The CSO guide to top security conferences – Source: www.csoonline.com

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 2023 and 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 registration deadlines and 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 Michael Nadeau (michael_nadeau@foundryco.com).

June 2023

SANS ICS Europe Summit & Training 2023, Virtual and Munich, Germany: June 18 – 24

SANS Miami, Virtual and Coral Gables, Florida: June 19 – 24

SANS Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland: June 19 – 24

SANS Cyber Defence Japan 2023, Virtual and Tokyo, Japan: June 19 – July 1

Infosecurity Europe, London, UK: June 20 – 22

St. Louis CyberSecurity Conference, Virtual and St. Louis, Missouri: June 21

Source Zero Con, Virtual: June 21 – 23

Qualys Security Conference (QSC) Munich, Munich, Germany: June 22

BSidesBoulder, Boulder, Colorado: June 23

SANS Ransomware Summit 2023, Virtual: June 23

BSidesLeeds, Leeds, UK: June 23 – 24

BSidesAthens, Athens, Greece: June 24

BSidesSP, Sao Paulo, Brasil: June 25

BSidesUmea, Umea, Sweden: June 26

SANS Stay Sharp, Virtual: June 26 – 28

SANS Munich, Virtual and Munich, Germany: June 26 – July 1

SANS SEC568 Beta Run: Combating Supply Chain Attacks with Product Security, Virtual: June 26 – 30

SANS Cyber Defence Australia 2023, Virtual and Canberra, Australia: June 26 – July 8

DevSecCon24, Virtual: June 27

AppSecCon 2023, Virtual: June 28 – 29

Confidential Computing Summit, San Francisco, California: June 29

Detroit Cybersecurity Conference, Detroit, Michigan: June 29

SecureRhythm 2023, London, UK: June 29

July 2023

SANS Cyber Defence India, TBD, July 3 – 8

SANS London, Virtual and London, UK: July 3 – 8

SANS Cyber Defence Singapore, Singapore: July 3 – 15

Identity Management DACH 2023 Q3, Frankfurt, Germany: July 6

BSides Milano, Milano, Italy: July 8

SANS Amsterdam, Virtual and Amsterdam, Netherlands: July 10 – 15

SANS Cyber Defence Korea 2023, Seoul, South Korea: July 10 – 15

SANSFIRE Washington, DC 2023, Virtual and Washington, DC: July 10 – 15

Singapore Summit: Cybersecurity Conference, Singapore: July 11

Orange County CyberSecurity Conference, Virtual and TBD: July 12

Philadelphia Cybersecurity Conference, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: July 13

Cybersecurity Roadshow Central America, Virtual: July 14

BSidesCDMX, Mexico City, Mexico: July 14

SANS Cloud Security — San Francisco 2023, Virtual and San Francisco, California: July 17 – 22

SANS Pen Test Hackfest Europe 2023, Virtual and Berlin, Germany: July 17 – 22

Healthcare Summit, TBD: July 18

2023 Northeast Virtual Cybersecurity Summit, Virtual: July 20

BSidesBasingstoke, Basingstoke, UK: July 21

BSidesPGH, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: July 21

BSidesJaipur, Jaipur, India: July 22

SANS New York City 2023, Virtual and New York, New York: July 24 – 29

Gartner Security & Risk Management Summit, Tokyo, Japan: July 26 – 28

2023 CSO Global Cyber ​​Security Conference, Shanghai, China: July 27

IDC Cybersecurity Roadshow Mexico, Virtual and TBD: July 27

Tampa CyberSecurity Conference, Virtual and Tampa, Florida: July 27

Gartner Security & Risk Management Summit, Tokyo, Japan: July 27 – 28

BSidesTLV, Tel Aviv, Israel: July 29

SANS Los Angeles 2023, Virtual and Los Angeles, California: July 31 – August 5

August 2023

DFIR Summit & Training 2023, Virtual and Austin, Texas: August 3 – 10

Ringzer0 Zer0 Gravity 2023, Las Vegas, Nevada: August 5 – 8

Black Hat USA 2023, Las Vegas, Nevada: August 5 – 10

SANS London, Virtual and London, UK: August 7 – 12

SANS Nashville, Virtual and Nashville, Tennessee: August 7 – 12

SANS New Delhi, Virtual and TBD: August 7 – 12

BSidesLV, Las Vegas, Nevada: August 8 – 9

Indianapolis CyberSecurity Conference, Virtual and Indianapolis, Indiana: August 10

