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. Credit: Django / Getty Images 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 and 2024. 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. September 2023 Global Security Exchange (GSX), Dallas, Texas: September 11 -13 SANS Stay Sharp, Virtual: September 11 – 15 SANS Brussels, Virtual and Brussels, Belgium: September 11 – 16 IDC Security Forum, Frankfurt, Germany: September 12 Copenhagen CyberCrime Conference 2023, Virtual and Copenhagen, Denmark: September 12 – 13 AppSec SoCal, Santa Monica, California: September 13 SwampUP 2023 DevOps and DevSecOps User Conference, San Jose, California: September 13 St. Louis Cybersecurity Conference, St. Louis, Missouri: September 14 BSidesFrankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany: September 15 BSidesStPete, St. Petersburg, Florida: September 15 – 16 BSidesMTL, Montreal, Canada: September 16 SANS Doha, Doha, Qatar: September 16 – 21 Machine Identity Management Summit 2023, Las Vegas, Nevada: September 18 – 19 Mandiant Worldwide Information Security Exchange (mWISE), Washington, DC: September 18 – 20 SANS Human Risk Oslo, Oslo, Norway: September 18 – 20 Crowdstrike Fal.Con, Las Vegas, Nevada: September 18 – 21 SECtember 2023, Bellevue, Washington: September 18 – 22 SANS Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia: September 18 – 23 SANS Maryland – Rockville 2023, Virtual and Rockville, Maryland: September 18 – 23 SANS Rome, Rome, Italy: September 18 – 23 SANS Secure Brasil 2023, Virtual and Sao Paulo, Brasil: September 18 – 23 SANS Paris, Virtual and Paris, France: September 18 – 30 BSidesBelfast, Belfast, Northern Ireland: September 19 CxO Trust Summit, Bellevue, Washington: September 19 IDC Security Forum, Helsinki, Finland: September 19 IDC Security Summit, Istanbul, Turkiye: September 19 London Summit, London, UK: September 19 SecureWorld Denver, Denver, Colorado: September 19 IDC Security Forum, Oslo, Norway: September 20 IDC Security Roadshow, Cairo, Egypt: September 20 International Cryptographic Module Conference (ICMC) 2023, Ottawa, Canada: September 20 – 22 LABScon 2023, Scottsdale, Arizona: September 20 – 23 BSidesOslo, Oslo, Norway: September 21 BSides Talinn, Talinn, Estonia: September 21 Des Moines CyberSecurity Conference, Virtual and Des Moines, Iowa: September 21 IDC Security Forum, Stockholm, Sweden: September 21 BSidesTirana, Tirana, Albania: September 21 – 22 AI Think Tank Day, Bellevue, Washington: September 22 BSidesRDU, Raleigh/Durham, North Carolina: September 22 BSidesSG, Singapore: September 22 SANS OSINT Summit 2023, Virtual: September 22 BSidesIdahoFalls, Idaho Falls, Idaho: September 22 – 23 BSidesCambridge, Cambridge, UK: September 23 InfoSec World, Buena Vista, Florida: September 25 – 27 SANS Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania: September 25 – 30 SANS ICS Security Houston 2023, Virtual and Houston, Texas: September 25 – 30 SANS Managing Security Risk 2023, Virtual: September 25 – 30 SANS Seattle 2023, Virtual and Seattle, Washington: September 25 – 30 IDC Security Forum, Vienna, Austria: September 26 IDC Security Forum, Nieuwegein, Netherlands: September 26 International Cyber Expo 2023, London, UK: September 26 – 27 Gartner Security & Risk Management Summit, London, UK: September 26 – 28 Relativity Fest, Chicago, Illinois: September 26 – 28 IDC Security Forum, Antwerp, Belgium: September 27 IDC Security Forum, Copenhagen, Denmark: September 28 IDC Security Roadshow Chile, Virtual and TBD: September 28 Seattle Cybersecurity Conference, Seattle, Washington: September 28 SecureWorld Detroit, Detroit, Michigan: September 28 BSidesCanberra, Canberra, Australia: September 28 – 30 Texas Cyber Summit, Austin, Texas: September 28 – 30 October 2023 Innovate Cybersecurity Summit, Scottsdale, Arizona: October 1 – 3 SANS DFIR Europe Summit & Training 2023, Virtual and Prague, Czech Republic: October 1 – 7 *CSO50 Conference + Awards, Fort McDowell, Arizona: October 2 – 4 RH-ISAC Cyber Intelligence Summit, Dallas, Texas: October 2 – 4 SANS Executive Leadership Training 2023, Dulles, Virginia: October 2 – 6 SANS Amsterdam, Virtual and Amsterdam, Netherlands: October 2 – 7 SANS October Singapore 2023, Virtual and Singapore: October 2 – 14 #HackersSuck, Dallas, Texas: October 3 Identity Week, Washingon, DC: October 3 – 4 ONE Conference, The Hague, Netherlands: October 3 – 4 Graylog GO 2023, Virtual and Houston, Texas: October 3 – 5 Oktane23, San Francisco, California: October 