[ mission // two-day trajectory ]
T-1
Training
Friday · November 2026
Paid hands-on workshops. Small cohort, deep material. Bring a laptop.
- ▸Full-day courses (8 hrs)
- ▸Small instructor-led cohorts
- ▸Materials + labs included
main event
T-0
Main Event
Saturday · November 2026
Three parallel tracks of talks, all villages open, CTF kicks off at noon.
- ▸3 talk tracks, morning to evening
- ▸Villages open all day
- ▸CTF fires at 12:00
- ▸Recruiter area + vendor floor
[ orbit // villages ]
◎
Lockpick Village
Pick something. Learn how locks actually work.
⌬
Hardware Hacking
Bring-your-own-device or borrow ours. Solder, sniff, swear.
◈
SOC Village
Triage a simulated incident in real time against the clock.
✦
Career Corner
Résumé review and recruiter meet-and-greets with local employers.
[ operation // capture the flag ]
CTF: signal in the noise
Solo or team. Challenges span web, reverse, crypto, OSINT, hardware, and forensics. Sponsor-donated prizes. Rookie-friendly: we run intro crypto and recon walkthroughs in the first hour so first-timers can actually play.
/web/reverse/crypto/OSINT/hardware/forensics/misc
$ nc ctf.bsidesjax.org 1337 // code drops in the CTF room on launch day
[ manifest // full lineup ]
Full lineup
[pending] · locks after CFP closes. Subscribe via the mailing list or follow @BsidesJAX for drops.