2025 is almost upon us, and with it comes a slate of must-attend cybersecurity conferences. Security experts from across sectors will come together to hear about the latest risk management strategies, novel hacking techniques, changes to cyber governance and what technologies enterprises can use to defend their networks. 

Some events, like RSA Conference, draws CISOs and other cybersecurity business decision makers, but if you're a security practitioner looking for a conference, early August brings what is colloquially known as Hacker Summer Camp in Las Vegas. Lasting more than a week, security specialists can attend Black Hat USA, Def Con and BSides Las Vegas. 

These events are also a great time to network and learn how peers in the cybersecurity sector are navigating the same issues you are up against. While this list is not exhaustive, it is curated to those events that make the biggest splash and lure the top companies. We'll see you there.

IAAP Global Privacy Summit

April 23-24
Washington D.C.

The summit, touted as the largest event in the privacy industry, will feature keynote speakers and breakout sessions on the most important issues related to governance, management and privacy law. 

RSA Conference

April 28-May 1
San Francisco 

Geared toward cybersecurity decision makers, RSA Conference drew more than 41,000 attendees in 2024, and the theme for 2025 is “many voices, one community.”

Gartner Security & Risk Management Summit

June 9-11
National Harbor, Maryland

Industry leading keynote speakers and experts from Gartner will help security professionals navigate a complex set of challenges, ranging from business resilience to risk management. More than 5,000 professionals attended the 2024 conference. 

Black Hat USA

Aug. 2-7
Las Vegas

Kicking off the week colloquially known as Hacker Summer Camp, Black Hat starts with technical trainings before a two-day conference intended for practitioners and security leaders.

DEF CON

Aug. 7-10
Las Vegas

Overlapping with Black Hat, this conference is geared toward the hacking minded.

BSides Las Vegas

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Las Vegas 

The two-day event features technical and academic presentations for peer review among security practitioners. The two-day security community event coincides with the annual Hacker Summer Camp in Las Vegas. 

Billington Cybersecurity Summit

Sept 9-12
Washington D.C.

The annual conference features senior technology and cybersecurity leaders from across the U.S. government and the private sector. 2024’s event featured National Cyber Director Harry Coker, Jr. and top officials from the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency.

Labscon

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SentinelOne’s annual invite-only conference gathers cybersecurity experts to share cutting-edge research and push the envelope of threat landscape understanding.

mWISE

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The Mandiant Worldwide Information Security Exchange conference builds off the company's threat intelligence and brings in high profile customers to discuss their experience and lessons learned.

Palo Alto Networks Ignite

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Various cities

Palo Alto Networks will again offer a series of events across major cities, designed to help security professionals manage a series of disruptive events across the globe. The conferences will offer threat insights from Unit 42, explore the potential for AI and provide hands-on learning opportunities.

Fal.Con

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CrowdStrike’s annual conference brings together top executives from the company and some of its customers to explore intelligence and tools.

Forrester Security & Risk Summit

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The annual conference features carefully selected keynote speakers, insights from Forrester analysts and a wide variety of workshops, case studies and specialized learning opportunities.

Aspen Cyber Summit

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The annual conference features some of the world’s top cybersecurity policy experts, security leaders from the private sector and insight from academia. Previous conferences have featured top law enforcement discussions on the role of law enforcement, the growing importance of artificial intelligence and the enduring threat from rogue nation states.