A hand-curated world calendar of the conferences, congresses and hacker gatherings that matter — from GISEC Global in Dubai to Black Hat in Las Vegas, DEF CON, RSA, Infosecurity Europe, it-sa, Ekoparty, HITB, and the CCC Congress in Hamburg.
GITEX's dedicated cybersecurity hall bringing global vendors and regional buyers together.
Regional edition of Black Hat with technical trainings, briefings, and a large exhibition floor.
Saudi Arabia's flagship hacking event co-located with Black Hat MEA, featuring CTFs and villages.
Regional Black Hat editions with strong trainings and briefings agendas.
Black Hills Information Security's community-first infosec conference in historic Deadwood.
The only conference dedicated exclusively to macOS security research.
Canada's flagship information security conference, now part of the Black Hat family.
Microsoft's annual conference with a heavy Defender, Entra, and Purview security track.
SANS's largest annual training event, with dozens of hands-on courses and a NetWars tournament.
The largest dedicated IT security trade fair in Europe.
Central & Eastern Europe's largest hacker conference, hosted annually in Budapest.
Non-profit technical security conference organised by Berghem-in-the-Middle.
Long-running open technical security conference with a strong research programme.
Vienna's long-running in-depth security conference with a strong trainings programme.
European edition of Black Hat, with briefings and trainings at ExCeL London.
The Chaos Computer Club's annual congress — one of the world's most influential hacker gatherings.
Australia's largest cyber conference, run by the Australian Information Security Association.
Whole-of-government cyber week hosted by the Cyber Security Agency of Singapore.
Invitation-driven summit spotlighting the year's most significant APT and cybercrime research.
Korea's premier technical security conference, running since 2006.
Japan's premier international security conference, mixing local and global researchers.
Brazil's oldest and largest technical security conference.
Roaming Latin American security conference, with editions across the region.
Latin America's flagship hacker conference, running since 2001.
Dates and venues shift year to year. Verify each event on its official site before travelling.