Cybersecurity Conferences 2026 - 2027

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​Join us for an exciting Cybersecurity Hackathon at Miami Dade College’s North Campus, hosted in collaboration with Fortinet.

​This is your chance to compete in real-world challenges, win prizes, and apply what you’ve learned in the classroom—no matter your experience level.

​After the competition, hear directly from industry professionals as they break down today’s cybersecurity landscape, the growing role of AI, and what employers are looking for in candidates like you.

​Enjoy lunch, ask questions, and connect with experts to start building your network. Register now to save your spot!

​Agenda:

​8:00 am - 9:00 am: Registration

​9:00 am - 9:30 am: Welcome Remarks

​9:30 am - 12:30 pm: Cybersecurity Competition

​12:30 pm - 1:15 pm: Lunch and Industry Panel

​1:15 pm - 1:30 pm: Awards Presentation

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Modern organizations face increasing risks from cyber threats, data loss, and system failures, making traditional backup strategies insufficient. This webinar series explores how to build a comprehensive data protection and recovery strategy that prioritizes resilience, rapid recovery, and data readiness. The session focuses on how evolving threats such as ransomware and SaaS sprawl are reshaping approaches to protecting critical data.

Attendees will learn how to improve recovery speed, protect data across SaaS environments, and reduce unnecessary data that can impact recovery efficiency. The discussion highlights strategies for preparing, protecting, and recovering data to maintain business continuity. The webinar provides practical guidance on strengthening data resilience and closing gaps in modern data protection practices.

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Security Leader Summit 5 is a one day cybersecurity leadership event designed for experienced security professionals who want to learn from peers and strengthen their leadership impact. Hosted in Denver, the summit focuses on practical knowledge sharing through real world case studies presented by security leaders. These sessions explore challenges organizations face, how teams adapted when plans changed, and what strategies, tools, and approaches proved effective in building stronger security programs.

The event also places strong emphasis on the human side of cybersecurity leadership. Sessions highlight communication, executive influence, and leadership skills that support organizational change and long term security success. By combining technical insight with leadership development and focused networking, the summit offers a collaborative environment where attendees can exchange ideas, build trusted connections, and leave with practical lessons they can apply within their own organizations.

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AI adoption in the public sector has introduced both opportunities and challenges, particularly around governance, data control, and operational impact. This webinar explores how initial expectations around AI have evolved, highlighting key lessons, missteps, and emerging realities. The session focuses on topics such as data sovereignty, agentic AI, and the need for human oversight in increasingly automated environments.

Attendees will gain insight into how governments are reassessing AI strategies, including the importance of strong data foundations and human centered approaches. The discussion also examines how geopolitical pressures influence data control and AI deployment decisions. The webinar provides perspective on shaping responsible AI adoption in the public sector, with some relevance to security and governance considerations.

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CrowdTour Mumbai delivers a full-day cybersecurity experience tailored for professionals looking to strengthen their defenses against advanced threats. The event focuses on helping organizations improve how they detect, respond to, and prevent breaches in increasingly complex environments.

Participants will gain hands-on insights from expert sessions and real-world customer stories, with a focus on AI-powered security and modern SOC operations. The agenda also explores the capabilities of the CrowdStrike Falcon platform, followed by a networking session designed to foster collaboration among peers.

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BSides Oklahoma 2026 is a community driven cybersecurity event focused on hands on information security training and real world skills. Held at the Glenpool Conference Center near Tulsa, Oklahoma, this free event brings together security professionals, students, and enthusiasts for a day of practical talks and workshops designed to improve defensive capabilities in IT security. The conference emphasizes practical content that attendees can apply directly in their organizations.

The event attracts speakers from across the United States and surrounding states, making it a key regional InfoSec gathering. Participants can expect a collaborative atmosphere where they can learn from experienced practitioners, share insights, and build connections with peers. With its volunteer led structure and open call for speakers, BSides Oklahoma continues to be an important community event for advancing cybersecurity knowledge and practice.

