Engage and Evolve: Our Community Events
From our flagship annual conference, BSides Peoria, to monthly educational meetups, the ILCF hosts events designed to foster connection, knowledge transfer, and skills development within the regional cybersecurity community.
BSides Peoria
BSides Peoria is the premier security conference in Central Illinois, organized and supported by the ILCF. It is an accessible, community-driven event focused on high-quality, local content and hands-on skill development.
Upcoming Events
The Central IL Cyber Hub
Direct access to mentors, threat intel, and event announcements.
Strengthening the Heartland in Action
While most of our work happens behind screens, here are a few moments from our public outreach.
Next Gen Defenders
Mentoring students on coding and basic encryption concepts.
BSides Peoria Keynote
Deviant Ollam educates the conference on physical security.
Hands-On Labs
Theory is good. Practice is better.
Historical Highlights
BSides Peoria 2025 Keynote
October 2025The world's most renowned physical hacker presented his tried-and-true techniques.
First Hack & Hang Launched
January 2024ILCF kicked off its first Hack & Hang in Morton.
Cybersecurity STEM Academy
June 2022Middle school students mastered defensive tradecraft.
Founding Community Meetup
January 2019The first official gathering of the ILCF leadership.