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 2019.
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 2019
SANS San Francisco Spring 2019, San Francisco, California: March 11 - 16
SANS St. Louis 2019, St. Louis, Missouri: March 11 - 16
Detroit Cybersecurity Conference, Novi, Michigan: March 14
LORCA Live, London, UK: March 14
SecureCISO Munich, Munich, Germany: March 14
SecureCISO Philly, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: March 14
SecureWorld Charlotte, Charlotte, North Carolina: March 14
SANS Norfolk 2019, Norfolk, Virginia: March 18 - 23
ICS Security Summit & Training 2019, Orlando, Florida: March 18 - 23
Building cybersecurity bridges together: 15 years of ENISA, Brussels, Belgium: March 19
DACHciso Summit, Frankfurt, Germany: March 19 - 20
Detroit Cyber Security Conference, Detroit, Michigan: March 14
Infosecurity Belgium, Brussels, Belgium: March 20 - 21
Toronto Cyber Security Conference, Toronto, Ontario: March 21
Insomni’hack 2019, Geneva, Switzerland: March 22 - 23
Black Hat Asia 2019, Singapore: March 26 - 29
SecureWorld Boston, Boston, Massachusetts: March 27 - 28
Atlanta Cyber Security Conference, Atlanta, Georgia: March 28
April 2019
InfoSecWorld, Lake Buena Vista, Florida: April 1 - 3
Oktane19, San Francisco, California: April 1 - 4
SANS 2019, Orlando, Florida: April 1 - 8
Dallas Cyber Security Conference, Dallas, Texas: April 4
EDPS-ENISA Conference: Towards accessing the risk in personal data breaches, Le Palace, Belgium: April 4
Nordics CISO Executive Summit, Stockholm, Sweden: April 4
SecureCISO Phoenix, Phoenix, Arizona: April 4
CSO50 Conference + Awards*. Scottsdale, Arizona: April 8 - 10
Kaspersky Security Analyst Summit, Singapore: April 8 - 11
SecureWorld Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: April 10 - 11
Los Angeles Cyber Security Conference, Los Angeles, California: April 11
SecureCISO New York, New York, New York: April 11
Blue Team Summit & Training 2019, Louisville, Kentucky: April 11 - 18
SANS Boston Spring 2019, Boston, Massachusetts: April 14 - 19
SANS Seattle Spring 2019, Seattle, Washington: April 14 - 19
(ISC)² Secure Summit EMEA, The Hague, Netherlands: April 15 - 16
Angelbeat Technology Seminar on Cloud/Security/AI/Data, Jacksonville, Florida: April 18
Hartford Cyber Security Conference, Hartford, Connecticut: April 18
SecureWorld Houston, Houston, Texas: April 18
SANS Northern Virginia- Alexandria 2019, Alexandria, Virginia: April 23 - 28
SecureWorld Toronto, Toronto, Ontario: April 24
Memphis Cyber Security Conference, Memphis, Tennessee: April 25
SANS Pen Test Austin 2019, Austin, Texas: April 29 - May 4
Cloud Security Summit & Training 2019, San Jose, California: April 29 - May 6
May 2019
Infosecurity Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark: May 1 - 2
Philadelphia Cyber Security Conference, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: May 2
SecureCISO Houston, Houston, Texas: May 2
THOTCON, Chicago, Illinois: May 3 - 4
Boston CISO Executive Summit Q2, Boston, Massachusetts: May 7
RiskSec, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: May 8
SecureWorld Kansas City, Kansas City, Missouri: May 8
Chicago Cyber Security Conference, Chicago, Illinois: May 9
SecureCISO Seattle, Seattle, Washington: May 9
SANS Security West 2019, San Diego, California: May 9 - 16
Chicago CISO Executive Summit Q2, Chicago, Illinois: May 14
ItaliaSec, Rome, Italy: May 14 - 15
Secure360 Twin Cities, Prior Lake, Minnesota: May 14 - 15
TechNet Cyber, Baltimore, Maryland: May 14 - 16
European Identity & Cloud Conference 2019, Munich, Germany: May 14 - 17
San Francisco CISO Executive Summit Q2, San Francisco, California: May 15