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The International Conference on Big Data Analytics 2026 is closely tied to cybersecurity through its deep focus on data protection, privacy, encryption, anomaly detection, and blockchain based trust models. Many of the listed topics highlight how large scale data systems require secure design, strong access controls, and resilient architectures to protect sensitive information. The inclusion of blockchain, IoT security, threat detection, and privacy preserving analytics reinforces the direct security relevance of big data in modern environments. These areas provide valuable insight for cybersecurity professionals who work with large datasets, distributed systems, and intelligent analytics.

The conference gathers experts and researchers to discuss advancements in big data algorithms, architectures, and applications. Presentations explore how organizations can use data driven insights while maintaining system integrity, user privacy, and secure computation. With its emphasis on reliable infrastructures, secure storage strategies, and analytical tools that support threat detection, the event contributes to developing safer digital ecosystems. ICBDA 2026 provides an important venue for sharing research that strengthens the connection between large scale computing and cybersecurity practices.

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The Boston Application Security Conference (BASC) 2026 is a focused one day event dedicated to application security professionals, software engineers, and researchers. Hosted by the OWASP Boston chapter in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the conference brings together practitioners from across the United States to explore current trends, challenges, and innovations in web and software security. With sessions designed to share both practical techniques and strategic insights, the event supports attendees working to secure modern applications and defend against evolving threats in the software landscape.

This year’s BASC includes a formal call for speakers and workshops, encouraging experts to present on a range of topics from secure coding practices to emerging vulnerabilities and risk management strategies. Attendees can expect a mix of presentations and hands on content that highlights community driven best practices and real world experiences. As one of the leading application security forums in New England, BASC offers valuable networking, learning, and professional development opportunities for security practitioners at all levels.

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The Open Worldwide Application Security Project (OWASP) is a nonprofit foundation that works to improve the security of software. Through community-led open source software projects, hundreds of local chapters worldwide, tens of thousands of members, and by hosting local and global conferences

OWASP Boston Application Security Conference is New England's only application security conference which attracts 150 experts from the region. With a bigger space the 2026 version aims to go higher and help professional expand their application security skills and knowledge further.

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ICSE 2026 is the leading international conference for software engineering research, practice, and education, bringing together a global audience in Rio de Janeiro. While the conference spans the full software lifecycle, cybersecurity is a clearly represented and established focus area within the program. Dedicated workshops such as Engineering Cybersecurity of Critical Systems, along with security-focused research papers, address secure by design development, vulnerability prevention, and resilience in high-impact software systems.

The conference provides a strong platform for cybersecurity researchers and practitioners working at the intersection of software quality, safety, and security. Topics frequently explored include secure architectures, formal verification for vulnerability reduction, AI-driven quality and security analysis, and real-world security challenges in complex systems. Through its workshops, research tracks, and applied sessions, ICSE 2026 contributes directly to advancing secure software engineering practices worldwide.

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Statewide IT Conference 2026 brings together university technology professionals, system administrators, and IT leaders to share ideas on collaboration, innovation, and modern infrastructure across higher education environments. While not exclusively focused on cybersecurity, the conference naturally includes discussions around protecting institutional systems, managing secure networks, safeguarding research data, and maintaining reliable digital services for students and staff. These operational security responsibilities are closely tied to everyday IT management in academic institutions.

Attendees can expect sessions that explore secure system design, identity management, cloud services, and responsible technology governance. As universities continue expanding digital services and connected platforms, cybersecurity awareness becomes an essential part of IT collaboration. The conference provides a space for professionals to exchange practical knowledge about maintaining resilient and secure campus technology ecosystems.

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The Consortium for School Networking CoSN 2026 Annual Conference gathers K-12 education technology leaders and professionals to explore major trends shaping digital transformation in schools. The event focuses on critical topics like cybersecurity for education systems, generative AI in classrooms, student data privacy, and leadership in tech strategy. Attendees gain insights from expert speakers, participate in workshops, and take part in sessions designed to address real-world challenges in school technology management and secure digital learning environments.

Participants receive practical tools and strategies that help improve network security practices, manage emerging risks, and support data protection efforts across districts. The conference also offers abundant networking and professional development opportunities, helping tech leaders share solutions and build connections with peers.

