Trainings

Level up in 1 to 4 days with recognized experts. Hands-on workshops, in person in Quebec City, Hackfest ticket included.

Dates
October 26–29, 2026
Conference starts Oct. 29 at 5 pm
Venue
Hôtel Palace Royal
775 boul. Honoré-Mercier
Price
$450 to $1,900
Bundles save up to $400
Trainings
7 · 9+ trainers
6 in French, 1 in English
Included with every training Hackfest ticket: talks, villages, Beginner CTF Lunch and coffee Hands-on workshops HF CTF ticket

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Regular prices before taxes. No refunds.

Level
Language

7 trainings shown

Advanced English 2 days

OSINT / Social Engineering Bootcamp

Two days to profile, target and approach people and institutions, with Shane MacDougall, two-time DEF CON black badge winner.

  • Individual and team OSINT CTF
  • Pretexting, body language, physical bypass
  • 90 min consultation with the trainer included
Dates
Oct. 28–29
Hours
9:00 am–5:30 pm
Trainer
Shane MacDougall
Price
$1,400 $1,500
Save $100
Oct. 14
Register
Multi-level French 1 day per course

Security 101-102-103-101C

The track built by the Hackfest community: from your first network audit to privilege escalation and AWS attacks. Take one course or the whole series. Taught in French.

  • 4 one-day courses, à la carte or as a bundle
  • Kali, Nmap, Metasploit, Burp, Hashcat
  • Privilege escalation, Active Directory and AWS
« You learn more in this training than in a university certificate in cybersecurity. »
Participant, Security 101-102-103
Dates
Oct. 26–29
Hours
9:00 am–6:00 pm
Trainer
Claude Roy, Simon Nolet, Samuel De Grace
From
$450
Bundles: save up to $400
Oct. 12
Register
Multi-level French 1 to 4 days

Physical security 101, 201, 202

The forgotten pillar of information security. From Blue Team to Red Team, all the way to reverse engineering real equipment. Taught in French.

  • Locks, alarms, access control, video surveillance
  • Lock picking, bumping, card cloning, tailgating
  • Reverse engineering with ProxMark3 and Saleae
Dates
Oct. 26–29
Hours
9:00 am–5:00 pm
Trainer
Hackfest expert
From
$950
Bundles: save up to $300
Oct. 12
Register
Intermediate French 3 days · 21 h New

Becoming a cyber incident first responder

Detecting is not enough. Three days to master the full incident lifecycle and apply playbooks proven on hundreds of real cases. Taught in French.

  • NIST/SANS lifecycle, from detection to recovery
  • Ransomware, DDoS, BEC, leaks, insider threats
  • Workshops: disk imaging, malware analysis, Dark Web
Dates
Oct. 27–29
Hours
9:00 am–5:30 pm
Trainer
Hackfest expert
Price
$1,500
Oct. 15
Register
Advanced French 2 days

Pragmatic Cloud & Security Ops training

Not a training: an operational bootcamp. Five years of Azure experience packed into two days, in REAL-WORLD SWAT mode. Taught in French.

  • Azure architecture, FinOps and Zero Trust
  • Defender, Azure Policy, Sentinel and KQL
  • You leave with an IaC starter kit and a crisis kit
Dates
Oct. 27–28
Hours
9:00 am–6:00 pm
Trainer
Franck (@PhenixCorp)
Price
$1,600
Oct. 11
Register
Beginner French 1 day

Introduction to crisis management

In 7 hours, learn to build a crisis team, define roles and communicate, then test your reflexes in a realistic cyberattack simulation. Taught in French.

  • Crisis management plan, team and key roles
  • A full afternoon cyberattack simulation
  • ISO 22301 Lead Implementer certified trainers
Dates
Wed. Oct. 28
Hours
9:00 am–5:00 pm
Trainer
Alexandre Fournier, Karine Maréchal Richard
Price
$600
Oct. 15
Register
Intermediate French 1 day

Security & intelligent automation

Cut your threat response time. A hands-on day to bring AI into your operations: pentesting, triage and vulnerability management. You leave with ready-to-use workflows. Taught in French.

  • Copilot, Claude Code and Gemini in VS Code
  • Agents with n8n, LangChain and MCP servers
  • Defensive and offensive use cases (Caido Shift, Kali MCP)
Dates
Thu. Oct. 29
Hours
9:00 am–5:30 pm
Trainer
Hackfest expert
Price
$700
Oct. 16
Register

Save with bundles

Take several courses from the same series and pay less.

Security 101–103 + 101C
Full bundle 101 + 102 + 103 + 101C
$1,600 $2,000
Save $400
Security 101–103 + 101C
Bundle 102 + 103
$800 $1,100
Save $300
Physical security
Full bundle 101 + 201 + 202
$3,500 $3,800
Save $300
Security 101–103 + 101C
Bundle 101 + 102
$700 $950
Save $250

Week at a glance

Combine a training with the conference. Click a training to see its program.

Training
Mon.
Oct. 26
Tue.
Oct. 27
Wed.
Oct. 28
Thu.
Oct. 29
Fri.
Oct. 30
Sat.
Oct. 31
Hackfest conference
From Thu. 29 at 5 pm · Included with your training

Your trainers

Claude Roy @nwolc
Teacher at Cégep de Sainte-Foy, CCNP certified.
Simon Nolet @Viper
Penetration testing methodologies.
Samuel De Grace @dax
AWS cloud and attack vectors.
Alexandre Fournier
30+ years in crisis management. ISO 22301 Lead Implementer.
Karine Maréchal Richard
15+ years in business continuity. ISO 22301 Lead Implementer.
Shane MacDougall @socal_canuck
Two-time DEF CON black badge winner.
Franck @PhenixCorp
Full Cloud Security for Azure and M365. Hackfest CTF team lead.
Francis Coats @franciscoats
Hackfest 2026 trainer.
Jean-François Brouillette
Hackfest 2026 trainer.

Frequently asked questions

What is included with a training?

A Hackfest ticket (talks, villages, Beginner CTF), plus lunch and coffee on every training day. The main CTF ticket is not included.

Where do the trainings take place?

At Hôtel Palace Royal, 775 boul. Honoré-Mercier, Quebec City. Partner hotels are listed on the Stay page.

Until when can I register?

Registration closes between October 11 and 16, 2026, depending on the training. Seats are limited.

Can I get a refund?

No, trainings are non-refundable.

Do I need to bring a computer?

Yes, for most technical trainings. Check each training’s prerequisites: some require a VM or preinstalled tools.

How do I register several people from my organization?

Write to us through the Contact page and we will help you register your team.

Seats are limited. Book yours.

Hackfest ticket included with every training.