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
  1. 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  
  1. FutureCon:
  • St. Louis, Mo. – TBA
  • Raleigh, N.C. – TBA
  • Houston, Texas – TBA
  • New Jersey – TBA
  • Kansas City, Mo. – TBA
  1. SaaSTR – February 2-4, 2021
  2. International Association of Professional Security Consultants (IAPSC) conference – postponed to early 2021
  3. 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
  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. 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. 29th 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
  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. 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.