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BSides Atlanta 2026 is scheduled for Saturday, October 3rd, 2026, and will be hosted at the Georgia Tech Hotel & Conference Center in midtown Atlanta. This will be our 14th annual event and will feature over 18,000 sq ft of space, 13 content areas, a buffet lunch in the hotel’s dining area, and more!

Tickets to attend BSides Atlanta 2026 will go on sale on Monday, April 6th.

BSides Atlanta showcases the best content that our cybersecurity community has to offer. The calls for presenters and villages will open on Monday, July 6th.

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BSides Atlanta Nov 11

Hamishthepiper Nov 11

Excited to be putting the finishing screenshots in my #bsidesatl presentation about some new security controls that #AzureEntraID has made available around App Consent and Workload Identity protection. #entraid #Microsoft365 #cloudsecurity @bsidesatl

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New Locks, Old Keys: Evaluating Microsoft’s Latest Controls Against Service Principal Abuse BSides Atlanta 2025

Abuse of Service Principals in EntraID has been a longstanding favorite of APT groups. In recent years, that knowledge has trickled down to eCrime actors and is leveraged for ransomware and extortion. Microsoft has introduced two (and a half) new security controls to address this in 2025. Each has its pros and cons, but as with any security control an understanding of the risk it mitigates is crucial to balance the tradeoffs against potential business disruption. In this talk, we'll go over three scenarios in which Service Principals are abused and which controls would be relevant to address this risk. We'll also explore how to perform your own testing to evaluate whether the controls you configure are functioning as expected.

BSides Atlanta Oct 20

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BSides Atlanta Sep 17, 2025

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