Earlier this year, Security Magazine provided a list of the top 20 cybersecurity conferences to attend in 2020.  Now, a few months later, most of those conferences have been canceled or postponed or have gone virtual due to an unforeseen threat, affecting every industry in the globe: the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

Here is a list of conferences that have been postponed, canceled, or that are taking place as virtual shows or proceeding as planned in 2020.

Postponed

1. ISC West 2020 – postponed to July 20-22 (Now postponed to October 5-8)
2. InfoSec World 2020 – postponed to June 22-24
3. THOTCON Chicago – postponed to September 11-12, 2020
4. Securing Federal Identity 2020 – September 16-17, 2020
5. WORP Summit – postponed to September 18-20, 2020
6. Northeast Security Systems Contractors Expo – postponed to September 22-23, 2020
7. MSPWorld – September 30 - October 2, 2020
8. Illinois School Safety Conference – Fall 2020
9. InfiltrateCon – postponed to October (specific dates TBA)
10. Wallmart’s Sp4rkCon – postponed to October 3, 2020
11. SaaS Connect – postponed to October 5-6, 2020
12. World Game Protection Conference – postponed to October 5-8, 2020
13. Authenticate – postponed to November 11-12, 2020
14. CSO50 Conference+Awards – postponed to December 7-9, 2020
15. ISSA Summit –  TBA
16. 2020 CSO Summit - TBA
17. Gartner Security & Risk Management Summit – TBA
18. SecureWorld:

• SecureWorld Boston, Mass. – July 15-16, 2020
• SecureWorld Philadelphia, Penn. – August 26-27, 2020
•  SecureWorld Chicago, Ill. – August 13, 2020
• SecureWorld Atlanta, Ga. – TBA by April 17, 2020
• SecureWorld Houston, Texas – March 31, 2021 
•  SecureWorld Toronto, Canada – April 22, 2021
• SecureWorld Cincinnati, Ohio –  April 28, 2021
• SecureWorld Kansas City, Mo. – May 6, 2021

19. BSides:

• BSides Orlando, Fla. – postponed to April 10-11, 2020
• BSides Oklahoma – postponed to July 22-24, 2020
• BSides Charm, Baltimore, Md. – postponed to September 5-6, 2020
• BSides Nashville, Tenn. – postponed to October 3, 2020
• BSides Kansas City, Mo. – postponed to October 16-17, 2020
• BSides Seattle, Wash. – postponed to October 24, 2020
• BSides Austin, Texas – postponed to December 10-11, 2020
• BSides Iowa – TBA
• BSides Chattanooga, Tenn. – TBA
• BSides Boulder, Colo. – TBA
• BSides Columbus, Ohio – TBA  
• BSides Pittsburgh, Pa. – TBA  
• BSides New Hampshire – TBA  

20. FutureCon:

• St. Louis, Mo. – TBA
• Raleigh, N.C. – TBA
• Houston, Texas – TBA
• New Jersey – TBA
• Kansas City, Mo. – TBA

21. SaaSTR – February 2-4, 2021
22. International Association of Professional Security Consultants (IAPSC) conference – postponed to early 2021
22. Restaurant Loss Prevention & Security Association – postponed to March 15-18, 2021

Virtual Shows:

1. Open Data Science Conference (ODSC) East 2020 – April 13-17, 2020
2. Red Hat Summit 2020 – April 27-29, 2020
3. Hardwear.io Virtual Con: Hacking, Community and Hope – April 30 - May 1, 2020
4. IBM Think 2020 – May 5-6, 2020
5. ISACA’s North America CACS 2020 Conference - May 12-14, 2020 
6. The IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy – May 18-20, 2020. Security and Privacy Workshops will be held on May 21, 2020.
7. Microsoft Build – May 19-21, 2020
8. EDUCAUSE Security Professionals Conference – June 2 and June 4, 2020
9. Security Industry Association GovSummit – June 2-3, 2020
10. CMMC Forum – June 24, 2020
11. OSCON - TBA
12. Google Cloud Next – TBA
13. BSides:

• BSides Knoxville, Tenn. – May 1, 2020
• BSides San Antonio, Texas – July 11, 2020

13. SANS Institute:

• SANS 2020 – April 3-10, 2020
• SANS Security West 2020 – May 11-16, 2020
• SANS Northern Virginia-Alexandria – May 17-22, 2020
• SANS San Antonio, Texas 2020 – May 17-22, 2020
• Cloud Security Summit & Training 2020 – May 26 - June 6, 2020
• Rocky Mountain HackFest Summit & Training 2020 – June  4-13, 2020
• SANSFIRE 2020 – June 13-20, 2020
• DFIR Summit & Training 2020 – July 16-25, 2020
• Security Awareness Summit & Training 2020 – August 3-14, 2020

