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
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
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
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
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
June 2024
Security LeadHER, Phoenix, Arizona: June 24 – 25
December 2024
Gartner Identity & Access Management Summit, Grapevine, Texas: December 9 – 11