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 2025.
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>.
July 2025
Cydes 2025, Putrajaya, Malaysia: 1-3 July
CyberX, Jakarta, Indonesia: 2 July
AISA SydneySec, New South Wales, Australia: 3 July
#RISK New York, New York, US: 9-10 July
FutureCon Orange County Cybersecurity Conference, California, US: 10 July
BSides Bangalore, Karnataka, India: 11 July
Pittsburgh Cybersecurity Conference, Pennsylvania, US: 11 July
BSides Brisbane, Queensland, Australia: 12 July
BSides Mumbai, Maharashtra, India: 12 July
CSA Non-Human Identity Summit, virtual: 15-16 July
SANS 2025 Government Security Forum, virtual: 22 July
CISO Melbourne, Victoria, Australia: 22-23 July
Governance 360 Africa: Cyber | Fraud | Resilience, Mombasa, Kenya: 22-24 July
CISO-CIO Forum, California, US: 23 July
Gartner Security & Risk Management Summit, Tokyo, Japan: 23-25 July
FutureCon Denver Cybersecurity Conference, Colorado, US: 24 July
Digital Forensics & Incident Response (DFIR) Summit & Training, virtual and Utah, US: 24-31 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
IEEE Cyber Security and Resilience, Crete, Greece: 4-6 August
CISO Chicago, Illinois, US: 6-7 August
DEF CON 32, Nevada, US: 7-10 August
SANS Security Awareness Summit & Training 2024, Virtual and Illinois, US: 11-15 August
Digital Trust Hui Taumata, Wellington, New Zealand: 13 August
34th USENIX Security Symposium, Washington State, US: 13-15 August
FutureCon Omaha, Nebraska, US: 14 August
Chicago Cybersecurity Conference, Illinois, US: 21 August
FutureCon Salt Lake City, Utah, US: 21 August
Bxsec, TBC São Paulo, Brazil: 23 August
ASIAL Security Conference, Sydney, Australia: 27-29 August
SecureWorld Critical Infrastructure, virtual: 28 August
Linux Security Summit, Amsterdam, Netherlands: 28-29 August
September 2025
INFOSEK, Nova Gorica, Slovenia: 3-5 September
FutureCon Charlotte Cybersecurity Conference, North Carilina, US: 4 September
Cyberhagen, virtual and Copenhagen, Denmark: 4 September
Blue Team Con 2024, Chicago, Illinois: 4-7 September
Gartner IT Symposium/Xpo, Queensland, Australia: 8-11 September
16th Annual Billington Cybersecurity Summit, Washington, DC, US: 9-12 September
Identity Week, Washington, DC, US: 10-11 September
Nordic Cyber Summit, Scandinavia, Copenhagen: 10-11 September
FutureCon Milwaukee Cybersecurity Conference, Wisconsin, US: 11 September
Financial Services Summit, London, England: 11 September
CrowdStrike Fal.Con, Nevada, US: 15-18 September
FranSec, Paris, France: 16-17 September
National Insider Threat Symposium, Washington, DC, US: 17-18 September
Aotearoa AI Summit, Auckland, New Zealand: 18 September
Healthcare Security Summit, New York, US: 18 September
Gartner Security & Risk Management Summit, London, UK: 22-24 September
Google Cloud Summit Switzerland, virtual: 24 September
#RISK AI, London, UK: 25 September
FutureCon Des Moines Cybersecurity Conference, Iowa, US: 25 September
Global Security Exchange (GSX), Louisiana, US: 29 September – 1 October
#CS4CA, London, UK: 30 September
International Cyber Expo, London, UK: 30 September – 1 October
October 2025
Hacker Halted, Georgia, US: 1-2 October
SecureWorld Dallas, Texas, US: 2 October
Relativity Fest, Illinois, US: 7-9 October
SecureWorld Denver, Colorado, US: 9 October
RedHat Summit Connect, London, UK: 9 October
ManuSec, Illinois, US: 14-15 October
NIST Cybersecurity Career Week Summit, Virtual: 17 October
SecureWorld Atlanta, Georgia, US: 23 October
InfoSec World, Florida, US: 27-29 October
#CS4CA, São Paulo, Brazil: 28-29 October
SecureWorld New York City, NY, US: 29 October
November 2025
Benelux Cyber Summit, Amsterdam, Netherlands: 4-5 November
Fraud Prevention Summit, New York, US: 5 November
UKSec, London, UK: 11-12 November
February 2026
#CS4CA ANZ, Perth, Australia: 10-11 February
April 2026
Cyphercon, Wisconsin, US: 1-2 April
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