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 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 Samira Sarraf>.
February 2025
Cybersecurity and Cloud Expo, London, UK: 5-6 February
Security Leadership, Bunnik, Netherlands: 6 February
BSidesAbuja, Abuja, Nigeria: 8 February
CruiseCon, departs from Florida, US: 8-13 February
BSidesICS/OT, Florida, US: 10 February
Unhacked International Cybersecurity Conference, Vienna, Austria: 10-12 February
HackCon, Oslo, Norway: 12-13 February
Intellic0n, Texas, US: 18-19 February
Kyiv International Cyber Resilience Forum 2025, TBC: 19-20 February
RuhrSec, Bochum, Germany: 20-21 February
BSidesGalway, Galway, Ireland: 22 February
Sunshine CyberCon, Florida, US: 24-25 February
SANS OSINT Summit & Training, virtual and Virginia, US: 24 February – 3 March
Cosac APAC, Melbourne, Australia: 25-27 February
FinCloud Security Summit, virtual PT: 26 February
Detroit Cybersecurity Conference, Michigan, US: 26 February
Planet Cyber Sec Conference, California, US: 26 February
SecureWorld Financial Services Virtual Conference, Virtual: 27 February
Re//verse, Florida, US: 28 February-1 March
March 2025
NullCon, Goa, India: 1-2 March
Gartner Security & Risk Management Summit, Sydney, Australia: 3 – 4 March
Convene: Clearwater 2025, Florida, US: 3 – 4 March
ASIS Europe, Dublin, Ireland: 4-6 March
Enterprise Security & Risk Management UK, London, UK: 5 March
Gartner Security & Risk Management Summit, Mumbai, India: 10 – 11 March
Critical Infrastructure Protection & Resilience North America, Texas, US: 11-13 March
St. Louis Futurecon Cybersecurity, Missouri, US: 12 March
SecureWorld Boston, Massachusetts, US: 12 -13 March
Cloud & Cyber Security Expo, London, UK: 12-13 March
SANS New2Cyber Summit, virtual: 13 March
Next IT Security, Stockholm, Sweden: 13 March
Next IT Security, Amsterdam, Netherlands: 15 March
Identity Management Dach, Frankfurt, Germany: 20 March
FutureCon Los Angeles Cybersecurity Conference, virtual and California, US: 20 March
Gartner Identity & Access Management Summit, London, UK: 24 – 25 March
Philadelphia Futurecon Cybersecurity, Pennsylvania, US: 27 March
SpecterOps SO-CON 2025, Virginia, US: 31 March – 1 April
April 2025
Identity Management Europe, Utrecht, Netherlands: 1 April
Black Hat Asia, Marina Bay Sands, Singapore: 1-4 April
SecureWorld Charlotte, North Carolina, US: 2 April
Forum Incyberate Europe, Lille, France: 1-3 April
Aus Gov Data Summit, NSW, Australia: 1-3 April
Gartner Security & Risk Summit, Dubai, UAE: 7-8 April
SecureWorld Toronto, Ontario, Canada: 8 April
RH-ISAC Cyber Intelligence Summit, Missouri, US: 7-9 April
SecureWorld Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US: 9-10 April
Third Party and Supply Chain Cyber Security Summit, Lisbon, Portugal: 9-11 April
Minneapolis Futurecon Cybersecurity, Minnesota, US: 10 April
IAM Tech Day, São Paulo, Brasil: 10-11 April
SecureWorld South Florida, Florida, US: 17 April
Cybersecurity Summit: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India: 23 April
UK CyberWeek, London, UK: 23-24 April
SANS Cybersecurity Leadership Summit 2025, US Central virtual: 24 April
Toronto Futurecon Cybersecurity, Ontario, Canada: 24 April
International Symposium on Digital Forensics and Security, Massachusetts, US: 24-25 April
RSA Conference 2025, California, US: 28 April – 1 May
Cyber Intelligence Europe, Madrid, Spain: 29-30 April
May 2025
SecureWorld Healthcare Virtual Conference, virtual: 1 May
BSides Ballarat, Victoria, Australia: 3 May
GISEC Global, Dubai, United Arab Emirates: 6-8 May
Identity Management Nordics, Stockholm, Sweden: 8 May
SEKOP Munich, Bavaria, Germany: 8-10 May
BSides Adelaide, South Australia, Australia: 12-13 May
ItaliaSec, Rome, Italy: 13-14 May
FutureCon Seattle, Washington State, US: 15 May
Government IT Security, London, UK: 15 May
Next IT Security, Amsterdam, Netherlands: 15 May
SIA GovSummit, Washington, DC, US: 20-21 May
CyberWiseCon Europe, Vilnius, Lithuania and virtual: 20-23 May
CyberSec Europe, Brussels, Belgium: 21-22 May
Cybsec-Expo, Piacenza, Italy: 21-23 May
FutureCon Kansas City, Missouri, US: 22 May
SPHERE24, Helsinki, Finland: 22-23 May
June 2025
IT Nation Secure, Orlando, US: 2-4 June
Identiverse, Nevada, US: 3-6 June
HealthSec – Cyber Security for Healthcare, Massachusetts, US: 3-4 June
Cybersecurity & Cloud Congress, California, US: 4-5 June
FutureCon Pittsburgh Cybersecurity Conference, Pennsylvania, US: 5 June
Pittsburgh Cybersecurity Conferencev, Pennsylvania, US: 5 June
BSidesVitoria, Espírito Santo, Brasil: 7 June
Gartner Security & Risk Management Summit, Maryland, US: 9-11 June
Security LeadHER, Michigan, US: 9-10 June
Cybersecurity Summit Seattle: Data Security, Washington State, US: 10 June
AppSec SoCal, California, US: 11 June
CS4CA – Cyber Security for Critical Assets, Alberta, Canada: 11-12 June
AWS re:Inforce, Pennsylvania, US: 16-18 June
Identity Management, London, UK: 17 June
Confidential Computing Summit, San Francisco, US: 17-18 June
OT Cybersecurity Summit, Brussels, Belgium: 17-19 June
FutureCon Montreal Cybersecurity Conference, Québec, Canada: 18 June
Identity Management Dach, Frankfurt, Germany: 24 June
FutureCon Tampa Cybersecurity Conference, Florida, US: 26 June
July 2025
FutureCon Orange County Cybersecurity Conference, California, US: 10 July
Pittsburgh Cybersecurity Conference, Pennsylvania, US: 11 July
Cybersecurity Summit: New Delhi, Delhi, India: 17 July
Governance 360 Africa: Cyber | Fraud | Resilience, Mombasa, Kenya: 23-25 July
Gartner Security & Risk Management Summit, Tokyo, Japan: 23-25 July
FutureCon Denver Cybersecurity Conference, Colorado, US: 24 July
Denver Cybersecurity Conference, Virtual and Colorado, US: 25 July
BSidesABQ, New Mexico, US: 25-26 July
DFIR Summit & Training 2025, Virtual and Utah, US: 24-31 July
August 2025
Black Hat USA, Nevada, US: 2-7 August
AcceleRISE, Massachusetts, US: 4-6 August
DEF CON 32, Nevada, US: 7-10 August
SANS Security Awareness Summit & Training 2024, Virtual and Illinois, US: 11-15 August
34th USENIX Security Symposium, Washington State, US: 13-15 August
ASIAL Security Conference, Sydney, Australia: 27-29 August