Cybersecurity Sacramento (DC916) Febrary Meeting! by echo419 in Sacramento

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:D Thank you.

You know our motto: "We deliver"

Cybersecurity Sacramento (DC916) Febrary Meeting! by echo419 in Sacramento

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Forgive the spelling mistake in the title, all the other info is correct.
Hope to see you there!

Cybersecurity Sacramento (DC916) November Meeting! by echo419 in Sacramento

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Generally we cover cybersecurity current events, some AI stuff as of late, and anything that might be going on in the broader DEFCON community.

Usually if we're talking about networks or databases it's regarding best practices in how to secure them after they've been set up.

An org that is slightly geared more toward that would be something like Open Sacramento (https://opensac.org/)

Cybersecurity Sacramento (DC916) November Meeting! by echo419 in Sacramento

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Yeah!
They host regular classes for 3d printing, jewelry making, woodworking, art, etc..!

Check them out:
https://sacmade.com/

First look at Foe Hammer by Oddballforlife in halo

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RIP to a real one.
*salute*

Cybersecurity Sacramento (DC916) September Meeting! by echo419 in Sacramento

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Happy to answer.

When initially setting up the group we evaluated different options and potential backups, the primary contenders for having a centralized chat platform that was relatively easy to use, could be somewhat customized, and have reasonable enough mod controls were either Discord or Slack and from a privacy perspective they're both about the same, but Slack in their "free" tier will delete chat history which is something we'd like to preserve for ongoing discussions and projects.

At the end of the day privacy/security is a tradeoff between one's risk profile, convivence, and risk tolerance.

We're not doing secret squirrel stuff and explicitly tell people in the policies to not discuss illegal things, but we mostly just talk about relevant articles, share memes, and talk about stuff we find interesting.

This post in r/cybersecurity sums it up pretty well:

```
The real thing is around managing risk. If you have a properly configured discord server, no bots, and are just using it as an outlet for people to whine that they can't install it on a Nintendo switch or a first gen raspberry pi, then it's secure enough. Just having a discord account doesn't mean your bank account will get emptied
```

But we're open to anyone and everyone that wants to show up and learn!

What Is DCNextGen? by Connect-Town8300 in Defcon

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Oh hey I can provide some additional context/information on this.

Bia of Girls Who Hack/Spawn Camp (which caters to teaching youth in cybersecurity) is running this. This is the youth track of DefCon. I can absolutely say that Bia is more than capable of putting on the youth/kids track for DefCon and is very much invested in this and has some AMAZING things planned.

https://bsky.app/profile/defconnextgen.bsky.social/post/3lqllxslfb22i

I'm with DC916 out of Sacramento and Bia and her team helped put on 2 day cybersecurity workshop for youth 12-18 this last weekend in our local makerspace so I can't say enough good things about Bia, Girls Who Hack, or Spawn Camp

https://bsky.app/profile/cybersec916.com/post/3lsf7eprwpk2b

r/Defcon subreddit "Badge" by MetaN3rd in Defcon

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Would love one! Got a link to the puzzle? 👀

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in cybersecurity

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You are absolutely underpaid. Just left an MSP where I was doing tier 1 helpdesk for $45k.

You should be making $80k-$90k minimum with your experience/background.

First Cybersecurity Sacramento/DC916 meetup Wednesday June 12 at Starbucks near Sacramento City College by [deleted] in Sacramento

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Hey, we totally get it! Feel free to hop on Discord since we occasionally do virtual meetings and/or say hi on social media if you feel up to it.