If you’re looking to stay ahead in an industry that evolves as fast as cybersecurity, attending the right events can make all the difference. From global conferences to niche summits, cybersecurity events in 2026 are set to bring together industry leaders, practitioners, and innovators to share insights on emerging threats, compliance changes, and cutting-edge technologies.

Whether you’re a CISO, IT professional, or part of a growing security team, the top cybersecurity conferences and events offer unmatched opportunities for networking, hands-on learning, and discovering new solutions. In this guide, we’ve rounded up the top cybersecurity events in 2026 to help you plan your calendar, maximize your budget, and stay informed on the trends shaping the future of security.

Let’s dive into the must-attend cybersecurity events of the year.

Cybersecurity Events 2026

PreVeil CMMC Security Summit

  • Sponsor: PreVeil
  • Location: Virtual
  • October 28, 2026
  • Get straight answers from the people that set the bar, met the bar, and measure the bar: the author of NIST 800-171, defense compliance attorneys, C3PAO assessment directors, and CEOs who’ve taken their own companies through certification. Across 14 sessions and 3 tracks, you’ll learn what’s required of you right now, what it costs, what third-party assessments will actually look like going forward, and what you need to do to remain competitive in the DIB. Register for Free!

December 2026

ISC2 SECURE Los Angeles 2026

  • Sponsor: ISC2
  • Location: Los Angeles, CA
  • December 10, 2026
  • ISC2 SECURE Los Angeles gives cybersecurity professionals an opportunity to network with peers, earn CPE credits, and explore practical insights into the technologies and trends shaping the cybersecurity profession.

Official Cybersecurity Summit – Cloud Security

  • Sponsor: CyberRisk Alliance
  • Location: Virtual
  • December 2, 2026
  • The Cloud Security Virtual Summit brings cybersecurity and IT professionals together to discuss cloud security challenges, emerging threats, and strategies for protecting data and infrastructure in increasingly cloud-based environments.

November 2026

OptivCon New England 2026

  • Sponsor: Optiv
  • Location: Foxborough, MA
  • November 4, 2026
  • OptivCon New England brings together cybersecurity leaders and IT professionals to discuss evolving cyber threats, enterprise risk management, security strategy, and the technologies organizations can use to improve their security posture. The event takes place at Gillette Stadium.

FutureCon Boston Cybersecurity Conference

  • Sponsor: FutureCon
  • Location: Burlington, MA
  • November 19, 2026
  • The Boston Cybersecurity Conference connects cybersecurity professionals with industry experts and technology providers to discuss the latest developments in cybersecurity. Attendees can earn up to 10 CPE credits, explore emerging security technologies, and network with the local cybersecurity community.

ISC2 SECURE London 2026

  • Sponsor: ISC2
  • Location: London, UK
  • November 19, 2026
  • ISC2 SECURE London brings together cybersecurity professionals and industry leaders to discuss AI security, organizational resilience, critical infrastructure protection, and the future of cybersecurity.

AWS re:Invent 2026

  • Sponsor: Amazon Web Services
  • Location: Las Vegas, NV
  • November 30 – December 4, 2026
  • AWS re:Invent brings together cloud and technology professionals for technical sessions, workshops, and discussions covering cloud infrastructure, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, and emerging technologies. The 2026 event includes a dedicated security focus covering enterprise security architecture, cloud security, and AWS security practices.

October 2026

InfoSec World 2026

  • Sponsor: CyberRisk Alliance
  • Location: Kissimmee, FL
  • October 12 – 15, 2026
  • InfoSec World brings together cybersecurity professionals, security leaders, and technology experts to explore the latest cybersecurity threats, technologies, and strategies for building organizational resilience. United States Cybersecurity Magazine

Cloudflare Connect 2026

  • Sponsor: Cloudflare
  • Location: San Francisco, CA
  • October 19 – 21, 2026
  • Cloudflare Connect brings together security leaders, developers, and technology professionals to explore application security, Zero Trust, AI, networking, and the future of the Internet. The event features keynotes, technical sessions, workshops, and networking opportunities.

ISC2 Security Congress 2026

  • Sponsor: ISC2
  • Location: Denver, CO
  • October 24 – 28, 2026
  • ISC2 Security Congress brings cybersecurity professionals together for education, networking, and hands-on discussions around the latest security challenges. The 2026 agenda includes topics such as AI security, Zero Trust, cyber resilience, cybersecurity leadership, and emerging technologies. The event is held at the Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center and is also available virtually.

Official Cybersecurity Summit – Dallas

  • Sponsor: CyberRisk Alliance
  • Location: Dallas, TX
  • October 29, 2026
  • The Official Cybersecurity Summit brings together CISOs, IT leaders, and cybersecurity professionals for discussions on emerging threats, risk management, AI, automation, and strategies for improving organizational cyber resilience.

June 2026

Gartner Security and Risk Management Summit

  • Sponsor: Gartner
  • Location: National Harbor, MD
  • June 1 – 3, 2026
  • Join a community of CISOs, cybersecurity leaders, Gartner experts and service providers to secure your organization in the face of inreasingly complex and evolving cyberthreats. Learn more.

