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A community-run cybersecurity event offering world-class talks, trainings & a 48-hour, on-site capture-the-flag competition. Every May in Montrรฉal since 2013 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Publications en franรงais et en anglais.
Site webhttps://nsec.io
LocationMontrรฉal, QC ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ
TrainingsMay 11-13, 2026
ConferenceMay 14-15, 2026
CompetitionMay 15-17, 2026

๐Ÿ’™๐Ÿฅˆ ๐—จ๐—ป ๐—ถ๐—บ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ถ ร  ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—”๐—ฟ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ / ๐—” ๐—ต๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ธ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—น๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜€

NorthSec 2026, c'est plus de 1400 participants, 4 jours de formations, 2 jours de confรฉrences, 48 heures de CTF, un party solarpunk, des villages communautaires et bien plus encore.

Rien de tout รงa ne serait possible sans le soutien de nos commanditaires. Leur engagement nous permet de crรฉer le plus grand รฉvรฉnement de cybersรฉcuritรฉ au Canada, de garder nos prix accessibles et d'offrir une expรฉrience exceptionnelle ร  toute la communautรฉ.

๐ŸŽซ Il reste quelques billets: https://nsec.io

NorthSec 2026 brings together 1400+ participants, 4 days of training, 2 days of conference, 48 hours of CTF, a solarpunk ball, community villages, and so much more.

None of this would be possible without the support of our sponsors. Their commitment allows us to create Canada's largest community-run security event, keep our prices accessible, and deliver an exceptional experience to the entire community.

๐ŸŽซ A few tickets left: https://nsec.io

#NorthSec #Cybersecurity #infosec #ctf

๐Ÿ’™ ๐—จ๐—ป ๐—ถ๐—บ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ถ ร  ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—น / ๐—” ๐—ต๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ธ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐˜€๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜€: ๐——๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ผ๐—น๐˜‚๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€

NorthSec 2026, c'est plus de 1400 participants, 4 jours de formations, 2 jours de confรฉrences, 48 heures de CTF, un party solarpunk, des villages communautaires et bien plus encore.

Rien de tout รงa ne serait possible sans le soutien de nos commanditaires. Leur engagement nous permet de crรฉer le plus grand รฉvรฉnement de cybersรฉcuritรฉ au Canada, de garder nos prix accessibles et d'offrir une expรฉrience exceptionnelle ร  toute la communautรฉ.

๐ŸŽซ Il reste quelques billets: https://nsec.io

NorthSec 2026 brings together 1400+ participants, 4 days of training, 2 days of conference, 48 hours of CTF, a solarpunk ball, community villages, and so much more.

None of this would be possible without the support of our sponsors. Their commitment allows us to create Canada's largest community-run security event, keep our prices accessible, and deliver an exceptional experience to the entire community.

๐ŸŽซ A few tickets left: https://nsec.io

#NorthSec #Cybersecurity #infosec #ctf

๐Ÿ’™ ๐—จ๐—ป ๐—ถ๐—บ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ถ ร  ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—น / ๐—” ๐—ต๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ธ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐˜€๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜€: OKIOK

NorthSec 2026, c'est plus de 1400 participants, 4 jours de formations, 2 jours de confรฉrences, 48 heures de CTF, un party solarpunk, des villages communautaires et bien plus encore.

Rien de tout รงa ne serait possible sans le soutien de nos commanditaires. Leur engagement nous permet de crรฉer le plus grand รฉvรฉnement de cybersรฉcuritรฉ au Canada, de garder nos prix accessibles et d'offrir une expรฉrience exceptionnelle ร  toute la communautรฉ.

๐ŸŽซ Il reste quelques billets: https://nsec.io

NorthSec 2026 brings together 1400+ participants, 4 days of training, 2 days of conference, 48 hours of CTF, a solarpunk ball, community villages, and so much more.

None of this would be possible without the support of our sponsors. Their commitment allows us to create Canada's largest community-run security event, keep our prices accessible, and deliver an exceptional experience to the entire community.

