Community partners in attendance
Operation Safe Escape
Operation Safe Escape is a 501c3 nonprofit organization that assists victims of domestic violence and associated crimes. We Educate and train victims in various methods of personal, physical, and digital safety, help them to Escape their abusers by erasing their digital footprint and protecting themselves in the real world, and Empower them by working to increase their privacy and overall safety.
The Pwn School Project
The Pwn School Project offers free pentesting/ethical hacking education to the public. This project was created to give back to the hacking and InfoSec community as well as inspired by the Dallas/Fort Worth community through education. Pwn School meetings are held twice a month, one in Denton, TX and the second held in Dallas, TX. Dallas meetups are available in person and live stream. The live streams are recorded and available on YouTube.
Innocent Lives Foundation
The Innocent Lives Foundation started with the desire to make a positive impact on behalf of children. Our Founder, Chris Hadnagy, in connection with work that he was doing for his company Social-Engineer, LLC, had the opportunity to work on a few cases that helped track and capture predators who trafficked and exploited children. Some of these cases hit him very hard. He saw the impact that these crimes had on innocent people, and he wanted to do something about it.
10BitWorks Makerspace
10BitWorks is a member-run community of people that want to create things. We work together to be able obtain the equipment and expertise that allow us to build whatever we can think of. We have no staff and rely on our members to ensure our workshop is fit to work in.
CompTIA UTSA Student Chapter
The CompTIA Student Chapter at UTSA aims to transition all members from college students to entry-level cyber security professionals by providing a cyber-smart community, hosting professional guest-speaker virtual events, facilitating collegiate cybersecurity competitions, company spotlight events, and support for acquiring cyber security certifications prior to graduation.
Hacking is Not a Crime
Hacking is NOT a Crime a non-profit organization advocating global policy reform to recognize and safeguard hacker rights. We seek to raise awareness about the pejorative use of the terms "hacker" and "hacking" throughout the media and popular culture. Specifically, the negative stereotype with which the terms are so often associated. Hackers are often vilified and portrayed as unethical individuals with malicious intent.
Because of this, many hackers refrain from publicly disclosing privacy and security vulnerabilities they discover for fear of legal retaliation. Consequently, this is creating an increasingly hostile digital frontier for everyone. The only viable remedy is to provide safeguards for hackers conducting good-faith privacy and security research.
David's Legacy
The mission of David’s Legacy Foundation is to eliminate cyber and other bullying, of children and teens, through education, legislation, and legal action.
David’s Legacy Foundation is a non-profit organization whose mission is to eliminate cyber and other bullying, of children and teens, through education, legislation, and legal action.
We fulfill our mission through PEACE:
Protecting children and teens from all types of bullying
Educating communities about the harmful effects of cyber abuse
Advocating for families in crisis, facilitating legal assistance through pro-bono lawyers
Celebrating student-driven anti-bullying, kindness and inclusion initiatives
Empowering young people to practice digital empathy and self-care
Operation Safe Escape is a 501c3 nonprofit organization that assists victims of domestic violence and associated crimes. We Educate and train victims in various methods of personal, physical, and digital safety, help them to Escape their abusers by erasing their digital footprint and protecting themselves in the real world, and Empower them by working to increase their privacy and overall safety.
The Pwn School Project
The Pwn School Project offers free pentesting/ethical hacking education to the public. This project was created to give back to the hacking and InfoSec community as well as inspired by the Dallas/Fort Worth community through education. Pwn School meetings are held twice a month, one in Denton, TX and the second held in Dallas, TX. Dallas meetups are available in person and live stream. The live streams are recorded and available on YouTube.
Innocent Lives Foundation
The Innocent Lives Foundation started with the desire to make a positive impact on behalf of children. Our Founder, Chris Hadnagy, in connection with work that he was doing for his company Social-Engineer, LLC, had the opportunity to work on a few cases that helped track and capture predators who trafficked and exploited children. Some of these cases hit him very hard. He saw the impact that these crimes had on innocent people, and he wanted to do something about it.
10BitWorks Makerspace
10BitWorks is a member-run community of people that want to create things. We work together to be able obtain the equipment and expertise that allow us to build whatever we can think of. We have no staff and rely on our members to ensure our workshop is fit to work in.
CompTIA UTSA Student Chapter
The CompTIA Student Chapter at UTSA aims to transition all members from college students to entry-level cyber security professionals by providing a cyber-smart community, hosting professional guest-speaker virtual events, facilitating collegiate cybersecurity competitions, company spotlight events, and support for acquiring cyber security certifications prior to graduation.
Hacking is Not a Crime
Hacking is NOT a Crime a non-profit organization advocating global policy reform to recognize and safeguard hacker rights. We seek to raise awareness about the pejorative use of the terms "hacker" and "hacking" throughout the media and popular culture. Specifically, the negative stereotype with which the terms are so often associated. Hackers are often vilified and portrayed as unethical individuals with malicious intent.
Because of this, many hackers refrain from publicly disclosing privacy and security vulnerabilities they discover for fear of legal retaliation. Consequently, this is creating an increasingly hostile digital frontier for everyone. The only viable remedy is to provide safeguards for hackers conducting good-faith privacy and security research.
David's Legacy
The mission of David’s Legacy Foundation is to eliminate cyber and other bullying, of children and teens, through education, legislation, and legal action.
David’s Legacy Foundation is a non-profit organization whose mission is to eliminate cyber and other bullying, of children and teens, through education, legislation, and legal action.
We fulfill our mission through PEACE:
Protecting children and teens from all types of bullying
Educating communities about the harmful effects of cyber abuse
Advocating for families in crisis, facilitating legal assistance through pro-bono lawyers
Celebrating student-driven anti-bullying, kindness and inclusion initiatives
Empowering young people to practice digital empathy and self-care