BSides Ottawa 2025

Security BSides Ottawa is a community-driven grassroots event that aims to provide an open platform to promote cybersecurity awareness and knowledge sharing among experts, professionals, students, and enthusiasts interested in the field.

Everyone is welcome to attend and participate, no prior experience or knowledge is required! Security BSides Ottawa provides a rare opportunity to directly connect and create trusted relationships with the Ottawa cyber security community from government, industry, and academia.

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Info: Welcome to BSides Ottawa 2025! As a grassroots, community-driven event, BSides Ottawa is powered by passionate local volunteers dedicated to advancing cybersecurity right here in Ottawa.

Info: Enjoy refreshments and network in the Main Hall, visit Exhibitors and Career Fair or lounge at table and catch an innovative talk in our Vendor's Corner. All in one incredibly spacious and relaxing location!

Info: Canada faces growing cyber threats with fragmented defences. This session explores why a unified national strategy is urgently needed—and how driving the “last digital spike” can secure our digital future, economy, and national resilience.

Info: AI is the new brain inside your app, and like any brain, it’s vulnerable to manipulation. As pentesters, we’ve been sweet-talking chatbots into spilling secrets. This talk shares what we’ve learned by probing AI assistants with sneaky prompts, buried intent, and subtle misdirection.

Info: Enjoy lunch and network in the Main Hall, visit Exhibitors and Career Fair or lounge at table and catch an innovative talk in our Vendor's Corner. All in one incredibly spacious and relaxing location!

Info: Modern software pipelines are under constant attack—are you securing all the right areas? In this talk, we’ll break down the three key disciplines of AppSec: SIP, SOP, and SAP, uncover hidden threats, and explore cutting-edge strategies to harden your CI/CD pipelines. Don’t get left behind!

Info: A behind-the-scenes look at how we partnered with a U.S. state to transform their driver’s license into a mobile identity platform trusted by police, retailers, and federal security agencies. It’s a leadership-level playbook for security decision-makers on enabling innovation under public scrutiny.

Info: Automate GRC without coding! Ditch spreadsheets & manual work. Learn simple, actionable steps to save time & reduce chaos. No tech skills needed!

Info: Enjoy refreshments and network in the Main Hall, visit Exhibitors and Career Fair or lounge at table and catch an innovative talk in our Vendor's Corner. All in one incredibly spacious and relaxing location!

Info: We will go from 0 to modern tactics used to compromise stolen laptops. Focus is placed on Direct Memory Access attacks via PCIe. We talk about UEFI implementation and security, bypassing modern DMA countermeasures via Firmware attacks, and demo novel pre-boot DMA attacks against the OS, FirstStrike!

Info: A BSides Ottawa favourite, this panel features senior cybersecurity leaders and covers real security issues and priorities facing both private and public sector organizations. Topics covered will range from Quantum to compliance to AI with an emphasis on what’s needed to make implementations successful.

Info: Join us as we close out Day 1 with exciting announcements! We'll reveal the CTF and Villages leaderboards, celebrate our top performers, and hand out some amazing giveaways. We'll set the stage and gear up for Day 2.

Info: Stick around as we open the bar and refreshments for an evening of networking and unwinding with fellow attendees! Connect with speakers, sponsors, and content partners of our cyber community in a relaxed atmosphere. Enjoy great conversations, make new connections, and celebrate the success of BSides Ottawa 2025 together!

Info: Join us as we kickoff Day 2 of BSides Ottawa 2025!

Info: Enjoy refreshments and network in the Main Hall, visit Exhibitors and Career Fair or lounge at table and catch an innovative talk in Vendors Corner. All in one incredibly spacious and relaxing location!

Info: Presented is a comprehensive strategy for the risk assessment and treatment of legacy cryptographic algorithms in light of the new era of quantum computing. What makes this presentation unique is its focus on imparting knowledge and defining best practices for cryptographic agility.

Info: Feeling overwhelmed by alerts? Ever want to “hack back” the Hackers, but don’t want to break laws? Well here’s a revolutionary new strategy that will get you going! Defend by deceiving, and overwhelm anyone persistent enough to keep looking.

“All warfare is based on deception.” -Sun Tzu

Info: Enjoy lunch and network in the Main Hall, visit Exhibitors and Career Fair or lounge at table and catch an innovative talk in Vendors Corner. All in one incredibly spacious and relaxing location!

Info: Having trouble applying your Linux hacks to other OSes? This presentation explores how an OS’s architecture influences binary exploitation. It explores how the System V ABI, POSIX standards, and UNIX philosophy shape the mechanics of exploiting binaries across different, yet often similar platforms.

Info: This talk will explore the near-horizon evolution of machine-on-machine conflict, where AI systems simulate and plan attacks through swarm intelligence and wargaming frameworks, and how they may actively engage in dynamic offensive and defensive cyber operations against one another.

Info: Enjoy refreshments and network in the Main Hall, visit Exhibitors and Career Fair or lounge at table and catch an innovative talk in Vendors Corner. All in one incredibly spacious and relaxing location!

Info: Ready to boost your cybersecurity journey? Discover how AI can be your co-pilot in hands-on learning, breaking down tough topics, and building valuable skills. We’ll share our experiences, favorite tools, and advice for aspiring security professionals to help you learn, grow, and stay ahead!

Info: After 20 years of red team experience in the military and corporate worlds, I have identified the most consistent mistakes made by target organizations, and be the red teams themselves. Accompanied by real world "war stories", this presentation will identify the critical mistakes and their fixes.

Info: Celebrate the highlights of BSides Ottawa 2025 as we wrap up an incredible event! Join us for the Award Ceremony, where we’ll recognize standout participants, including CTF and Village champions, and honour contributions from our community. Stick around for closing remarks from the BSides Ottawa Organizing Committee as we reflect on the achievements, thank our sponsors, content partners and volunteers, and look forward to the future of our growing cyber community.

Info: Drop-in style interactive TTX (tabletop exercise)

Info: Drop-in style interactive TTX (tabletop exercise)

Host or Publisher BSides Ottawa Organising Committee