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Arlington's own security activity centers on UT Arlington: the student Cybersecurity Club (CSEC) holds talks, CTF nights and lock picking workshops on campus, and BSides DFW, the region's free community conference, was held in UTA's Nedderman Hall in 2024 and 2025. Tarrant County College, an NSA Center of Academic Excellence, runs beginner cybersecurity workshops at its Southeast Campus in Arlington. Most recurring professional and hacker meetings happen elsewhere in the Dallas-Fort Worth metro, with monthly hacker meetups in north Dallas, ISSA lunches in Irving and the region's larger conferences in Plano, Richardson and Dallas in October 2026.
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Thu, Oct 1, 2026 · Starts 9:00 a.m.
Davidson-Gundy Alumni Center, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson · Metro area
Run by DigitalEra Group, co-hosted by UT Dallas. Free for security and IT staff from non-vendor organizations; paid for vendor, sales and marketing attendees. WiCyS DFW is a community partner.
ConfirmedConferenceFreePaidVendor-hosted
Fri, Oct 2, 2026 · 5:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington (room not listed)
Introduction to CVEs and how researchers and defenders use them. Posted on MavEngage for UTA students.
ConfirmedWorkshopStudents only
Fri, Oct 2, 2026 · 5:00 p.m.
The Wild Turkey, 2470 Walnut Hill Ln, Dallas · Metro area
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
Wed, Oct 7, 2026 · 7:00 p.m.
Family Karaoke, 11433 Goodnight Ln, Dallas · Metro area
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
Thu, Oct 8, 2026
Plano Event Center, 2000 East Spring Creek Parkway, Plano · Metro area
InfraGard North Texas and WiCyS DFW offer member registration codes on their own pages.
ConfirmedConferencePaidVendor-hosted
Fri, Oct 9, 2026 · 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m.
TCC Southeast, SE06 room 3205-1, 2100 Southeast Pkwy, Arlington
Beginner cybersecurity and digital safety workshop run by the Southeast Learning Commons. Repeated on October 12 and October 19, 2026, noon to 1:00 p.m.
ConfirmedWorkshopStudents only
Fri, Oct 9, 2026 · Doors 11:00 a.m.; discussion 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
University of Dallas, SB Hall, 2925 Gorman Dr, Irving · Metro area
InfraGard North Texas lists a $20 rate for its members.
ConfirmedChapter meetingPaid
Wed, Oct 14, 2026 · 7:00 p.m.
Encore Family Karaoke, 11433 Goodnight Ln, Dallas (recent meetings) · Metro area
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
Tue, Oct 20, 2026 · 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Plano Event Center, 2000 East Spring Creek Parkway, Plano · Metro area
Registration is on the chapter's own site, csc13.ntxissatools.org, not Eventbrite.
ConfirmedConferencePaid
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Thu, Oct 29, 2026 · 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Sheraton Dallas Hotel, 400 Olive Street, Dallas · Metro area
Run by CyberRisk Alliance. Admission is limited to working security and IT practitioners, and registrations are reviewed.
ConfirmedSummitPaidVetting requiredVendor-hosted
Wed, Nov 4, 2026 · 7:00 p.m.
Family Karaoke, 11433 Goodnight Ln, Dallas · Metro area
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
Fri, Nov 6, 2026 · 5:00 p.m.
The Wild Turkey, 2470 Walnut Hill Ln, Dallas · Metro area
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
Sat, Nov 7, 2026
Dallas-Fort Worth (venue to be announced) · Metro area
Saturday, November 7, 2026: the organizer is aiming for the first Saturday in November and bsides.org lists November 7. Free tickets will be issued through Eventbrite; ticketing had not opened on September 24, 2026. The venue is still being contracted; the 2024 and 2025 editions were at UT Arlington.
ConfirmedConferenceFree
Wed, Nov 11, 2026 · 7:00 p.m.
Encore Family Karaoke, 11433 Goodnight Ln, Dallas (recent meetings) · Metro area
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
Wed, Dec 2, 2026 · 7:00 p.m.
Family Karaoke, 11433 Goodnight Ln, Dallas · Metro area
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
Fri, Dec 4, 2026 · 5:00 p.m.
The Wild Turkey, 2470 Walnut Hill Ln, Dallas · Metro area
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
Mon, Dec 7 to Sat, Dec 12, 2026
Hilton Richardson Dallas, 701 E Campbell Rd, Richardson · Metro area
14 courses, in person and live online.
ConfirmedTrainingPaidVendor-hosted
Wed, Dec 9, 2026 · 7:00 p.m.
Encore Family Karaoke, 11433 Goodnight Ln, Dallas (recent meetings) · Metro area
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
Fri, Jan 1, 2027 · 5:00 p.m.
The Wild Turkey, 2470 Walnut Hill Ln, Dallas · Metro area
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
Wed, Jan 6, 2027 · 7:00 p.m.
Family Karaoke, 11433 Goodnight Ln, Dallas · Metro area
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
Wed, Jan 13, 2027 · 7:00 p.m.
