BSides Knoxville 2025: Full Schedule

9:00am EDT

Automating Security Operations Around the Clock

Friday May 9, 2025 9:00am - 9:45am EDT

How can security teams stay ahead of 24/7 cyber threats? This talk explores AI-driven SOAR tools that combine intelligent decision-making with automation. Learn how AI enables dynamic workflows, automates after-hours responses, and empowers SOCs to reduce alert fatigue and improve response times.

Speakers

KEVIN SISTRUNK

Content Development Engineer, ADT

Kevin Sistrunk is an accomplished cybersecurity professional with extensive experience in Security Orchestration, Automation, and Response (SOAR), incident response, and IT security engineering. Throughout his career, Kevin has worked with high-profile organizations such as Synchrony... Read More →

Friday May 9, 2025 9:00am - 9:45am EDT
Regas Square Events 333 W Depot Ave, Suite 120, Knoxville, TN 37917

Track 2, Regular-Length Talk

10:00am EDT

Hidden Threats In Your Active Directory Adventure

Friday May 9, 2025 10:00am - 10:45am EDT

Regas Square Events

Your Active Directory environment is a vast dungeon filled with hidden traps, cursed artifacts, and deceptive illusion spells. This talk uncovers lesser-known attack paths that let adversaries bypass defenses and plunder your domain's treasures. Will you be the DM - or the next victim of a TPK?

Speakers

Ben Goodman

Eric Kuehn

Principal Security Consultant, Secure Ideas

Eric Kuehn is a Principal security consultant at Secure Ideas, where he leverages his extensive experience with Microsoft infrastructures and Active Directory to perform penetration tests and red team assessments. He also teaches a course, Red Team Fundamentals for Active Directory... Read More →

Friday May 9, 2025 10:00am - 10:45am EDT
Regas Square Events 333 W Depot Ave, Suite 120, Knoxville, TN 37917

Track 2, Regular-Length Talk

11:00am EDT

Digital Certificates: Fails and Flounders

Friday May 9, 2025 11:00am - 11:45am EDT

Regas Square Events

"The Digital Certificate is like your Driver's License" This short talk goes into some common misconfigurations of Digital Certificates found in the wild. Quick Examples: Exposed Mail Servers, HTTP redirects, and faulty firewalls.

Speakers

Jeff Krakenberg

As a technical trainer and security researcher, it is my goal to spread awareness and knowledge. Experience includes: lecturing about cybersecurity, moderating open discussions about vulnerabilities, and building hacking labs for students. Like many others, I often delve too deep... Read More →

Friday May 9, 2025 11:00am - 11:45am EDT
Regas Square Events 333 W Depot Ave, Suite 120, Knoxville, TN 37917

Track 2, Regular-Length Talk

2:00pm EDT

Deepfake Deep Dive: Building a Deepfake in Real-Time

Friday May 9, 2025 2:00pm - 2:45pm EDT

Regas Square Events

Watch a deepfake built live on stageâ€”and understand what you're really up against. This practical, technical session reveals the nuts-and-bolts of deepfake creation, uncovers security implications, and arms you with actionable strategies for detection and defense.

Speakers

David Hawthorne

Director, Cloud Engineering, O3 Solutions

David Hawthorne is Director of Cloud Engineering at O3 Solutions, a growth stage SaaS startup, where he oversees cloud, data, DevOps, security, and compliance. Before joining O3, he served as a data architect for a SaaS healthcare venture. When he’s not coding cloud infrastructure... Read More →

Friday May 9, 2025 2:00pm - 2:45pm EDT
Regas Square Events 333 W Depot Ave, Suite 120, Knoxville, TN 37917

Track 2, Regular-Length Talk

3:00pm EDT

Malicious Links, Student Hackers, and a Handful of Solutions: Real K-12 Cyber Attacks

Friday May 9, 2025 3:00pm - 3:45pm EDT

Regas Square Events

Are the kids alright? Get a look behind the curtain at what attacks are seen in local K12 schools and how schools can defend with limited staffing and limited budgets. We'll look at insider attacks, recon, enumeration, password spray, MFA sweep, and a demo of bypassing MFA with stolen cookies.

Friday May 9, 2025 3:00pm - 3:45pm EDT
Regas Square Events 333 W Depot Ave, Suite 120, Knoxville, TN 37917

Track 2, Regular-Length Talk

4:00pm EDT

The Cyber Employee Shortage that Wasn't

Friday May 9, 2025 4:00pm - 4:45pm EDT

Regas Square Events

The cyber talent shortage is a lie. Orgs can't hire and retain enough cyber talent because they're wasting it. Engineers are burning out because they're doing the wrong kinds of work. In this talk, we show security leaders and engineers how to think differently and fix this problem forever.

Speakers

Alex Humphrey

Director of Security, Solutions II

Alex Humphrey is a passionate cybersecurity leader and speaker who spent the last 10 years enabling organizations to achieve their business goals securely. He specializes in understanding and solving complex security problems by taking in to account their proper organizational context... Read More →

Friday May 9, 2025 4:00pm - 4:45pm EDT
Regas Square Events 333 W Depot Ave, Suite 120, Knoxville, TN 37917

Track 2, Regular-Length Talk

5:00pm EDT

Timothy De Block Presents Fun with Phishes

Friday May 9, 2025 5:00pm - 5:45pm EDT

Regas Square Events

Phishing attacks remain one of the most successful tactics used to get into an organization. In this presentation, we'll dive into the art and science of building an engaging, effective phishing program. The presentation will include real-world examples and stories from running and internal program.

Speakers

Timothy De Block

Senior Software Security Engineer, Exploring Information Security

In the vast, uncharted expanse of the digital frontier, I proudly hold the title of Head of Security Exploration and Innovation at Exploring Information Security. Think of me as the cybersecurity equivalent of an intergalactic explorer, but with fewer spaceships and more firewalls... Read More →

Friday May 9, 2025 5:00pm - 5:45pm EDT
Regas Square Events 333 W Depot Ave, Suite 120, Knoxville, TN 37917

Track 2, Regular-Length Talk