There is nothing like attending a face-to-face event for career networking and knowledge gathering, and we don’t have to tell you how helpful it can be to get a hands-on demo of a new tool or to have your questions answered by experts.
Fortunately, plenty of great conferences are coming up in the months ahead.
If keeping abreast of security trends and evolving threats is critical to your job — and we know it is — then attending some top-notch security conferences is on your must-do list for 2022 and 2023.
From major events to those that are more narrowly focused, this list from the editors of CSO, will help you find the security conferences that matter the most to you.
We’ll keep it updated with registration deadlines and new conferences so check back often. While we don’t expect this calendar to be comprehensive, we do aim to have it be highly relevant. If there’s something we’ve missed, let us know. You can email your additions, corrections and updates to Michael Nadeau ([email protected]).
September 2022
BSidesBDX, Bordeaux, Francs: September 10
BSidesMTL, Montreal, Quebec: September 10
BSidesMelbourne, Melbourne, Australia: September 10 – 11
Gartner Security & Risk Management Summit, London, UK: September 12 – 14
GSX 2022, Atlanta, Georgia: September 12 – 14
AppSec/API Security, Virtual: September 13
IDC Security Conference 2022, Virtual (Germany): September 13
PTAAS Exchange, Austin, Texas: September 13
Sumo Logic Illuminate, Virtual: September 13 – 14
RhythmWorld 2022 Security Conference, Denver, Colorado: September 13 – 15
SASE Week, Virtual: Septemer 13 – 15
Chicago CyberSecurity Conference, Virtual and Chicago, Illinois: September 14
Graylog GO User Conference, Virtual: September 14
International Cryptographic Module Conference (ICMC22), Arlington, Virginia: September 14 – 16
SANS Cybersecurity Leadership Summit & Training, Virtual and Arlington, Virginia: September 14 – 24
BSidesStJohn’s, St. John’s, Newfoundland: September 15
SecureWorld St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri: September 15
Toronto Cybersecurity Conference, Toronto, Ontario: September 15
BSidesVarzdin, Varzdin, Croatia: September 16
BSidesNairobi, Nairobi, Kenya: September 16 – 17
BSidesStPete, St. Petersburg, Florida: September 16 – 17
BSidesZurich, Zurich, Switzerland: September 17
*CSO50 Conference + Awards, National Harbor, Maryland: September 19 – 21
SANS Cyber Security Central, Virtual: September 19 – 24
IDC IT Security Oslo, Oslo, Norway: September 20
PTAAS Exchange, Boston, Massachusetts: September 20
IDC IT Security Brussels, Brussels, Belgium: September 21
Phoenix CyberSecurity Conference, Virtual and Phoenix, Arizona: September 21
Cybersecurity Summit: Singapore, Virtual and Singapore: September 21 – 22
BSidesTalinn, Talinn, Estonia: September 22
IDC Security Roadshow, Istanbul, Turkey: September 22
IDC IT Security Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands: September 22
SecureWorld New York, New York, New York: September 22
BSidesSG, Virtual (Singapore): September 22 – 23
Cybersecurity Summit: Africa, Virtual, September 22 – 23
BSidesKC, Kansas City, Missouri: September 23 – 24
IDC Security Summit, Virtual and Turkey: September 23 – October 5
BSidesCLT, Charlotte, North Carolina: September 24
BSidesJP, Joao Pessoa, Brazil: September 24
BSidesKrakow, Krakow, Poland: September 24
BSidesPE, Lima, Peru: September 24
Infosec World, Lake Buena Vista, Florida: September 26 – 28
Brazil Summit, Sao Paulo, Brazil: September 28 – 29
SECtember, Bellevue, Washington: September 26 – 30
SANS Baltimore Fall 2022, Virtual and Baltimore, Maryland: September 26 – October 1
IDC Cybersecurity Forum Mexico, Virtual and Mexico City, Mexico: September 27
International Cyber Expo 2022, London, UK: September 27 – 28
Nordics Summit, Virtual and TBD: September 27 – 28
Insider Risk Summit, Virtual: September 27 – 29
Jamf Nation User Conference (JNUC), Virtual and San Diego, California: September 27 – 29
IDC IT Security Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland: September 28
PTAAS Exchange, Chicago, Illinois: September 28
Brazil Summit, Virtual and TBD: September 28 – 29
SecureWorld Detroit, Detroit, Michigan: September 28 – 29
Dallas Cybersecurity Conference, Dallas, Texas: September 29
IDC IT Security Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark: September 29
* This event is presented by Foundry, the parent company of CSO.