๐ŸŽซ A few tickets left: https://nsec.io

#NorthSec #Cybersecurity #infosec #ctf

๐Ÿ’™๐Ÿ… ๐—จ๐—ป ๐—ถ๐—บ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ถ ร  ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ฟ / ๐—” ๐—ต๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ธ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ด๐—ผ๐—น๐—ฑ ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜€: Flare, Google & SentinelOne

NorthSec 2026, c'est plus de 1400 participants, 4 jours de formations, 2 jours de confรฉrences, 48 heures de CTF, un party solarpunk, des villages communautaires et bien plus encore.

Rien de tout รงa ne serait possible sans le soutien de nos commanditaires. Leur engagement nous permet de crรฉer le plus grand รฉvรฉnement de cybersรฉcuritรฉ au Canada, de garder nos prix accessibles et d'offrir une expรฉrience exceptionnelle ร  toute la communautรฉ.

๐ŸŽซ Il reste quelques billets: https://nsec.io

NorthSec 2026 brings together 1400+ participants, 4 days of training, 2 days of conference, 48 hours of CTF, a solarpunk ball, community villages, and so much more.

None of this would be possible without the support of our sponsors. Their commitment allows us to create Canada's largest community-run security event, keep our prices accessible, and deliver an exceptional experience to the entire community.

๐ŸŽซ A few tickets left: https://nsec.io

#NorthSec #Cybersecurity #infosec #ctf

๐ŸŽค ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ณรฉ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐—ก๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฐรฉ๐—ฒ๐˜€ โ€ข ๐—ž๐—ฒ๐˜†๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ!

Kerberoasting legend + Bloomberg security leaders = keynotes you can't miss!

โžก๏ธ Thursday Keynote by Tim Medin : Hacking Dumberly
Tim Medin, founder of Red Siege, globally recognized offensive security expert and creator of Kerberoasting, will open NorthSec 2026 with Hacking Dumberly: We all hear about APT, but most breaches aren't really by A (advanced) or P (persistent) threat actors. In this talk, Tim will discuss simple ways for attack and defense, and to show you that often times the "dumb" stuff can be super effective. And as an experienced infosec professional, we can learn a lot of new folks. "Newbs" have valuable insight that isn't poisoned by "that's how we've always done it" or "this is how X works". Experienced folks can learn a lot from less experienced folks, and they can go a long way in their developmentโ€ฆ or than can crush them. Let's help each other be better.

โžก๏ธ Friday Keynote by Varsha Dwarakanathan & Salini Mishra (Bloomberg): Lost in the AI Woods: Why the Future Still Needs You
Varsha Dwarakanathan (Senior Product Security Engineer, Bloomberg) & Salini Mishra (Senior Product Security Engineer, Bloomberg CISO Office) will present a reflection on AI and cybersecurity: how to stay relevant and human in a constantly evolving technological world. An invitation to use AI as leverage while managing pace, priorities, and energy over the long term.

โ‡๏ธ But there's more! 24 cutting-edge talks, 7 hands-on workshops and legendary CTF challenges! Full lineup at https://nsec.io/speakers

Get your tickets now: https://nsec.io

#NorthSec #Cybersecurity #Infosec #Keynote

โ˜€๏ธ๐ŸŒฟ Dans moins d'un mois: NorthSec devient Solarpunk โ€ข Less than a month away: NorthSec goes Solarpunk

Le solarpunk, c'est un mouvement culturel qui se pose en opposition au cyberpunk. Plutรดt qu'un futur dystopique, on imagine un monde oรน l'humanitรฉ a choisi de mettre de cรดtรฉ ses divisions pour bรขtir quelque chose de durable: des villes verdoyantes, une technologie au service des communautรฉs, une nature reconquise.

Chaque annรฉe, NorthSec adopte un thรจme unique qui imprรจgne toute l'expรฉrience. Et cette annรฉe, c'est dans cet univers solarpunk que plonge NorthSec 2026. ร‡a se vit sur plusieurs niveaux:

๐ŸŽ‰ Le 14 mai: notre lรฉgendaire party annuel devient un bal en blanc, ร  la chandelle. Ambiance immersive, surprises visuelles รฉpoustouflantes, cรฉlรฉbration de la communautรฉ hacker. Vous voulez vous costumer? Imaginez-vous comme une milice รฉcologiste qui utilise la technologie pour dรฉfendre votre communautรฉ.

