Taking Glass Firewall to Austin

Austin was our third stop

On October 23, 2025, Glass Firewall took over Inn Cahoots on East 6th Street for a full day of cybersecurity in Austin. The conference was free, and the room included women who were opening security tools for the first time alongside people who already worked in the field.

We kept the format practical. Attendees could follow along during technical sessions, talk directly with security professionals, and ask the kind of career questions that are hard to answer with a search box. There was also plenty of unstructured time to meet someone new, compare notes, and find out what other people in Austin were working on.

More than a day of presentations

One of the reasons we started Glass Firewall was simple: women told us they were interested in security testing but did not know where to begin. Austin gave them a place to begin in person. Nobody needed to arrive with a polished résumé, a bug bounty win, or years of experience.

The workshops introduced practical skills and tools. The career conversations made room for the less tidy parts of working in security, including how people found their first opportunity, what they learned the hard way, and where they turned for help.

Built with the Austin community

Speakers, mentors, volunteers, and partner organizations did the work that made the day run. Capital One, GitHub, and HackerOne supported the conference and helped keep registration free.

The best summary of the day is in the photos: laptops open, speakers close enough to talk with, and small groups continuing conversations between sessions. That combination of technical work and real conversation is what we want every Glass Firewall event to feel like.

Learn more: Read HackerOne’s feature, Empowering Women in Cybersecurity, for more about the Austin event.