The Boston BSides conference is bursting at its seams and may have to find a new place to carry out its mission of providing inexpensive IT security training, educational sessions and informal networking where peers can share experiences and help guide aspiring security pros.
The conference this weekend at Microsoft’s New England Research and Development (NERD) Center in Cambridge, Mass., was full to capacity with about 400 people attending – the NERD limit, says Daniel Reich, one of the show’s organizers.
He says the organizers had to turn away about 100 others who wanted to attend, and after reading surveys by attendees and comments on Twitter, they may be looking for a larger venue for next year.