Vancouver Cybersecurity Conference, Vancouver, Washington: August 10

BSidesTucson, Tucson, Arizona: August 11 – 12

AcceleRise, Denver, Colorado: August 14 – 16

SANS Amsterdam, Virtual and Amsterdam, Netherlands: August 14 – 19

SANS Chicago, Virtual and Chicago, Illinois: August 14 – 19

SANS Melbourne Australia 2023, Virtual and Melbourne, Australia: August 14 – 19

IDC Security Roadshow, Johannesburg, South Africa: August 17

BSidesPerth, Perth, Australia: August 19

SANS Riyadh Cyber Leaders 2023, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: August 20 – 24

Hack In The Box Security Conference, Virtual and Phuket, Thailand: August 21 – 25

SANS Security Awareness Summit & Training, Virtual and Las Vegas, Neveda: August 21 – 25

SANS Cyber Defence Singapore, Virtual and Singapore: August 21 – 26

SANS Virginia Beach, Virtual and Virginia Beach, Virginia: August 21 – September 1

Salt Lake City CyberSecurity Conference, Virtual and Salt Lake City, Utah: August 23

SecureWorld Manufacturing, Virtual: August 23

Cybersecurity Summit: New Delhi, New Delhi, India: August 23 – 24

IDC Cybersecurity Roadshow Brazil, Virtual and TBD: August 24

Raleigh Cybersecurity Conference, Raleigh, North Carolina: August 24

SANS Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark: August 28 – September 2

September 2023

BSidesKrakow, Krakow, Poland: September 2

SANS Cloud Security London, Virtual and London, UK: September 4 – 9

SANS Spring Australia 2023, Virtual and Sydney, Australia: September 4 – 16

IDC Security Forum, Zurich, Switzerland: September 6

SANS Network Security Las Vegas 2023, Virtual and Las Vegas, Nevada: September 6 – 11

Charlotte CyberSecurity Conference, Virtual and Charlotte, North Carolina: September 7

BSidesColumbus, Columbus, Ohio: September 7 – 8

APAC DFIR Summit & Japan, Virtual and Tokyo, Japan: September 7 – 16

BSidesAlbuquerque, Albuquerque, New Mexico: September 8 – 9

BSidesMelbourne, Melbourne, Australia, September 8 – 10

BSidesNoVA, Arlington, Virginia: September 9

BSidesZH, Zurich, Switzerland: September 9

Global Security Exchange (GSX), Dallas, Texas: September 11 -13

SANS Stay Sharp, Virtual: September 11 – 15

SANS Brussels, Virtual and Brussels, Belgium: September 11 – 16

IDC Security Forum, Frankfurt, Germany: September 12

Copenhagen CyberCrime Conference 2023, Virtual and Copenhagen, Denmark: September 12 – 13

St. Louis Cybersecurity Conference, St. Louis, Missouri: September 14

BSidesFrankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany: September 15

BSidesStPete, St. Petersburg, Florida: September 15 – 16

BSidesMTL, Montreal, Canada: September 16

SANS Doha, Doha, Qatar: September 16 – 21

Mandiant Worldwide Information Security Exchange (mWISE), Washington, DC: September 18 – 20

SANS Human Risk Oslo, Oslo, Norway: September 18 – 20

SECtember 2023, Bellevue, Washington: September 18 – 22

SANS Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia: September 18 – 23

SANS Maryland – Rockville 2023, Virtual and Rockville, Maryland: September 18 – 23

