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).
July 2019
Angelbeat, Denver, Colorado: July 12
BSidesSpfd 2019, Springfield, Missouri: July 13
Angelbeat, Atlanta, Georgia: July 15
IAPP Asia Privacy Forum 2019, Singapore: July 15 - 16
SANS Columbia 2019, Columbia, Maryland: July 15 - 20
SANS Rocky Mountain 2019, Denver, Colorado: July 15 - 20
Angelbeat, Indianapolis, Indiana: July 16
Cyber Security Summit DC Metro, McLean, Virginia: July 16
RSA Conference 2019 Asia Pacific & Japan, Singapore: July 16 - 18
Angelbeat, Louisville, Kentucky: July 17
Angelbeat, Cincinnati, Ohio: July 18
Raleigh Cyber Security Conference, Raleigh, North Carolina: July 18
Angelbeat, Columbus, Ohio: July 19
Angelbeat, Chicago, Illinois: July 22
SANS San Francisco Summer 2019, San Francisco, California: July 22 - 27
Angelbeat, Grand Rapids, Michigan: July 23
Angelbeat, Detroit, Michigan: July 24
Angelbeat, Cleveland, Ohio: July 25
Vancouver Cyber Security Conference, Vancouver, British Columbia: July 25
DFIR Summit & Training 2019, Austin, Texas: July 25 - August 1
Angelbeat, Pittsburgh, Pennyslvania: July 26
BSidesCDMX, Mexico City, Mexico: July 26
Cyber: Secured Forum 2019, Dallas, Texas: July 29 - 31
SANS Boston Summer 2019, Boston, Massachusetts: July 29 - August 3
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
Gartner Security & Risk Management Summit, Tokyo, Japan: August 5 - 7
SANS Crystal City 2019, Arlington, Virginia: August 5 - 10
Security Awareness Summit & Training 2019, San Diego, California: August 5 - 14
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
Angelbeat, Wilmington, Delaware: August 12
SANS Minneapolis 2019, Minneapolis, Minnesota: August 12 - 17
SANS San Jose 2019, San Jose, California: August 12 - 17
Supply Chain Cybersecurity Summit & Training 2019, Arlington, Virginia: August 12 - 19
Angelbeat, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: August 13
Gartner Security & Risk Management Summit, Sao Paulo, Brazil: August 13 - 14
BSidesHI, TBD, Hawaii: August 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
Angelbeat, Honolulu, Hawaii: August 16
Gartner Security & Risk Management Summit, Sydney, Australia: August 19 - 20
InfoSec Healthcare Connect 2019, Fort Lauderdale, Florida: August 19 - 21
SANS MGT516 Beta Three 2019, Arlington, Virginia: August 19 - 23
TechNet Augusta 2019, Augusta, Georgia: August 19 - 23
SANS Chicago 2019, Chicago, Illinois: August 19 - 24
SANS Virginia Beach 2019, Virginia Beach, Virginia: August 19 - 30
SecureWorld Bay Area, Santa Clara, California: August 21
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
SANS New York City 2019, New York, New York: August 25 - 30
SANS Tampa-Clearwater 2019, Clearwater, Florida: August 25 - 30
BSidesVI, Vancouver Island, BC: August 26
Gartner Security & Risk Management Summit, Mumbai, India: August 26 - 27
Cyber Security Summit Chicago 2019, Chicago, Illinois: August 27
BSidesMCR, Manchester, UK: August 29
Washington DC - Reston Cybersecurity Conference, Washington, DC: August 29
September 2019
Cleveland Cybersecurity Conference, Cleveland, Ohio: September 5
SecureCISO Chicago, Chicago, Illinois: September 5
BSidesAMS, Amsterdam, Netherlands: September 6
BSidesHouston, Houston, Texas: September 7
BSidesSydney, Sydney, Australia: September 7
Global Security Exchange (GSX), Chicago, Illinois: September 8 - 12
Angelbeat, Birmingham, Alabama: September 9
Global CISO Executive Summit, Westlake Village, California: September 9
Gartner Security & Risk Management Summit, London, UK: September 9 - 10
Global AppSec - DC, Washington, DC: September 9 - 13
SANS Network Security 2019, Las Vegas, Nevada: September 9 - 16
Angelbeat, Memphis, Tennessee: September 10
Melbourne CISO Executive Summit, Melbourne, Australia: September 10
Angelbeat, Nashville, Tennessee: September 11
Angelbeat, Chattanooga, Tennessee, September 12
Atlanta Cyber Security Conference, Atlanta, Georgia: September 12
Angelbeat, Knoxville, Tennessee: September 13
BSidesDenver, Denver, Colorado: September 13
