CFP for BSides Islamabad 2025 is open now!
BSides Islamabad is seeking proposals that reflect innovative and cutting-edge ideas to revive and inspire discussion. Our range of technical talks covers information and cybersecurity areas, emerging threats, and technologies with new competencies that mesmerize the audience.
BSides Islamabad is providing a platform to develop a healthy and collaborative relationship with Security Industry peers, Academia, and Emerging Professionals to share their valuable insight, field experience, expertise, skills, and knowledge. The aim is to further enhance the security industry along with strengthening the community and providing a definitive route to those who want to start a career in Pakistan’s cybersecurity Industry.
Topics of Interest for BSides Islamabad (not limited to):
- Technical Talks (45 minutes – 40 minutes talk and 5 minutes for QnA)
- Workshops (2 -4 Hours)
Topics:
- Digital Forensics
- Incident Response
- Malware Analysis or Malware Reversing
- Application or Web Security
- Pen Testing or Security Assessments
- Red/Blue/Purple Teaming
- Bug Bounties
- Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning
- Attack and Defence Techniques
- Threat Hunting
- Cloud Security
- Vulnerability Research
- Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI)
- Open Source Intelligence (OSINT)
- Operational Technology (OT)/IoT Security
- Drone Security
- DevOps/DevSecOps
- Open Source Tools
- Security Research
- Security best practices
- Lessons learned from the field
- Any other topic that you think is relevant!
CFP Guidelines
The speaker and presenters are advised not to submit talks about any companies or products. The event will not be able to accept workshops or speeches that only use commercial products. However, you can utilize free/evaluation version or feature in your workshops and talks. The speaker and presenters must ensure that the workshops and talks are technically sound. The workshops must strongly be preferred to have more hands-on exercises.
Grab the opportunity to share your interests with other like-minded individuals. We love to see brand new, seasoned speakers, and even the impromptu enthusiasts from time to time!
Key Dates:
CFP Open Date: 5 Oct 2024
CFP Last Submission Date: 20 Nov 2024
For any queries, please reach out at [email protected]