BSidesSF and RSAConf – day 1 wrap up
The weather is stereotypical San Francisco; rainy, cloudy, and wet. The RSA conference crowds are not unbearable (yet), and the vendors sling buzzwords, FUD, and promises of unicorns. The sessions have ranged from great to meh (InfoSec Leadership – Program Development) ..at which point I went next door to BSides SF.
What can I say about BSides except this is where the real learning sharing is going on. I’ve heard about BSides for some time now and decided to give it a swing…I mean hey, the price is right. The presentations are top notch and include audience participation. I’m sitting next to people that I knew only as twitter handles, blog authors, and podcast voices. And they are all incredibly cool and passionate. I listened to BSides founders Jack Daniels, Mike Dahn, Amber talk about how to create your own event. I’ve sat at the feet of thought leaders…And then we had drinks, awesome roach coach tacos, and rhymes from Dual Core.
What can I say. RSA day 1 was big, commercial, lots of free food and drinks, schwag, etc. If I get lucky, I could win 2 s.m.a.r.t. cars, a Harley night-rod, and a Vespa. If I don’t get win that stuff…well, I’ve already been to day one of BSides! WIN
If you go to an industry event that has a BSides next door…make it an effort to go to the non-con. It is worth every moment. The dog-and-pony-show at the convention will still be there later, don’t worry.
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Hi,
Just one question : Where do we go to attend bsides? Is it in the Moscone ?
RT: @jack_daniel
“Missed BSidesSF and feeling left out? Were here want more? Cleveland is on Friday. Next up: Halifax, NS; Greensboro, NC; Austin, TX”
@arthur Unfortunately, BSides SF is over. It was Monday and Tuesday, and was next door to Moscone South (where the Expo floor is located), in the ZEUM Children’s Museum.
I don’t want to mis-state the purpose of BSides, but I believe the intent is to create a ‘non-Conf.’ before or during low key portions of the Big Conf.
Sorry you missed it, but check out the schedule and try another time! Also, I think some of the talks are recorded and available online.
http://www.SecurityBSides.org