The CSO guide to top security conferences

Tracking postponements, cancellations, and conferences gone virtual — CSO Online’s calendar of upcoming security conferences makes it easy to find the events that matter the most to you.

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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 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 (michael_nadeau@idg.com).

March 2023

PrivSec London, London, UK: February 28 - March 1

Innovate Cybersecurity Summit, Nashville, Tennessee: March 27 - 29

CSA Cloud Threats & Vulnerabilities Summit, Virtual: March 28 - 29

Gartner Security & Risk Management Summit, Sydney, Australia: March 28 - 29

ISC West, Las Vegas, Nevada: March 28 - 31

BSidesLancashire, Lancashire, UK: March 30

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

Identity Management Day 2023, Virtual: April 11

SecureWorld Healthcare Virtual Conference, Virtual: April 12

BSidesNashville, Nashville, Tennessee: April 15

SANS Cybersecurity Leadership UK Summit 2023, London, UK: April 18

Expo Seguridad Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico: April 18 - 20

Omaha CyberSecurity Conference, Virtual and Omaha, Nebraska: April 19

SecureWorld Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: April 19 - 20

Hack In The Box Security Conference, Virtual and Movenpick, Netherlands: April 17 - 21

Cybersec Europe, Brussels, Belgium: April 19 - 20

RH-ISAC EU Workshop, Barecelona, Spain: April 20 - 21

BSidesNYC, New York, New York: April 22

RSA Conference 2023, San Francisco, California: April 24 - 27

BSidesCharm, Towson, Maryland: April 29 - 30

SANS ICS Security Summit & Training, Orlando, Florida: April 30 - May 8

May 2023

SecureWorld Kansas City, Kansas City, Kansas: May 3

Philadelphia CyberSecurity Conference, Virtual and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: May 4

BSidesChicago, Chicago, Illinois: May 5 - 6

BSidesPrishtina, Prishtina, Kosova: May 5 - 6

BSidesVitoria, Vitoria, Brazil: May 6

Black Hat Asia, Singapore: May 9 - 12

Hack the Capital, McLean, Virginia: May 10 - 11

RuhrSec 2023, Bochum, Germany: May 11 - 12

SIA GovSummit, Washington, DC: May 16 - 17

Minneapolis CyberSecurity Conference, Minneapolis, Minnesota: May 17

SecureWorld Houston, Houston, Texas: May 18

BSidesFtWayne, Fort Wayne, Indiana: May 20

BSidesRoanoke, Roanoke, Virginia: May 20

BSidesSPFD, Springfield, Missouri: May 20

Dell Technologies World, Las Vegas, Nevada: May 22 - 25

SecureWorld Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia: May 24

BSidesDublin, Dublin, Ireland: May 27

Identiverse, Las Vegas, Nevada: May 30 - June 2

June 2023

Denver CyberSecurity Conference, Virtual and Denver, Colorado: June 1

BSidesBuffalo, Buffalo, New York: June 3

BSidesCheltenham, Cheltenham, UK: June 3

IDC Security Roadshow, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: June 5

Gartner Security & Risk Management Summit, National Harbor, Maryland: June 5 - 7

Kansas City CyberSecurity Conference, Virtual and Kansas City, Kansas: June 8

SecureWorld Chicago, Chicago, Illinois: June 8

Security LeadHER, Nashville, Tennessee: June 12 - 13

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

BSidesLeeds, Leeds, UK: June 23 - 24

BSidesAthens, Athens, Greece: June 24

Confidential Computing Summit, San Francisco, California: June 29

July 2023

Orange County CyberSecurity Conference, Virtual and TBD: July 12

BSidesBasingstoke, Basingstoke, UK: July 21

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

IDC Security Roadshow, Johannesburg, South Africa: August 17

Hack In The Box Security Conference, Virtual and Phuket, Thailand: August 21 - 25

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

Global Security Exchange (GSX), Dallas, Texas: September 11 -13

Des Moines CyberSecurity Conference, Virtual and Des Moines, Iowa: September 21

Gartner Security & Risk Management Summit, London, UK: September 26 - 28

BSidesCanberra, Canberra, Australia: September 28-30

BSidesKrakow, Krakow, Poland: September 30

October 2023

RH-ISAC Cyber Intelligence Summit, Dallas, Texas: October 2 - 4

Columbus CyberSecurity Conference, Virtual and Columbus, Ohio: October 5

BSidesKC, Kansas City, Missouri: October 6 - 7

BSidesAugusta, Augusta, Georgia: October 7

BSidesBloomington, Bloomington, Minnesota: October 13 - 14

San Diego CyberSecurity Conference, San Diego, California: October 18

BSidesOttawa: Ottawa, Ontario: October 26 - 27

IDC Security Forum: Security Strategy 2023, Virtual and Warsaw, Poland: October 26 - 27

November 2023

Phoenix CyberSecurity Conference, Virtual and Phoenix, Arizona: November 2

Identity Management Nordics, Slussen, Sweden: November 14

Nashville CyberSecurity Conference, Virtual and Nashville, Tennessee: November 15

Boston CyberSecurity Conference, Virtual and Boston, Massachusetts: November 30

*CSO 30 Awards UK, London, UK: November 30

*CSO Security Summit US, London, UK: November 30

* This event is presented by Foundry, the parent company of CSO.

December 2023

Atlanta CyberSecurity Conference, Virtual and Atlanta, Georgia: December 6

Houston CyberSecurity Conference, Virtual and Houston, Texas: December 13

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