For 30 years, Infosecurity Europe has functioned as the European cybersecurity industry’s annual town hall.
The 2026 edition runs 2–4 June at ExCeL London, and after several years of incremental change, the event is leaning harder into senior decision-maker content rather than competing on sheer exhibition floor scale.
The result is a more curated experience for senior leaders than the show offered five years ago.
The Conference at a Glance
Organised by RX (Reed Exhibitions) and now in its third decade, Infosecurity Europe 2026 expects more than 13,000 cybersecurity professionals, 380-plus exhibitors, and 250 expert speakers across three days.
The conference programme spans keynotes, technical workshops delivered by SANS Institute, dedicated channel and startup zones, and a new Cyber Startup Award — shortlisted companies pitch live on day one and the winner gets a Cyber Startups stage slot on day two.
The exhibition floor remains substantial, but the curation around the senior leader experience has visibly tightened.
Who It’s For
The audience is broad — CISOs, heads of information security, governance leads, architects, engineers, and forensic practitioners — but the curation is sharper than it used to be.
Senior leaders get an invitation-only experience with peer-led Table Talks, while practitioners can build a week of genuinely useful workshop content.
Free entry for qualified industry professionals (until 4 May) keeps the cost barrier low, with paid tickets from 5 May at £49+VAT.
International visitors from Europe, the US, Canada, and Australia generally need an ETA — worth checking before registering, as turnaround can be tight.
Highlights and Themes from the Most Recent Edition
The 2025 edition set the template the 2026 programme is now extending: agentic AI, ransomware tactics that combine technical sophistication with operational intelligence, post-quantum migration timelines, and the closing gap between misconfiguration and exploitation.
Vendor presence remains substantial, but advisory council changes have pushed the conference programme toward less vendor-pitch and more practitioner content.
The SANS workshops continue to be the highest-value content for technical leads — six 90-minute tactical sessions in the South Gallery Rooms, deliberately positioned away from the exhibition floor noise to keep them focused.
Topics covered ransomware capabilities, cyber assessment frameworks, and API security in mixed group-work, panel, and presentation formats.
What to Expect Going Forward
For 2026, expect agentic AI, post-quantum cryptography, and ransomware economics to dominate.
The new Cyber Startup Award and Channel Zone signal an intent to capture more of the buying-cycle conversation rather than ceding that ground to Gartner-style summits.
The hottest tracks will likely cluster around AI security, identity, and the operational mechanics of OT and supply chain protection.
Programme details continue to be released through the conference site as June approaches.
The Bottom Line
For European CISOs and senior security leaders, Infosecurity Europe is hard to skip.
The free pass tier, the SANS workshop access, and the sheer concentration of the European vendor ecosystem under one roof make it the most efficient way to compress a year of market intelligence into three days.
Plan your sessions in advance — the agenda is too dense to wing — and prioritise the workshops and Table Talks over keynote-only attendance.