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Bakersfield, CA cybersecurity events & groups

Bakersfield's security community centers on the Kern County chapter of ISSA, which holds free quarterly dinner meetings with a guest speaker. CSU Bakersfield hosts NextTech Kern on October 28, 2026, a one-day technology conference with a Security, Risk, and Trust track. The nearest ISACA, ISC2, OWASP, WiCyS and 2600 groups meet in the Los Angeles area.

Verified Sep 24–25, 2026 · Covers September 2026 through March 2027 · Times are Pacific Time

Bakersfield metro (Kern County): Bakersfield, Oildale, Shafter, Delano, Arvin, Tehachapi

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  1. Kern County ISSA (Kern ISSA): Free quarterly dinner meetings with a speaker, open to non-members; the only recurring in-person security group found in Kern County.
  2. NextTech Kern 2026: A full day at CSU Bakersfield with a dedicated security, risk and trust track.

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Datebook

September 2026

(CS)²AI Online: Comparing OT Security Perimeters in a Defensible Architecture

Wed, Sep 30, 2026 · 10:00 to 11:30 a.m. Pacific

Online

The next (CS)²AI Online session after September 24, 2026, listed by (CS)²AI for September 30, 2026, 1:00 to 2:30 p.m. EDT as a virtual event. It had not yet been posted on the Bakersfield Meetup page on September 25, 2026; the group's earlier sessions were all posted there. The organizer page notes the event is sponsored and mentions member discounts but shows no price; the group's Meetup sessions charge no fee.

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cs2ai.org/event-details/comparing-ot-security-p… [S1] [S2]

October 2026

NextTech Kern 2026

Wed, Oct 28, 2026 · 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

CSU Bakersfield main campus, 9001 Stockdale Hwy, Bakersfield

Late fee applies to registrations from: Mon, Sep 28, 2026

Adjacent: a general emerging-technology conference run by CSU Bakersfield; one of its five tracks, Security, Risk, and Trust, covers cybersecurity. Registration is $75 per person, with a late fee for registrations on or after September 28, 2026, and a limited number of student seats. The first edition was held October 2, 2025.

ConfirmedConferencePaid

csub.edu/nexttechkern [S3] [S4] [S5]

On the radar

Announced without a date, or expected from past editions. Not confirmed.

Kern County ISSA quarterly chapter meeting (December)

Announced by the organizer; date not yet published.

Bakersfield (venue not yet announced)

Date TBAChapter meetingFree

linkedin.com/company/kern-issa [S5]

Groups & associations

Professional associations

Kern County ISSA (Kern ISSA)

Bakersfield; recent meetings at Coconut Joe's Private Beach Club, 4000 Easton Dr · In the city

Quarterly dinner meetings on Wednesdays; doors open 5:30 p.m., program at 6:00 p.m.

Chapter founded in 2008. Meetings are free to attend with dinner included, and ISSA membership is not required; registration is through a form linked from the chapter site, and the fall 2026 meeting filled up. The most recent meeting was the fall quarterly meeting on Wednesday, September 2, 2026. The chapter's LinkedIn page names December 2 for the next quarterly meeting. The chapter's LinkedIn page also promotes NextTech Kern at CSU Bakersfield on October 28, 2026 (Security, Risk, and Trust track) as its next event. The old address kern.issa.org now points to kernissa.org.

Free

kernissa.org [S5] [S6] [S7]

Technical user groups

Bakersfield Cyber Security for Control Systems ((CS)²AI Bakersfield)

Online (no in-person meeting held in Bakersfield so far) · In the city

Weekly online (CS)²AI Online sessions, usually Wednesdays at 10:00 a.m. Pacific; no in-person meetings yet.

Bakersfield Meetup group of the Control System Cyber Security Association International ((CS)²AI), a nonprofit for ICS/OT security, with 282 members. All 268 past events on the Meetup page are network-wide online sessions or out-of-state conferences (Level Zero in Atlanta); none was held in person in Bakersfield. The group says it will meet in person once there is enough local interest. The most recent session was the online symposium on September 23, 2026. Meetup events charge no fee; registration is through Zoom.

Free

meetup.com/bakersfield-cyber-security-for-contr… [S2] [S8]

Directory checklist

1 of 19 national directories list a local chapter
DirectoryResult
2600 MeetingsNearest: LA2600 (Union Station, Los Angeles)
CISA Regional OfficesNearest: CISA Region 9
Cloud Security AllianceNearest: CSA Los Angeles (SoCal) Chapter
Cyversity (formerly ICMCP) ChaptersNearest: Cyversity Southern California Chapter
DEF CON GroupsNearest: DC818 (Woodland Hills); the DC661 Bakersfield listing shows no meeting place
HTCIANearest: HTCIA Southern California Chapter
IAPP KnowledgeNetNearest: IAPP KnowledgeNet Los Angeles
InfraGard Members AlliancesNearest: InfraGard Sacramento Members Alliance
ISACANearest: ISACA Los Angeles Chapter
ISC2Nearest: ISC2 Los Angeles Chapter
ISSALocal chapter: Kern County ISSA (Kern ISSA)
NSA National Centers of Academic Excellence in Cybersecurity (NCAE-C)Nearest: Moorpark College
OWASPNearest: OWASP San Fernando Valley
SANS InstituteNearest: SANS Security West 2027 (San Diego)
SecureWorldNo chapter found
Security BSidesNearest: BSides San Diego
TOOOL (The Open Organisation Of Lockpickers)No chapter found
WiCyS (Women in CyberSecurity) Professional AffiliatesNearest: WiCyS Los Angeles
Women's Society of Cyberjutsu (WSC) ChaptersNearest: Women's Society of Cyberjutsu SoCal

Checked Sep 24–25, 2026

Field notes

Sources

Numbered references for the listings on this page.

  1. S1https://www.cs2ai.org/event-details/comparing-ot-security-perimeters-in-a-defensible-architecture
  2. S2https://www.cs2ai.org/cs2aionline
  3. S3https://csub.edu/nexttechkern/
  4. S4https://csub.edu/nexttechkern/tracks.shtml
  5. S5https://www.linkedin.com/company/kern-issa
  6. S6https://kernissa.org/
  7. S7https://kern.issa.org/
  8. S8https://www.meetup.com/bakersfield-cyber-security-for-control-systems/