14. Data Connector’s Cybersecurity Summits in:

• Hartford, Conn. – April 9, 2020
• Detroit, Mich. – April 14, 2020
• Portland, Ore. – April 16, 2020
• Des Moines, Iowa – April 21, 2020
• Louisville, Ky. – April 23, 2020
• Chicago, Ill. – April 30, 2020
• Philadelphia, Penn. – May 7, 2020
• Tampa, Fla. – May 13, 2020
• Minneapolis, Minn. – May 14, 2020
• Canada East – May 28, 2020

15. FutureCon

• Western April Conference – April 14-16, 2020
• Central April Conference – April 21-23, 2020
• Eastern April Conference – April 28-30, 2020
• Western May Conference – May 12-14, 2020
• Eastern May Conference – May 26-28, 2020
• Central June Conference – June 2-4, 2020
• Western June Conference – June 16-18, 2020
• Eastern June Conference – June 30 - July 2, 2020

Proceeding as Planned:

1. Gartner Security & Risk Management Summit – June 1-3, 2020
2. National Cyber Summit – June 2-4, 2020
3. Electronic Security Expo (GSX) – June 9-12, 2020
4. NFPA Conference & Expo – June 15-18, 2020
5. CANASA Security Canada – June 17, 2020
6. Blue Team Con – June 20-21, 2020
7. MilSatCom USA – June 23-24, 2020
8. TechConnect World Innovation Conference & Expo – June 29 - July 1, 2020
9. AI TechConnect Spring Conference & Expo – June 29 - July 1, 2020
10. CyberCon 2020 – June 30 - July 1, 2020
11. NCS4’s National Sports Safety and Security Conference – June 30 – July 2, 2020
12. AcceleRISE – July 29-31, 2020
13. Black Hat USA – August 1-4, 2020
14. APCO 2020 – August 2-5, 2020
15. DEF CON 28 – August 6-9, 2020
16. 29^th Usenix Security Symposium – August 12-14, 2020
17. The Great Conversation in Security – August 24-25, 2020
18. IFSEC International – September 8-10, 2020
19. Security & Counter Terror Expo – September 8-10, 2020
20. Airports Council International 2020 Conference & Exhibition – September 12-15, 2020
21. National Parking Association Convention & Expo – September 14-27, 2020
22. CANASA’s Security Canada International Security Conference & Expo – September 16, 2020
23. Global CISO Executive Summit – September 21-23, 2020
24. Global Security Exchange (GSX) – September 21-23, 2020
25. Interop – September 21-24, 2020
26. Transport Security Conference – September 28-30, 2020
27. PORTCON 2020 – September 28-30, 2020
28. BICSI Fall Conference & Exhibition – September 27 - October 1, 2020
29. Electronic Security Association Leadership Summit – September 28 - October 1, 2020
30. ITS World Congress 2020 – October 4-8, 2020
31. INTERSCHUTZ USA – October 13-17, 2020
32. OWASP Global AppSec – October 19-23, 2020
33. CyberCon 2020 – October 20-22, 2020
34. CANASA’s Security Canada International Security Conference & Expo – October 21-22, 2020
35. GrrCON Cyber Security Summit & Hacker Conference – October 22-23, 2020
36. Securing New Ground – October 27-28, 2020
37. OWASP LASCON – October 29-30, 2020
38. Ignite 2020 – November 9-12, 2020
39. ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security – November 9-13, 2020
40. Security 500 Conference – November 16, 2020
41. (ISC)² Security Congress 2020 – November 16-18, 2020
42. Smart Cities Connect Fall Conference & Expo – November 16-19, 2020
43. Defense TechConnect innovation summit & Expo – November 17-19, 2020
44. ISC East – November 18-19, 2020
45. InfoSecurity North America – November 18-29, 2020
46. Annual Computer Security Applications Conference – December 7-11, 2020
47. ISMG Global Summit Series:

• Chicago, Ill. Cybersecurity & Fraud Summit – April 21, 2020
• Seattle, Wash. Cybersecurity & Fraud Summit – May 12, 2020
• New York City, N.Y. Healthcare Security Summit – June 23, 2020
• New York City, N.Y. Cybersecurity Summit – August 18-19, 2020
• New York City , N.Y. Fraud Summit – August 20, 2020
• Toronto, Canada Cybersecurity & Fraud Summit – September 22, 2020
• Washington D.C. Cybersecurity & Fraud Summit – November 17, 2020

49. SANS Institute:

• Threat Hunting & Incident Response Summit & Training 2020 – September 10-17, 2020
• Oil & Gas Cybersecurity Summit & Training 2020 – October 5-11, 2020
• Cyber Defense Summit & Training 2020 – October 12-19, 2020
• Cloud & DevOps Security Summit & Training 2020 – October 15-22, 2020
• ICS Asia Pacific Summit and Training 2020 – November 13-21, 2020
• Pen Test HackFest Summit & Training 2020 – November 16-23, 2020

