The CSO guide to top security conferences

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 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.

February 2024

SANS Offensive Operations London 2024, Virtual and London, UK: February 5 – 10

Planet Cyber Sec Conference, Orange County, California: February 7

Kyiv International Cyber Resilience Forum 2024, Kyiv, Ukraine: February 7 – 8

BSidesDehradun, Dehradun, India: February 10

Gartner Security & Risk Summit, Dubai, UAE: February 12 – 13

SANS Amsterdam, Virtual and Amsterdam, Netherlands: February 12 – 17

Fraud, Security & Risk Management Summit, New York, New York: February 13

#Risk Digital, Virtual: February 13

Detroit Cybersecurity Conference, Virtual and Detroit, Michigan: February 15

DynamicCISO Excellence Awards and Conference, Mumbai, India: February 15

SANS Munich, Virtual and Munich, Germany: February 19 – 24

SANS Security East New Orleans 2024, Virtual and New Orleans, Louisiana: February 19 – 24

*Cyber Security Summit Spain, TBD Spain: February 21

IDC Cybersecurity Summit, Madrid, Spain: February 21 – 22

Austin Cybersecurity Conference, Austin, Texas: February 22

Innovate Cybersecurity Summit 2024, Nashville, Tennessee: February 25 – 27

Gartner Security & Risk Management Summit, Mumbai, India: February 26 – 27

SANS Madrid, Madrid, Spain: February 26 – March 2

FinCloud Security Summit, Virtual: February 27

SecureWorld Financial Services Virtual Conference, Virtual: February 28

Healthcare & Pharma Virtual Cybersecurity Conference, Virtual: February 29

Seattle Cybersecurity Conference, Virtual and Seattle, Washington: February 29

SANS OSINT Summit & Training, Virtual and Arlington, Virginia: February 29 – March 7

* This event is presented by Foundry, the parent company of CSO.

March 2024

BSidesZagreb, Zagreb, Croatia: March 1

Gartner Identity & Access Management Summit, London, UK: March 4 – 5

S4x24, Miami, Florida: March 4 – 7

Cloud & Cyber Security Expo, London, UK: March 6 – 7

IDC Security Roadshow, Levent, Turkiye: March 7

IDC CISO Roundtable, Lagos, Nigeria: March 12

ProvSec & GRC Connect London, London, UK: March 12 – 13

Critical Infrastructure Protection & Resilience North America, Lake Charles, Louisiana: March 12 – 14

CISO-CIO Forum, Redondo Beach, California: March 13

Enterprise Cyber Security (ECS) UK, London, UK: March 13

ESRM UK Enterprise Security & Risk Management, London, UK: March 13

SecureWorld Boston, Boston, Massachusetts: March 13 – 14

Baltimore Cybersecurity Conference, Virtual and Baltimore, Maryland: March 14

IDC Security Roadshow, Johannesburg, South Africa: March 14

Tampa Cybersecurity Conference, Tampa, Florida: March 14

Gartner Security & Risk Management Summit, Sydney, Australia: March 18 – 19

#RISK A.I., Virtual: March 20 – 21

ASIS Europe, Vienna, Austria: March 20 – 22

BSidesCalgary, Calgary, British Columbia: March 21

IDC CISO Roundtable, Nairobi, Kenya: March 21

St. Louis Cybersecurity Conference, Virtual and St. Louis, Missouri: March 21

BSidesROC, Rochester, New York: March 22 – 23

BSidesTransylvania: Cluj-Napoca, Romania: March 23

Identity Management (IDM) Europe, Utrecht, Netherlands: March 24

SANS Orlando 2024, Virtual and Orlando, Florida: March 24 – 29

CISO Forum, Redondo Beach, California: March 26

IDM Europe Identity Management, Utrecht, Netherlands: March 26

Cloud Threats & Vulnerabilities Summit, Virtual: March 26 – 27

BSidesLancashire, Lancashire, UK: March 27

Identity Management (IDM) Dach, Frankfurt, Germany: March 28

Raleigh Cybersecurity Conference, Raleigh, North Carolina: March 28

BSidesSD, San Diego, California: March 30

IDM Dach Identity Management, TBD, Germany: March TBD

April 2024

BSidesMilwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin: April 3

SecureWorld Toronto, Toronto, Ontario: April 3

BSidesParis, Paris, France: April 4

Philadelphia Cybersecurity Conference, Virtual and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: April 4

