College of Charleston Cybersecurity Club
Tue, Oct 13, 2026 · 5:30 p.m.
Simons Center for the Arts, Room 281, College of Charleston
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingStudents only
South Carolina
Charleston, SC cybersecurity events & groups
Charleston has a monthly infosec meetup at a brewery on the last Wednesday, a College of Charleston student cybersecurity club that meets twice a week in the semester, and an ISC2 chapter that meets online. BSides Charleston is held at the College of Charleston on November 7, 2026, and Simply Cyber Con follows on November 8 and 9 at Folly Beach.
Start here
- Charleston InfoSec Group: Free, open, vendor-neutral monthly meetup for all skill levels, and the easiest first stop.
- BSides Charleston 2026: The local community conference, with free workshops the evening before.
- ISC2 Charleston Chapter: Free to join and meets online, so it is easy to try from anywhere in the metro.
Six months at a glance
Datebook
October 2026
CofC Cybersecurity Club Mid-Semester Practice Simulation
Thu, Oct 15, 2026 · 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Simons Center for the Arts, Room 281, College of Charleston
A Thursday Cyber Defense Team session, a practice competition simulation. The club says Thursday meetings are open to all members.
ConfirmedWorkshopStudents only
College of Charleston Cybersecurity Club
Tue, Oct 20, 2026 · 5:30 p.m.
Simons Center for the Arts, Room 281, College of Charleston
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingStudents only
College of Charleston Cybersecurity Club
Tue, Oct 27, 2026 · 5:30 p.m.
Simons Center for the Arts, Room 281, College of Charleston
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingStudents only
Charleston InfoSec Group
Wed, Oct 28, 2026 · 7:00 p.m.
Frothy Beard Brewing Company, 1401 Sam Rittenberg Blvd, Charleston
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
November 2026
College of Charleston Cybersecurity Club
Tue, Nov 3, 2026 · 5:30 p.m.
Simons Center for the Arts, Room 281, College of Charleston
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingStudents only
BSides Charleston 2026 workshops
Fri, Nov 6, 2026 · 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. (BBOT workshop 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.)
Beatty Center, College of Charleston, 5 Liberty St, Charleston
Two workshops: BBOT (Black Lantern Security OSINT tool) and Shark Bite, network traffic analysis with Google. The organizer describes its workshops as free training sessions with seats reserved by sign-up; each has a separate registration.
ConfirmedWorkshopFree
BSides Charleston 2026
Sat, Nov 7, 2026 · Check-in 8:30 a.m., keynote 9:00 a.m.; closing time not posted
Beatty Center, College of Charleston, 5 Liberty St, Charleston
Keynote by Jason Gillam; the full talk schedule is not yet posted. Villages include lockpicking and a CTF run by HackSmarter Labs. Tickets are sold on a Zeffy page that could not be read, so the price is not confirmed; the College of Charleston reported free tickets for its students in 2025.
ConfirmedConferencePaid
Simply Cyber Con 2026
Sun, Nov 8 to Mon, Nov 9, 2026 · Check-in 8:00 a.m. Sunday, November 8; ends 5:00 p.m. Monday, November 9
Tides Folly Beach, Folly Beach · Metro area
In-person general admission is $50 including breakfast and lunch; the virtual live stream of speaker tracks is free. Run by the Simply Cyber brand; this is its third year in the Charleston area. The conference hotel room block is open for Sunday to Tuesday nights.
ConfirmedConferencePaidFreeVendor-hosted
College of Charleston Cybersecurity Club
Tue, Nov 10, 2026 · 5:30 p.m.
Simons Center for the Arts, Room 281, College of Charleston
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingStudents only
College of Charleston Cybersecurity Club
Tue, Nov 17, 2026 · 5:30 p.m.
Simons Center for the Arts, Room 281, College of Charleston
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingStudents only
College of Charleston Cybersecurity Club
Tue, Nov 24, 2026 · 5:30 p.m.
Simons Center for the Arts, Room 281, College of Charleston
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingStudents only
Charleston InfoSec Group
Wed, Nov 25, 2026 · 7:00 p.m.
Frothy Beard Brewing Company, 1401 Sam Rittenberg Blvd, Charleston
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
December 2026
College of Charleston Cybersecurity Club
Tue, Dec 1, 2026 · 5:30 p.m.
Simons Center for the Arts, Room 281, College of Charleston
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingStudents only
College of Charleston Cybersecurity Club
Tue, Dec 8, 2026 · 5:30 p.m.
