The following sections contain lists of resources recommended by the DC864. The leads approve all submissions. If you have a suggested resource reach out to us on Discord.
Career
- Career Notes (@luketech is the prime maintainer) — a curated series of notes for those looking for employment in the Information Security industry.
Conferences (Local & Regional)
The following list are conferences local to our region or significant enough worth the travel. There are so many conferences these days it can be difficult to keep up with all of them. Dates below are for 2026.
| Date | Conference Name | Location | Estimated Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| March 28 | BSides Charlotte | Charlotte, NC | $25 – $35 |
| August 1–6 | Black Hat USA | Las Vegas, NV | In Person: $2,400+ · On Demand: $1,200+ · Training: extra cost |
| August 3–5 | BSides Las Vegas | Las Vegas, NV | $117 + travel |
| August 6–9 | DEF CON 34 | Las Vegas, NV | $560 ticket + travel |
| August 14–15 | Carolina Code Conference | Greenville, SC | $200 both days · $125 single day |
| August 29 | BSides Greenville | Greenville, SC | $39.19 |
| October 3 | BSides Atlanta | Atlanta, GA | $25 – $35 |
| October 24 | BSides Augusta | Augusta, GA | $25 – $35 |
| November 7 | BSides Charleston | Charleston, SC | $25 – $35 |
For BSides Greenville we created a kids activity sheet. Feel free to download (CC-BY-NC-SA).
Past Meeting Schedules
2025
- January 2, 2025
- February 6, 2025 — Round Table Talks by everyone in attendance
- March 6, 2025 — Open forum on Telecommunications Compromise by everyone in attendance
- April 3, 2025 — Prompt for Inspiration: Using LLMs for your RPG session prep by Russell Brinson
- May 1, 2025 — Social Event at Home Team BBQ, 815 Laurens Rd, Greenville, SC 29607
- June 5, 2025 — Speaker slot open
- July 3, 2025 — Title TBD by Kal
- August 7, 2025 — Live from DEF CON 33! stream
- September 4, 2025 — Professional networking event
- October 2, 2025 — Speaker slot open
- November 6, 2025 — Hacker Gift Ideas / Geek Gift Ideas by everyone in attendance
- December 4, 2025 — Professional networking event
2024
- January 4 — Resilience on the Witness Stand by Ben
- February 1
- March 7
- April 4
- May 2
- June 6
- July 4
- August 1
- September 5
- October 3
- November 7
- December 5
2023
- January 5 — The Church of Emacs by rbrins
- February 2 — Cybersecurity Career TTPs: Applying, Networking, and Leveraging Recruiters to further your cybersecurity career by &drew
- March 2 — Hacking Your Career Using AI by Chris Furtick
- April 6 — OWASP CycloneDX and Software Bill of Materials by the OWASP Leads
- May 4 — Social at White Duck Taco Shop, 301 Airport Rd Suite J, Greenville, SC 29607
- June 1 — Lightning Talks
- July 6 — VSCode Features and Debugging by Jon
- August 3 — Bad USBs by The Hacken
- August 10–13 — DEF CON 31: The future will prevail
- September 7 — Social at Double Dogs
- October 5 — The Frog Badge & Conference Stories by Overcast
- November 2 — Security Automation with Gitlab by brightball
- December 7 — MUDdy Lessons by jt3kt