BSidesZurich, Zurich, Switzerland: September 14
Elbsides, Hamburg, Germany: September 16
SANS Raleigh 2019, Raleigh, North Carolina: September 16 - 21
Oil & Gas Cybersecurity Summit & Training 2019, Houston, Texas: September 16 - 22
Cyber Security Summit Charlotte 2019, Charlotte, North Carolina: September 17
* SecurIT, Washington DC: September 18
Cyber Security for Critical Assets (CS4CA) APAC, Singapore: September 18 - 19
SecureWorld St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri: September 18 - 19
BSidesStJohns, St. Johns, NL: September 19
Phoenix Cyber Security Conference, Phoenix, Arizona: September 19
SecureCISO DC, Washington, DC: September 19
BSidesIdahoFalls, Idaho Falls, Idaho: September 21
BSidesSTL, St. Louis, Missouri: September 21
Privacy. Security. Risk., Las Vegas, Nevada: September 22 - 23
Angelbeat, Wichita, Kansas: September 23
BSidesPerth, Perth, Australia: September 23 - 24
Global AppSec Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands: September 23 - 27
SANS Dallas Fall 2019, Dallas, Texas: September 23 - 28
SANS San Francisco Fall 2019, San Francisco, California: September 23 - 28
Angelbeat, Kansas City, Missouri: September 24
BSidesSG, Singapore: September 24
Sydney CISO Executive Summit, Sydney, Australia: September 24
CISO Forum 2019, Half Moon Bay, California: September 24 - 26
Angelbeat, Omaha, Nebraska: September 25
OWASP Portland 2019 Training Day, Portland, Oregon: September 25
SecureWorld New York, New York, New York: September 25
Angelbeat, Des Moines, Iowa: September 26
Little Rock Cyber Security Conference, Little Rock, Arkansas: September 26
BSidesMSP, Minneapolis, Minnesota: September 26 - 28
Angelbeat, Jackson, Mississippi: September 27
Italy OWASP Day Udine 2019, Udine, Italy: September 27
BSidesCardiff, Cardiff, UK: September 28
Security of Things World 2019, San Diego, California: September 30 - October 1
SANS Northern VA Fall- Reston 2019, Reston, Virginia: September 30 - October 5
Threat Hunting & Incident Response Summit & Training 2019, New Orleans, Louisiana: September 30 - October 7
October 2019
Benelux CISO Executive Summit, Amsterdam, Netherlands: October 1
Cyber Security for Critical Assets (CS4CA) Europe, London, UK: October 1 - 2
SecureWorld Detroit, Detroit, Michigan: October 1 - 2
Angelbeat, Charlotte, North Carolina: October 2
Aspen Cyber Summit, New York, New York: October 2
BSidesHarrisburg, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: October 2
Angelbeat, Raleigh, North Carolina: October 3
Cyber Security Summit New York 2019: New York, New York: October 3
Kansas City Cyber Security Conference, Kansas City, Missouri: October 3
Angelbeat, Richmond, Virginia: October 4
BSidesAugusta, Augusta, Georgia: October 5
BSidesSacramento, Sacramento, California: October 5
SANS Baltimore Fall 2019, Baltimore, Maryland: October 7 - 12
SANS San Diego 2019, San Diego: October 7 - 12
SIEM Summit & Training 2019, Chicago, Illinois: October 7 - 14
MANUSEC USA, Chicago, Illinois: October 8 - 9
Borderless Cyber USA, Washington, DC: October 8 - 10
it-sa, Nuremberg, Germany: October 8 - 10
Pittsburgh CISO Executive Summit Q4, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: October 9
CyberNext Summit 2019, Washington, DC: October 9 - 10
SecureWorld Dallas, Dallas, Texas: October 9 -10
Jacksonville Cyber Security Conference, Jacksonville, Florida: October 10
SecureCISO New York, New York, New York: October 10
BruCON, Belgium: October 10 - 11
Hacker Halted, Atlanta, Georgia: October 10 - 11
BSidesDelhi, Delhi, India: October 11
BSidesPR, Puerto Rico: October 11
Phoenix CISO Executive Summit Q4, Phoenix, Arizona: October 11
Three Rivers Information Security Symposium, Monroeville, Pennsylvania: October 11
BSidesWarsaw, Warsaw, Poland: October 11 - 13
BSidesBHAM, Birmingham, Alabama: October 12
SANS Denver 2019, Denver, Colorado: October 14 - 19
SANS Seattle Fall 2019, Seattle, Washington: October 14 - 19
Angelbeat, Baton Rouge, Louisiana: October 15
2019 EWF National Conference, Scottsdale, Arizona: October 15 - 17