Simons Center for the Arts, Room 281, College of Charleston
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingStudents only
College of Charleston Cybersecurity Club
Tue, Dec 15, 2026 · 5:30 p.m.
Simons Center for the Arts, Room 281, College of Charleston
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingStudents only
College of Charleston Cybersecurity Club
Tue, Dec 22, 2026 · 5:30 p.m.
Simons Center for the Arts, Room 281, College of Charleston
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingStudents only
College of Charleston Cybersecurity Club
Tue, Dec 29, 2026 · 5:30 p.m.
Simons Center for the Arts, Room 281, College of Charleston
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingStudents only
Charleston InfoSec Group
Wed, Dec 30, 2026 · 7:00 p.m.
Frothy Beard Brewing Company, 1401 Sam Rittenberg Blvd, Charleston
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
January 2027
College of Charleston Cybersecurity Club
Tue, Jan 5, 2027 · 5:30 p.m.
Simons Center for the Arts, Room 281, College of Charleston
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingStudents only
College of Charleston Cybersecurity Club
Tue, Jan 12, 2027 · 5:30 p.m.
Simons Center for the Arts, Room 281, College of Charleston
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingStudents only
College of Charleston Cybersecurity Club
Tue, Jan 19, 2027 · 5:30 p.m.
Simons Center for the Arts, Room 281, College of Charleston
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingStudents only
College of Charleston Cybersecurity Club
Tue, Jan 26, 2027 · 5:30 p.m.
Simons Center for the Arts, Room 281, College of Charleston
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingStudents only
Charleston InfoSec Group
Wed, Jan 27, 2027 · 7:00 p.m.
Frothy Beard Brewing Company, 1401 Sam Rittenberg Blvd, Charleston
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
February 2027
College of Charleston Cybersecurity Club
Tue, Feb 2, 2027 · 5:30 p.m.
Simons Center for the Arts, Room 281, College of Charleston
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingStudents only
College of Charleston Cybersecurity Club
Tue, Feb 9, 2027 · 5:30 p.m.
Simons Center for the Arts, Room 281, College of Charleston
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingStudents only
College of Charleston Cybersecurity Club
Tue, Feb 16, 2027 · 5:30 p.m.
Simons Center for the Arts, Room 281, College of Charleston
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingStudents only
College of Charleston Cybersecurity Club
Tue, Feb 23, 2027 · 5:30 p.m.
Simons Center for the Arts, Room 281, College of Charleston
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingStudents only
Charleston InfoSec Group
Wed, Feb 24, 2027 · 7:00 p.m.
Frothy Beard Brewing Company, 1401 Sam Rittenberg Blvd, Charleston
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
March 2027
College of Charleston Cybersecurity Club
Tue, Mar 2, 2027 · 5:30 p.m.
Simons Center for the Arts, Room 281, College of Charleston
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingStudents only
College of Charleston Cybersecurity Club
Tue, Mar 9, 2027 · 5:30 p.m.
Simons Center for the Arts, Room 281, College of Charleston
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingStudents only
College of Charleston Cybersecurity Club
Tue, Mar 16, 2027 · 5:30 p.m.
Simons Center for the Arts, Room 281, College of Charleston
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingStudents only
College of Charleston Cybersecurity Club
Tue, Mar 23, 2027 · 5:30 p.m.
Simons Center for the Arts, Room 281, College of Charleston
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingStudents only
College of Charleston Cybersecurity Club
Tue, Mar 30, 2027 · 5:30 p.m.
Simons Center for the Arts, Room 281, College of Charleston
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingStudents only
Charleston InfoSec Group
Wed, Mar 31, 2027 · 7:00 p.m.
Frothy Beard Brewing Company, 1401 Sam Rittenberg Blvd, Charleston
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
April 2027
College of Charleston Cybersecurity Club
Tue, Apr 6, 2027 · 5:30 p.m.
Simons Center for the Arts, Room 281, College of Charleston
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingStudents only
College of Charleston Cybersecurity Club
Tue, Apr 13, 2027 · 5:30 p.m.
Simons Center for the Arts, Room 281, College of Charleston
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingStudents only
College of Charleston Cybersecurity Club
Tue, Apr 20, 2027 · 5:30 p.m.
Simons Center for the Arts, Room 281, College of Charleston
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingStudents only
College of Charleston Cybersecurity Club
Tue, Apr 27, 2027 · 5:30 p.m.