October 2022
BSidesAhmedabad, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India: October 1
BSidesAugusta, Augusta, Georgia: October 1
Black Hat Trainings @ SecTor, Toronto, Ontario: October 1 – 4
SANS Cyber Security Central, Virtual: October 3 – 8
Blue Team Summit & Training, Virtual and Scottsdale, Arizona: October 3 – 10
Cloud Container Sec Summit, Virtual, October 4
PTAAS Exchange, New York, New York: October 4
Identity Week America, Washington, DC: October 4 – 5
Boston CyberSecurity Conference, Virtual and Boston, Massachusetts: October 5
Infosecurity Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico: October 5 – 6
SecureWorld Denver, Denver, Colorado: October 6
Vancouver Cybersecurity Conference, Vancouver, Washington: October 6
Cybersecurity Summit: Singapore, Virtual: October 6 – 7
BSidesPDX, Portland, Oregon: October 7
BSidesKobenhavn, Kobenhavn, Denmark: October 8
BSidesSTL, Virtual and St. Louis, Missouri: October 8
(ISC)² Security Congress, Las Vegas, Nevada: October 10 – 11
SANS Rocky Mountain Fall 2022, Virtual and Denver, Colorado: October 10 – 15
Southeast US Summit, Virtual and TBD: October 11 – 12
Africa Summit, Virtual: October 12 – 13
Security@, San Diego, California: October 12 – 13
CSA Federal Summit, Washington, DC: October 13
PTAAS Exchange, Berlin, Germany: October 13
SecureWorld New York, New York, New York: October 13
Student360, TBD: October 14
BSidesFortMyers, Fort Myers, Florida: October 14 – 15
BSidesRDU, Raleigh, North Carolina: October 15
SANS Cyber Security East, Virtual: October 17 – 22
CSA Colorado Summit, Denver, Colorado: October 18
Securing New Ground, New York, New York: October 18 – 19
Mandiant Worldwide Information Security Exchange (mWISE), Virtual and Washington, DC: October 18 – 20
Toronto CyberSecurity Conference, Virtual and Toronto, Canada: October 19
Atlanta Cybersecurity Conference, Atlanta, Georgia: October 20
SecureWorld Dallas, Dallas, Texas: October 20
Infosecurity New York City, New York, New York: October 20 – 22
BSidesCalgary, Calgary, Alberta: October 21 – 22
BSidesGoldCoast, Gold Coast, Australia: October 22
BSidesTriad, Greensboro, North Carolina: October 22
BSidesSD, San Diego, California: October 22 – 23
SANS Leadership and Cloud Security 2022, Virtual and Allen, Texas: October 24 – 29
SANS NoVA 2022, Virtual and McLean, Virginia: October 24 – 29
Southwest US Summit, Virtual and TBD: October 25 – 26
IDC Security Roadshow, Warsaw, Poland: October 27
November 2022
Cryptocurrency & Payments Security Summit, Virtual: November 1 – 2
Nashville CyberSecurity Conference, Virtual and Nashville, Tennessee: November 2
St. Louis Cybersecurity Conference, St. Louis, Missouri: November 3
SecureWorld Midwest, Virtual: November 3
BSidesDFW, Dallas/Fort Worth Texas area: November 5
BSidesVranasi, Virtual (Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India): November 5 – 6
BSidesIdahoFalls, Idaho Falls, Iowa: November 7 – 8
Infosec Inspire, Virtual and Chicago, Illinois: November 7 – 8
Acronis #CyberFit Summit 2022, Miami Beach, Florida: November 7 – 9
SANS Cyber Security East, Virtual: November 7 – 12
SnykCon 2022, Virtual and TBA: November 8 – 10
Cybersecurity Summit: Mumbai, Virtual and Mumbai, India: November 9 – 10
SecureWorld Seattle, Seattle, Washington: November 9 – 10
