> chula vista, ca · verified oct 22, 2026
California
No security group was found meeting inside Chula Vista; regular meetings are in San Diego. ISC2 and OWASP chapters meet monthly on the University of San Diego campus, and the CSA, ISACA and ISSA chapters hold evening and lunchtime events. The Gaylord Pacific Resort on the Chula Vista bayfront hosts national conferences, such as CS5 West in April 2026, and BSides San Diego is a one-day community conference held at San Diego State University each spring.
Thu, Nov 5, 2026
San Diego Marriott Mission Valley, 8757 Rio San Diego Dr, San Diego · Metro area
Vendor-sponsored one-day conference, in person and online, with up to 10 CPE credits. The page shows no price or access terms; San Diego ISSA lists a free-pass code on its Luma calendar, so some attendees may pay nothing (judgement call).
ConfirmedConferencePaidVendor-hosted
Tue, Nov 10, 2026 · 5:00 p.m.
The Lost Abbey, 1347 Keystone Way Suite C, Vista · Metro area
Satellite meetup for people who live or work in North County; held outside if the weather is clear. Not the same as the Mission Valley event.
ConfirmedMeetupFreeVendor-hosted
Thu, Nov 12, 2026 · 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Belanich Engineering Center, University of San Diego, 4998 Alcala Park, San Diego; also on Zoom (room posted before the meeting) · Metro area
The home page lists this as the next chapter meeting (hybrid); topic and room are not yet posted. USD's Cyber Law & Risk Symposium falls on the same date.
ConfirmedChapter meetingFree
Thu, Nov 12, 2026
Hilton Long Beach, Long Beach · Regional
Run by Government Technology (e.Republic) for state and local government staff; registration is free for the public sector. Long Beach is about two hours north of Chula Vista.
ConfirmedSummitFreeVendor-hosted
Thu, Nov 12, 2026 · 8:00 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.
Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice Theatre, University of San Diego, San Diego · Metro area
Eighth annual symposium hosted by the university's Center for Cybersecurity Engineering and Technology and School of Law, on cyber risk, law, insurance and policy. Registration runs through the university's events system, whose fee could not be read, so access is a judgement call. The ISC2 San Diego chapter's November meeting falls on the same date.
ConfirmedSummitPaid
Fri, Nov 13, 2026 · 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina, 333 W Harbor Dr, San Diego · Metro area
First edition of a community conference organized with San Diego's nonprofit security chapters; up to 9 CPE credits. Ticket money pays for the event and any surplus goes to cyber education. The organizer says prices were lowered and no discount code is needed; the price list is on the Zeffy page, which could not be read on 2026-10-22, so access paid is a judgement call.
ConfirmedConferencePaid
Thu, Nov 19, 2026 · 12:00 p.m. to 1:15 p.m.
Online (Zoom); chapter listing names XiFin, 12225 El Camino Real, San Diego · Metro area
The title says Online and the page gives a Zoom registration link only; the XiFin address is the chapter's default location. The page states no fee (judgement call: other chapter talks are free).
ConfirmedChapter meetingFree
Thu, Nov 19, 2026 · 6:00 p.m.
Loma Hall, University of San Diego, San Diego · Metro area
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
Thu, Dec 10, 2026 · 6:00 p.m.
Belanich Engineering Center (Loma Hall), University of San Diego, 4998 Alcala Park, San Diego · Metro area
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
Thu, Dec 17, 2026 · 6:00 p.m.
Loma Hall, University of San Diego, San Diego · Metro area
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
Thu, Jan 14, 2027 · 6:00 p.m.
Belanich Engineering Center (Loma Hall), University of San Diego, 4998 Alcala Park, San Diego · Metro area
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
Thu, Jan 21, 2027 · 6:00 p.m.
Loma Hall, University of San Diego, San Diego · Metro area
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
Thu, Feb 11, 2027 · 6:00 p.m.