Simons Center for the Arts, Room 281, College of Charleston
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingStudents only
Charleston InfoSec Group
Wed, Apr 28, 2027 · 7:00 p.m.
Frothy Beard Brewing Company, 1401 Sam Rittenberg Blvd, Charleston
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
May 2027
Techno Security & Digital Forensics Conference East 2027
Tue, May 25 to Thu, May 27, 2027
Myrtle Beach Sheraton & Convention Center, Myrtle Beach · Regional
Digital forensics and cybersecurity conference run by an events company, about 2 hours from Charleston. The organizer posts the 2027 date as save-the-date and registration pricing was not yet posted; the 2026 East edition was held June 2 to 4, 2026 in Myrtle Beach.
ConfirmedConferencePaidVendor-hosted
On the radar
Announced without a date, or expected from past editions. Not confirmed.
Halloween Meetup Mashup (multi-group meetup)
Announced by the organizer; date not yet published.
Not yet announced (the 2025 edition, on October 29, 2025, was at Frothy Beard Brewing Co., Charleston)
Date TBAMeetupFree
Citadel Cyber Village
Held October 29, 2025 during Cybersecurity Awareness Month; 2026 date not announced
Capers Hall, The Citadel, Charleston
ExpectedWorkshopStudents only
Palmetto Cyber Defense Competition (PCDC)
Held in April (April 11 to 13 in 2026); 2027 dates not yet announced
Trident Technical College, North Charleston · Metro area
ExpectedCTFInvite only
South Coast Cyber Summit
Held in Beaufort in spring in earlier years (March 2024, May 13 to 14, 2025, March 23, 2026); 2027 dates not yet announced
Beaufort · Regional
ExpectedSummitPaid
Groups & associations
Professional associations
ISC2 Charleston Chapter
Online (Google Meet); chapter based in North Charleston · In the city
Monthly chapter meetings online; day and time vary (Friday 3:00 p.m. on August 21, 2026; Wednesday 6:00 p.m. on September 16, 2026)
Founded in March 2012. The chapter site says membership is free and you do not need to be an ISC2 member to join; joining puts you on the chapter email list. Meeting dates are posted on the chapter LinkedIn page. The August 21, 2026 date rests on the chapter's LinkedIn announcement and a going-live post, not a dated recap; a September 16, 2026 meeting was announced but no recap was found. The chapter's ISC2 events feed is members-only, which is not evidence of inactivity.
Free
Hacker and grassroots groups
Charleston InfoSec Group
Frothy Beard Brewing Company, 1401 Sam Rittenberg Blvd, Charleston · In the city
Last Wednesday of the month, 7:00 p.m. (Talks on Tap social); the group also lists monthly Hacker Talks and quarterly Hacker Workshops
Company and vendor neutral; all skill levels welcome. Meetings are in the back room past the bar and kitchen. Latest meetings: June 24, July 29, August 26 and September 30, 2026. The meetup page announces a Halloween Meetup Mashup with other local tech groups in October without a date or venue (see the event entry); the December meeting was held earlier than the last Wednesday in 2025.
Free
Public-private and government
South Carolina InfraGard Members Alliance
Statewide; regional meetups rotate (Charleston meetup at Blackbaud headquarters, Daniel Island, on May 14, 2026) · In the city
Regional meetups several times a year in different South Carolina cities; no fixed schedule
InfraGard membership requires FBI vetting. Past meetups: Greenville area (July and August 2025), Myrtle Beach (December 12, 2025), Aiken (February 26, 2026), Charleston (May 14, 2026) and the Upstate SC AI and Critical Infrastructure Summit in Boiling Springs (August 19, 2026). The calendar lists a Myrtle Beach meetup on May 8, 2027 as a placeholder; the organizer says the spring date is undetermined, so no event is listed.
Vetting requiredMembers only
Education and student groups
College of Charleston Cybersecurity Club
Simons Center for the Arts, Room 281, College of Charleston · In the city
Tuesdays (general meetings) and Thursdays (Cyber Defense Team), 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. during fall and spring semesters; the club posts the dated list on its schedule page
Student-run, founded 2016, no experience required, with a Cyber Defense Team that competes in SECCDC, PCDC and CCDC events. The club calls itself open to everyone of any major and year; it reads as a College of Charleston student club, so ask on its Discord before visiting as a non-student. The fall 2026 schedule runs through December 3, 2026 and skips some weeks (no meeting on October 13, for example); the spring schedule is not posted.