Cyberwarcon, Virtual and Arlington, Virginia: November 10
Denver Cybersecurity Conference, Denver, Colorado: November 10
BSidesLisbon, Lisbon, Portugal: November 10 – 11
Converge 2022, Austin, Texas: November 14 – 16
SANS DFIRCON 2022, Virtual and Charlotte, North Carolina: November 14 – 19
Pen Test HackFest Summit & Training, Virtual and Arlington, Virginia: November 14 – 21
CyberTechNYC, New York, New York: November 15 – 16
Germany Summit, Virtual and TBD: November 15 – 16
Black Hat Middle East & Africa 2022, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: November 15 – 17
Aspen Cyber Summit, New York, New York: November 16
San Diego CyberSecurity Conference, Virtual and San Diego, California: November 16
ISC East, New York, New York: November 16 – 17
Los Angeles Cybersecurity Conference, Los Angeles, California: November 17
SecureWorld Texas, Virtual: November 17
Critical Infrastructure Summit, Virtual: November 17 – 18
BSidesOrlando, Orlando, Florida: November 18-19
BSidesCHS, Charleston, South Carolina: November 19
BSidesDayton, Dayton, Ohio: November 19
BSidesVienna, Vienna, Austria: November 19
BSidesDelhi, Delhi, India: November 22
*CSO Security Summit, Melbourne, Australia: November 22
SANS Cyber Security Central, Virtual: November 28 – December 3
IDC Security Roadshow Middle East, Virtual: November 29
SANS Stay Sharp, Virtual: November 29 – December 1
* This event is presented by Foundry, the parent company of CSO.
December 2022
Columbus CyberSecurity Conference, Virtual and Columbus, Ohio: December 1
Minneapolis Cybersecurity Conference, Minneapolis, Minnesota: December 1
Cyber Security & Cloud Expo Global, London, UK: December 1 – 2
BSidesCapeTown, Cape Town, South Africa: December 3
Black Hat Europe 2022, TBD: December 5 – 8
SANS San Francisco Winter, Virtual and San Francisco, California: December 5 – 10
France Summit, Virtual and TBD: December 6 – 7
Western-December CyberSecurity Conference, Virtual (Western U.S.): December 7
Atlanta CyberSecurity Conference, Virtual and Atlanta, Georgia: December 8
SecureWorld West Coast, Virtual: December 8
Connected Devices Summit, Virtual: December 8 – 9
BSidesLondon, London, UK: December 9 – 10
Ignite ’22, Las Vegas, Nevada: December 12 – 15
SANS Cyber Defense Initiative 2022, Virtual and Washington, DC: December 12 – 17
Central America and Caribbean Cybersecurity Conference, San Jose, Costa Rica: December 14 – 15
January 2023
SANS Stay Sharp Winter 2023, Virtual: January 9 – 14
Eastern-January CyberSecurity Conference, Virtual: January 12
Dallas CyberSecurity Conference, Virtual and Dallas, Texas: January 19
SANS Security East 2023, Virtual and New Orlean, Louisiana: January 16 – 21
Los Angeles CyberSecurity Conference, Virtual and Los Angeles, California: January 26
February 2023
Chicago CyberSecurity Conference, Virtual and Chicago, Illinois: February 8
SANS Cyber Security Leadership NOVA, Virtual and Tysons Corner, Virginia: February 6 – 11
Gartner Security & Risk Management Summit, Mumbai, India: February 13 – 14
S4X23, Miami South Beach, Florida: February 13 – 16
SANS Cyber Security East, Virtual: February 13 – 18
SANS San Diego 2023, Virtual and La Jolla, California: February 13 – 18
SANS Cloud Defender Dallas 2023, Virtual and Dallas, Texas: February 20 – 25
Washington CyberSecurity Conference, Virtual and Washington, DC: February 23