๐ŸŽฒ Dans les villages: on accueille Why We Fight, un jeu de rรดle solarpunk crรฉรฉ et animรฉ par ses propres crรฉateurs, Laurie Blake et Rob Ingle. Ton รฉquipe traverse les vestiges d'un pays ravagรฉ pour sauver des vies, reconquรฉrir la nature et rebรขtir une communautรฉ. https://www.sdrgames.studio/pages/why-we-fight

๐Ÿšฉ Dans le CTF: l'univers solarpunk s'invite dans la compรฉtition. Lorsque tu trouves un flag, tu pourrais avoir un choix moral ร  faire.

Il reste moins d'un mois et les badges sont limitรฉs ๐Ÿ‘‰ https://nsec.io

Solarpunk is a cultural movement that stands in opposition to cyberpunk. Rather than a dystopian future, it imagines a world where humanity chose to set aside its divisions and build something lasting: green cities, technology in service of communities, nature reclaimed.

Every year, NorthSec adopts a unique theme that permeates the entire experience. And this year, that's the solarpunk universe NorthSec 2026 is diving into. It plays out on multiple levels:

๐ŸŽ‰ May 14: our legendary annual party becomes a candlelit ball in white. Immersive atmosphere, stunning visual surprises, a celebration of the hacker community. Want to costume up? Picture yourself as an ecological militia using technology to defend your community.

๐ŸŽฒ In the villages: we're welcoming Why We Fight, a solarpunk tabletop RPG created and run by its own creators, Laurie Blake and Rob Ingle. Your team traverses the remnants of a war-torn country to save lives, reclaim nature, and rebuild community. https://www.sdrgames.studio/pages/why-we-fight

๐Ÿšฉ In the CTF: the solarpunk universe reaches all the way into the competition. When you find a flag, you might face a moral choice.

Less than a month left and badges are limited ๐Ÿ‘‰ https://nsec.io

#NorthSec #solarpunk #cybersecurity #hacking #infosec

โšก๏ธ ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ด๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ก๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ'๐˜€ ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐— ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด & ๐——๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ!

Three trainings. Build the defenses attackers hate facing.

Beyond Whiteboard Hacking: Master AI-Enhanced Threat Modeling
Steven Wierckx (Toreon), May 11-12
You'll learn: Execute the full threat modeling lifecycle with hands-on approach. Apply STRIDE, attack trees, and MITRE ATT&CK for threat-informed defense.

Advanced Detection Engineering in the Enterprise
โ›„๏ธ Olaf Hartong & Rogier Boon (FalconForce), May 11-13
You'll learn: Research attacker techniques, build resilient detections harder to evade, and validate detections using Microsoft Sentinel and Defender XDR.

Adversary Perspectives: Azure
Hope Walker (SpecterOps), May 10-13
You'll learn: Identify Azure misconfigurations and common attacks. Understand Azure AD (Entra) and approach Azure environments from an adversary perspective.

Not your track? We also offer trainings in Offensive Operations and Emerging Technologies. Check the full lineup at nsec.io/training-sessions.

โžก๏ธ Practical details
โ€ข Location: on-site OR online (check on the trainings page)
โ€ข CPE credits available
โ€ข All skill levels welcome (intermediate to advanced)

๐Ÿ‘‰ Spots are limited and filling up. Register now: nsec.io/training-sessions

#NorthSec #infosec #cybersecurity #blueteam

โšก๏ธ ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ด๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ก๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ'๐˜€ ๐—˜๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ง๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ป๐—ผ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ!

Three trainings. Niche skills. High demand.

Reverse, Bypass, Exploit: Mobile Hacking Workshop
David Backer & Steven Smiley (Corellium, a Cellebrite Company) | May 11
You'll learn: Configure mobile test environments, exploit data at rest and in transit, reverse engineer apps, and manipulate runtime behavior.