3 – 5 Cybersecurity Summit: Africa, Virtual: October 4 Identity Management Europe 2023 Q4, Utrecht, Netherlands: October 4 BSidesAhmedabad, Ahmedabad, India: October 4 – 6 Columbus CyberSecurity Conference, Virtual and Columbus, Ohio: October 5 SINET New York 2023, New York City, New York: October 5 Blockchain Security Summit 2023, Virtual: October 5 – 6 MSSN CTRL, Arlington, Virginia: October 5 – 6 BSidesKC, Kansas City, Missouri: October 6 – 7 BSidesPDX, Portland, Oregon: October 6 – 7 BSidesAugusta, Augusta, Georgia: October 7 BSidesColoradoSprings, Colorado Springs, Colorado: October 7 – 8 SANS Cyber Safari 2023, Virtual and Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: October 7 – 19 SANS Baltimore, Virtual and Baltimore, Maryland: October 9 – 14 SANS Brisbane Australia 2023, Brisbane, Australia: October 9 – 14 SANS Istanbul Offensive Operations 2023, Virtual and Istanbul, Turkiye: October 9 – 14 SANS London, Virtual and London, UK: October 9 – 14 SANS Nantes, Nantes, France: October 9 – 14 SANS San Francisco, Virtual and San Francisco, California: October 9 – 14 SANS India Cloud Security 2023, Virtual: October 9 – 21 it-sa, Nuremberg, Germany: October 10 – 12 Chicago Cybersecurity Conference, Chicago, Illinois: October 12 HOU.SEC.CON 2023, Houston, Texas: October 12 – 13 BSidesBloomington, Bloomington, Minnesota: October 13 – 14 BSidesJAX, Jacksonville, Florida: October 13 – 14 BSidesCambridgeMA, Cambridge, Massachusetts: October 14 BSidesSTL, St. Louis, Missouri: October 14 BSidesMunich, Munich, Germany: October 14 – 15 Authenticate 2023, Carlsbad, California: October 16 – 18 DigiCert Trust Summit, Las Vega, Nevada: October 16 – 18 Rhythm World 23, Denver, Colorado: October 16 – 18 SANS Secure Africa 2023, Virtual and Casablanca, Morocco: October 16 – 21 CloudSecNext Summit & Training 2023, Virtual and Dallas, Texas: October 16 – 23 SANS Munich, Virtual and Munich, Germany: October 16 – 28 SANS Tokyo Autumn 2023, Virtual and Tokyo, Japan: October 16 – 28 Financial Services Summit, New York, New York: October 17 CSA Virtual Research Summit, Virtual: October 17 – 18 Securing New Ground (SNG), New York, New York: October 17 – 18 San Diego CyberSecurity Conference, San Diego, California: October 18 SecureWorld St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri: October 19 SANS Manchester, Manchester, UK: October 23 – 28 SecTor, Toronto, Canada: October 23 – 26 SANS Rocky Mountain Fall 2023, Virtual and Denver, Colorado: October 23 – 28 LASCON 2023, Austin, Texas: October 24 – 27 SecureWorld Government, Virtual: October 25 (ISC)? Security Congress 2023, Virtual and Nashville, Tennessee: October 25 – 27 IDC Cybersecurity Roadshow Columbia, TBD: October 26 IDC Security, Warsaw, Poland: October 26 IDC Security & Cloud Roadshow, Porto, Portugal: October 26 SecureWorld Dallas, Dallas, Texas: October 26 Toronto Cybersecurity Conference, Toronto, Canada: October 26 BSidesOttawa: Ottawa, Ontario: October 26 – 27 IDC Security Forum: Security Strategy 2023, Virtual and Warsaw, Poland: October 26 BSidesBirmingham, Birmingham, UK: October 28 BSidesGVL, Greenville, South Carolina: October 28 BSidesPeoria, Peoria, Illinois: October 28 SANS Dublin, Dublin, Ireland: October 30 – November 4 SANS Orlando, Virtual and Orlando, Florida: October 30 – November 4 * This event is presented by Foundry, the parent company of CSO. November 2023 *CSO’s Future of Cybersecurity Summit, TBD: TBD Cybersecurity Summit: Mumbai, Mumbai, India: November 1 – 2Info 2023 Canada Virtual Cybersecurity Summit, Virtual: November 2 Phoenix CyberSecurity Conference, Virtual and Phoenix, Arizona: November 2 SANS Gulf Region 2023, Dubai, UAE: November 4 – 23 SANS Korea, Virtual and Seoul, South Korea: November 6 – 11 SANS London, Virtual and London, UK: November 6 – 11 SANS San Diego Fall 2023, Virtual and San Diego, California: November 6 – 11 SANS Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden: November 6 – 11 SANS Offensive Operations Australia 2023, Virtual and Canberra, Australia: November 6 – 18 Identity Management UK 2023 Q4, London, UK: November 8 SecureWorld Seattle, Seattle, Washington: November 8 – 9 DC/Baltimore Cybersecurity Conference, TBD: November 9 BSidesChicago, Chicago, Illinois: November 10 BSidesKBH, Copenhagen, Denmark: November 11 IDC European CISO Exchange, Marbella, Spain: November 12 – 14 SANS Stay Sharp, Virtual: November 13 – 15 Tanium Converge, Austin, Texas: November 13 – 16 SANS Japan, Virtual and Tokyo, Japan: November 13 – 18 