Students only
The Citadel Department of Cyber and Computer Sciences and DoD Cyber Institute
Capers Hall, The Citadel, Charleston · In the city
Annual Cyber Village during Cybersecurity Awareness Month; no regular public meetings
The Citadel holds the NSA and DHS Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense Education designation, per its department page. The latest dated event found is Cyber Village on October 29, 2025 (free to Citadel students, faculty, staff and local STEM teachers, per The Citadel newsroom). The Citadel Cyber Club page says it meets tri-monthly but lists no dated meetings, so it is not listed as its own group.
Quiet: last activity Oct 2025Students only
Conference series
BSides Charleston
Beatty Center, College of Charleston, 5 Liberty St, Charleston · In the city
Annual conference in early November, with workshops the evening before
A 501(c)(3) that has run BSides Charleston since 2012. The 2025 edition was held November 7 and 8, 2025 at the same venue (workshops on the organizer site; the College of Charleston newsroom reports the two days). Status is quiet only because the annual event has not yet been held in 2026; the 2026 edition is listed below.
Quiet: last activity Nov 2025Paid
Adjacent communities
Charleston AWS User Group
Office Evolution, 460 King St, Suite 200, Charleston · In the city
Roughly monthly meetups on Tuesdays, 6:00 p.m., posted on Meetup
Adjacent: a general AWS and cloud community, not security-focused; latest talks were on student building and computer vision. Latest meetings: August 18 and September 8, 2026. The group's Charleston AWS Community Day on October 23, 2026 is a cloud and AI event and is not listed.
Free
CharlestonHacks
Downtown Charleston venues, changes by event · In the city
Irregular Show & Tell nights, socials and hackathons posted on Meetup
Adjacent: a general tech and maker community, not security-focused. It organized the 2025 Halloween Meetup Mashup with the Charleston InfoSec Group. Latest meetings: August 11 and September 22, 2026. HarborHack 2026, a free software hackathon at the College of Charleston from October 23 to 25, 2026, is not a security event and is not listed.
Free
Directory checklist
4 of 19 national directories list a local chapter
Field notes
- The Charleston InfoSec Group's October gathering is a multi-group Halloween Meetup Mashup with no posted date or venue as of October 9, 2026; the regular last-Wednesday meeting falls on October 28, 2026, so check the Meetup page before going.
- The ISC2 Charleston Chapter meets online, its day and time change from month to month, and its dates appear on its LinkedIn page; the chapter's ISC2 events feed is members-only.
- The BSides Charleston ticket page could not be read, so the main-day price is unconfirmed; the Friday evening workshops need their own sign-up.
- Simply Cyber Con is in Folly Beach, about 20 to 25 minutes from downtown Charleston, and rideshares may be infrequent there.
- A DEF CON group, DC843, is listed as inactive on the DEF CON forum and no dated meeting was found, so it is not listed. The Citadel Cyber Club page lists tri-monthly meetings without dates, so it is not listed either.
- Trident Technical College is in North Charleston, but its website did not load, so no college events are listed beyond the PCDC held on its campus.
Sources
Numbered references for the listings on this page.
- S1https://cofcsecurity.github.io/
- S2https://cofcsecurity.github.io/schedule/
- S3https://www.meetup.com/chsinfosec/
- S4https://www.bsidescharleston.org/workshops
- S5https://www.bsidescharleston.org/schedule
- S6https://www.bsidescharleston.org/
- S7https://simplycybercon.org/
- S8https://www.technosecurity.us/
- S9https://today.citadel.edu/the-citadel-celebrates-cybersecurity-awareness-month-with-engaging-campus-events/
- S10https://pcdc-sc.com/
- S11https://www.southcoastcybersummit.com/
- S12https://www.isc2charlestonchapter.org/
- S13https://www.linkedin.com/company/isc2-charleston-chapter
- S14https://isc2chapters.isc2.org/topics/49871
- S15https://southcarolinainfragard.org/
- S16https://southcarolinainfragard.org/events/list/?eventDisplay=past
- S17https://southcarolinainfragard.org/event/may-meetup-in-charleston/
- S18https://www.citadel.edu/ccs/department-news-events/
- S19https://bsides.org/event/bsideschs/
- S20https://www.meetup.com/chs-amazon-web-services/
- S21https://www.meetup.com/charlestonhacks/