Angelbeat, New Orleans, Louisiana: October 16
OWASP Poland Day, Wroclaw, Poland: October 16
SecureWorld Twin Cities, Minneapolis, Minnesota: October 16
CACS, Geneva, Switzerland: October 16 - 18
Angelbeat, El Paso, Texas: October 17
Cyber Security Summit Scottsdale 2019, Scottsdale, Arizona: October 17
Toronto Cyber Security Conference, Toronto, Ontario: October 17
Angelbeat, Albuquerque, New Mexico: October 18
BSidesRDU, Raleigh, North Carolina: October 18
Angelbeat, Washington, DC: October 21
SecurityWeek ICS Cyber Security Conference, Atlanta, Georgia: October 21 - 24
SANS Santa Monica 2019, Santa Monica, California: October 21 - 26
Purple Team Summit & Training 2019, Las Colinas, Texas: October 21 - 28
Angelbeat, Princeton, New Jersey: October 22
13ENISE, the International Meeting on Information Security, Leon, Spain: October 22 - 23
SANS Training at Wild West Hackin Fest, Deadwood, South Dakota: October 22 - 23
Angelbeat, Jersey City, New Jersey: October 23
Angelbeat, Brooklyn, New York: October 24
Omaha Cyber Security Conference, Omaha, Nebraska: October 24
Lascon X, Austin, Texas: October 24 - 25
Angelbeat, New York, New York: October 25
BSidesLuxembourg, Luxembourg: October 25
BSidesSWVA, Wise, Virginia: October 25
ISF’s 30th Annual World Congress, Dublin, Ireland: October 26 - 29
Gartner Security & Risk Management, Dubai, October 28 - 29
Cyber Security Summit, TBD: October 28 - 30
SANS Houston 2019, Houston, Texas: October 28 - November 2
SANS Orlando 2019, Orlando, Florida: October 28 - November 2
Angelbeat, White Plains, New York: October 29
Cybersec Forum, Krakow, Poland: October 29 - 30
SecureWorld Denver, Denver, Colorado: October 29 - 30
Angelbeat, Long Island, New York: October 30
New Jersey CISO Executive Summit Q4, New Brunswick, New Jersay: October 30
OWASP AppSec Day 2019, Melbourne, Australia: October 30 - November 1
November 2019
SANS DFIRCON 2019, Coral Gables, Florida: November 4 - 9
Cloud & DevOps Security Summit & Training 2019, Denver, Colorado: November 4 - 11
Chicago CISO Executive Summit, Chicago, Illinois: November 5
Dallas CISO Executive Summit, Dallas, Texas: November 5
Chicago Suburbs Cyber Security Conference, TBD, November 6
Cyber Security Summit Boston 2019, Boston, Massachusetts: November 6
* SecurIT, Chicago IL: November 6
ACSC 2019: Collaborate, Boston, Massachusetts: November 7
CISOgala Cologne, Cologne Germany: November 7
San Diego Cyber Security Conference, San Diego, California: November 7
SecureCISO Detroit: Detroit, Michigan: November 7
Cyber Access Summit, Berlin, Germany: November 12 - 14
SecureWorld Seattle, Seattle, Washington: November 13 - 14
Ft. Lauderdale Cyber Security Conference, Ft. Lauderdale, Florda: November 14
SecureCISO Charlotte, Charlotte North Carolina: November 14
Blockshow Asia 2019, Singapore: November 14 - 15
BSidesAdmedabad, Ahmedabad, India: November 16 - 17
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 for Critical Assets (CS4CA) LATAM, Sao Paulo, Brazil: November 20 - 21
Angelbeat, Albany, New York: November 21
Cyber Security Summit Houston 2019, Houston, Texas: November 21
Nashville Cyber Security Conference, Nashville, Tennessee: November 21
Angelbeat, Buffalo, New York: November 22
December 2019
Atlanta CISO Executive Summit, Atlanta, Georgia: TBD
SANS Nashville 2019, Nashville, Tennessee: December 2 - 7
SANS San Francisco Winter 2019, San Francisco, California: December 2 - 7
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
Angelbeat, Minneapolis, Minnesota: December 9
German OWASP Day 2019, Karlsruhe, Germany: December 9 - 10
Angelbeat, Fargo, North Dakota: 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
SANS Anaheim 2020, Anaheim, California: January 20 - 25
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
February 2020
BSidesTampa, Tampa, Florida: February 8
BSidesSF, San Francisco, California: February 23 - 24
April 2020
*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
BSidesGibralter, Gibralter: May 14 - 15
* This event is presented by IDG Communications, the parent company of CSO.