SecureWorld Houston, Houston, Texas: April 4

BSidesAustin, Austin, Texas: April 4 – 5

SANS New2Cyber Summit 2024–Central US, Virtual: April 4 – 15

BSidesTampa, Tampa, Florida: April 5 – 6

 Identity Management Day Virtual Conference, Virtual: April 9

Google Cloud Next ’24, Las Vegas, Nevada: April 9 – 11

ISC West, Las Vegas, Nevada: April 9 – 12

SecureWorld Charlotte, Charlotte, North Carolina: April 10

BSidesHBG, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: April 12

Cybersecurity & Business Transformation Summit, Singapore: April 12

BSidesPR, San Juan, Puerto Rico: April 12 – 13

Atlanta Cybersecurity Conference, Atlanta, Georgia: April 11

*CIO Cyber Security Summit Germany, TBD Germany: April 16

Cybersecurity Implications of AI Summit: North America West Summit, Seattle, Washington: April 16

*Security Forum Portugal, TBD Portugal: April 16

Expo Seguridad Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico: April 16 – 18

Black Hat Asia, Singapore: April 16 – 19

SecureWorld Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: April 17 – 18

Omaha Cybersecurity Conference, Virtual and Omaha, Nebraska: April 18

BSidesKC, Kansas City, Missouri: April 19 – 20

BSidesCharm, Towson/Baltimore, Maryland: April 20 – 21

*Security Summit UK, London, UK: April 22

GISEC Global, Dubai, UAE: April 23 – 25

IDC CISO Roundtable, Manama, Bahrain: April 24

SecureWorld Kansas City, Kansas City, Missouri: April 24

St. Louis Cybersecurity Conference, St. Louis, Missouri: April 25

BSidesCardiff, Cardiff, Wales: April 27

BSidesGoa, Goa, India: April 15 – 27

BSidesSeattle, Seattle, Washington: April 27

* This event is presented by Foundry, the parent company of CSO.

May 2024

Minneapolis Cybersecurity Conference, Minneapolis, Minnesota: May 2

OT/ICS Virtual Cybersecurity Conference, Virtual: May 2

BSidesSF, San Francisco, California: May 4 – 5

CSA AI Summit at RSAC, San Francisco, California: May 6

RSA Conference, San Francisco, California: May 6 – 9

IDC CISO Roundtable, Muscat, Oman: May 7

Identity Management (IDM) Nordics, Stockholm, Sweden: May 7

ItaliaSec, Milano, Italy: May 7 – 8

ECS Nordics Enterprise Cyber Security, Stockholm, Sweden: May 8

SANS Security West San Diego 2024, Virtual and San Diego, California: May 9 – 14

BSides312, Chicago, Illinois: May 11

SecureWorld Miami, Miami, Florida: May 13 – 17

Hack in the Box (HITB) Security Conference, Abu Dhabi: May 14 – 16

IDC CISO Roundtable, Dubai, UAE: May 15

Dallas Cybersecurity Conference, Dallas, Texas: May 16

SANS Cybersecurity Leadership Summit 2024 — Eastern US, Virtual: May 16

BSidesAdelaide, Adelaide, Australia: May 17 – 18

BSidesDublin, Dublin, Ireland: May 18

BSidesVitoria, Vitoria, Brasil: May 18

SIA GovSummit, Washington, DC: May 21 – 22

SecureWorld Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia: May 22

Cloud & Cyber Security Expo Frankfurt 2024, Frankfurt, Germany: May 22 – 23

Tampa Cybersecurity Conference, Virtual and Tampa, Florida: May 22

BSidesBUD, Budapest, Hungary: May 23

Government IT Security Conference (GovSec) UK, London, UK: May 23

IDC Digital Strategy & Cybersecurity Roadshow Brazil, TBD, Brazil: May 23

BSidesKnoxville, Knoxville, Tennessee: May 24

SPHERE24, Helsinki, Finland: May 28 – 29

Identiverse, Las Vegas, Nevada: May 28 – 31

*Security Forum France, TBD France, May 29

BSidesBarcelona, Barcelona, Spain: May 29 – 30

CyberSec Europe, Brussels, Belgium: May 29 – 30

Financial Virtual Cybersecurity Summit, Virtual: May 30

SANS Ransomware Summit 2024 — Eastern US, Virtual: May 31

* This event is presented by Foundry, the parent company of CSO.

