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If you’re attending BSidesSF, expect to see a lot of Mr Robot
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But Jack, community and stuff…
A few folks have asked me about my roles on the advisory board for Intelligent Defence and as a judge for RSA’s new crowdsourced track. I’m often thought of as “Mr. BSides”, which is unfair to a lot of people who do a lot more than I do to build and sustain the Security BSides movement and community, and unfair to the thousands of organizers, volunteers, speakers, sponsors, and participants who make BSides what it is. This also overlooks the fact that I have long been engaged with a variety of groups and events, and I work in the security industry.
The short version of the story is this:
Two big events are listening to their attendees and responding to their audiences’ requests, and they asked me to be involved. As someone who has pushed for better content, conversations, and community engagement in numerous events and organizations over the years I jumped at the opportunities; I would have to be a much bigger hypocrite than I already am to decline the requests.
Of course I am watching to see if these new programs have any impact on the local security and hacker communities, but the nearby BSides San Francisco and BSides London events have a very different vibe from RSA and Infosecurity Europe, and other events such as 44Con are at other times of the year. My hope is that the new programs will expand the much-needed conversations about information security and security research and help grow the security community, that’s why I’m involved.
Jack
But Jack, community and stuff…
A few folks have asked me about my roles on the advisory board for Intelligent Defence and as a judge for RSA’s new crowdsourced track. I’m often thought of as “Mr. BSides”, which is unfair to a lot of people who do a lot more than I do to build and sustain the Security BSides movement and community, and unfair to the thousands of organizers, volunteers, speakers, sponsors, and participants who make BSides what it is. This also overlooks the fact that I have long been engaged with a variety of groups and events, and I work in the security industry.
The short version of the story is this:
Two big events are listening to their attendees and responding to their audiences’ requests, and they asked me to be involved. As someone who has pushed for better content, conversations, and community engagement in numerous events and organizations over the years I jumped at the opportunities; I would have to be a much bigger hypocrite than I already am to decline the requests.
Of course I am watching to see if these new programs have any impact on the local security and hacker communities, but the nearby BSides San Francisco and BSides London events have a very different vibe from RSA and Infosecurity Europe, and other events such as 44Con are at other times of the year. My hope is that the new programs will expand the much-needed conversations about information security and security research and help grow the security community, that’s why I’m involved.
Jack
RSA Conference’s new crowdsourced submissions program
The US RSA Conference is adding something new for 2015, a crowdsourced submissions track. RSA gets a stunning number of submissions each year, and it takes a long time to sort through them all- leading to a common grumble about the long lead time between submissions and the conference. And as with almost any event, some question why certain talks were accepted over others. RSA has been listening, and is trying this new crowdsourced track to address some of the feedback they have received. You want a short leadtime for talks to allow for recent topics? You want a say in some of the talks which get accepted? The new track will add 12 sessions to answer these requests.
The Call for Papers opened today, January 29, and will close on February 27 (less than two months before the event). Given the size and scope of the RSA Conference, it is significant that they have taken this step.
I am excited to be one of the judges for this program, joining industry leaders Alex Hutton, Eve Maler, Jennifer Minella, and Rich Mogull. Our role is to make sure the submissions follow the guidelines, aren’t sales pitches, and to filter out any “ballot stuffing” which might happen. See the Crowdsourced Submissions FAQ for details.
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RSA Conference’s new crowdsourced submissions program
The US RSA Conference is adding something new for 2015, a crowdsourced submissions track. RSA gets a stunning number of submissions each year, and it takes a long time to sort through them all- leading to a common grumble about the long lead time between submissions and the conference. And as with almost any event, some question why certain talks were accepted over others. RSA has been listening, and is trying this new crowdsourced track to address some of the feedback they have received. You want a short leadtime for talks to allow for recent topics? You want a say in some of the talks which get accepted? The new track will add 12 sessions to answer these requests.
The Call for Papers opened today, January 29, and will close on February 27 (less than two months before the event). Given the size and scope of the RSA Conference, it is significant that they have taken this step.
I am excited to be one of the judges for this program, joining industry leaders Alex Hutton, Eve Maler, Jennifer Minella, and Rich Mogull. Our role is to make sure the submissions follow the guidelines, aren’t sales pitches, and to filter out any “ballot stuffing” which might happen. See the Crowdsourced Submissions FAQ for details.
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