WHY
Expert panels & practical workshops💡
From phishing to policy, hear from cyber leaders, policymakers, and those with lived experience.
Community first cyber advice 🏠
Hands-on help for residents, families, and small to medium businesses, with no jargon and no gatekeeping.
Career support & skills zones 🚀
Whether you're a student, a job-seeker, or eyeing a cyber career switch, there’s something for you.
SME resilience focus 🎯
Local businesses can get free advice on cyber hygiene, risk management, and compliance, tailored to your scale.
Low cost & accessible for all 🎟
Low and zero cost entry options for attendees. Fully accessible and inclusive content design from the ground up.
Different places. Different people. One mission.
Bringing cyber security to communities, creating opportunities, and making sure nobody gets left behind.
CSIDES is more than a cyber security event. It's a community-led movement built on a simple belief: knowledge, opportunity, and belonging shouldn't depend on who you know, where you live, or what you can afford.
CSIDES began in Weston-super-Mare with a determination to do things differently. To break down barriers, challenge expectations, and create a space where everyone, from curious newcomers to seasoned professionals, feels welcome.
What started on a seaside pier is becoming something bigger.
Through our blueprint, we're helping communities create their own CSIDES events, shaped by local people, local needs, and a shared commitment to making cyber security accessible to all.
One movement. Many communities.
Our Mission
To make cyber security accessible, inclusive, and relevant to everyone. We bring people together, share knowledge freely, inspire new talent, and strengthen communities through collaboration.
Our Story
From an ambitious idea on the British seaside to a growing community movement. Discover the people, passion, and purpose behind CSIDES.
Our Locations
Every community is different, and that's exactly the point. Explore our CSIDES locations, each with its own character, people, and stories.
The CSIDES Blueprint
Built to be shared, designed to make a difference. Our blueprint gives communities the foundations to create their own events while protecting the values, identity, and spirit that make CSIDES special.
Built by the community. For the community.
We believe the best things happen when people come together, share what they know, and make room for others.
No gatekeeping. No unnecessary barriers. No expectation that you need to be an expert to belong.
Just people helping people, learning from each other, and making cyber security a little more human.
Because we're stronger when we Defend Together.
Be part of something bigger. Whether you're looking to attend an event, support a local community, share your expertise, or bring CSIDES to your own town, there's a place for you here.
Find your CSIDES | Explore our story | Bring CSIDES to your community.
Want to launch your own CSIDES?
Find out how at; csides@defendtogether.org