Cybersec Expo, Warsaw, Poland: May 15 - 16
San Antonio Cyber Security Conference, San Antonio, Texas: May 16
SecureCISO London, London, UK: May 16
SecureCISO Minneapolis, Minneapolis, Minnesota: May 16
SecureWorld Cincinnati, Cincinatti, Ohio: May 16
HackMiami Con 7, Miami Beach, Florida: May 17 - 19
SANS New Orleans 2019, New Orleans, Louisiana: May 19 - 24
SANS Northern VA Spring- Reston 2019, Reston, Virginia: May 19 - 24
IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy, San Francisco, California: May 20 - 22
Minneapolis CISO Executive Summit, Minneapolis, Minnesota: May 21
IAPP Canada Privacy Symposium 2019, Toronto, Ontario: May 21 - 22
Vancouver CISO Executive Summit, Vancouver, British Columbia: May 22
Washington, DC CISO Executive Summit Q2, Washington, DC: May 22
Infosecurity Mexico, Mexico City: May 22 - 23
RVAsec, Richmond, Virginia: May 22 - 23
2019 Central Ohio InfoSec Summit, Columbus, Ohio: May 23 - 24
SANS Atlanta 2019, Atlanta, Georgia: May 28 - June 2
SANS San Antonio 2019, San Antonio, Texas: May 28 - June 2
SecureWorld Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia: May 29 - 30
Louisville Cyber Security Conference, Louisville, Kentucky: May 30
CircleCityCon 6.0, Indianapolis, Indiana: May 31 - June 2
June 2019
Toronto CISO Executive Summit Q2, Toronto, Ontario: TBD
Ignite '19, Austin, Texas: June 3 - 6
Philadelphia CISO Executive Summit, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: June 4
Southern California CISO Executive Summit Q2, Los Angeles, California: June 4
National Cyber Summit, Huntsville, Alabama: June 4 - 6
Detroit CISO Executive Summit Q2, Detroit, Michigan: June 5
Indianapolis CISO Executive Summit, Indianapolis, Indiana: June 6
Seattle Cyber Security Conference, Seattle, Washington: June 6
SecureCISO Boston, Boston, Massachusetts: June 6
SecureCISO Cologne, Cologne, Germany: June 6
SANS Kansas City 2019, Kansas City, Missouri: June 10 - 15
Denver CISO Executive Summit, Denver, Colorado: June 11
SecurIT, Melbourne, Australia: June 11
Annual Privacy Forum 2019, Rome, Italy: June 13
Baltimore Cyber Security Conference, Baltimore, Maryland: June 13
SecureWorld Chicago, Chicago, Illinois: June 13
SANSFIRE 2019, Washington, DC: June 15 - 22
European Symposium on Security and Privacy (EuroS&P), Stockholm, Sweden: June 17 - 19
Gartner Security and Risk Summit, National Harbor, Maryland: June 17 - 20
UK CISO Executive Summit, TBD: June 18
Boston Cyber Security Conference, Boston, Massachusetts: June 20
Atlanta CISO Executive Summit, Atlanta, Georgia: June 24
Dallas CISO Executive Summit Q2, Dallas, Texas: June 24
Security Operations Summit & Training 2019, New Orleans, Louisiana: June 24 - July 1
Florida CISO Executive Summit Q2, Coconut Grove, Florida: June 25
New York CISO Executive Summit Q2, New York, New York: June 25
Ohio CISO Executive Summit, Columbus, Ohio: June 25
Identiverse, Washington, DC: June 25 - 28
Houston CISO Executive Summit Q2, Houston, Texas: June 26
Seattle CISO Executive Summit Q2, Seattle, Washington: June 26
Tampa Cyber Security Conference, Tampa, Florida: June 27
July 2019
Minneapolis Cyber Security Conference, Minneapolis, Minnesota: July 11
BSidesSpfd 2019, Springfield, Missouri: July 13
IAPP Asia Privacy Forum 2019, Singapore: July 15 - 16
RSA Conference 2019 Asia Pacific & Japan, Singapore: July 16 - 18
Raleigh Cyber Security Conference, Raleigh, North Carolina: July 18
Vancouver Cyber Security Conference, Vancouver, British Columbia: July 25
DFIR Summit & Training 2019, Austin, Texas: July 25 - August 1
Cyber: Secured Forum 2019, Dallas, Texas: July 29 - 31
August 2019
New York City Cyber Security Conference, New York, New York: August 1
SecureCISO Dallas, Dallas, Texas: August 1
