CTF is LIVE and registrations are open! 1st: $2,500 + limited edition trophy + LEGO Donkey Kong Arcade 2nd: $1,250 + medal + LEGO Arcade Pinball 3rd: $750 + medal Plus challenge prizes. Register, rules & prizes: 2026.sk8.dog

Special themed merch has landed. BSides Canberra hats will be available at the merch desk for $20. Limited stock, so if you want one, don’t leave it too late. See you on The Grid.

Angus has restocked the Locksport Village. Apparently “enough locks” is not a concept he believes in. 😂 Come learn to pick locks at BSides Canberra this week, beginners absolutely welcome

The pallets are almost ready for bump-in on Wednesday! Just the finishing touches to go over the next day, then it’s time to get this show on the road. Months of work are about to come together. We’re going to make BSides CBR 2026 the best one yet. 💙 See you all very soon!

9 conferences. 11 years of support. ASD has sponsored BSidesCbr every year we’ve run since 2016, and supported our CTF for around 6 years. As fellow Canberrans, they’ve been part of our story from the start. Thanks for backing our community ❤️ asd.gov.au

A huge thank you to ThreatDefence for supporting BSides Canberra 2026! Our sponsors help us keep BSides affordable, community-focused and just a little bit weird. Thanks for getting behind us and the community. ❤️ threatdefence.com

A big welcome to Tines! They’re joining us for the first time as a sponsor of BSides Canberra 2026. Thanks for getting behind the conference and helping us keep BSides accessible and affordable for our community. ❤️ tines.com

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Welcome back NCC Group! We’re very happy to have NCC Group returning as a Gold Sponsor of BSides Canberra 2026. Thanks for continuing to get behind BSides and our hacker community. ❤️ nccgroup.com

Another first-time sponsor! A huge welcome to Everfox, joining us for BSides Canberra 2026. Thanks for backing our slightly unusual little conference and the community that makes it what it is. ❤️ everfox.com

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A big welcome to Epsilon! They’re joining the BSides Canberra sponsor family for the first time in 2026. Thanks for getting behind BSides and supporting our community, great to have you on board! epsilon-sec.com

Packing is almost done! The bags are filling up, the boxes are disappearing, and BSides Canberra IX is nearly ready to go. One more week. See you at BSides Canberra!

This year’s BSides Canberra t-shirts glow in the dark. Every ticket includes one. Grab the voucher from your conference bag and exchange it at the merch area from midday Thursday. Sizes are first come, first served, so get in early if you’re particular about yours.

A big welcome to Dataflow Security! They’re joining the BSides Canberra family for the first time in 2026 as a Gold Sponsor and keeping everyone caffeinated as our Coffee Sponsor. ☕ Thanks for backing BSides! dfsec.com

A big welcome to Outcomex! They’re joining the BSides Canberra sponsor family for the first time in 2026 as a Bronze Sponsor. Thanks for getting behind BSides and helping us put on the conference while keeping tickets ridiculously affordable. ❤️ www.outcomex.com.au

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Five times! Tenable has been part of BSides Canberra in 2016, 2021, 2023, 2025 and now 2026. We’re very happy to have them back again this year as a Bronze Sponsor. Thanks for continuing to support BSides! ❤️ www.tenable.com

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Another new sponsor joining us in 2026! A huge welcome to Dam Secure, supporting BSides Canberra for the first time as a Bronze Sponsor. Thanks for backing our conference and the community that makes it what it is. ❤️ damsecure.com

Welcome back SANS! SANS supported BSides Canberra in 2016, 2017 and 2018, and they’re back again in 2026 as a Bronze Sponsor. It’s great to welcome back one of our early supporters. Thanks for backing BSides again! ❤️ www.sans.org

A big welcome to Galah Cyber! They’re joining BSides Canberra for the first time in 2026 as a Bronze Sponsor. An Australian security company with a bird in the name? They’ll fit in just fine. 😁 www.galahcyber.com.au

Another first-time sponsor! A huge welcome to Semgrep, joining BSides Canberra 2026 as a Bronze Sponsor. Thanks for getting behind our slightly unusual conference and helping us keep BSides accessible to the community. ❤️ semgrep.dev

Semgrep App Security Platform | AI-assisted SAST, SCA and Secrets Detection

An extensible developer-friendly application security platform that scans source code to surface true and actionable security issues with AI-assisted SAST, SCA, and Secrets Detection solutions.

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A big welcome to Hack The Box! They’re joining us for the first time in 2026 as a Bronze Sponsor of BSides Canberra. Thanks for supporting BSides Canberra and helping us keep the conference accessible to our community. ❤️ www.hackthebox.com

Cyber Mastery: Community Inspired. Enterprise Trusted. | Hack The Box

Hack The Box is the leading cyber readiness platform for the agentic era, battle-testing and upskilling both humans & AI agents to enhance organizational cyber resilience.

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Welcome back HackLabs! HackLabs sponsored BSides Canberra in 2016, 2017 and 2018 and we’re very happy to have them back for 2026 as a Silver Sponsor. Thanks for once again supporting BSides and our community. ❤️ www.hacklabs.com.au

Welcome back Trellix! After joining us in 2025, they’re back for their second year supporting BSides Canberra as a Bronze Sponsor. Thanks for backing us for another year and helping make BSides Canberra 2026 possible. ❤️ www.trellix.com