About us
DCG518 is a DEF CON group focused on community, education, mentoring and bringing the InfoSec community in the NY Capital District together. Our gatherings feature presentations, workshops, CTFs, and anything else in which the community is interested. The group is community-driven, and allows its members to be active so they can learn or teach about a subject they are passionate about. DC518 also supports the already-existing security-related and technology-focused groups, and we encourage members of all groups to collaborate and share knowledge. We are strong together. The mission of the DCG518 group is to advance knowledge and educate anyone interested in science, technology, and other areas of information security through project collaborations, group gatherings, and group activities that will best serve our community and the world.
More info at https://dc518.github.io/
Upcoming events
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Email Self-Defense: Because Apparently We Have to Encrypt Everything Ourselves
Guilderland Public Library, 2228 Western Ave, Guilderland, NY 12084, USA, Guilderland, NY, US## DEFCON Group DCG518 wants to share an invite with the community. This Saturday, September 19th 2026 we are presenting:
## Email Self-Defense: Because Apparently We Have to Encrypt Everything Ourselves
Your email provider has a copy. Your network provider may have a copy. Somewhere, a server is making decisions about who gets to see your data.
Cool! Let's fix that.This is a hands-on workshop in GPG (GNU Privacy Guard) email encryption, facilitated by the Free Software Foundation. We’ll spend just enough time on public-key cryptography to understand what the hell is happening, how emails work, then get our hands dirty.
You’ll take an existing email address, generate and manage your keys, configure encryption, and send an actual encrypted message.By the end, you won’t just know how to encrypt your own email. You’ll know how to help someone else do it, which is important, because cryptography is considerably less useful when you're the only person in your contact list using it.
No magic. No proprietary black box. No “trust us.”
Just keys, math, encrypted mail, and the mildly unsettling realization that protecting your own communications is apparently a hands-on skill.Our friends, Greg Farough and Heshan de Silva-Weeramuni from the Free Software Foundation will share their knowledge. Bring a laptop. Bring an email account. Bring your paranoia. We'll bring the crypto (BTW, crypto means cryptography LOL)
- For more DEFCON DCG518 Group information and updates, check our site https://dc518.github.io/
- Doors open at 1:30pm for social hang out. The presentation starts sharp at 3pm. The Guilderland Public Library is located at 2228 Western Avenue, Guilderland, New York 12084
- This event is free and open to all the community. No attendee limits.
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