SANS Rome, Rome, Italy: September 18 – 23

SANS Secure Brasil 2023, Virtual and Sao Paulo, Brasil: September 18 – 23

SANS Paris, Virtual and Paris, France: September 18 – 30

BSidesBelfast, Belfast, Northern Ireland: September 19

IDC Security Forum, Helsinki, Finland: September 19

IDC Security Summit, Istanbul, Turkiye: September 19

London Summit, London, UK: September 19

SecureWorld Denver, Denver, Colorado: September 19

IDC Security Forum, Oslo, Norway: September 20

IDC Security Roadshow, Cairo, Egypt: September 20

International Cryptographic Module Conference (ICMC) 2023, Ottawa, Canada: September 20 – 22

BSidesOslo, Oslo, Norway: September 21

BSides Talinn, Talinn, Estonia: September 21

Des Moines CyberSecurity Conference, Virtual and Des Moines, Iowa: September 21

IDC Security Forum, Stockholm, Sweden: September 21

BSidesTirana, Tirana, Albania: September 21 – 22

BSidesRDU, Raleigh/Durham, North Carolina: September 22

BSidesSG, Singapore: September 22

SANS OSINT Summit 2023, Virtual: September 22

BSidesIdahoFalls, Idaho Falls, Idaho: September 22 – 23

BSidesCambridge, Cambridge, UK: September 23

InfoSec World, Buena Vista, Florida: September 25 – 27

SANS Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania: September 25 – 30

SANS ICS Security Houston 2023, Virtual and Houston, Texas: September 25 – 30

SANS Managing Security Risk 2023, Virtual: September 25 – 30

SANS Seattle 2023, Virtual and Seattle, Washington: September 25 – 30

IDC Security Forum, Vienna, Austria: September 26

IDC Security Forum, Nieuwegein, Netherlands: September 26

International Cyber Expo 2023, London, UK: September 26 – 27

Gartner Security & Risk Management Summit, London, UK: September 26 – 28

Relativity Fest, Chicago, Illinois: September 26 – 28

IDC Security Forum, Antwerp, Belgium: September 27

IDC Security Forum, Copenhagen, Denmark: September 28

IDC Security Roadshow Chile, Virtual and TBD: September 28

Seattle Cybersecurity Conference, Seattle, Washington: September 28

SecureWorld Detroit, Detroit, Michigan: September 28

BSidesCanberra, Canberra, Australia: September 28-30

October 2023

SANS DFIR Europe Summit & Training 2023, Virtual and Prague, Czech Republic: October 1 – 7

RH-ISAC Cyber Intelligence Summit, Dallas, Texas: October 2 – 4

SANS Stay Sharp, Virtual: October 2 – 4

SANS Executive Leadership Training 2023, Dulles, Virginia: October 2 – 6

SANS Amsterdam, Virtual and Amsterdam, Netherlands: October 2 – 7

SANS October Singapore 2023, Virtual and Singapore: October 2 – 14

Identity Week, Washingon, DC: October 3 – 4

ONE Conference, The Hague, Netherlands: October 3 – 4

Graylog GO 2023, Virtual and Houston, Texas: October 3 – 5

Cybersecurity Summit: Africa, Virtual: October 4

Identity Management Europe 2023 Q4, Utrecht, Netherlands: October 4

BSidesAhmedabad, Ahmedabad, India: October 4 – 6

Columbus CyberSecurity Conference, Virtual and Columbus, Ohio: October 5

Blockchain Security Summit 2023, Virtual: October 5 – 6

BSidesKC, Kansas City, Missouri: October 6 – 7

BSidesPDX, Portland, Oregon: October 6 – 7

BSidesAugusta, Augusta, Georgia: October 7

BSidesColoradoSprings, Colorado Springs, Colorado: October 7 – 8

SANS Cyber Safari 2023, Virtual and Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: October 7 – 19

