Trusted Resources
People and communities worth knowing.
These are companies, creators, conferences, and communities Ridgeback trusts, supports, and recommends for practical security learning.
Training & Consulting
Red Siege
Boutique red team and penetration testing firm with strong research, tooling, and training content.
Black Hills Information Security
A generous penetration testing firm with deep free content, webcasts, blogs, and Antisyphon Training.
Antisyphon Training
Affordable and pay-what-you-can security training from working practitioners. Home of Ridgeback OTF and OTO.
Defensive Origins
Defensive training focused on threat hunting, detection engineering, and security operations capability.
ExploreSec
Security consulting and training focused on accessible, practical security education.
Digital Defense Institute
Skills-based security training across offensive and defensive disciplines.
Noct InfoSec
Practical blue team training and resources for SOC foundations and detection engineering.
Educators & Creators
Conferences
Wild West Hackin' Fest
Community-focused, practitioner-driven security conference in Deadwood and Denver.
KernelCon
Omaha-based conference with strong technical content and Ridgeback OTO training.
BSides Harrisburg
Central Pennsylvania BSides with a solid technical program and welcoming community.
BSides Charleston
South Carolina security community event with talks, workshops, and networking.
BSides Greenville
Practitioner-focused BSides serving Upstate South Carolina.
BSides Bergen
Norway's BSides event in Bergen, where Ridgeback presented Pentest Pains in 2026.
BSides Kansas City
Kansas City security community event with practical talks, training, and local security community energy.
BSides 312
Chicago-area BSides event supporting practitioner education and community connection.
ElBSides
Hamburg-based security conference bringing together offensive, defensive, and community-focused content.