BSides Ballarat
Cybersecurity is a fascinating and rapidly expanding field with a scope that includes enthusiasts, commercial security, and national security. While many great conferences are held in the capital cities, the regions often miss out. BSides Ballarat aims to build the cybersecurity community in Ballarat, especially in the younger age group.
BSides Ballarat is an annual conference that aims to develop cybersecurity awareness,and skills with a focus on the following key areas: ,
- Getting started in a cybersecurity career,
- Practical cybersecurity projects,
- Securing your network,
- Understanding security architectures,
- Reverse engineering, taking things apart to learn how they work in depth,
- Understanding the cyber world of attackers and defenders,
Sponsors:
BSides Ballarat is seeking sponsors for the following: venue, catering, merchandise, and printing. Our current venue has a capacity of 100, but feedback indicates that we could fill a larger venue. Please email p.black@federation.edu.au to discussion sponsor options.
Speakers
A preliminary list of speakers for BSides Ballarat is shown below:
| Name | Organisation | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| Gyle dela Cruz | Personal Cyber Defence in the Age of Oversharing | |
| Bayley Foster | Fossec | Leveraging Malicious PCIe Devices For Game Hacking |
| Richard Grainger | Triskele Labs | Behind the Breach: Exploring Digital Forensics and Incident Response |
| Tim Haintz | Microsoft/ICSL | How To Land Your Dream Job |
| Chuanshu Jiang | Web Hacking for Beginners | |
| Hassan Khanna | Crowdstrike | Understanding the Cyber World of Attackers and Defenders |
| Simon Lavigne | Microsoft | Running K7 Cyberdetective Game |
| Rue Maharaj | Melbourne Water | *Hacking* in to your Cyber Career - from Start to Specialist (and Management) |
| Sanam Makadia | Datacom | An Introduction to Critical Infrastructure Attacks |
| Erica Muir | IBM | Fraud Investigation |
| Aditya Patil | Telstra | Detecting Scattered Spider: through the Lens of Mitre Attack |
| Kanik Sachdeva | Medibank | Your Identity is Under Attack : How to Fight Back and Win |
| Narain Singh | Telstra | Cyber Supply Chain Risk |
| Adib Surani | Scarlet Study | Case Study: How we Hacked and Translated The Great Ace Attorney |
| Peter Wills | NBN | Incident Response to Arcane Door |
Venue
The inaugural BSides Ballarat conference will be held on the weekend of the 3rd -4th of May 2025 in Ballarat city center at the SMB campus of Federation University.
Tickets
Tickets are now available from Eventbrite.
Organising Committeeon
| Name | Organisation |
|---|---|
| Paul Black | ICSL / Federation University |
| Paul Pang | ICSL / Federation University |
| Robert Layton | Data Pipeline |
| Scott Mellis | Mastercard |
| Omaru Maruatona | Aiculus API Security |
| David Mulraney | The Repair Group |
Sponsors:
| Name | Company | Sponsorship |
|---|---|---|
| Katie Odgers-Hayes Step Up Cyber Training |  | An Introduction to Programming in Python |
| Robert Folbigg |  | Purchase of 50 tickets for Ballarat region secondary students |
| Karen Castelino, Jayaprakash Muthusamy, Peter Lake |  | Cybersecurity Basics Training (3hrs theory, 3 hrs practical) |
