Where neurodivergent practitioners actually want to hang out.
No masking. No gatekeeping. Just people in cybersecurity who think a little differently, finding each other and making the field a little more livable.
The Discord.
Our home base. Active conversations, peer support, job leads, and a place to vent when work is being work.
What's inside
An always-on text and voice space for neurodivergent folks in cybersecurity. Read the rules, drop an introduction, and you're in. The community sets the tone.
Find us at DEF CON.
Every August in Las Vegas. We do an informal annual meetup and connect with other neurodivergent folks across the con.
DEF CON 34
The annual meetup location and time will be posted on our X account closer to the conference. Tag us on X to ask where we are or share where you'll be.
If you're already at the con and want to find us, the chill-out spaces are usually a good place to start. They're DEF CON's quiet zones, scattered across the venue, and tend to be the most sensory-friendly spots at the con.
How we treat each other.
The short version of our community standards. The long version lives in the Discord rules channel and is enforced consistently.
We do
- Use identity-first language by default (autistic, ADHD, dyslexic) and respect individual preference where it differs.
- Treat self-disclosure as private. What's shared in the Discord stays in the Discord unless the person says otherwise.
- Welcome people at every level, from "thinking about a career change" to "20 years in offensive security."
- Make space for different communication styles. Direct, scripted, image-heavy, voice-only, or fully lurking are all fine.
- Center neurodivergent experience. Allies are welcome too.
- Take feedback seriously. If we screw up, we want to know.
We don't
- Tolerate functioning labels (high-functioning / low-functioning), person-first language enforcement, or gatekeeping diagnoses.
- Promote ABA, "cure" rhetoric, conversion-style intervention, or organizations that do.
- Allow harassment, doxxing, slurs, or bad-faith engagement around race, gender, sexuality, religion, or disability.
- Welcome recruiters who want to mine the server. Job leads belong in the right channel, posted by community members.
- Engage with self-marketing as expertise. Show your work, not your title.
- Pretend to be neutral on workplace abuse. We will side with the person being mistreated.
The short version. Be honest. Be kind. Be the kind of person you want others to be.
What we're working toward.
Things on our roadmap. None of these exist yet, and none are guaranteed. We're being honest about what's built and what's not.
Quarterly virtual meetups
A casual video call every three months. No agenda, no slide deck, just hanging out with people who get it.
Body-doubling sessions
Co-working calls for OSCP, CompTIA, or any certification grind. Camera optional, accountability standard.
Conference accessibility scorecards
An honest annual report on how accessible major security conferences actually are for neurodivergent attendees.
Speaker directory
A vetted list of openly neurodivergent cybersecurity speakers, for conference organizers who keep asking.
Plain-language accommodation templates
Free PDFs covering cyber-specific accommodation requests. SCIF work, on-call rotations, SOC noise floors, cleared roles.
Maker space
A home for what people are actually building: stickers, badges, gadgets, code, custom hardware, sensory tools, art, accessibility hacks. Show it off, get feedback, find collaborators. Special interests are a feature.
Come hang out.
Whether you're already deep in the field or just starting to wonder if neurodivergence and cybersecurity might actually fit, the door is open.