Belanich Engineering Center (Loma Hall), University of San Diego, 4998 Alcala Park, San Diego · Metro area
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
Thu, Feb 18, 2027 · 6:00 p.m.
Loma Hall, University of San Diego, San Diego · Metro area
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
Thu, Feb 18, 2027 · 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina, 333 West Harbor Drive, San Diego · Metro area
Vendor-sponsored one-day summit run by CyberRisk Alliance. Standard admission $300; registrations are reviewed and limited to working security and IT practitioners.
ConfirmedSummitPaidVetting requiredVendor-hosted
Thu, Mar 11, 2027 · 6:00 p.m.
Belanich Engineering Center (Loma Hall), University of San Diego, 4998 Alcala Park, San Diego · Metro area
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
Thu, Mar 18, 2027 · 6:00 p.m.
Loma Hall, University of San Diego, San Diego · Metro area
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
Thu, Apr 8, 2027 · 6:00 p.m.
Belanich Engineering Center (Loma Hall), University of San Diego, 4998 Alcala Park, San Diego · Metro area
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
Thu, Apr 15, 2027 · 6:00 p.m.
Loma Hall, University of San Diego, San Diego · Metro area
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
Mon, May 10 to Sat, May 15, 2027
Hilton San Diego Bayfront, 1 Park Blvd, San Diego · Metro area
SANS hotel group rate ends: Wed, Apr 14, 2027
Refund deadline: Fri, Apr 23, 2027
Week-long SANS training event, also offered virtually.
ConfirmedTrainingPaidVendor-hosted
Tue, May 18, 2027
San Diego (venue not yet named) · Metro area
Early-bird pricing ends: Thu, Mar 18, 2027
OT and industrial control system security summit run by QG Media, an events company. Passes start at $749 before the early-bird deadline.
ConfirmedSummitPaidVendor-hosted
Announced without a date, or expected from past editions. Not confirmed.
Usually held on a Saturday in late March or early April; 2027 date not yet announced
San Diego State University, San Diego · Metro area
ExpectedConferencePaid
Held April 16 and 17, 2026 at the Gaylord Pacific in Chula Vista; 2027 dates and venue not yet announced
Gaylord Pacific Resort & Convention Center, Chula Vista (2026 venue)
ExpectedConferencePaid
KPMG, 4655 Executive Dr, San Diego · Metro area
Monthly evening meeting, usually a Tuesday or Thursday late in the month, 5:30 p.m.
Meetings are vendor-sponsored and free with RSVP on Meetup. The 2026-10-27 joint event with ISACA San Diego is described as the chapter's last event of 2026; no 2027 dates were posted on 2026-10-22.
Free
San Diego; the 2026-09-25 meeting was virtual · Metro area
Periodic KnowledgeNet meetings on privacy and cybersecurity law; dates posted on the IAPP chapter page
IAPP says only IAPP members can join KnowledgeNet chapters. The chapter page showed no scheduled meetings on 2026-10-22. last_activity is the 2026-09-25 virtual meeting (CCPA risk assessments and cybersecurity audits) from the earlier reading; no in-person meeting was found, and the chapter's page no longer shows that meeting, so the date is not re-confirmed.
Members only
San Diego (often KPMG, 4655 Executive Dr; some sessions online) · Metro area
Several events a month: joint evening workshops with CSA and ISSA, online coffee talks, and community days
Events are mostly free with registration: the 2026-10-29 Coffee Talk page says free and open to the public. Some chapter events, such as the 2026-10-17 disc golf outing, are volunteer or social events rather than talks. The 2026-10-05 recruiter talk was listed on the chapter calendar but the chapter has posted no record that it took place, so last_activity stays at the 2026-09-24 joint workshop.