May 2026

CRA Cybersecurity Summit Boston

  • Sponsor: Halcyon
  • Location: Boston, MA
  • May 6, 2026
  • Connecting Sr. Level Executives with Renowned Information Security Experts, and Cutting-Edge Solution Providers to Protect Today’s Enterprise

April 2026

The Official CyberSecurity Summit

  • Sponsor: CyberRisk Alliance
  • Location: Baltimore, MD
  • April 28, 2026
  • The 3rd Annual Baltimore Official Cybersecurity Summit is the must-attend event for CISOs and senior leaders looking to strengthen resilience, reduce risk, and align security with business goals. Join top executives, innovators, and experts for a full day of actionable insights, cutting-edge solutions, and high-impact networking. Experience interactive panels, exclusive solution showcases, and strategic discussions that go beyond theory to deliver real-world results, all complemented by a catered breakfast, networking lunch, and closing cocktail reception. Learn more.

Innovate Cybersecurity Spring Summit

  • Sponsor: Innovate
  • Location: Marco Island
  • April 19-21, 2026
  • Innovate features cybersecurity education sessions, CISO discussion panels, networking and collaboration sessions, and our acclaimed Reverse Expo that allows for quick-fire 5-minute meetings with our security vendor sponsors.  Fill out the form to apply to attend today!

March 2026

RSAC 2026

  • Sponsor: RSA
  • Location: San Francisco
  • March 23 – 26, 2026
  • RSAC Conference is the largest and most influential Conference in the cybersecurity industry. Today, under the expanded RSAC brand, the Conference is central to a larger mission that unites the cybersecurity community to create a safer society. Learn more.

December 2025

SANS Cyber Defense Initiative 2025

  • Sponsor: SANS
  • Location: Washington, D.C.
  • December 12 – 17, 2025
  • Elevate your cybersecurity skillset at SANS Cyber Defense Initiative 2025! Dive into an exhilarating week of intensive, top-tier training designed to sharpen your skills, whether you’re just starting out or advancing your expertise. Engage directly with leading minds in the field through hands-on labs and real-world techniques, and gain insights that only face-to-face interactions can offer. Learn more.

Health-ISAC Fall Americas Summit 2025

  • Sponsor: Health-ISAC
  • Location:  Carlsbad, CA
  • December 1 – 5, 2025
  • The H-ISAC Global Summits bring together healthcare security stakeholders to exchange, network and learn. Healthcare professionals may exchange best practices, lessons gained, and innovative ideas and solutions with their colleagues at the Summits. The Summits also give attendees the chance to meet and network with peers in the healthcare security industry. Finally, the Summits give attendees the chance to learn from others and apply what they’ve learned to their own businesses.

November 2025

Boston Cybersecurity Conference

  • Sponsor: Futurecon
  • Location: Burlington, MA
  • November 20, 2025
  • Hear from esteemed speakers while gaining up to 10 CPE credits. Immerse yourself in the latest cybersecurity developments to gain valuable insights in today’s dynamic threat landscape. Learn how to effectively manage risk, demo the newest technologies from an array of different sponsors, and network with your local community. Learn more.

OWASP Global AppSec Washington DC 2025

  • Sponsor: OWASP
  • Location:  Washington D.C.
  • November 3 – 7, 2025

October 2025

2025 PreVeil Virtual CMMC Summit – October 29, 2025

  • Sponsor: PreVeil
  • Location: Virtual
  • October 29, 2025 – 1-5pm ET
  • After 6 Years of ‘Getting Ready’ CMMC is here. DoD contracts are requiring compliance NOW.
  • Join the free virtual event and learn why 4,000+ contractors choose to attend PreVeil’s Summit:
    • Hands-on workshops & actionable steps – not just presentations
    • Biggest network of assessors, consultants, and MSPs
    • Proven track record – 6 years running
    • CPE credits included – training that counts
  • Don’t miss the chance to hear from DoD + compliance leaders at this can’t-miss event. Watch the Recording.

Healthcare Cybersecurity Forum

  • Sponsor: HIMSS
  • Location: Houston, TX
  • October 9-10, 2025
  • As cyber threats evolve, it takes careful planning to build resilient health systems. The Healthcare Cybersecurity Forum is your chance to reinforce your cybersecurity expertise and look inside how top systems are strengthening their physical and technical defenses. Over two days, you’ll explore today’s most urgent challenges—from ransomware and AI-powered threats to workforce fatigue and regulatory complexity. It’s a blend of immersive learning, hands-on workshops, and peer networking with senior leaders. Cybersecurity’s next era is here, and this is where you’ll learn how to fight threats with confidence. Learn more.

GovRamp Cyber Summit 2025

  • Sponsor: Carahsoft
  • Location: Chicago, IL
  • October 2-3, 2025
  • Join over 400 attendees and 50+ top speakers participating in engaging sessions and breakouts at the 2nd Annual GovRAMP Cyber Summit, presented by Carahsoft, the leading state and local government cybersecurity summit. Learn more.

