We are so happy to announce that Expel upgraded their sponsorship to a Silver sponsor! Expel helps organizations drive out threats and build lasting security resilience with leading MDR solutions. They work with the tools you already have, providing full transparency into everything they see and do. No black boxes, no rip-and-replace, just clear decisions and faster action.
Thanks again Expel for now being a Silver sponsor! Please join us in thanking them for their support!
Didn't get your ticket? Don't worry - we'll have more available at the door TOMORROW! See you at St Mary's University, don't forget your parking permit at bsidessatx.com/venue-2026.
We can't wait to see you bright and early for our best year yet! What are you looking forward to most at this year's event?
Today's the last day! Buy your tickets to guarantee your admission. We'll be selling more tickets at door for our event this year, but buying your ticket online makes your life quicker! Sales end at 11:59pm TONIGHT!
Go to www.bsidessatx.com today to grab your ticket!
Our last and final track is a returning track - in the weeds (previously known as in the thick of it!). Talks this year include:
* Our opening Keynote speaker - Jonathan Homer, Chief Security Officer at CPS Energy!
* Crypto Is Fine. The Code Is Not: Real-World Cryptographic Failures by Diptendu
* A Story of Llamas and Hammers: The Future of AI in the Age of Hardware Security by Ludwig
* Through the Looking Glass and what Alice and Bob Found there by Chrissy
* Workstation Is Still the Breach: Zero Trust Tactics from Bybit to Bitwarden by Evan
* Secrets That Survive Everything: Finding Runtime Credentials in Production Web Applications by Hemanth
* Stealing Azure Managed Identity Tokens from Serverless Resources by Manuel
* Marauders Map as Code: I Solemnly Swear I Am 0wning GitOps Infrastructure by datapleX
* Breaking the Chain: Inside the Fight Against Modern Cyber Fraud by Jonathan and Gloria
We can’t wait for all of these amazing talks! If you can’t either, get your tickets at www.bsidessatx.com!
If you were worried that In the Beginning may have gone away with our redesigned tracks, do not fear! It’s here to stay. Under this track this year, you can find the following talks:
* Cloudy with a Chance of Security: A Googler’s Guide to Leveling Up by Ivan
* For Prompt Injection, Press 1: Hacking AI Voice Agents by Willie
* From Alerts to Answers: A Beginner's Survival Guide to SOC and Incident Response by Abhishek
* Hiring Engineers, Not Scammers: Lessons from the Field by David
* Not a Tools Problem: The Human Side of Cybersecurity by Trisha
* How to do: Malware Analysis by InfoSecAddict
* Are You Smarter Than an ATT&CKer by Zaria and Chandler (not recorded!)
* What Everyone Keeps Getting Wrong About the Cyber Gap by Ryan
* GSM exploit for unsolicited calls by Nachos (not recorded!)
We can’t wait for these talks! If you can’t either, make sure you grab your ticket at www.bsidessatx.com!
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Our event is just 10 days away! We're opening our call for volunteers again for a few days - and we could use your help! Get a free ticket to attend BSidesSATX by volunteering for part of the day. We're looking for:
Mentors to help those looking for advice in the field
Speaker wranglers (making sure people show up for their talks!)
Room Monitor (keep the room tidy, work with speaker wrangles, and help manage the audience as needed)
Workshop host - Be a speaker wrangler and room monitor - but for workshops!
Village Volunteer - help our villages run smoothly! Answer questions, manage the flow of people, etc.
Runner or Guide - Give directions, transfers supplies, helps the DJ set up for lunch, assists attendees who need additional support, and provides breaks to other volunteers.
Interested? Register at https://forms.gle/bfW5G7N4ZEidmXfh7
If not, please share!
Thank you for your interest in volunteering with BSides SATX! In order to make sure we have the right number of people in the right places, please complete the information below. Volunteers will work for half of the event and attend the other half. Please note that this form is to collect information as we plan our volunteer coverage. It does NOT guarantee you a volunteer slot. At the end of May, we will contact selected volunteers with a tentative volunteer shift and a link to receive your ticket.
Our second redesigned track this year is In The Fine Print - all about things related to GRC and/or policy (plus one extra AI talk!)! Talks include:
- The Role of Common Control Frameworks (CCFs) in Simplifying Compliance Across Multiple Standards by Kartik and Pranay
- Compliance That Breaks: Why GRC Fails in Practice (and What Actually Works) by Jeffrey
- Yet Another AI Talk — The Good, The Bad, The Ugly: AI for Pentesters by Brian
- Adaptive Cybersecurity Risk Assessments by Gideon
- Changing Hearts and Minding the Business: Relationship Building in GRC and Security by Hatim
- Ocean’s 110: You’re Either In, or You’re Out by Jade. Note this one is NOT recorded, so make sure to be there!
- Cntlr+Alt+Secure: Building AI Governance That Doesn't Suck by Jen
If you're interested, make sure you grab your ticket at www.bsidessatx.com!
When thanking sponsors, we can't forget but thank our returning platinum sponsor School of Science, Engineering and Technology at St. Mary's University and for being our venue! The vision of the School of Science, Engineering and Technology at St. Mary’s University is to ethically serve the world through transformative science, engineering, technology and health education. Their mission is to cultivate a thriving, faith-forward learning community that nurtures individuals to maximize their talents in service to the world, to advance ethical leadership and to promote sustainable innovation in science, engineering, technology and health to advance the common good.
Want to learn more about them? They'll be at our event, so make sure to stop by and thank them! Also give them a big thanks both at the event and by sharing/commenting on this post!
We have returning and new events this year - something for everyone! If you're interested in reverse engineering, disaster recovery, wifi hacking, meshcore , lockpicking, HAM radio, and/or crypto, we have something for you!
Check out the full descriptions and names at www.bsidessatx.com. Then, grab your paid ticket to attend the event, and an event ticket to RSVP for these events (if needed)!.
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Did you see we have redesigned some of our tracks? One of our new tracks is in the future - all about emerging and the newest technologies! Unsurprisingly, you may be able to guess that this is all about AI for this year! Talks include:
- Leveraging Generative AI for Security Scanning presented by Kyle
- Cognitive Security: Governing What LLMs Can Know, Combine, and Reach presented by David
- From Pets To Cattle To Agents: Evolving Identity And Security For Workloads presented by Dwayne
- Your Awareness Training Is Already Obsolete: Social Engineering in the Age of AI presented by Ben and Corey
- AI-Assisted Phishing: A Field Methodology for Adversary Simulation presented by Shane
- Who Reviews the Reviewers? A Live Forensic Audit of an AI Agent Framework presented by Miguel
- From Prompts to Privilege: Exploiting Agentic AI Systems presented by August
If this is interesting to you, make sure you grab your ticket at www.bsidessatx.com!
