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>.
December 2025
PasswordsCon, Prague, Czech Republic: 1-3 December
IT Security Summit, Munich, Germany and virtual: 1-5 December
SANS Dallas 2025, Texas, US and virtual: 1-6 December
State of Cyber Security 2025, Stockholm, Sweden: 2 December
FutureCon Austin Cybersecurity Conference, Texas, US: 4 December
Conf42 DevSecOps 2025, virtual: 4 December
3rd Annual Jacksonville Cybersecurity Summit, Florida, US: 4 December
BSides Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa: 6 December
#Risk GCC, Dubai, UAE: 8-9 December
Gartner Identity & Access Management Summit 2025, Texas, US: 8-10 December
MSSP Alert Live, Maryland, US: 8-10 December
FutureCon Nashville Cybersecurity Conference, Tennessee, US: 10 December
Defenders Tour: SecOps Workshop, Virginia, US: 11 December
SANS Cyber Defense Initiative 2025, Washington D.C., US: 12 – 17 December
January 2026
SANS Nashville Winter 2026, Tennessee, US: 12-17 January
Los Angeles Cybersecurity Conference, virtual and California, US: 15 January
IdentityShield Summit ‘26, Pune, India: 16-17 January
Dallas Cybersecurity Conference, Texas, US: 22 January
BSidesPanamá, Panama city, Panama: 23-24 January
SANS Cyber Threat Intelligence Summit & Training, virtual and Virginia, US: 26 January – 2 February
Cybersecurity Law and Compliance, Washington, DC, US: 28 – 29 January
Chicago Cybersecurity Conference, virtual and Illinois, US: 29 January
February 2026
Cybersec Asia Shield your Core, Bangkok, Thailand: 4-5 February
Intellic0n, Texas, US: 5-6 February
CruiseCon, departs from Florida, US: 7-12 February
HackCon, Oslo, Norway: 9-10 February
#CS4CA ANZ, Perth, Australia: 10-11 February
Planet Cyber Sec Conference, California, US: 11 February
Detroit Cybersecurity Conference, Michigan, US: 19 February
BSidesGalway, Galway, Ireland: 21 February
Cosac APAC, Melbourne, Australia: 24-26 February
BSides Seattle, Washington State, US: 27-28 February
March 2026
CyberBay 2026, Florida, US: 12-13 March
SANS OSINT Summit & Training, virtual and Virginia, US: 16-22 March
Security Leadership 2026, Utrecht, Netherlands: 24 March
April 2026
Cyphercon, Wisconsin, US: 1-2 April
May 2026
CyberSecFest SP, São Paulo, Brazil: May TBC
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