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The RH-ISAC Cybersecurity Summit 2026 is a leading industry focused event designed specifically for cybersecurity professionals working in the retail and hospitality sectors. The conference brings together security leaders, practitioners, and industry experts to address the unique threat landscape facing consumer driven businesses. Through expert led sessions and interactive workshops, attendees gain practical insight into protecting complex environments that handle high volumes of customer data and transactions.

The summit emphasizes collaboration and real world problem solving, with cybersecurity exercises and peer discussions that reflect current industry challenges. Networking plays a central role, allowing participants to exchange experiences and build trusted relationships within the retail and hospitality security community. The event is recognized as a key gathering for professionals seeking relevant, actionable cybersecurity knowledge tailored to their industry.

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New cybersecurity certification requirements are reshaping the Canadian defence supply chain, making compliance essential for organizations seeking government contracts. This webinar explores the Canadian Program for Cyber Security Certification (CPCSC) and its impact on businesses handling controlled information. The session focuses on how evolving regulations are shifting from self attestation to mandatory verification and structured audits.

Attendees will learn how to navigate CPCSC requirements, prepare for upcoming assessment levels, and align with evolving compliance timelines. The discussion also covers key differences between CPCSC and frameworks such as CMMC, particularly for organizations operating across borders. The webinar provides practical guidance on turning compliance into a competitive advantage while strengthening security and regulatory readiness.

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SO-CON 2026 stands out as a specialized conference dedicated to identity-based security and attack path management, making it deeply relevant to cybersecurity professionals. Focused sessions and research presentations explore modern methods for discovering and managing identity attack paths, real-world defense strategies, and adversary tradecraft. The event structure includes a two-day conference with technical talks and community exchange, followed by several days of hands on trainings led by experienced practitioners, providing both strategic insight and practical skills for defenders and attackers alike.

Attendees will learn about hybrid identity security, attack path analysis, and how to protect complex environments from identity-centric threats. Talks and labs cover advanced topics that help security engineers and risk managers understand real adversary behavior and improve defensive postures within their organizations. With contributions from researchers and practitioners through a formal call for presentations, SO-CON 2026 creates an immersive environment for sharing actionable knowledge that advances the cybersecurity community’s ability to secure identity and access infrastructures.

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CVE | FIRST VulnCon and the Annual CNA Summit 2026 bring together practitioners who shape the global vulnerability management ecosystem. Participants learn from peers involved in coordination, disclosure programs, and security research. The event focuses on the operational challenges of vulnerability identification, triage, and communication, offering insights that help organizations improve their processes and reduce exposure to exploitable weaknesses.

The conference also encourages collaboration among CNAs, researchers, and enterprise defenders who rely on accurate and timely vulnerability information. Through case studies and interactive discussions, attendees explore how consistent frameworks and shared understanding strengthen the overall ecosystem. VulnCon provides professionals with a clear path to enhance their own programs while supporting a more coordinated global approach to vulnerability response.

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GDS Security Insight Summit 2026 focuses on the evolving role of cybersecurity leaders as AI, regulation, and business expectations reshape the threat landscape. The summit explores how security leaders move beyond reactive defense and toward strategic influence, aligning cyber intelligence with board level priorities. Sessions examine resilience, risk measurement, regulatory balance, and the growing need to communicate security value in clear business terms.

Attendees engage with peers facing similar enterprise pressures, sharing insight on governance, innovation, and leadership under constant scrutiny. Through executive discussions and expert led sessions, the event highlights how cybersecurity leadership is becoming central to enterprise strategy, investment decisions, and long term organizational trust in an increasingly complex digital environment.

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The-C2 2026 is an exclusive threat intelligence conference designed for senior security leaders and decision makers who work directly with advanced cyber threats. Hosted by SE Labs, the event brings together a carefully selected group of global experts to share real world experiences, emerging threat insights, and practical defensive strategies. The focus is on understanding how cyber threats are evolving and how organizations can adapt their security posture in response.

