About Us

Just like the other chapters of BSides around the world, BSides Cape Town is an annual Information / Security conference that is different. We are a volunteer organised event, put on by and for the community. Each year there is a staff of committee members and volunteers. Meet the Our current staff

There is a nominal fee charged to the public to attend BSides Cape Town. Currently almost 100% of our costs are covered by our generous donors and sponsors, who share our vision of sharing information. The conversations we start are always relevant to what’s happening right now and in many instances include practical demos instead of the old school lecture style cons.

The Cape Town chapter of BSides can be dated back pre 2012. You can read more about that here.

To get involved, keep an eye out on Meet-up and @0xc0ffee_cpt on twitter, and join our community of like minded hackers on the second Saturday of each month.

Our code of conduct can be viewed here

Christo Goosen

Director & Organiser

BSIDES organiser since 2017 and volunteer 2 years before. Lead DevSecops, CTO, DevOps and pentesting background. Love security and creating community. Call me Goose, everyone does.

Charles Wroth

Director & Chair

Specialist Cybersec Recruiter with Redherd.io. Community supporter and have been with BSides Cape Town since 2017, Chairperson 2023. Volt BSides ORL, Founder/Root Hack South. Career Coach, bad thought leader, father, husband, veteran.

Isak van der Walt

Director & Organiser

Junior security analyst, fresh out of university this year. Previously did some web and embedded development and later sysadmin work part time before and during my studies. Also serving as a staff member at Hack South and as an organiser for BSides Cape Town.

Jared Naude

Organiser

Head of Security, specializing in enterprise cloud architecture. Dedicated to helping large organizations with navigating the complexities of securing cloud environments. Community building advocate and serve as the organizer of several local security events (0xcon, BSides Cape Town, BSides Joburg).

Roberto Arico

Organiser

15 year veteran in Cybersecurity and it still feels like the first day of school. Interested in all things Red and Blue, as well as listening to other people answer the most basic of Hacking questions.

Geoffrey Chisnall

Organiser

Systems Administrator turned Lead Security Analyst. Hack South staff member. Ultra distance runner. Cat lover.

Mayan Stegmann

Organiser

Hey there, I’m Mayan. I’m just your friendly neighbourhood cyber spook, driven by a passion for knowledge and a curiosity for how our interconnected world works. I like to think that I’m the cat that curiosity can’t kill.

Nuno Almeida

Organiser

Doing cyber and physical security for over 20 years and across 3 continents. With BSides Cape Town since 2019 as a volunteer and organizer since 2022. Coffee and bourbon afficionado, can be found at airport lounges.

Michele Wroth

Organiser

Head of Operations for Redherd.io, wife and side kick to AngusRed aka Charles Wroth, 2019 BSides volt, 2022 and 2023 BSides organiser. Good at planning stuff and things.

Mike Davis

Organiser

Badge and crypto-puzzle maker, wifi/RF nerd. Hacking my way through life since 01-01-1970.