May 2025

THOTCON 0xD – Chicago’s Hacking Conference

  • Sponsor: THOTCON Infinity NFP
  • Location:  Chicago IL
  • May 2025
  • THOTCON is a hacking conference based in Chicago IL, USA. This is a non-profit,
    non-commercial event looking to provide the best conference possible on a limite
    d budget.    Once you attend a THOTCON event, you will have experienced one of the best infor
    mation security conferences in the world combined with a uniquely casual and soc
    ial experience.THOTCON 0xD is the thirteenth incarnation of this event and will be held on a Fr
    iday and Saturday in May 2025.The conference will be held at a location only to be disclosed to attendees and
    speakers during the week before the event. For more information, explore this si
    te or contact us at info@thotcon.org.

Health-ISAC Spring Americas Summit 2025

  • Sponsor: Health-ISAC
  • Location:  Naples, FL
  • May 19 – 23, 2025
  • The H-ISAC Global Summits bring together healthcare security stakeholders to exchange, network and learn. Healthcare professionals may exchange best practices, lessons gained, and innovative ideas and solutions with their colleagues at the Summits. The Summits also give attendees the chance to meet and network with peers in the healthcare security industry. Finally, the Summits give attendees the chance to learn from others and apply what they’ve learned to their own businesses.

Texas Cyber Summit 2025

  • Sponsor: Texas Cyber Summit
  • Location:  Austin, TX
  • May 21 – 23, 2025
  • A Non-Profit Organization under Section 501(c)(3). Their mission is to provide underserved and women-led communities in cyberspace with mentoring, conference access, certificates for training and tests, and scholarships. We are a practitioner-led, practitioner-managed, and practitioner-operated highly technical cybersecurity conference.

April 2025

Innovate Cybersecurity Summit – Nashville 2025

  • Sponsor: Innovate Cybersecurity
  • Location: Nashville, TN
  • April 6 – 8, 2025
  • We’re bringing cybersecurity education to Music City!Innovate Cybersecurity Summit is an invitation-only, all-expenses-paid, cybersecurity education event for CISOs and cybersecurity executives.

March 2025

CS4CA: Cyber Security Summit

  • Sponsor: QG Media
  • Location:  Houston, TX
  • March 25 – 26, 2025
  • CS4CA USA Summit Celebrates 13th Annual Edition in Houston, TexasAs critical infrastructure continues its transition from analog to digital, the surface for cyber attacks has expanded and the resulting risks to an organization’s physical assets, people, financial liability, and reputation are increasing in frequency and potency.With this in mind, the Cyber Security for Critical Assets Summit brings together senior cybersecurity leaders from across US critical infrastructure, for 2-days of in-depth knowledge exchange, strategy planning and insight building on March 25th – 26th, 2025.This is a unique opportunity to build partnerships with senior cybersecurity executives from the country’s Oil & Gas, Energy, Utilities, Power, Water, Mining, Chemical and Transportation industries while participating in the discussions shaping the American cybersecurity landscape in 2025 and beyond.

February 2025

ITEXPO 2025

  • Sponsor: IoT Evolution Expo (TMCnet)
  • Location:  Fort Lauderdale, FL
  • February 11 – 13, 2025
  • Come meet with The Right People, choose The Right Technology options for your needs, and always keep an eye on protecting your assets with The Best-in-Class Cybersecurity tools.Since its launch in 1999, ITEXPO is the one event that brings communications and technology professionals together across the entire eco-system:

    • Enterprise and SMB telecom and IT professionals

    • MSP and Channel C-levels and business owners

    • Service providers/carriers

    • Industry suppliers and solutions providers


    ITEXPO and the collocated events in the #TECHSUPERSHOW provide the forum where technology decisions are made to produce better business outcomes – for tech buyers, resellers, and solutions providers alike.

Zero Trust World 2025

  • Sponsor: Zero Trust World (ThreatLocker)
  • Location:  Orlando, FL
  • February 19 – 21, 2025
  • Learn Together
    Are you keeping up with cybersecurity? Make sure your team is taking the right steps! Learn from experts, peers, hands-on exercises, hacking techniques, and understand what tools attackers use to bypass basic security tools all designed to improve your knowledge and skills as an IT professional.

January 2025

ICCSA 2025: 19. International Conference on Cybersecurity and Security Analysis

  • Sponsor: World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology
  • Location:  New York, NY
  • January 28 – 29, 2025
  • The International Research Conference Aims and Objectives
    The International Research Conference is a federated organization dedicated to bringing together a significant number of diverse scholarly events for presentation within the conference program. Events will run over a span of time during the conference depending on the number and length of the presentations. With its high quality, it provides an exceptional value for students, academics and industry researchers.    International Conference on Cybersecurity and Security Analysis aims to bring together leading academic scientists, researchers and research scholars to exchange and share their experiences and research results on all aspects of Cybersecurity and Security Analysis. It also provides a premier interdisciplinary platform for researchers, practitioners and educators to present and discuss the most recent innovations, trends, and concerns as well as practical challenges encountered and solutions adopted in the fields of Cybersecurity and Security Analysis.