Shelby Palmersheim
Technical Marketing | Speaker | CEH & CISSP
Cedar Falls, Iowa, United States
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Shelby Palmersheim is the Technical Marketing Manager at Bitwarden, where she combines her expertise in cybersecurity with her passion for helping organizations improve their digital security. Shelby holds both her CISSP (Certified Information Systems Security Professional) and CEH (Certified Ethical Hacker) certifications. With a strong background in Managed Service Provider (MSP) security, she brings a wealth of experience in securing digital environments for businesses and individuals alike. At Bitwarden, she focuses on educating users about best practices in password management and security.
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Practicing Safe Sec: You Wouldn't Post Your Spicy Pics on GitHub
You wouldn’t "accidentally" flash your most private assets to the entire neighborhood or post them on social media for anyone to see. So why are we raw-dogging production tokens in .env files and blindly reusing your dog's name across forty different logins? The industry conditions us into compliance theater. Forcing artificial rules that only train people to hide their bad habits behind sticky notes and unencrypted messages.
We will break down the broken defaults that make good security feel too painful to practice, and replace them with a solution for both human vaults and machine secrets.
Get Off My LAN: A Guide to Local-First Automation & Observability
There is a specific brand of passive-aggression reserved for smart lightbulbs that refuse to illuminate because a data center in Virginia had a hiccup. In an old house, we prefer our ghosts to be historical, not digital phantoms of corporate data harvesting.
In this session, we will share how we transformed our home into a fortress of local-first observability by completely severing our automation ecosystem from the cloud. You will see exactly how we rip commercial hardware out of their proprietary, data-hungry apps and pipe their telemetry directly into HomeAssistant.
This talk is part architectural blueprint, part hostage negotiation with household appliances. We will bring the Midwestern hacker energy to a live demonstration showing the setup required to keep a smart home running perfectly, even when there is a North American Fiber-seeking backhoe in the neighborhood. It is time to stop letting vendors dictate how your house operates.
Get Your Vault in Ship Shape: A Password Management Deep Dive with Bitwarden
Tired of your password habits looking more like a hacker’s wishlist than a security strategy? Join this hands-on, interactive workshop where we’ll demystify password management and get your digital vault truly battle-ready.
We’ll start with the fundamentals—why password hygiene matters, common pitfalls, and how password managers can be your strongest defense. From there, we’ll take a deep dive into Bitwarden Password Manager, covering advanced features like organization management, vault health reports, secure sharing, 2FA integration, and more.
Then we roll up our sleeves. Bring your laptop, your questions, and (optionally) your messy password habits. Our Technical Marketing Manager will provide real-time help and walkthroughs to optimize your Bitwarden setup or get started from scratch. Whether you’re managing a solo vault or a team deployment, this is your chance to get practical, personalized guidance in a judgment-free zone.
Guarding Your Digital Treasure: A Quest for Secure Credential Management
In this session, we'll embark on a quest to discover how to navigate password management, uncovering strategies to safeguard your digital treasure. Whether you're an individual or part of an organization, learn how to take control of your data and ensure that it remains protected across every platform.
Lock It Down: Building Stronger Password Security with Bitwarden
Weak passwords don’t fail all at once. They fail quietly over time until access is easier than it should be.
In this interactive hands on workshop we’ll break down how everyday password habits create real security risk and what it takes to build stronger more resilient password security. We’ll start with the fundamentals why password hygiene still matters the most common failure points and how password managers form the foundation of a modern security strategy.
From there we’ll take a deep dive into Bitwarden Password Manager exploring features that help you move from basic storage to stronger security including vault health reports secure sharing organization management 2FA integration and policy driven controls.
Then it’s time to lock it down. Bring your laptop your questions and optionally your current password setup. Our Technical Marketing Manager will provide live walkthroughs and real time guidance to help you strengthen your Bitwarden configuration whether you’re securing a personal account or managing access for a team. This session is practical judgment free and designed to leave you with password security you can actually maintain.
Securing the Perimeter: Credential Security Fundamentals
Credential breaches rarely happen all at once. They happen when small gaps go unnoticed and access becomes easier than it should be.
In this session we’ll examine how common password habits create real security risk and what it takes to protect credentials in a modern environment. We’ll cover the fundamentals of credential management including why password hygiene still matters where most failures occur and how stronger practices reduce exposure across systems and platforms.
Whether you are securing your own accounts or supporting an organization this session provides practical guidance for taking control of access and keeping sensitive data protected. You will leave with a clearer understanding of how to strengthen credential security and reduce risk in ways that are realistic sustainable and effective.
LinuxFest Northwest 2026 Sessionize Event
CypherCon 9 (2026) Sessionize Event
BSidesChicago 2025 Sessionize Event
SouthEast Linux Fest 2025
Guarding Your Digital Treasure: A Quest for Secure Credential Management
LinuxFest Northwest 2025 Sessionize Event
Secure Iowa Conference 2023
Practicing Safe Sec: Secrets & Identity Management
Shelby Palmersheim
Technical Marketing | Speaker | CEH & CISSP
Cedar Falls, Iowa, United States
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