Security BSides Portland

05/28/2026

Board election announcement! We will be hosting elections for one board position next week on June 3rd at 7PM. If you're interested in running, please be sure to attend the meeting and join our Google group for more details on how to sign up groups.google.com/g/bsidespdx

04/30/2026

Register for Hackboat now and brace yourself for more BSidesPDX updates -

Hackboat will happen Friday, June 5. Don’t miss the boat - there are only a few space left and registration closes May 9.

10/31/2025

T-Shirts, Surveys, and Upcoming Events -

THANK YOU for making BSidesPDX the event that it was. We had a record turnout and the event happened thanks to incredible effort from organizers, volunteers, speakers, sponsors and more.

10/23/2025

BSidesPDX is Tomorrow!! -

Getting to PSU & Registration: Smith Memorial Student Union is at 1825 SW Broadway. Parking is limited and expensive, but bike parking is plentiful. The nearest transit stations are SW 6th & Harrison and SW Park & Market.

10/17/2025

One week to go until BSidesPDX -

BYOL - We’ve got badges! This year, Bring Your Own Lanyard! Show off your favorite, your oldest BSidesPDX lanyard. The badge should work with any singe- or double-clip lanyard

10/11/2025

BSidesPDX Workshops Are LIVE!

Workshops are officially open and spots are first come, first serve! Don’t wait to grab your seat.
Here’s how to lock in your workshop:

1) Buy your BSidesPDX ticket:
https://checkout.square.site/merchant/9BXQ6M4Z424E9/checkout/Y2ZF232WW4O2VHT2VHFKR4D6

2) Find your workshop:
Check the full lineup and schedule here:
https://cfp.bsidespdx.org/bsidespdx-2025/schedule/

3)Reserve your spot:
Workshops fill up fast so register now! https://checkout.square.site/merchant/9BXQ6M4Z424E9/checkout/S6MCFHGSBLSKRUMCA7SVCN74

Pro tip: Once workshops are full, registration closes and no waitlist.
So if there’s one you’ve been eyeing, this is your sign to grab your spot now!

BSidesPDX 2025: Decryptid
October 24–25 | Portland State University

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10/09/2025

Workshop Registration and Draft Schedule posted! -

It’s still subject to change, but we have most of the talks and workshops scheduled. You can click through to see descriptions of all of them, and it will be available in HackerTracker soon.

10/02/2025

Speakers, T-Shirts, and more -

Tomorrow is the LAST DAY to order t-shirts! Thanks to the hundreds of you that provided feedback, we’re going to get green shirts with black printing, similar to this one.

09/19/2025

Saturday Keynote and T-shirt Artwork -

Micah is an information security engineer, a software engineer, an investigative data journalist, and an author. He worked as director of information security at The Intercept, as a staff technologist at the EFF, and helped co-found the Freedom of the Press foundation.

09/18/2025

Keynote Announcement: Day 2 at BSidesPDX 2025

We’re thrilled to welcome Micah Lee as our opening keynote speaker for Day 2!
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I’m an information security engineer, a software engineer, an investigative data journalist, and an author. I use he/him pronouns, and my name is pronounced “my-kah.”

I started the Lockdown Systems Collective where I help develop an open source app called Cyd that helps people claw back their data from Big Tech.

I worked for The Intercept for a decade, where I was director of information security. I also used to work as a staff technologist at Electronic Frontier Foundation, and I helped co-found Freedom of the Press Foundation. I did opsec for journalists while Edward Snowden was leaking NSA docs to them.

I’m the author of “Hacks, Leaks, and Revelations: The Art of Analyzing Hacked and Leaked Data”, a hands-on book that teaches journalists, researchers, and activists how download, research, analyze, and report on datasets. (No prior experience required.)

I develop open source security tools like OnionShare and Dangerzone. You can check out my GitHub activity https://github.com/micahflee/
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October 24–25, 2025
Portland State University
Don’t miss it register today: https://bsidespdx.org/events/2025/register.html