Caleb Davis
The published post-event Shield Badge account explicitly credits Caleb Davis as designer.
SourceBSides Kristiansand 2026 · Norway · 2026
BSides Kristiansand 2026 Shield Badge
SolaSec hackable electronic Kristiansand shield badge
BSides Kristiansand 2026 issued a custom hackable electronic badge shaped as the Kristiansand city shield. The official BSides Kristiansand article identifies SolaSec as its creator, and a published post-event account says every attendee received a hardware badge designed specifically for this event by Caleb Davis. The official ticket listing marks the June 5 Noroff conference as ended.
SeriesBSides Kristiansand
LocationNoroff University College Kristiansand Campus
CountryNorway
People
Authors & Credits
SolaSec
The official BSides Kristiansand article identifies SolaSec as creator of the custom hackable badge shaped as the Kristiansand city shield.
SourceBSides Kristiansand
Official publisher of the conference site and organizer article used to establish the 2026 Shield Badge event context.
SourceWhy It Mattered
It extends the Norwegian BSides line with a second documented SolaSec electronic badge while keeping the record tied to official and clearly attributed post-event evidence instead of inventing unreleased component, firmware, or image details.
Hardware
The published sources establish a unique event-specific, hackable electronic hardware badge in the shape of the Kristiansand city shield, with all attendees receiving one. They do not identify its microcontroller, display, LEDs, radio, battery, connectors, PCB stack-up, schematic, BOM, production quantity, or hardware revision.
Software & Apps
The post-event account says the badges were programmed, flashed, and tested before delivery and were intended to be explored, modified, and hacked through embedded challenges and hidden functionality. It does not publish the stock firmware, source code, binary, protocol, build instructions, challenge solutions, or a license.
Lore
The shield form ties the badge to Kristiansand's civic symbol and to the conference's Operational Technology, critical-infrastructure, resilience, and defender theme. A published post-event account describes tight delivery timing and cross-continent transport, while saying the badges arrived in time for the conference.
Lifecycle
Add-ons & Upgrades
badge challenge
post-event account
Exploration, modification, and embedded-challenge trail
The post-event account says attendees were encouraged to explore, modify, and hack the badge, interact with embedded challenges, and discover hidden functionality without publishing challenge implementation details.
Source
badge distribution
post-event account
All-attendee hardware distribution
The published post-event Shield Badge account says every attendee received one event-specific piece of hardware.
Source
event-specific hardware design
official organizer backed
Kristiansand city-shield electronic badge
The official BSides Kristiansand article describes a custom, hackable electronic badge created by SolaSec in the shape of the Kristiansand city shield.
Source
production and delivery
post-event account
Programmed, flashed, and delivered production trail
The post-event account describes programming, flashing, testing, cross-continent transport, and on-time delivery after tight deadlines and logistical challenges.
SourceOperational history
Issues & Camp Impact
delivery logistics caveat
note
The published post-event account reports tight deadlines, logistical challenges, and cross-continent transport before saying the programmed, flashed, and tested badges arrived in time. It does not specify a late shipment, defect, attendee impact, or a production failure.
The entry preserves a real delivery constraint without overstating it as a failed distribution or hardware-quality incident.
- Confidence
- post-event account
- Status
- documented narrowly
- Timeframe
- 2026 badge build and delivery
- Source note
- The Story Behind the BSides Kristiansand 2026 Shield Badge post-event account.
missing rights-cleared image
note
No BSides Kristiansand 2026 Shield Badge image is published locally because the event site, ticketing listing, organizer article, and LinkedIn post images do not provide a specific documentary photo or official raster with reusable license or permission basis, attribution, source URL, and processing provenance.
The Norwegian record remains source-backed and image-free rather than copying LinkedIn, ticketing, event-site, or generated imagery.
- Confidence
- local project policy
- Status
- needs licensed original replacement
- Timeframe
- current catalogue build
- Source note
- badge.gallery image policy; BSides Kristiansand event site and organizer article; Billetto listing; and The Story Behind the BSides Kristiansand 2026 Shield Badge.
technical-source gap
note
The public trail proves a custom hackable electronic shield badge, all-attendee distribution, design credit, and broad programming/flash/test activity, but it does not expose a controller identifier, component list, schematic, BOM, PCB files, power details, stock firmware, binary, source repository, challenge implementation, or reuse license.
The catalogue records the verified artifact and its supported narrative without treating an event description or post-event story as a complete technical release.
- Confidence
- official and post-event source-backed limitation
- Status
- needs public hardware and firmware archive
- Timeframe
- post-event source pass
- Source note
- BSides Kristiansand 2026 event site and organizer article, Billetto event archive, and published Shield Badge post-event account.
Resources
BSides Kristiansand 2026 community article
official organizer article · BSides Kristiansand's published article identifying a custom hackable badge by SolaSec in the shape of the Kristiansand city shield.
BSides Kristiansand 2026 event site
official event site · Official BSides Kristiansand source for the June 5, 2026 date, Noroff University College Kristiansand Campus location, conference identity, and all-rights-reserved image boundary.
BSides Kristiansand 2026 tickets
ticketing archive · Organizer-linked ticket listing that marks the June 5, 2026 conference as ended and preserves the Noroff venue, date, time, and event description.
The Story Behind the BSides Kristiansand 2026 Shield Badge
post-event badge account · Clearly attributed post-event account for the event-specific Shield Badge, all-attendee hardware distribution, Caleb Davis design credit, hackable/challenge framing, and delivery trail.
Sources
BSides Kristiansand: BSides Kristiansand
Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Official event source for the 2026 conference date, Noroff University College Kristiansand Campus location, series identity, and image-rights boundary.
BSides Kristiansand / LinkedIn: BSides Kristiansand 2026: Cyber Security, Community, and Critical Infrastructure
Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Official organizer article for the custom SolaSec hackable badge, Kristiansand city-shield form, event-specific design, and conference theme.
Billetto / BSides Kristiansand: BSides Kristiansand 2026 tickets
Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Organizer-linked ticketing source showing that the June 5, 2026 event has ended and preserving the time, venue, and event context.
Veronica Schmitt / LinkedIn: The Story Behind the BSides Kristiansand 2026 Shield Badge
Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Clearly attributed post-event badge account stating that every attendee received the hardware, Caleb Davis designed it, and badges were programmed, flashed, tested, transported, and delivered in time; it is not a hardware or firmware source release.