Black Hat USA 2019, Las Vegas, Nevada: August 3 - 8
BSides Las Vegas, Las Vegas, Nevada: August 6 - 7
Sacramento Cyber Security Conference, Sacramento, California: August 8
Def Con 27, Las Vegas, Nevada: August 8 - 11
Fifteenth Symposium on Usable Privacy and Security, Santa Clara, California: August 11 - 13
Gartner Security & Risk Management Summit, Sao Paulo, Brazil: August 13 - 14
AcceleRISE, Minneapolis, Minnesota: August 14 - 16
28th USENIX Security Symposium, Santa Clara, California: August 14 - 16
Austin Cyber Security Conference, Austin, Texas: August 15
Gartner Security & Risk Management Summit, Sydney, Australia: August 19 - 20
InfoSec Healthcare Connect 2019, Fort Lauderdale, Florida: August 19 - 21
TechNet Augusta 2019, Augusta, Georgia: August 19 - 23
ISE West Executive Forum and Awards, San Francisco, California: August 22
Pittsburgh Cyber Security Conference, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: August 22
SecureCISO Toronto, Toronto, Ontario: August 22
Gartner Security & Risk Management Summit, Mumbai, India: August 26 - 27
Richmond Cyber Security Conference, Richmond, Virginia: August 29
September 2019
Montreal Cyber Security Conference, Montreal, Quebec: September 5
Global CISO Executive Summit, Westlake Village, California: September 9
Gartner Security & Risk Management Summit, London, UK: September 9 - 10
Melbourne CISO Executive Summit, Melbourne, Australia: September 10
Atlanta Cyber Security Conference, Atlanta, Georgia: September 12
Phoenix Cyber Security Conference, Phoenix, Arizona: September 19
Sydney CISO Executive Summit, Sydney, Australia: September 24
Little Rock Cyber Security Conference, Little Rock, Arkansas: September 26
October 2019
New Jersey CISO Executive Summit Q4, TBD, TBD
Phoenix CISO Executive Summit Q4, Phoenix, Arizona: TBD
Pittsburgh CISO Executive Summit Q4, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: TBD
Benelux CISO Executive Summit, Amsterdam, Netherlands: October 1
Kansas City Cyber Security Conference, Kansas City, Missouri: October 3
CyberNext Summit 2019, Washington, DC: October 9 - 10
Jacksonville Cyber Security Conference, Jacksonville, Florida: October 10
CACS, Geneva, Switzerland: October 16 - 18
Toronto Cyber Security Conference, Toronto, Ontario: October 17
Omaha Cyber Security Conference, Omaha, Nebraska: October 24
Cyber Security Summit, TBD: October 28 - 30
Cybersec Forum, Krakow, Poland: October 29 - 30
November 2019
Blockshow Asia 2019, TBD, TBD
Boston CISO Executive Summit Q4, Boston, Massachusetts: TBD
Washington, DC CISO Executive Summit Q4, Washington, DC: TBD
Chicago Suburbs Cyber Security Conference, TBD, November 6
ACSC 2019: Collaborate, Boston, Massachusetts: November 7
San Diego Cyber Security Conference, San Diego, California: November 7
Cyber Access Summit, Berlin, Germany: November 12 - 14
Orlando Cyber Security Conference, Orlando, Florida: November 14
Nashville Cyber Security Conference, Nashville, Tennessee: November 21
December 2019
Atlanta CISO Executive Summit, Atlanta, Georgia: TBD
Calgary CISO Executive Summit, Calgary, Alberta: TBD
Charlotte CISO Executive Summit, Charlotte, North Carolina: TBD
Chicago CISO Executive Summit, Chicago, Illinois: TBD
Dallas CISO Executive Summit, Dallas, Texas: TBD
Dallas Cyber Security Conference, Dallas, Texas: December 4
St. Louis Cyber Security Conference, St. Louis, Missouri: December 5
Gartner Identity & Access Management Summit, Las Vegas, Nevada: December 10 - 12
Anaheim Cyber Security Conference, Anaheim, California: December 11
Cincinnati Cyber Security Conference, Cincinnati, Ohio: December 12
* This event is presented by IDG Communications, the parent company of CSO.