BSides Prague 2026: Community, openness and cybersecurity without the corporate mask

The Prague edition of the conference BSides Prague 2026 once again showed why it is building an ever-stronger community. The event focused on cybersecurity, sharing experiences and practical know-how attracted hundreds of attendees from different parts of the security world — from students and practitioners to representatives of companies and community projects.

And according to the organizers, this year's interest exceeded expectations.

"Just yesterday we had over 600 attendees here. It's great to see interest in community cybersecurity events," they said during an interview.

BSides Prague started in 2024 as a smaller community conference. This year's edition, however, showed that what began as a more intimate event has grown into a notable meeting place for the Czech and international security community.

"People from different fields, companies and backgrounds meet here. And that connection is what makes it great."

A conference that doesn't put on airs

One of this year's program topics was threat modeling. Speaker Michal Svoboda explained during his workshop why it's important not to adopt security measures blindly just because they are generally recommended as a "best practice".

"Threat modeling is mainly about teaching people to think and make security decisions in context."

According to him, it's key to be able to systematically go through potential threats, assess their impact and then decide what the organization will address — and what it will not.

"What's important is that you have the whole chain of reasoning behind that decision. Not that you just read it somewhere and don't know why you're doing it."

According to him, it's precisely the practical approach and open atmosphere that make BSides Prague a distinctive event.

"I like the community. It's open and human. There's no pretense here."

Cybersecurity through play

The program also included projects focused on cybersecurity education. For example, the booth of Black Hills Information Security and the project Backdoors & Breaches drew attention.

It is an incident response card game that helps teams train their reaction to security incidents in the form of tabletop exercises. In practice, it combines education, attack simulation and game mechanics.

"We don't have enough people in cybersecurity. And one solution is to provide quality and accessible training," was said during the interview.

Backdoors & Breaches also exists in a competitive version, which adds a faster, more competitive dynamic to incident response training.

AI, EDR and the security of the future

Major players in the security market were also present at the conference. Among the partners was SentinelOne, which presented its approach to modern security and endpoint protection on site.

"Today we live in the AI era and our product is AI-native," said a company representative during an interview.

Besides technologies, company representatives also praised the event's atmosphere — the opportunity to meet the community, talk to practitioners and be part of an environment that isn't built solely on traditional conference marketing.

BSides Prague is growing

This year's edition showed that interest in community-oriented security events in the Czech Republic is growing. BSides Prague still retains something that often disappears at larger conferences — authenticity, openness and natural networking.

If you don't mind English and want to hear real practical experiences without unnecessary marketing filters, then you definitely shouldn't miss next year's edition.

On behalf of CZECH CYBER TV, we thank BSides Prague 2026 for the opportunity to be a media partner.