Free
Belanich Engineering Center (Loma Hall), University of San Diego, 4998 Alcala Park, San Diego · Metro area
Second Thursday of the month, 6:00 to 8:00 p.m., hybrid (in person at USD and on Zoom)
The chapter says meetings are free and everyone is welcome. The room number is posted on the home page before each meeting. The home page lists 2026-10-08 (Belanich Engineering Center, BEC-318) and then 2026-11-12 (hybrid). The chapter's meetings archive had not yet added 2026-10-08 on 2026-10-22, so last_activity is the last archived meeting, 2026-09-10.
Free
Loma Hall, University of San Diego, San Diego · Metro area
Third Thursday of the month, 6:00 p.m., Loma Hall at USD; quarterly San Diego Cybersecurity Mixer at AleSmith Brewing
Monthly meetings are posted on Meetup through October 2027. The chapter held no July or August meetings in 2026. The Q3 San Diego Cybersecurity Mixer was on 2026-09-22 at AleSmith Brewing, 9990 AleSmith Ct; the most recent monthly meeting was 2026-10-15 and the next is 2026-11-19. Meetup marks past meetings as past but shows no attendance counts, so the 2026-10-15 date rests on that marker.
Free
San Diego (rotating venues; lunches and dinners often at KPMG, 4655 Executive Dr) · Metro area
Monthly networking lunch or dinner with a talk, plus a monthly happy hour; dates posted on the chapter's Luma calendar
Educational events are ticketed; the 2026-10-06 lunch offered a one-time free first meeting, a student and unemployed rate and a livestream option. The chapter says members attend its events free. The chapter's Luma calendar also lists a members-only evening at Snapdragon Stadium on 2026-10-24 and shares codes for FutureCon and San Diego CyberCon.
Paid
Round Table Pizza, 16761 Bernardo Center Dr, Rancho Bernardo, San Diego · Metro area
Monthly, usually the second Wednesday, 7:00 to 9:00 p.m.; each meeting is announced on X and Facebook
The group's website and Google Calendar have not been updated in years; announcements go out on X (@DCG858) and Facebook, neither of which could be read on 2026-10-22. The 2026-06-10 meeting date comes from the San Diego Cyber Center of Excellence calendar, which links to the group's X account. An aggregator lists a 2026-10-14 meeting, which is a lead only.
Free
Novo Brazil Brewing Mission Valley, San Diego; North County edition at The Lost Abbey, Vista · Metro area
Monthly evening social in Mission Valley (6:00 p.m., usually a Wednesday) plus a monthly North County meetup in Vista (5:00 p.m.); dates vary
Hosted by David Spark of the CISO Series, a media company, with sponsors. Casual conversation and games rather than talks. The Meetup page for the Mission Valley events says it is open only to people who work in or study cybersecurity.
FreeVendor-hosted
San Diego (venue not published on the website) · Metro area
First Wednesday of the month, 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.
A newer hacker meetup modeled on Irvine Underground. The website gives the schedule but no venue or dated meetings; the 2026-06-03 meeting comes from the Cyber Center of Excellence calendar. Use the contact form on the website to confirm the location.
Free
Southern California (meeting places not published) · Metro area
No published schedule; no dated chapter events found
Southern California chapter of Cyversity (formerly ICMCP), which supports women, underrepresented communities and veterans in cybersecurity. Cyversity membership costs $100 a year for professionals and $20 for students and veterans. No dated chapter meeting or event was found. last_activity is the most recent dated evidence of the chapter instead: it was listed as "So. Cal." on Cyversity's chapters page as archived on June 15, 2026. The live chapters page checked on 2026-10-22 does not list it; the chapter's Cyversity donation page is still up. The archived page could not be reread on 2026-10-22 (HTTP 429). Listed as active on the site owner's confirmation (2026-09-25).
Paid
donorbox.org/support-the-cyversity-socal-chapter [S30] [S31]
San Diego County (venues vary) · Metro area
Workshops, book club, socials and an annual Cyber Career Day; no fixed schedule
The last event on the affiliate's own calendar is Cyber Career Day on 2026-04-25 at Palomar College in San Marcos. The affiliate's events page lists no events after it. San Diego CyberCon lists WiCyS San Diego as a partner.
