Call for Papers – BSidesCharm We will be opening the CFP on Halloween, Friday the 31st of October, at 8PM EST.

Now that all (most) of the Halloween sugar has worn off and you are thinking more clearly, put together your ideas for @BSidesCharm 2026 presentations & training -

Call for Villages – BSidesCharm BSidesCharm prides itself on the large variety of villages hosted each year. These are opportunities for realistic, practical, hands-on experience to teach new skills.

IT'S TIME!! Submit your village ideas for @BSidesCharm 2026 - bsidescharm.org/cfv/ - Good Luck!!

Call for Papers – BSidesCharm We will be opening the CFP on Halloween, Friday the 31st of October, at 8PM EST.

IT'S TIME!! Submit your presentation & training ideas for @BSidesCharm 2026 - bsidescharm.org/cfp/ - Good Luck!!

Happy Halloween! You know what that means - @BSidesCharm 2026 CFP/CFT opens tonight! Get your presentation, training and village ideas finalized!

Call for Villages – BSidesCharm BSidesCharm prides itself on the large variety of villages hosted each year. These are opportunities for realistic, practical, hands-on experience to teach new skills.

Got an idea for a @BSidesCharm 2026 Village? Submit it to our CFV - opening on Fri, 10/31 @ 2000 - keep this link handy -

Call for Papers – BSidesCharm We will be opening the CFP on Halloween, Friday the 31st of October, at 8PM EST.

Almost time ... @BSidesCharm 2026 CFP/CFT will be opening on Fri, 10/31 @ 2000 - keep this link handy -

Join us for the special 10th Anniversary BSidesCharm on April 25-26, 2026, back at the Sheraton Baltimore North!

If you have the exclusive Uber Badge from the first BSidesCharm, remove it from your wall, dust it off, and bring it for a surprise

We look forward to seeing you!

Behind the scenes, BSidesCharm relies on months of preparation and years of experience. Thank you to our Board, the Organizer team, and the many volunteers who made this event possible.

BSidesCharm also hosted many villages from all aspects of our industry and community. Our thanks to @SecureAerospace, @CompSecDirect’s Breach Village, @cloudvillage_dc, @IOTVillage, @unallocatedspace, @HackersHealth, @rfhackers, and @SANSOffensive

Saturday night BSidesCharm held its annual chill out evening party with music from DJ Syntax (@syntax976). @SoberInCyber provided mocktails and non-alcoholic drinks while everyone enjoyed old-school video games and board games.

Each year BSidesCharm invites nonprofit and charity organizations to connect with the community. Thank you to HTCIA MidAtlantic, ISSA Central MD, Sober in Cyber, and WiCyS MidAtlantic.

This year Gary the Piano Guy hosted PianoCon and raised $432 in donations for the ACLU.

We were excited to host many organizations at our Hiring Village this year. This jam-packed event included resume reviews, professional photography, breakout career talks from John Stoner and Jen Haverman, and recruiters speaking with hundreds of attendees.

We also want to thank our many speakers and trainers who came out to provide awesome material for all aspects of our industry.

You can find the archive of recorded presentations on our YouTube page here: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

We are incredibly grateful to Mr. Harry Coker for joining us as our keynote speaker. To an audience of hundreds he delivered an eye-opening talk on the government's role in cybersecurity, highlighting both successes and failures.

As a community we are able to come together with the support of our sponsors. This year we were proud to partner with amazing organizations who came to meet the community.

The BSidesCharm Graphics team had fun with our theme of “security through the ages" by designing badges in a variety of nostalgic and futuristic storage formats.

Better late than never, thank you to everyone who joined us this year at BSidesCharm 2025! This was an amazing year, and we’d love to share the highlights with everyone!

It's time to start wrapping things up...

Come on over and join us in the main ballroom for the BSidesCharm 2025 closing ceremony.

Starting at 3:00 PM...

Track 1: Inch By Inch: A Case Study in Maintaining & Scaling a Modern XDR Product
Track 2: Past, Present and Future of Automatic Code Remediation

Starting at 2:00 PM...

Track 1: SQL injection is a thing of the past‚ and other lies we tell ourselves
Track 2: A Tale of Two Incidents: Responding to Akira Ransomware

Last call for #BSidesCharm training! Registered for Web Application Pen Testing? If you're not in the Lindsay Room by 1:15 PM, you could lose your seat!

Interested in this training but couldn't get a ticket? Queue up early and find out if a seat might become available for you.

👕 IF YOU PREPAID FOR A SHIRT PLEASE PICK IT UP BEFORE 2PM👕

Starting at 12:30 PM...

Track 1: A Grounded Approach to AI and LLM Security
Track 2: Supercharge Your Workflow: Using WhiteRabbitNeo for AI-Powered Analysis

Starting at 12:00 PM...

Track 1: Threat Modeling Meets Model Training: Web App Security Skills for AI
Track 2: Think You're Stealthy? How to Detect Attacks in AD

You have until June 13th!

BSides Charm Day 1 recap:
We sold out for the first time since 2019 and got a great crowd out for Harry Coker's keynote. A huge thank you to everyone who participated!

(Photo cred Shawn Thomas Photography @understudy77.bsky.social )

Starting at 11:00 AM...

Track 1: Starting a SBOM Programme - The Pain is Probably Temporary
Track 2: Red Teaming: A New Perspective for Intern Projects

Did you want to get some training in at this year's BSides Charm? We have spots open over at Career Campaigns: A Tabletop RPG Workshop for Your Next Infosec Role!

Starting at 10:00 AM...

Track 1: JMP Into Malware Analysis
Track 2: What's in the Cloud?

Registered for today's Career Campaigns: A Tabletop RPG Workshop at #BSidesCharm? If you're not in the Lindsay Room by 9:45 AM, you could lose your seat!

Interested in this training but couldn't get a ticket? Queue up early and find out if a seat might become available for you.