Rather than traditional conference sessions, The-C2 emphasizes trusted, peer to peer conversations in a closed environment. Discussions are candid, strategic, and grounded in real operational challenges faced by security leaders today. This format allows participants to openly exchange perspectives on threat intelligence, attacker behavior, and mitigation approaches. The result is a highly focused cybersecurity event that prioritizes depth, discretion, and actionable insight over scale.

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FinCyber Today Canada 2026 brings together cybersecurity and risk professionals from financial institutions across the country for two productive days of learning and collaboration. The program is shaped for specialists in threat intelligence, security operations, incident response, and resilience planning, with a clear focus on the evolving needs of the financial sector. Attendees can expect discussions on current threat activity, changes in fraud tactics, and practical methods that help institutions strengthen readiness. The three-track format, covering Intelligence, Security, and Resilience, lets participants follow content that matches their priorities.

Beyond the sessions, the event is valued for its strong community atmosphere. Professionals connect with peers from across Canada, exchange insights on shared challenges, and build relationships that support long-term collaboration. These conversations help strengthen individual expertise and reinforce the sector's collective defense posture. Participants leave with practical takeaways they can apply immediately and a clearer understanding of how to protect the trusted ecosystem that supports the Canadian financial services community.

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Cellebrite C2C User Summit 2026 brings digital forensics, investigations, and law enforcement professionals together for immersive learning, expert talks, and hands-on training in Washington, D.C. Over multiple days, attendees can choose from deep technical sessions, case studies, and real-world experiences that enhance investigative practice and digital evidence management.

The event also celebrates achievement in the field with awards recognizing excellence and community impact among digital forensic practitioners. Sessions are designed to help attendees refine skills in mobile device analysis, investigative strategy, and evidence handling using current tools and techniques. Networking opportunities connect professionals from the public and private sectors to share insights and build collaboration on emerging challenges.

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The Certified Cost Technician (CCT) event provided a comprehensive overview of cybersecurity trends and challenges. Attendees appreciated the expert-led sessions that covered topics such as threat detection, risk management, and data protection strategies. The interactive webinars facilitated engaging discussions, allowing participants to share insights and experiences. Networking opportunities were abundant, fostering connections among professionals. Overall, the event was well-organized and offered valuable knowledge for enhancing cybersecurity skills and practices.

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Generative AI Summit 2026 brings together senior enterprise leaders, technologists, and practitioners focused on building and scaling real world AI systems. While centered on generative and agentic AI, the summit has strong relevance to cybersecurity through its emphasis on governance, risk, trust, and responsible deployment. Discussions explore how organizations can embed AI safely across teams and systems while addressing data protection, model risk, regulatory pressure, and operational resilience.

The event is designed as a closed door, practitioner led forum where participants share what is actually working in production environments. Conversations focus on AI native architectures, secure deployment practices, and aligning innovation with accountability. For cybersecurity, privacy, and risk professionals, the summit offers insight into how AI adoption changes threat models, compliance expectations, and decision making at scale. It is particularly valuable for leaders responsible for protecting systems, data, and organizations as AI becomes deeply embedded in enterprise operations.

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OpenText Summit Munich 2026 brings together business and technology leaders to explore how AI and intelligent automation can drive innovation while strengthening security and trust. The event focuses on how agent based AI supports people by automating repetitive work, improving decision making, and allowing teams to concentrate on creativity and strategic initiatives. A strong emphasis is placed on cybersecurity, compliance, and data governance, highlighting how sovereign cloud solutions help organizations protect sensitive information while scaling AI responsibly across operations.

Through practical keynotes and real world examples, attendees gain insight into how organizations can combine human expertise with digital capabilities to create high performing, future ready teams. The sessions show how a unified information foundation enables secure automation, responsible AI adoption, and sustainable competitive advantage. Participants leave with clear takeaways on building a scalable digital workforce that balances innovation, efficiency, and long term resilience.

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ChannelNEXT East 2026 is a Canadian channel focused conference designed for managed service providers and IT partners navigating rapid change across cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, and digital transformation. The event brings together local channel leaders and industry experts to share practical insights, real world strategies, and unbiased guidance that supports sustainable business growth in an AI driven environment.