Free
San Diego · Metro area
Member meetings and an annual Cyber Futures Symposium (held 2026-09-22 at Qualcomm, 6455 Lusk Blvd)
InfraGard membership requires an FBI background check. The chapter's own events page was empty on 2026-09-25; the 2026 symposium date comes from its Eventbrite page and the ISC2 and ISACA San Diego calendars.
Vetting required
UC San Diego, La Jolla · Metro area
Workshops during the academic quarter; runs the annual San Diego CTF (SDCTF)
Student organization; the last workshop on the ACM UCSD portal was on 2026-04-08. The SDCTF site still shows the 2025 edition.
Quiet: last activity Apr 2026Students only
California Institute of Applied Technology, 401 Mile of Cars Way #100, National City · Metro area
Quarterly club meetings, plus team entries in online CTFs (MetaCTF monthly, National Cyber League twice a year)
CIAT is an NSA Center of Academic Excellence school in National City, next to Chula Vista. The club is for CIAT students; its 2026-09-16 quarterly meeting was announced for 6:00 to 7:30 p.m. on the event page, and no record of the meeting itself was found. The club page also lists virtual club meetings.
Students only
San Diego State University (Peterson Gym 242 in fall 2026), San Diego · Metro area
General meetings on Fridays, 6:00 to 9:00 p.m., during the semester
The club says non-SDSU students are welcome. It runs its own labs and competes in CTF and cyber defense competitions. The site's schedule text still mentions the spring semester start (2026-02-06), and the 2026-09-11 meeting date was not re-confirmed on 2026-10-22.
Free
San Diego State University (Montezuma Hall), San Diego · Metro area
Annual one-day conference in late March or early April
Volunteer-run 501(c)(3). The 2026 edition was Saturday 2026-04-04 at SDSU; the 2025 edition was 2025-03-29.
Quiet: last activity Apr 2026Paid
San Diego (venues vary) · Metro area
Monthly meetings with guest speakers
Adjacent: ASIS is a physical and corporate security association, not a cybersecurity group. Some meetings cover cyber topics.
Paid
| Directory | Result |
|---|---|
| 2600 Meetings | Nearest: OC2600 (Fullerton); no San Diego meeting on the current 2600 list |
| CISA Regional Offices | Nearest: CISA Region 9; no public San Diego events posted |
| Cloud Security Alliance | Local chapter: Cloud Security Alliance San Diego Chapter |
| Cyversity (formerly ICMCP) Chapters | Local chapter: Cyversity Southern California Chapter |
| DEF CON Groups | Local chapter: DEF CON Group San Diego (DC858/DC619) |
| HTCIA | Nearest: HTCIA Southern California Chapter (meets in Los Angeles and Orange County) |
| IAPP KnowledgeNet | Local chapter: IAPP KnowledgeNet San Diego |
| InfraGard Members Alliances | Local chapter: InfraGard San Diego Members Alliance |
| ISACA | Local chapter: ISACA San Diego Chapter |
| ISC2 | Local chapter: ISC2 San Diego Chapter |
| ISSA | Local chapter: San Diego ISSA |
| NSA National Centers of Academic Excellence in Cybersecurity (NCAE-C) | Local chapter: CIAT Cybersecurity Club |
| OWASP | Local chapter: OWASP San Diego |
| SANS Institute | Nearest: SANS Security West 2027 (San Diego, May 10 to 15, 2027; listed under events) |
| SecureWorld | No chapter found |
| Security BSides | Local chapter: BSides San Diego |
| TOOOL (The Open Organisation Of Lockpickers) | No chapter found |
| WiCyS (Women in CyberSecurity) Professional Affiliates | Local chapter: WiCyS San Diego Affiliate |
| Women's Society of Cyberjutsu (WSC) Chapters | Nearest: Women's Society of Cyberjutsu SoCal (Los Angeles and Long Beach) |
Numbered references for the listings on this page.