Research 2026
Call for Papers
BSides Hanoi is back for its second season as a community platform where cybersecurity practitioners share, discuss, and shape the future of digital security.
In 2026, BSides Hanoi adopts the NoHuman theme to reflect how AI, automation, and autonomous systems are redefining both offense and defense.
BSides Hanoi remains an open arena for high-quality security research and field case studies, while only accepting technical content and rejecting product promotion talks.
What content are we looking for?
- Offensive Security (Red Team, exploitation, post-exploitation)
- Defensive Security (Blue Team, SOC, Detection Engineering)
- Digital Forensics & Incident Response (DFIR)
- Threat Intelligence & Threat Hunting
- Malware analysis & Reverse Engineering
- Application Security & DevSecOps
- AI/ML in cybersecurity (offense & defense)
- Vulnerability research & 0-day
- Human factors & Social Engineering
- Security automation & orchestration
- Data protection, privacy & compliance
- Hardware / IoT / embedded security
- Critical infrastructure & OT security
- Bug bounty and real exploitation stories
- Security research methods & tooling
- Cloud-native security (Kubernetes, container, serverless)
- Multi-cloud & hybrid-cloud security architecture
- Cloud misconfigurations and real-world cloud incidents
- Cloud IAM design and governance
- Cloud Detection & Response (CDR), CSPM, CNAPP
- DevSecOps in cloud environments
- NoHuman focus
- AI-enabled offensive automation
- Automated defense and detection
- Removing human bottlenecks in security operations
- Trust, compliance, legal controls, and risk governance
This is not a limitation: any high-quality and practical cybersecurity content is welcome.
2025 speaker recap sessions
Tran Duc Linh
Application Security Engineer
How we build an AI Agent to support security testing
Watch replay
Tran Ngoc Anh
Defensive Security Lead
AI-powered attack campaigns
Watch replay
Nhi Pham
Lawyer
AI-enabled fraud and social engineering: legal response in synthetic reality
Watch replay
Jay Turla
Principal Security Researcher
Lessons from automotive fuzzing and how AI can support security research
Watch replay
Thanh Do
AI Cyber Security Specialist
AI Agent for penetration testing and intelligent vulnerability discovery
Watch replaySpeaker benefits and submission requirements
Speaker benefits include travel support, a private gala dinner with speakers and VIP guests, deep networking with leading security professionals, and stronger expert visibility.
Submission requirements: original content with practical depth; 30-45 minutes including Q&A; English preferred (Vietnamese accepted).
Submission window: from 06/06/2026 to 30/06/2026.
Required submission details: full name/nickname/social links; short bio (max 150 words) with profile image; presentation format; highlights (max 250 words) with outline (max 500 words); optional supporting material (slides/POC); motivation and unique contribution; departure location for travel support.