The conference places strong emphasis on cybersecurity readiness, AI adoption, and peer to peer networking. Attendees gain value through candid discussions on emerging cyber threats, compliance pressures, and the evolving MSP business model. With a strong community driven approach and limited vendor influence, ChannelNEXT East delivers actionable knowledge and meaningful connections for channel professionals looking to stay competitive while protecting their clients from growing cyber risks.

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Scale Computing Platform//2026 is a technology conference focused on enterprise infrastructure, edge computing, and modern IT platforms. The event brings together technology leaders, partners, and service providers to explore emerging technologies shaping connected enterprise environments, including hybrid cloud architectures, artificial intelligence, and distributed computing systems.

The conference program features keynote presentations, technical sessions, and hands-on training opportunities that examine real-world applications of enterprise technologies. Participants explore topics such as virtualization, edge infrastructure deployment, automation, and infrastructure security. Through technical sessions, networking events, and certification programs, the conference provides a forum for professionals to share strategies and practical experiences related to building and managing modern enterprise technology platforms.

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Oracle AI World Tour 2026 brings free one-day events to major cities worldwide. These gatherings let participants hear from Oracle leaders, technology partners, and local business professionals about the newest breakthroughs in AI-powered cloud applications, databases and infrastructure. Attendees will get a firsthand look at the latest Oracle AI capabilities, real world use cases and practical strategies for integrating AI into business operations across sectors.

The tour encourages networking with peers, sharing ideas with Oracle’s partner community and seeing how companies around the world apply AI for competitive advantage. For organizations focused on security and compliance, sessions on cloud infrastructure and identity-and-access management are especially relevant. The event offers a chance to learn how AI may accelerate transformation while keeping data and workloads secure and well governed.

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Security champion programs often struggle not due to lack of interest, but because they lack structure, clear expectations, and sustained engagement. A more effective approach treats the program as a structured, hands-on bootcamp where participants build practical skills through consistent practice and feedback.

A step-by-step framework is presented for launching and scaling a successful program, including selecting the right initial cohort and defining measurable behaviors that distinguish active contributors. It also covers how to structure onboarding with practical exercises and establish repeatable routines such as threat modeling and collaborative sessions. Attendees will gain methods for maintaining momentum and measuring progress in ways that align with both engineering teams and leadership priorities.

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Fraud Fight Club 2026 is a financial fraud-focused conference designed to bring together professionals working in fraud prevention and financial security. It connects decision-makers, practitioners, and experts to share insights and strategies for combating fraud in modern financial systems.

The event emphasizes practical knowledge sharing through expert-led sessions and peer interaction. Attendees explore real-world fraud challenges, operational tactics, and emerging trends in financial crime prevention, fostering collaboration and strengthening capabilities in fraud detection and response.

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ANT 2026 is an international conference bringing together researchers and industry practitioners to present advances in ambient systems, networks, and emerging technologies. While the event spans multiple computer science disciplines, it is directly relevant to cybersecurity through its dedicated Systems Security and Privacy track. This track addresses critical areas such as network security, cryptographic protocols, authentication mechanisms, and secure system architectures within modern interconnected environments.

The conference also explores security and privacy challenges in IoT, cloud networking, vehicular networks, and trust management for ambient systems. These topics place cybersecurity at the core of ensuring reliable and resilient digital ecosystems. Hosted in Istanbul, ANT 2026 offers a strong academic and practical platform for professionals focused on securing intelligent, distributed, and data driven systems while engaging with a global research community.

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Industrial organizations increasingly rely on remote access to support vendors and operational systems, but governance and visibility often fall short. This webinar explores findings from a benchmark study of 400 leaders across OT, IT, compliance, and operations, highlighting gaps between perceived control and actual oversight. The session focuses on challenges such as fragmented access tools, limited visibility into vendor activity, and insufficient session auditability.

Attendees will gain insight into how remote access governance is evolving as vendor ecosystems expand and regulatory expectations increase. The discussion examines where control breaks down and what organizations are doing to improve visibility, accountability, and security. The webinar provides practical perspective on strengthening remote access strategies in industrial and critical infrastructure environments.

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