June 2024

BSidesCheltenham, Cheltenham, UK: June 1

Gartner Security & Risk Management Summit, National Harbor, Maryland: June 3 – 5

IDC Security Roadshow, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: June 4

Kansas City Cybersecurity Conference, Virtual and Kansas City, Missouri: June 6

SecureWorld Chicago, Chicago, Illinois: June 6

IDC Security Roadshow, Doha, Qatar: June 10

AWS re:Inforce, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: June 10 – 12

AppSec SoCal, Santa Monica, California: June 12

Boston Cybersecurity Conference, Boston, Massachusetts: June 13

Cybersecurity Soiree, Paris, France: June 13

Montreal Cybersecurity Conference, Virtual and Montreal, Quebec: June 13

BSidesLeeds, Leeds, UK: June 15

ICS Security Summit & Training 2024, Virtual and Orlando, Florida: June 17 – 24

IDC Security Forum — Resilient Security: Evolving Strategies for 2024, Milan, Italy: June 18

Identity Management (IDM) UK, London, UK: June 18

OT Cybersecurity Summit, London, UK: June 18 – 19

Cybersecurity Summit: North America Midwest, Chicago, Illinois: June 20

Security LeadHER, Phoenix, Arizona: June 24 – 25

BSidesBangalore, Bangalore, India: June 26 – 28

BSidesTLV, Tel Aviv, Israel: June 27

Chicago Cybersecurity Conference, Chicago, Illinois: June 27

Orange County Cybersecurity Conference, Virtual and Orange County, California: June 27

Neurodiversity in Cybersecurity Summit 2024 — Eastern US, Virtual: June 27

July 2024

MSSP Virtual Cybersecurity Summit 2024, Virtual: July 11

Pittsburgh Cybersecurity Conference, Virtual and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: July 11

Healthcare Cybersecurity Summit, New York, New York: July 18

Phoenix Cybersecurity Conference, Phoenix, Arizona: July 18

BSidesCDMX, Mexico City, Mexico: July 19

BSidesAlbuquerque, Albuquerque, New Mexico: July 19 – 20

BSidesIndore, Indore, India: July 20 – 21

Gartner Security & Risk Management Summit, Tokyo, Japan: July 24 – 26

Denver Cybersecurity Conference, Virtual and Denver, Colorado: July 25

SLED/FED Virtual Cybersecurity Summit, Virtual: July 25

BSidesExeter, Exeter, UK: July 27

SANS Security Awareness Summit & Training 2024, Virtual and Norfolk, Virginia: July 29 – August 2

*CSO’s SecureIT New York, New York, New York: July TBD

* This event is presented by Foundry, the parent company of CSO.

August 2024

Black Hat USA 2024, Las Vegas, Nevada: August 3 – 8

BSidesLV, Las Vegas, Nevada: August 6 – 7

Cybersecurity & Business Transformation Summit, Delhi, India: August 8

Denver Cybersecurity Conference, Denver, Colorado: August 8

DEF CON 32, Las Vegas, Nevada: August 8 – 11

AcceleRISE, Denver, Colorado: August 14 – 16

33rd USENIX Security Symposium, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: August 14 – 16

Salt Lake City Cybersecurity Conference, Virtual and Salt Lake City, Utah: August 15

Virtual Cybersecurity Summit, Virtual: August 15

IDC Digital Strategy & Cybersecurity Roadshow Mexico, Virtual and TBD, Mexico: August 22

Washington DC Cybersecurity Conference, Virtual and Washington, DC: August 22

DFIR Summit & Training 2024, Virtual and Salt Lake City, Utah: August 22 – 29

Philadelphia Cybersecurity Conference, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: August 29

September 2024

SecureWorld St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri: September 4 – 12

Charlotte Cybersecurity Conference, Virtual and Charlotte, North Carolina: September 5

Blue Team Con 2024, Chicago, Illinois: September 6 – 8

SECtember 2024, Seattle, Washington: September 9 – 13

Identity Week, Washington, DC: September 11 – 12

DC/Baltimore Cybersecurity Conference, TBD, September 12

IDC Digital Strategy & Cybersecurity Roadshow Chile, Virtual and TBD, Chile: September 12

CrowdStrike Fal.Con, TBD: September 16 – 19

Cybersecurity Summit, London, UK: September 17

SecureWorld Detroit, Detroit, Michigan: September 18

*Security Forum Finland, TBD Finland: September 18

International Cryptographic Module Conference, San Jose, California: September 18 – 20