Hacking the Invisible: SDR for Red Team Operations
Sรฉbastien Dudek (Penthertz) | May 11-13
You'll learn: Leverage SDR for SIGINT and COMINT. Build custom tools with GNU Radio to attack wireless systems, drones, IoT, and connected hardware.

Practical AI Security: Go Beyond Theory, Build, Break, and Defend
Harish Ramadoss | May 11-13
You'll learn: Build real-world GenAI applications with LLMs, agents, and RAG. Attack and defend AI systems with practical techniques and tooling.

Not your track? We also offer trainings in Offensive Operations and Threat Modeling & Defense. Check the full lineup at nsec.io/training-sessions.

โžก๏ธ Practical details
โ€ข Location: on-site OR online (check on the trainings page)
โ€ข CPE credits available
โ€ข All skill levels welcome (intermediate to advanced)

๐Ÿ‘‰ Spots are limited and filling up. Register now: nsec.io/training-sessions
#NorthSec #infosec

โšก๏ธ ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ด๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ก๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ'๐˜€ ๐—ข๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ข๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ!

Three trainings. Real offensive skills you can use on Monday morning!

Red Team Training โ€” Charles F. Hamilton (CYPFER), May 12โ€“13
You'll learn: Understand tools and techniques used during red team exercises. Develop your own toolset, identify new techniques or potential evasion tricks.

Offensive Active Directory Operations Certification (OADOC) โ€” Evan Hosinski, (White Knight Labs), May 11โ€“13
You'll learn: Execute cross-platform AD exploitation with cutting-edge abuses, advanced AD toolcraft, bypass EDR/AV, and understand operational security.
Attacking & Securing CI/CD Pipeline Certification (ASCPC) โ€” Raunak Parmar & Bobby Schwass (White Knight Labs), May 11โ€“13
You'll learn: Identify and exploit CI/CD misconfigurations in GitHub, CircleCI, and AWS. Perform context injection, artifact poisoning, and pipeline hijacking.

โžก๏ธ Practical details
โ€ข Location: on-site OR online (check on the trainings page)
โ€ข CPE credits available
โ€ข All skill levels welcome (intermediate to advanced)

๐Ÿ‘‰ Spots are limited and filling up. Register now: nsec.io/training-sessions
#NorthSec #infosec

๐—•รฉ๐—ปรฉ๐˜ƒ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜: ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ท๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—น'รฉ๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐—ฏรฉ๐—ปรฉ๐˜ƒ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—น'รฉ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ โ€ข ๐—ฉ๐—ผ๐—น๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด: ๐—๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฉ๐—ผ๐—น๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ง๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—บ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ ๐—˜๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป!

ร€ la recherche de bรฉnรฉvoles les 11 au 17 mai prochains. Les bรฉnรฉvoles sont au cล“ur de NorthSec depuis 2013. Toute l'organisation de l'รฉvรฉnement est portรฉe par une รฉquipe incroyable de bรฉnรฉvoles.

ร‰quipes qui recherchent des bรฉnรฉvoles: confรฉrences, logistique, formations, inscriptions/accueil, bar et villages.

Ce qui t'attend:

  • Accรจs gratuit ร  la confรฉrence et ร  la compรฉtition (avec l'รฉquipe ยซunderdogsยป non-compรฉtitive)
  • T-shirt bรฉnรฉvole NorthSec
  • Nourriture et boissons pendant tes shifts
  • Rรฉseautage avec des professionnels de la cybersรฉcuritรฉ

Tous les dรฉtails ร  https://nsec.io/fr/volunteer/

Looking for volunteers from May 11 to 17. Volunteers have been at the heart of NorthSec since 2013. The entire event is powered by an incredible team of volunteers.

Teams looking for volunteers: conferences, logistics, training, registration/welcomw, bar and villages.

What awaits you:

  • Free access to the conference and competition (with the non-competitive team "underdogs")
  • NorthSec volunteer t-shirt
  • Food and drinks durieg your shifts
  • Networking with cybersecurity professionals

More details at https://nsec.io/volunteer/

#NorthSec