Gartner Security & Risk Management Summit, Dubai, UAE: February 27 – 28
SANS Tysons Corner–NOVA 2023, Virtual and Tysons Corner, Virginia: February 27 – March 4
March 2023
Gartner Identity & Access Management Summit, London, UK: March 6 – 7
SANS Las Vegas Winter 2023, Virtual and Las Vegas, Nevada: March 6 – 11
Detroit CyberSecurity Conference, Virtual and Detroit, Michigan: March 9
SANS Baltimore Spring 2023, Virtual and Baltimore, Maryland: March 13 – 18
SANS Stay Sharp Spring 2023, Virtual: March 20 – 30
Seattle CyberSecurity Conference, Virtual and Seattle, Washington: March 22
BSidesCaymanIslands, Cayman Islands: March 22-24
Gartner Security & Risk Management Summit, Sydney, Australia: March 28 – 29
ISC West, Las Vegas, Nevada: March 28 – 31
April 2023
SANS 2023, Virtual and Orlando, Florida: April 2 – 7
ItaliaSec, Rome, Italy: April 4 – 5
Central-April CyberSecurity Conference, Virtual: April 5
BSidesOK, Glenpool, Oklahoma: April 5 – 7
Montreal CyberSecurity Conference, Virtual and Montreal, Quebec Canada: April 6
Omaha CyberSecurity Conference, Virtual and Omaha, Nebraska: April 19
RSA Conference 2023, San Francisco, California: April 24 – 27
SANS ICS Security Summit & Training, Orlando, Florida: April 30 – May 8
May 2023
Philadelphia CyberSecurity Conference, Virtual and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: May 4
Black Hat Asia, Singapore: May 9 – 12
SIA GovSummit, Washington, DC: May 16 – 17
Minneapolis CyberSecurity Conference, Minneapolis, Minnesota: May 17
BSidesDublin, Dublin, Ireland: May 27
Identiverse, Las Vegas, Nevada: May 30 – June 2
June 2023
Denver CyberSecurity Conference, Virtual and Denver, Colorado: June 1
Gartner Security & Risk Management Summit, National Harbor, Maryland: June 5 – 7
Kansas City CyberSecurity Conference, Virtual and Kansas City, Kansas: June 8
AWS re:Inforce, Anaheim, California: June 13 – 14
Infosecurity Europe, London, UK: June 20 – 22
St. Louis CyberSecurity Conference, Virtual and St. Louis, Missouri: June 21
July 2023
Orange County CyberSecurity Conference, Virtual and TBD: July 12
Tampa CyberSecurity Conference, Virtual and Tampa, Florida: July 27
Gartner Security & Risk Management Summit, Tokyo, Japan: July 27 – 28
August 2023
Black Hat USA 2023, Las Vegas, Nevada: August 5 – 10
BSidesLV, Las Vegas, Nevada: August 8 – 9
Indianapolis CyberSecurity Conference, Virtual and Indianapolis, Indiana: August 10
Salt Lake City CyberSecurity Conference, Virtual and Salt Lake City, Utah: August 23
September 2023
Charlotte CyberSecurity Conference, Virtual and Charlotte, North Carolina: September 7
Des Moines CyberSecurity Conference, Virtual and Des Moines, Iowa: September 21
BSidesCanberra, Canberra, Australia: September 28-30
October 2023
Columbus CyberSecurity Conference, Virtual and Columbus, Ohio: October 5
San Diego CyberSecurity Conference, San Diego, California: October 18
November 2023
Phoenix CyberSecurity Conference, Virtual and Phoenix, Arizona: November 2
Nashville CyberSecurity Conference, Virtual and Nashville, Tennessee: November 15
Boston CyberSecurity Conference, Virtual and Boston, Massachusetts: November 30
December 2023
Atlanta CyberSecurity Conference, Virtual and Atlanta, Georgia: December 6
Houston CyberSecurity Conference, Virtual and Houston, Texas: December 13
