> boise, id · verified sep 25, 2026
Idaho
Boise ISSA is the steadiest local group: it holds lunch meetings at Cottonwood Grill from September to June and runs the annual Boise Information Security Conference at Boise State University each March. The Idaho Office of Emergency Management's free preparedness and homeland security conference, which includes cybersecurity sessions, comes to the Riverside Hotel in December. OWASP Boise has not met since September 2025, the Idaho 2600 meeting stopped in April 2026, and BSides Boise has not held an event since April 2024.
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Thu, Oct 1, 2026 · 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Cottonwood Grill, Boise
Round-table discussion on the job market led by the chapter webmaster; 1.5 CPE. Guests are welcome; RSVP for lunch.
ConfirmedChapter meetingFree
Tue, Dec 8 to Thu, Dec 10, 2026
Riverside Hotel, 2900 W. Chinden Blvd, Boise
Registration closes: Sun, Nov 1, 2026
Run by the Idaho Office of Emergency Management; formerly the Annual Preparedness and Cybersecurity Conference. Free to attend; aimed at emergency managers, county and tribal officials, IT and cybersecurity staff, and private sector partners. General admission registration uses a password given on the conference page.
ConfirmedConferenceFree
Tue, Mar 9, 2027
Boise State University, Boise
Volunteer applications close: Fri, Mar 5, 2027
The chapter's registration page gives March 9, 2027 at Boise State University and says the conference usually draws 250 to 300 people and 20 to 25 sponsors. Guests are welcome, and the owner confirmed registration is free (September 25, 2026). The 2026 edition was held March 10, 2026 at Boise State.
ConfirmedConferenceFree
Fri, Apr 2 to Sat, Apr 3, 2027
JUMP (Jack's Urban Meeting Place), 1000 W Myrtle St, Boise
Adjacent: a general technology festival inside Treefort Music Fest, not security-focused. Treefort wristband holders can attend. The 2025 edition included a lock picking lounge.
ConfirmedConferencePaidVendor-hosted
Announced without a date, or expected from past editions. Not confirmed.
Announced by the organizer; date not yet published.
Boise Centre, Boise
Date TBAConferenceFreeVendor-hosted
Cottonwood Grill, Boise · In the city
Lunch meetings 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., about five or six a year from September to June; usually no December meeting
Guests are welcome at the lunch meetings. The chapter asks attendees to RSVP for the lunch head count, and a meeting sponsor provides the lunch; each meeting carries CPE credit. The 2026 meetings so far were on the first Thursday of the month, but the chapter does not publish a fixed rule. A members-only event closes the season in June.
Free
Boise (venues vary) · In the city
Irregular; no meeting announced
Meetings are open to the public and free. The last listed meeting was a hangout at Payette Brewing on September 25, 2025; the one before it was on November 13, 2024. The owasp.org chapter page still links an older Meetup address that no longer exists.
Quiet: last activity Sep 2025Free
Kiln, 1120 S Rackham Way, Meridian · Metro area
Occasional; no next date announced
Community-run meetup with lightning talks, food and networking; about 30 people attended on April 9, 2026. The event was listed on the Luma calendar of Amplify Security, whose chief executive was one of the co-hosts. The group also has a Discord server linked from the event page.
Free
Blue Cross of Idaho, 3000 East Pine Avenue, Meridian · Metro area
Wednesdays at 11:00 a.m., roughly every two months; no next date posted
Adjacent: a general Amazon Web Services user group, not security-focused, though its description includes securing workloads. Meetings in 2026 were April 22, June 24 and August 26.
Free
Boise State University · In the city
Irregular; no meeting announced
Adjacent: a general AWS user group hosted by Boise State's School of Computing. Its fall 2025 meetups covered AI and security topics.
Quiet: last activity Nov 2025Free
| Directory | Result |
|---|---|
| 2600 Meetings | Local chapter: Idaho 2600 |
| CISA Regional Offices | Nearest: CISA Region 10 (Seattle); no public Boise events posted |
| Cloud Security Alliance | Nearest: CSA Seattle Chapter |
| Cyversity (formerly ICMCP) Chapters | Nearest: Cyversity Seattle Chapter |
| DEF CON Groups | Nearest: DC801 (Salt Lake City); the DC208.1 Boise listing is in DEF CON's inactive groups archive |
| HTCIA | No chapter found |
| IAPP KnowledgeNet | Nearest: IAPP KnowledgeNet Salt Lake City |
| InfraGard Members Alliances | Local chapter: InfraGard Idaho Members Alliance |
| ISACA | Nearest: ISACA Utah Chapter (Salt Lake City) |
| ISC2 | Nearest: ISC2 Salt Lake City Chapter (Utah) |
| ISSA | Local chapter: Boise ISSA |
| NSA National Centers of Academic Excellence in Cybersecurity (NCAE-C) | Nearest: Boise State University (NCAE-C school; no student security club with a current public schedule was found) |
| OWASP | Local chapter: OWASP Boise |
| SANS Institute | Nearest: SANS Seattle 2027 |
| SecureWorld | Nearest: SecureWorld Seattle |
| Security BSides | Local chapter: BSides Boise |
| TOOOL (The Open Organisation Of Lockpickers) | No chapter found |
| WiCyS (Women in CyberSecurity) Professional Affiliates | Nearest: WiCyS Utah |
| Women's Society of Cyberjutsu (WSC) Chapters | No chapter found |
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