C3SA contributes to cybersecurity communities through events, mentorship, knowledge sharing, sponsorship, technical participation and collaboration.
Our work is designed around practical outcomes, not activity for its own sake.
Support and participate in practitioner-led cybersecurity events.
Connect experienced practitioners with developing talent.
Talks, workshops, challenges and knowledge sharing.
Support pathways into cybersecurity through community participation.
Bring vendors, practitioners and leaders together around community goals.
Support open, practitioner-driven cybersecurity communities.
C3SA is open to partnering with community organizers, schools and industry groups on any of these.
Organizing support for, speaking at and volunteering with practitioner-led cybersecurity events, where people share research and build professional networks. See where C3SA is heading next.
What you get
Connecting experienced practitioners with students and early-career professionals for guidance on skills, careers and the realities of security work.
What you get
Technical talks, hands-on workshops and challenges that share practical knowledge from real engagements, without disclosing client information.
What you get
Helping students find their way into cybersecurity through events, mentoring and practical exposure to how the industry works.
What you get
Bringing vendors, practitioners, government and leaders together around shared community goals rather than sales conversations.
What you get
Supporting open, volunteer-run security communities. C3SA leadership is involved in BSides Ottawa, a grassroots conference that connects practitioners, government, industry, students and international delegates.
What you get
Engagements can be targeted, project-based or part of a broader transformation program.
A cybersecurity ecosystem needs sustained collaboration beyond individual sales engagements. C3SA shares expertise, connects practitioners and organizations, supports skill development and helps create useful forums for joint work.
Community involvement also keeps C3SA's practitioners close to current research and to the next generation of talent, which feeds directly into the quality of its training and exercises.
Yes. Get in touch through the contact form with the event, audience and the kind of support you are looking for, such as speakers, workshops, mentors or sponsorship.
C3SA practitioners mentor students and early-career professionals, often through community events. Contact C3SA to ask about current opportunities.
C3SA leadership is involved in BSides Ottawa, and C3SA participates in events across Canada and Europe. See Events for current and past appearances.