Encore Family Karaoke, 11433 Goodnight Ln, Dallas (recent meetings) · Metro area
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
Wed, Feb 3, 2027 · 7:00 p.m.
Family Karaoke, 11433 Goodnight Ln, Dallas · Metro area
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
Fri, Feb 5, 2027 · 5:00 p.m.
The Wild Turkey, 2470 Walnut Hill Ln, Dallas · Metro area
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
Wed, Feb 10, 2027 · 7:00 p.m.
Encore Family Karaoke, 11433 Goodnight Ln, Dallas (recent meetings) · Metro area
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
Wed, Mar 3, 2027 · 7:00 p.m.
Family Karaoke, 11433 Goodnight Ln, Dallas · Metro area
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
Fri, Mar 5, 2027 · 5:00 p.m.
The Wild Turkey, 2470 Walnut Hill Ln, Dallas · Metro area
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
Wed, Mar 10, 2027 · 7:00 p.m.
Encore Family Karaoke, 11433 Goodnight Ln, Dallas (recent meetings) · Metro area
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
Dallas area (venue given at registration) · Metro area
Periodic in-person meetings and coffee chats
Privacy-focused. The chapter page listed an in-person "September Coffee Chat: Part Two" on September 24, 2026; later that day the page showed no meetings scheduled. Coffee chats are open to non-members with a free IAPP account.
Free
North Texas (May 2026 meeting at TIAA Frisco Corporate Center, Frisco) · Metro area
Monthly in-person or virtual meetings from September through June, plus review courses and trainings
The last in-person meeting found was on May 22, 2026 in Frisco. The September 25, 2026 chapter meeting is virtual; a CISA review course starts September 26, 2026 and an October 7 to 9 training is on hold.
Paid
Dallas-Fort Worth (recent lunch and learns in Irving) · Metro area
Monthly lunch and learns (doors 11:00 a.m., talk 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.), plus happy hours and evening hands-on programs; no fixed rule published
The ISSA chapter serving Dallas-Fort Worth, including Arlington. The September 17, 2026 lunch and learn was at Las Colinas Country Club in Irving. A happy hour is listed for October 8, 2026 at TBD Kitchen, Lewisville. A separate ISSA Fort Worth chapter once existed, but its website no longer resolves.
Paid
Plano (recent in-person meetings) and online · Metro area
Roughly monthly in 2025, alternating in-person and online; no meeting posted
The OWASP chapter for Dallas-Fort Worth. The last in-person meeting was October 14, 2025 at Forescout in Plano; the last listed event was an online training tournament on December 4, 2025.
Quiet: last activity Dec 2025Free
The Wild Turkey, 2470 Walnut Hill Ln, Dallas · Metro area
First Friday of the month, 5:00 p.m. (7:00 p.m. on the Meetup page)
Listed in 2600 Magazine's meeting list; the nearest 2600 meeting to Arlington. The DFW2600 Meetup page shows the August 7 and September 4, 2026 meetings as held and the next on October 2, 2026, at 7:00 p.m.
Free
Family Karaoke, 11433 Goodnight Ln, Dallas · Metro area
First Wednesday of the month, 7:00 p.m.
Short talks, Capture-the-Flag challenges and locksport, about 25 miles northeast of Arlington. The Meetup page lists the October 7, 2026 main meeting and a Hacker Karaoke Night on September 25, 2026.
Free
Encore Family Karaoke, 11433 Goodnight Ln, Dallas (recent meetings) · Metro area
Second Wednesday of the month, 7:00 p.m.
The DEF CON group for Dallas-Fort Worth; no DEF CON group meets in Arlington or Fort Worth. DC214 held a meetup at BSides DFW 2025 in Nedderman Hall, UTA, on November 1, 2025. No October 2026 meeting was posted on September 24, 2026.
Free
Dallas-Fort Worth; recent chapter meetings held at SecureWorld Dallas, Plano Event Center, Plano · Metro area
Occasional chapter meetings and networking events, often at local conferences; no regular schedule published
Cyversity was formerly the International Consortium of Minority Cybersecurity Professionals (ICMCP). The most recent in-person chapter meeting found was on October 2, 2025 at SecureWorld Dallas in Plano (a guest talk on getting into cybersecurity, which needed a conference pass); the 2024 SecureWorld Dallas meet and greet was open to all attendees. The chapter also promoted the Dallas Cybersecurity Summit on March 5, 2026 on its community page, which needs a login. SecureWorld Dallas lists a Cyversity North Texas booth on October 8, 2026.
FreePaid
Around the Dallas-Fort Worth metro, including Arlington and Grand Prairie · Metro area
Several events a month: coffee chats, Tech & Trek walks, panels and hands-on sessions
Held a coffee chat in Arlington at Nehimah Coffee Co. on May 23, 2026 and a Tech & Trek walk at Epic Central Trail, Grand Prairie on September 19, 2026. Event pages do not list costs.