SANS Baltimore, Virtual and Baltimore, Maryland: October 9 – 14

SANS Brisbane Australia 2023, Brisbane, Australia: October 9 – 14

SANS Istanbul Offensive Operations 2023, Virtual and Istanbul, Turkiye: October 9 – 14

SANS London, Virtual and London, UK: October 9 – 14

SANS Nantes, Nantes, France: October 9 – 14

SANS San Francisco, Virtual and San Francisco, California: October 9 – 14

SANS India Cloud Security 2023, Virtual: October 9 – 21

it-sa, Nuremberg, Germany: October 10 – 12

Chicago Cybersecurity Conference, Chicago, Illinois: October 12

BSidesBloomington, Bloomington, Minnesota: October 13 – 14

BSidesJAX, Jacksonville, Florida: October 13 – 14

BSidesCambridgeMA, Cambridge, Massachusetts: October 14

BSidesSTL, St. Louis, Missouri: October 14

BSidesMunich, Munich, Germany: October 14 – 15

Rhythm World 23, Denver, Colorado: October 16 – 18

SANS Secure Africa 2023, Virtual and Casablanca, Morocco: October 16 – 21

CloudSecNext Summit & Training 2023, Virtual and Dallas, Texas: October 16 – 23

SANS Munich, Virtual and Munich, Germany: October 16 – 28

SANS Tokyo Autumn 2023, Virtual and Tokyo, Japan: October 16 – 28

Financial Services Summit, New York, New York: October 17

Securing New Ground (SNG), New York, New York: October 17 – 18

San Diego CyberSecurity Conference, San Diego, California: October 18

SecureWorld St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri: October 19

SANS Manchester, Manchester, UK: October 23 – 28

SecTor, Toronto, Canada: October 23 – 26 

SANS Rocky Mountain Fall 2023, Virtual and Denver, Colorado: October 23 – 28

LASCON 2023, Austin, Texas: October 24 – 27

SecureWorld Government, Virtual: October 25

(ISC)² Security Congress 2023, Virtual and Nashville, Tennessee: October 25 – 27

IDC Cybersecurity Roadshow Columbia, TBD: October 26

IDC Security, Warsaw, Poland: October 26

IDC Security & Cloud Roadshow, Porto, Portugal: October 26

SecureWorld Dallas, Dallas, Texas: October 26

Toronto Cybersecurity Conference, Toronto, Canada: October 26

BSidesOttawa: Ottawa, Ontario: October 26 – 27

IDC Security Forum: Security Strategy 2023, Virtual and Warsaw, Poland: October 26

BSidesBirmingham, Birmingham, UK: October 28

BSidesGVL, Greenville, South Carolina: October 28

BSidesPeoria, Peoria, Illinois: October 28

SANS Dublin, Dublin, Ireland: October 30 – November 4

SANS Orlando, Virtual and Orlando, Florida: October 30 – November 4

November 2023

Cybersecurity Summit: Mumbai, Mumbai, India: November 1 – 2

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2023 Canada Virtual Cybersecurity Summit, Virtual: November 2

Phoenix CyberSecurity Conference, Virtual and Phoenix, Arizona: November 2

SANS Gulf Region 2023, Dubai, UAE: November 4 – 23

SANS Korea, Virtual and Seoul, South Korea: November 6 – 11

SANS London, Virtual and London, UK: November 6 – 11

SANS San Diego Fall 2023, Virtual and San Diego, California: November 6 – 11

SANS Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden: November 6 – 11

SANS Offensive Operations Australia 2023, Virtual and Canberra, Australia: November 6 – 18

Identity Management UK 2023 Q4, London, UK: November 8

SecureWorld Seattle, Seattle, Washington: November 8 – 9

DC/Baltimore Cybersecurity Conference, TBD: November 9

BSidesChicago, Chicago, Illinois: November 10

BSidesKBH, Copenhagen, Denmark: November 11

IDC European CISO Exchange, Marbella, Spain: November 12 – 14

SANS Stay Sharp, Virtual: November 13 – 15

Tanium Converge, Austin, Texas: November 13 – 16

SANS Japan, Virtual and Tokyo, Japan: November 13 – 18

SANS Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal: November 13 – 18

Identity Management Nordics 2023 Q4, Stockholm, Sweden: November 14

Black Hat Middle East and Africa, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: November 14 – 16

