BSidesDSM is a non-profit educational organization designed to advance the body of Information Security knowledge, by providing an annual, open forum for discussion and debate for security practitioners and anyone interested in the field.
We want to produce a conference that is a source of education, collaboration, and continued conversation for information technologists and those associated with this field.
The technical and academic presentations at BSidesDSM are given in the spirit of peer review and advanced knowledge dissemination.
This allows the field of Information Security to grow in breadth and depth, and continue in its pursuit of highly advanced scientifically based knowledge.
General Mission
Code of Conduct
We have NO TOLERANCE for physical/verbal/sexual harassment of any human! Our “Code of Conduct” is “Be Excellent to Each Other” AKA the Golden Rule. Failing that, it is “Do not be an Ass,* or we will kick your ass out!”
Asking questions of a speaker during their talk, to get clarity or debate a point is NOT being an ass – heckling or haranguing the speaker IS. If you are not sure, ask, or err on the side of basic decency and common courtesy. If what they are doing would not be acceptable to have done to you, your best friend, your worst enemy, your sister, niece, daughter, brother, nephew, son, mother, father, or any human being, do not let them treat anyone else that way – whether you know them or not. If you are having an issue with a BSidesDSM participant of ANY badge type, find a member of our Safety & Security Team in the red BSidesDSM t-shirts (or any staff member). They will call our Harassment Response Team, who will take an official incident report and determine next steps.
*Staff reserves the right to determine what constitutes “Being an Ass”.