Free
Dallas area (last event in Irving) · Metro area
Irregular; no event posted
The last Meetup event was on September 19, 2025 at a Microsoft campus in Las Colinas, Irving.
Quiet: last activity Sep 2025Free
North Texas (2026 conference at DFW Airport) · Metro area
Member events posted on the chapter calendar
Membership requires FBI vetting. The 2026 annual conference was held August 13, 2026 at the DFW Airport Department of Public Safety headquarters (registration filled). The calendar lists a range day on September 26, the joint lunch and learn with North Texas ISSA on October 9 and an FBI case studies day on November 12, 2026.
Vetting required
University of Texas at Arlington campus (recent meetings in SWSH) · In the city
Talks, workshops and CTF nights during the semester, usually Friday evenings; posted on MavEngage
UTA is an NSA/DHS Center of Academic Excellence school. The club held "CSEC Introduction + CTF" on September 18, 2026 in SWSH 225. Spring 2026 events included a lock picking workshop (March 20), an introduction to picoCTF (March 6) and a library injection workshop (February 20). CSEC ran a CTF at BSides DFW 2025. Events are aimed at UTA students.
Students only
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Tarrant County College campuses, including TCC Southeast, 2100 Southeast Pkwy, Arlington · In the city
Occasional student events posted on the TCC calendar; no regular club meeting published
NSA/DHS Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense. The Cyber Hub page lists an IT club on the Northwest Campus in Fort Worth and a cybersecurity faculty member at TCC Southeast in Arlington. The most recent related event found is "Your Future in IT" with industry speakers on October 15, 2025 at TCC South in Fort Worth; the last TCC Cybersecurity Summit was April 25, 2024.
Quiet: last activity Oct 2025Students only
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Texas Christian University, Fort Worth · Metro area
No meetings posted
Listed as active on TCU Engage, focused on competitions, outreach and industry partnerships. The only dated activity on the page is an executive board meeting on September 5, 2025.
Quiet: last activity Sep 2025Students only
UT Arlington, Nedderman Hall, 416 Yates St, Arlington (2024 and 2025); 2026 venue not yet announced · In the city
Annual conference on the first Saturday in November
Community-run and free. The 2025 conference was held November 1, 2025 at UTA's Computer Science and Engineering building (Nedderman Hall), the second year at UTA. The organizer is a nonprofit registered in Arlington. The quiet status reflects the date of the last conference, not a lack of organizing: the 2026 call for papers closed September 5, 2026 and volunteer signups opened September 11, 2026.
Quiet: last activity Nov 2025Free
Plano Event Center, Plano · Metro area
One-day hacker conference; first held May 27, 2026; no 2027 date announced
Run by CYBR.SEC.Media, the team behind Houston's CYBR.SEC.CON, in partnership with Phillip Wylie. No 2027 edition listed on September 24, 2026.
PaidVendor-hosted
Plano Event Center, Plano · Metro area
Annual one-day conference each fall; 2026 is the 22nd edition
Run by SecureWorld, a conference business. The 21st edition was held October 2, 2025 at the Plano Event Center; the quiet status reflects that date.
Quiet: last activity Oct 2025PaidVendor-hosted
Richardson · Metro area
Annual multi-day training event in December
Commercial training run by the SANS Institute. SANS Dallas 2025 (December 1 to 6, 2025) is known only from event listings.
Quiet: last activity Dec 2025PaidVendor-hosted
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| Directory | Result |
|---|---|
| 2600 Meetings | Local chapter: Dallas 2600 |
| CISA Regional Offices | Nearest: CISA Region 6 |
| Cloud Security Alliance | Nearest: CSA Austin Chapter |
| Cyversity (formerly ICMCP) Chapters | Local chapter: Cyversity North Texas Chapter |
| DEF CON Groups | Local chapter: DC214 (DEF CON Group Dallas) |
| HTCIA | No chapter found |
| IAPP KnowledgeNet | Local chapter: IAPP KnowledgeNet Dallas |
| InfraGard Members Alliances | Local chapter: InfraGard North Texas Members Alliance |
| ISACA | Local chapter: ISACA North Texas Chapter |
| ISC2 | Local chapter: ISC2 Chapter for DFW |
| ISSA | Local chapter: North Texas ISSA |
| NSA National Centers of Academic Excellence in Cybersecurity (NCAE-C) | Local chapter: Cybersecurity Club at UT Arlington (CSEC) |
| OWASP | Local chapter: OWASP Dallas |
| SANS Institute | Local chapter: SANS Institute training events (Dallas area) |
| SecureWorld | Local chapter: SecureWorld Dallas |
| Security BSides | Local chapter: BSides DFW |
| TOOOL (The Open Organisation Of Lockpickers) | No chapter found |
| WiCyS (Women in CyberSecurity) Professional Affiliates | Local chapter: WiCyS Dallas Fort Worth (DFW) Affiliate |
| Women's Society of Cyberjutsu (WSC) Chapters | Local chapter: Women's Society of Cyberjutsu Dallas |
Numbered references for the listings on this page.