Des Moines Cybersecurity Conference, Virtual and Des Moines, Iowa: September 19

GRC Virtual Cybersecurity Summit, Virtual: September 19

IDC CISO Roundtable, Cairo, Egypt: September 23

Gartner Security & Risk Management Summit, London, UK: September 23 – 25

Global Security Exchange (GSX), Orlando, Florida: September 23 – 25

InfoSec World, Lake Buena Vista, Florida: September 23 – 25

International Cyber Expo, London, UK: September 24 – 25

*Security Forum Norway, TBD Norway: September 25

Relativity Fest, Chicago, Illinois: September 25 – 27

Cybersecurity Summit Africa, Virtual: September 26

*Security Forum Denmark, TBD Denmark: September 26

Cybersecurity Summit Canada East, Toronto, Ontario: September 26

BSidesCLT, Charlotte, North Carolina: September 28 – 29

IDC CISO Roundtable, Doha, Qatar: September 30

ECS UK Enterprise Cyber Security, London, UK: September TBD

* This event is presented by Foundry, the parent company of CSO.

October 2024

Identity Management (IDM) Europe, Utrecht, Netherlands: October 2

Columbus Cybersecurity Conference, Virtual and Columbus, Ohio: October 3

SecureWorld Dallas, Dallas, Texas: October 3

*Security Forum Netherlands, Amsterdam, Netherlands; October 3

Toronto Cybersecurity Conference, Toronto, Ontario: October 3

BSidesSantaFe, Santa Fe, New Mexico: October 5

Securing New Ground, New York, New York: October 8 – 9

IDC Digital Strategy & Cybersecurity Roadshow Colombia, TBD, Columbia: October 10

SecureWorld Denver, Denver, Colorado: October 10

ISC2 Security Congress, Virtual and Las Vegas, Nevada: October 14 – 16

SentinelOne OneCon24, Las Vegas, Nevada: October 14 – 17

National Cyber Security Strategy Confex (CyberGov), London, UK: October 15

Boston Cybersecurity Conference, Virtual and Boston, Massachusetts: October 17

Government Cybersecurity Summit, Washington, DC: October 17

Vancouver Cybersecurity Conference, Vancouver, British Columbia: October 17

CISO Engage Offsite, TBD: October 18 – 19

*CSO50 Conference + Awards, Fort McDowell, Arizona: October 21 – 23

it-sa, Nuremberg, Germany: October 22 – 24

SecureWorld New York City, New York, New York: October 22 – 24

LASCON 2024, TBD: October 22 – 25

SecTor, Toronto, Ontario: October 23 – 26

*Security and Cloud Forum, Porto, Portugal: October 24

IDC CISO Roundtable, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: October 29

Phoenix Cybersecurity Conference, Virtual and Phoenix, Arizona: October 30

* This event is presented by Foundry, the parent company of CSO.

November 2024

BSidesChicago, Chicago, Illinois: November 2

Identity Management (IDM) UK, London, UK: November 5

SecureWorld Seattle, Seattle, Washington: November 6 – 7

Financial Services Cybersecurity Summit, New York, New York: November 7

Mexico City Cybersecurity Conference, Mexico City, Mexico: November 7

Cybersecurity Summit, Mumbai, India: November 13

Canada Virtual Cybersecurity Summit, Virtual: November 14

IDC Digital Strategy & Cybersecurity Roadshow Central America, TBD, Mexico: November 14

IT/OT Cybersecurity Summit: Germany, Frankfurt, Germany: November 14

Nashville Cybersecurity Conference, Virtual and Nashville, Tennessee: November 14

Tanium Converge, Virtual and Orlando, Florida: November 18 – 21

Identity Management (IDM) Nordics, Stockholm, Sweden: November 19

ISC East, New York, New York: November 19 – 21

San Diego Cybersecurity Conference, Virtual and San Diego, California: November 21

Global Cyber Conference, Zurich, Switzerland: November 26 – 27

Enterprise Security & Risk Management (ESRM) UK, London, UK: November 28

December 2024

Houston Cybersecurity Conference, Virtual and Houston, Texas: December 4

Dallas Cybersecurity Conference, Dallas, Texas: December 5

Virtual IOT and OT Security Summit, Virtual: December 5

Forrester Security & Risk, Baltimore, Maryland: December 9 – 11

Gartner Identity & Access Management Summit, Grapevine, Texas: December 9 – 11

Atlanta Cybersecurity Conference, Virtual and Atlanta, Georgia: December 11

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