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 and 2020.
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).
November 2019
Hybrid Identity Protection Tech Day, Raleigh, NC: November 16
BSidesAdmedabad, Ahmedabad, India: November 16 - 17
FS-ISAC 2019 Americas Fall Summit, Washington, DC: November 17 - 20
Angelbeat, Boston, Massachusetts: November 18
IAPP Europe Data Protection Congress, Brussels, Belgium: November 18 - 19
NICE Conference & Expo 2019, Phoenix, Arizona: November 18 - 20
SANS Atlanta Fall 2019, Atlanta, Georgia: November 18 - 23
SANS Austin 2019, Austin, Texas: November 18 - 23
Pen Test HackFest Summit & Training 2019, Bethesda, Maryland: November 18 - 25
Angelbeat, Portland, Maine: November 19
Charlotte CISO Executive Summit, Charlotte, North Carolina: November 19
Washington, DC CISO Executive Summit Q4, Washington, DC: November 19
Angelbeat, Nashua, New Hampshire: November 20
Boston CISO Executive Summit Q4, Boston, Massachusetts: November 20
Cyber Security and Data Protection Summit, London, UK: November 20
Cyber Security for Critical Assets (CS4CA) LATAM, Sao Paulo, Brazil: November 20 - 21
Infosecurity ISACA North America, New York, New York: November 20 - 21
Angelbeat, Albany, New York: November 21
Cyber Security Summit Houston 2019, Houston, Texas: November 21
Cybersecurity Summit: Mumbai, Mumbai, India: November 21
Cyberwarcon, Arlington, Virginia: November 21
Nashville Cyber Security Conference, Nashville, Tennessee: November 21
Angelbeat, Buffalo, New York: November 22
Cybersecurity Resiliency for Defense Contractors, Plymouth, Michigan: November 22
FS-ISAC Melbourne Member Meeting, Melbourne, Australia: November 27
December 2019
Black Hat Europe, London, UK: December 2 - 5
SANS Nashville 2019, Nashville, Tennessee: December 2 - 7
SANS San Francisco Winter 2019, San Francisco, California: December 2 - 7
Fraud & Breach Summit, Washington, DC: December 3
Calgary CISO Executive Summit, Calgary, Alberta: December 4
Dallas Cyber Security Conference, Dallas, Texas: December 4
Cyber Security Summit Los Angeles 2019, Los Angeles, California: December 5
St. Louis Cyber Security Conference, St. Louis, Missouri: December 5
CactusCon, Mesa, Arizona: December 6 - 7
Angelbeat, Minneapolis, Minnesota: December 9
Atlanta CISO Executive Summit, Atlanta, Georgia: December 9
German OWASP Day 2019, Karlsruhe, Germany: December 9 - 10
Angelbeat, Fargo, North Dakota: December 10
FS-ISAC Brussels Member Meeting, Brussels, Belgium: December 10
Gartner Identity & Access Management Summit, Las Vegas, Nevada: December 10 - 12
SANS Cyber Defense Initiative 2019, Washington, DC: December 10 - 17
Anaheim Cyber Security Conference, Anaheim, California: December 11
Angelbeat, Sioux Falls, South Dakota: December 11
Angelbeat, Boise, Idaho: December 12
Cincinnati Cyber Security Conference, Cincinnati, Ohio: December 12
SecureCISO Denver, Denver, Colorado: December 12
Angelbeat, Spokane, Washington: December 13
Angelbeat, Columbia, South Carolina: December 17
Angelbeat, Charleston, South Carolina: December 18
January 2020
SANS Austin Winter 2020, Austin, Texas: January 6 - 11
BSidesTLH, Tallahassee, Florida: January 11
SANS Miami 2020, Miami, Florida: January 13 - 18
CPX 360 Bangkok, Bangkok, Thailand: January 14 - 16
SANS Anaheim 2020, Anaheim, California: January 20 - 25
FS-ISAC Zurich Member Meeting, Zurich, Switzerland: January 22
CPX 360 New Orleans, New Orleans, Louisiana: January 27 - 29
SANS Las Vegas 2020, Las Vegas, Nevada: January 27 - February 1
SANS San Francisco East Bay 2020, Emeryville, California: January 27 - February 1
Student360, Brooklyn Park, Minnesota: January 31
ShmooCon, Washington, DC: January 31 - February 2
February 2020
CPX 360 Vienna, Vienna, Austria: February 4 - 6
Suits & Spooks, Washington, DC: February 6 - 7
BSidesTampa, Tampa, Florida: February 8
BSidesSF, San Francisco, California: February 23 - 24
Houston Cyber Summit, Houston, Texas: February 27
March 2020
Cloud & Cyber Security Expo, London, UK: March 11 - 12
2020 Fraud Summit, New York, New York: March 18, 2020
April 2020
2020 Cybersecurity & Fraud Summit, Chicago, Illinois: April 21
*CSO50 Conference+Awards, Scottsdale, Arizona: April 27 - 29
May 2020
BSidesCanberra, Canberra, Australia: May 1 - 2
Secure360, Prior Lake, Minnesota: May 5 - 6
RuhrSec 2020, Bochum, Germany: May 5 - 8
THOTCON, Chicago, Illinois: May 8 - 9
2020 Cybersecurity Summit, Bengaluru, India: May 12
BSidesGibralter, Gibralter: May 14 - 15
2020 Cybersecurity & Fraud Summit, Seattle, Washington: May 19
June 2020
Rocky Mountain Information Security Conference (RMISC), Denver, Colorado: June 9 - 11
Identiverse, Washington, DC: June 25 - 28
July 2020
2020 Cybersecurity Summit, Brazil: July 23
2020 Healthcare Security Summit, New York, New York: July 30
August 2020
2020 Cybersecurity Summit, New York, New York: August 18
September 2020
2020 Cybersecurity & Fraud Summit, Toronto, Ontario: September 22
October 2020
2020 Cybersecurity & Fraud Summit, London, UK: October 20
November 2020
2020 Cybersecurity & Fraud Summit, Washington, DC: November 17
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