A sneak peek before everyone else… A photo of this year’s badge has mysteriously surfaced! Inspired by our Solarpunk theme, this unique design blends technology and nature.
2026 Conference Talks: Schedule Revealed! 🎯
We’re proud to announce 17 talks selected from hundreds of proposals! Cutting-edge topics covering cloud, AI, detection, offensive, and more.
🎤 Opening Keynote: Tim Medin (Red Siege) will present Hacking Dumberly
Selected Talks:
Commit, Push, Compromise: Attacking Modern GitHub Orgs — Connor Laidlaw, Max CM, Andrew Buchanan (Figment)
The OpenGraph diary: Attack path management applied to Ansible — Charl-alexandre Le Brun, Simon Lachkar (Desjardins)
Doxxing-proof authentic digital media: trust the asset, protect the source — Christian Paquin (Microsoft Research)
Researchers vs. Threat Actors in Cloud Attacks — Dirk-jan Mollema (Outsider Security), Sanne Maasakkers (Mandiant / Google Cloud)
Increasing detection engineering maturity with detection as code — Émilio Gonzalez (Desjardins)
A Needle in a Haystack: Identifying an Infostealer Attack Through Trillions of Events — François Labrèche (Sophos)
Living Off The Pipeline: Defensive Research, Weaponized — François Proulx (Boost Security)
Measuring AI Ability to Complete Long Cybersecurity Tasks — Jeremy Miller (OFFSEC)
Mapping Deception Solutions with BloodHound OpenGraph — Joshua Prager (SpecterOps), Ben Schroeder
Let’s make our community more inclusive! Are you part of an underrepresented group and dream of participating in an exhilarating CTF? NorthSec is giving you a chance!
What you can win:8 CTF tickets to form a complete team
Submit your cover letter and resume before March 13. Share this initiative with anyone who might be interested!
"Most red team missions stop at the network perimeter, but not radio waves. Every building emits signals: alarms, gates, keyless entry, wireless keyboards, IoT sensors, drones, baby monitors… Yet most offensive professionals have no visibility on this invisible attack surface."
All 2026 Training Sessions:
Red Team Training – Charles F. Hamilton (Mr.Un1k0d3r) (CYPFER) • May 12 and 13 • On-Site
📡 Radio-Frequency (RF) Village: Join our free online Q&A sessions to prepare for the amateur radio certification exam that will take place during NorthSec. This certification recognized by the Canadian government allows you to operate radio equipment on amateur bands. Stay tuned on Discord in the #village-rf channel!
🛡️ Pre-CTF Zone: Bring your laptop on May 14 and 15 and set up in the villages’ Pre-CTF zone! This year, you can practice challenges with CTF 101, and get direct access to the Root-Me Pro platform. No registration needed, everything happens on-site. We can even help you configure your laptop, install common CTF tools, and give you tips to solve challenges.
Technical workshops announcedAgentic AI for Threat Hunting by Faan Rossow and AWS Security - The Purple Team Way by Santiago Abastante
Did you know that some of our CTF challenges from previous editions are hosted on the RingZer0 CTF platform? A great way to prepare for our competition from May 15 to 17!
University Competitions: NorthSec at @HackCTF (Concordia) + PolyPwn (Polytechnique) 🏆
The spirit of university competitions is part of NorthSec’s DNA. We were proud to support AtHackCTF by Hexploit Alliance (Concordia University’s cybersecurity student association) which took place on March 7 and 8! Our Co-VP Communications, Yamlal, gave a workshop on finding student cyber jobs using AI tools.
Winners of these competitions will receive combo tickets (CTF + conference) valued at almost 2000$ for NorthSec 2026!
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Volunteering: Join the Team for the 2026 Edition! 🤝
Looking for volunteers from May 11 to 17
Volunteers have been at the heart of NorthSec since 2011. The entire event is powered by an incredible team of passionate volunteers. We’re always looking for unique talents and motivated people from different backgrounds.
Teams looking for volunteers: logistics, training, registration/welcome, and villages.
What awaits you:
Free access to the conference and competition
NorthSec volunteer t-shirt and mug (and special editions for veterans!)
Food and drinks during your shifts
Networking with cybersecurity professionals
Invitation to the annual volunteer party (always highly anticipated!)
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— The NorthSec Team 💙
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