50. Data Connectors’ Cybersecurity Summits in:

• Seattle, Wash. – June 4, 2020
• Boston, Mass. – June 11, 2020
• Sacramento, Calif. – June 18, 2020
• Buffalo, N.Y. – June 25, 2020
• Raleigh, N.C. – July 9, 2020
• Vancouver, Canada – July 16, 2020
• Washington D.C. – July 23, 2020
• Little Rock, Ark. – July 30, 2020
• Pittsburgh, Penn. – August 6, 2020
• Kansas City, Mo. – August 13, 2020
• New York City, N.Y. – August 20, 2020
• Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. – August 27, 2020
• Oklahoma City, Okla. – September 17, 2020
• New Orleans, La. – September 23, 2020
• Omaha, Neb. – September 24, 2020
• Baltimore, Md. – September 30, 2020
• Toronto, Canada – October 1, 2020
• San Antonio, Texas – October 8, 2020
• Anaheim, Calif. – October 15, 2020
• Jacksonville, Fla. – October 22, 2020
• St. Louis, Mo. – October 29, 2020
• Columbia, Mo. – November 4, 2020
• Cincinnati, Ohio – November 5, 2020
• Dallas, Texas – November 12, 2020
• Atlanta, Ga. – November 19, 2020
• San Diego, Calif. – December 2, 2020
• Chicago, Ill. – December 3, 2020
• Phoenix, Ariz. – December 9, 2020

51. FutureCon:

• Washinton, D.C. – May 21, 2020
• San Diego, Calif. – June 11, 2020
• Indianapolis, Ind. – June 25, 2020
• Detroit, Mich. – July 8, 2020
• Denver, Colo. – July 22, 2020
• Omaha, Nev. – July 29, 2020
• Seattle, Wash. – August 5, 2020
• St. Louis, Mo. – August 12, 2020
• Columbus, Ohio – August 19, 2020
• Kansas City, Mo. – September 2, 2020
• Raleigh, N.C – September 9, 2020
• Toronto, Ontario, Canada – September 16, 2020
• Minneapolis, Minn. – September 30, 2020
• Boston, Mass. – October 14, 2020
• Tampa, Fla. – October 28, 2020
• Orange County, Calif. – November 4, 2020
• San Antonio, Texas – November 18, 2020
• Nashville, Tenn. – December 3, 2020
• South Florida, Fla. – December 9, 2020

52. The Cybersecurity Collaboration Forum:

• Chicago, Ill. Cybersecurity Best Practice Exchange – April 23, 2020
• Portland, Ore. Cybersecurity Collaboration Forum – June 9, 2020
• Salt Lake City, Utah Cybersecurity Collaboration Forum – June 11, 2020
• San Antonio, Texas Cybersecurity Collaboration Forum – June 18, 2020
• Nashville, Tenn. Cybersecurity Collaboration Forum – June 25, 2020
• Cleveland, Ohio Cybersecurity Collaboration Forum – June 30, 2020
• St. Louis, Mo. Cybersecurity Collaboration Forum – June 30, 2020

53. SecureWorld:

• Boston, Mass. – July 15-16, 2020
• Chicago, Ill. – August 13, 2020
• Philadelphia, Penn. – August 26-27, 2020
• Bay Area, Calif. – August 27, 2020
• St. Louis, Mo. – September 2-3, 2020
• New York, N.Y. – September 17, 2020
• Detroit, Mich. – September 23-24, 2020
• Dallas, Texas – October 7-8, 2020
• Twin Cities, Minn. – October 15, 2020
• Denver, Colo. – October 28-29, 2020
• Seattle, Wash. – November 4-5, 2020

Canceled:

1. Women in Cybersecurity – originally scheduled for March 12-14, 2020
2. The IAPP Global Privacy Summit 2020 – originally scheduled for April 7-8, 2020
3. PSA TEC – originally scheduled for April 20-23, 2020
4. Pennsylvania Burglar & Fire Alarm Association Expo – originally scheduled for April 29-30, 2020
5. Fortinet Accelerate – originally scheduled for May 16-23, 2020
6. The IAPP Canada Privacy Symposium 2020 – originally scheduled for May 20-21, 2020
7. E3 2020 – originally scheduled for June 9-11, 2020
8. InfoComm 2020 – originally scheduled for June 13-19, 2020
9. NRF Protect – originally scheduled for June 22-24, 2020. NOTE: NRF will provide free digital content for retail loss prevention and cyber risk professionals, available in September 2020.