SANS Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal: November 13 – 18 Identity Management Nordics 2023 Q4, Stockholm, Sweden: November 14 Black Hat Middle East and Africa, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: November 14 – 16 ISC East, New York City, New York: November 14 – 16 Aspen Cyber Summit, New York City, New York: November 15 Nashville CyberSecurity Conference, Virtual and Nashville, Tennessee: November 15 eCrime 2023 Symposium on Electronic Crime Research, Barcelona, Spain: November 15 – 17 Mexico City Cybersecurity Conference, Mexico City, Mexico: November 16 BSidesCalgary, Calgary, Canada: November 16 – 17 HackFest Summit 2023, Hollywood, California: November 16 – 17 BSidesIndore, Indore, India: November 17 – 18 BSidesBerlin, Berlin, Germany: November 18 SANS Amsterdam, Virtual and Amsterdam, Netherlands: November 20 – 25 SANS Austin, Virtual and Austin, Texas: November 27 – December 2 SANS Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland: November 27 – December 2 SANS India Autumn 2023, Virtual: November 27 – December 2 SANS Paris, Virtual and Paris, France: November 27 – December 2 Atlanta Cybersecurity Conference, Atlanta, Georgia: November 30 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 BSidesOdisha, Odisha, India: December 2 Black Hat Europe, London, UK: December 4 – 7 SANS London, Virtual and London, UK: December 4 – 9 SANS Phoenix-Tempe 2023, Virtual and Tempe, Arizona: December 4 – 9 SANS Tokyo Winter 2023, Virtual and Tokyo, Japan: December 4 – 9 Atlanta CyberSecurity Conference, Virtual and Atlanta, Georgia: December 6 CISO/CIO Forum, La Jolla, California: December 6 Dallas Cybersecurity Conference, Dallas, Texas: December 7 BSidesLondon, London, UK: December 9 SANS Jeddah Defence 2023, Virtual and Jeddah, Saudi Arabia: December 9 – 14 SANS Cyber Defense Initiative 2023, Virtual and Washington, DC: December 11 – 16 SANS Frankfurt, Virtual and Frankfurt, Germany: December 11 – 16 Houston CyberSecurity Conference, Virtual and Houston, Texas: December 13 January 2024 SANS London, Virtual and London, UK: January 8 – 13 SANS Brussels, Virtual and Brussels, Belgium: January 15 – 20 SANS Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark: January 15 – 20 SANS Amsterdam, Virtual and Amsterdam, Netherlands: January 22 – 27 SANS Paris, Virtual and Paris, France: January 29 – February 3 February 2024 SANS Offensive Operations London 2024, Virtual and London, UK: February 5 – 10 Planet Cyber Sec Conference, Orange County, California: February 7 SANS Amsterdam, Virtual and Amsterdam, Netherlands: February 12 – 17 SANS Munich, Virtual and Munich, Germany: February 19 – 24 SANS Security East New Orleans 2024, Virtual and New Orleans, Louisiana: February 19 – 24 Gartner Security & Risk Management Summit, Mumbai, India: February 26 – 27 SANS Madrid, Madrid, Spain: February 26 – March 2 March 2024 Gartner Identity & Access Management Summit, London, UK: March 4 – 5 SANS Orlando 2024, Virtual and Orlando, Florida: March 24 – 29 CISO Forum, Redondo Beach, California: March 26 April 2024 BSidesMilwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin: April 3 ISC West, Las Vegas, Nevada: April 9 – 12 GISEC Global, Dubai, UAE: April 23 – 25 May 2024 RSA Conference, San Francisco, California: May 6 – 9 SANS Security West San Diego 2024, Virtual and San Diego, California: May 9 – 14 BSidesVitoria, Vitoria, Brasil: May 18 Identiverse, Las Vegas, Nevada: May 28 – 31 June 2024 Security LeadHER, Phoenix, Arizona: June 24 – 25 December 2024 Gartner Identity & Access Management Summit, Grapevine, Texas: December 9 – 11 Related content feature Top cybersecurity M&A deals for 2023 Fears of recession, rising interest rates, mass tech layoffs, and conservative spending trends are likely to make dealmakers cautious, but an ever-increasing need to defend against bigger and faster attacks will likely keep M&A activity steady in By CSO Staff Sep 22, 2023 24 mins Mergers and Acquisitions Mergers and Acquisitions Mergers and Acquisitions brandpost Unmasking ransomware threat clusters: Why it matters to defenders Similar patterns of behavior among ransomware treat groups can help security teams better understand and prepare for attacks By Joan Goodchild Sep 21, 2023 3 mins Cybercrime news analysis China’s offensive cyber operations support “soft power” agenda in Africa Researchers track Chinese cyber espionage intrusions targeting African industrial sectors. 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