ISC East, New York City, New York: November 14 – 16

Aspen Cyber Summit, New York City, New York: November 15

Nashville CyberSecurity Conference, Virtual and Nashville, Tennessee: November 15

Mexico City Cybersecurity Conference, Mexico City, Mexico: November 16

BSidesCalgary, Calgary, Canada: November 16 – 17

HackFest Summit 2023, Hollywood, California: November 16 – 17

BSidesIndore, Indore, India: November 17 – 18

BSidesBerlin, Berlin, Germany: November 18

SANS Amsterdam, Virtual and Amsterdam, Netherlands: November 20 – 25

SANS Austin, Virtual and Austin, Texas: November 27 – December 2

SANS Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland: November 27 – December 2

SANS India Autumn 2023, Virtual: November 27 – December 2

SANS Paris, Virtual and Paris, France: November 27 – December 2

Atlanta Cybersecurity Conference, Atlanta, Georgia: November 30

Boston CyberSecurity Conference, Virtual and Boston, Massachusetts: November 30

*CSO 30 Awards UK, London, UK: November 30

*CSO Security Summit US, London, UK: November 30

* This event is presented by Foundry, the parent company of CSO.

December 2023

BSidesOdisha, Odisha, India: December 2

Black Hat Europe, London, UK: December 4 – 7

SANS London, Virtual and London, UK: December 4 – 9

SANS Phoenix-Tempe 2023, Virtual and Tempe, Arizona: December 4 – 9

SANS Tokyo Winter 2023, Virtual and Tokyo, Japan: December 4 – 9

Atlanta CyberSecurity Conference, Virtual and Atlanta, Georgia: December 6

Dallas Cybersecurity Conference, Dallas, Texas: December 7

BSidesLondon, London, UK: December 9

SANS Jeddah Defence 2023, Virtual and Jeddah, Saudi Arabia: December 9 – 14

SANS Cyber Defense Initiative 2023, Virtual and Washington, DC: December 11 – 16

SANS Frankfurt, Virtual and Frankfurt, Germany: December 11 – 16

Houston CyberSecurity Conference, Virtual and Houston, Texas: December 13

January 2024

SANS London, Virtual and London, UK: January 8 – 13

SANS Brussels, Virtual and Brussels, Belgium: January 15 – 20

SANS Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark: January 15 – 20

SANS Amsterdam, Virtual and Amsterdam, Netherlands: January 22 – 27

SANS Paris, Virtual and Paris, France: January 29 – February 3

February 2024

SANS Offensive Operations London 2024, Virtual and London, UK: February 5 – 10

SANS Amsterdam, Virtual and Amsterdam, Netherlands: February 12 – 17

SANS Munich, Virtual and Munich, Germany: February 19 – 24

SANS Security East New Orleans 2024, Virtual and New Orleans, Louisiana: February 19 – 24

Gartner Security & Risk Management Summit, Mumbai, India: February 26 – 27

SANS Madrid, Madrid, Spain: February 26 – March 2

March 2024

Gartner Identity & Access Management Summit, London, UK: March 4 – 5

SANS Orlando 2024, Virtual and Orlando, Florida: March 24 – 29

April 2024

BSidesMilwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin: April 3

ISC West, Las Vegas, Nevada: April 9 – 12

May 2024

RSA Conference, San Francisco, California: May 6 – 9

SANS Security West San Diego 2024, Virtual and San Diego, California: May 9 – 14

BSidesVitoria, Vitoria, Brasil: May 18

December 2024

Gartner Identity & Access Management Summit, Grapevine, Texas: December 9 – 11