> durham, nc · verified sep 26, 2026
North Carolina
Durham shares its security scene with the rest of the Triangle. Raleigh ISSA and ISACA Research Triangle meet in Research Triangle Park, and the Cloud Security Alliance chapter, Raleigh 2600, Oak City Locksport and RTP Security + Beers each meet monthly in Raleigh, Morrisville, Cary, Apex or Durham. CackalackyCon, a nonprofit hacker conference, returns to Durham on May 14 to 16, 2027, and BSides RDU runs on December 18, 2026 at NC State's McKimmon Center.
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Thu, Oct 1 to Sat, Oct 31, 2026 · Lock-picking station and cybersecurity game on October 1; Cyber Bowl quiz all month
Duke University campus and online
Run by Duke's IT security offices for the Duke community; also includes a daily phishing challenge from October 5 to 23.
ConfirmedWorkshopStudents only
Fri, Oct 2, 2026 · 7:00 p.m.
Transfer Co. Food Hall, 500 E Davie St, Raleigh · Metro area
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
Sat, Oct 3, 2026 · 12:00 to 4:00 p.m.
ECPI University, 4101 Doie Cope Rd, Raleigh · Metro area
Hands-on HTB Academy modules and Easy and Medium labs.
ConfirmedMeetupFreeVendor-hosted
Sat, Oct 3 to Sat, Oct 17, 2026 · Two Saturdays, October 3 and October 17, 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
800 Park Offices Dr, Research Triangle Park · Metro area
Prep course for ISACA's AI security management certification; $450 for the course alone, up to $1,500 with materials and an exam voucher.
ConfirmedTrainingPaid
Mon, Oct 12, 2026
UNC-Chapel Hill campus, Chapel Hill · Metro area
UNC ITS campus event with lockpicking, food and information on cybersecurity at UNC; the exact spot and time were not posted.
ConfirmedWorkshopFree
Thu, Oct 15, 2026 · 5:30 to 8:00 p.m.
TEKsystems, 4300 Edwards Mill Rd, Raleigh · Metro area
ConfirmedMeetupFree
Sun, Oct 18, 2026 · 3:00 p.m.
Sneaky Penguin Brewing Company, 7449 Six Forks Rd, Raleigh · Metro area
A different venue from the group's usual Raleigh Brewing Company.
ConfirmedMeetupFree
Mon, Oct 19 to Tue, Oct 20, 2026 · Workshops and deep dives on October 19 run 9:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Raleigh Convention Center, Raleigh · Metro area
Adjacent: a large open source technology conference, not security-focused.
ConfirmedConferencePaidVendor-hosted
Tue, Oct 20, 2026 · 6:30 to 9:30 p.m.
Doherty's Irish Pub & Restaurant, 5490 Apex Peakway, Apex · Metro area
ConfirmedMeetupFree
Fri, Oct 30, 2026 · 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Atlantic Union Bank Convention Center (formerly Raleigh Convention Center), 500 S Salisbury St, Raleigh · Metro area
Advance tickets must be bought by: Wed, Sep 30, 2026
Run by Raleigh ISSA. Advance ticket purchase is required. ISACA Research Triangle is raffling 50 tickets to its members.
ConfirmedConferencePaid
Mon, Nov 2 to Sat, Nov 7, 2026 · Community Night on November 4, 5:30 to 7:45 p.m.
Embassy Suites by Hilton Raleigh-Durham Research Triangle, 201 Harrison Oaks Blvd, Cary, and online · Metro area
Refund deadline: Fri, Oct 16, 2026
Hotel group rate ends: Fri, Oct 16, 2026
Courses cover incident response, cloud security, AI security automation and human risk leadership, in person and online.
ConfirmedTrainingPaidVendor-hosted
Wed, Nov 4, 2026 · 1:00 to 4:30 p.m.
Location not yet posted (recent sessions were at Frontier RTP, 800 Park Offices Dr) · Metro area
Topic, venue and price were not yet posted.
ConfirmedTrainingPaid
Thu, Nov 5, 2026 · 5:30 to 8:00 p.m.; keynote by Tenable at 7:00 p.m.
NC Biotech Center, 15 TW Alexander Dr, Research Triangle Park · Metro area
Free registration required; no walk-ups.
ConfirmedChapter meetingFree
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Fri, Nov 6, 2026 · 7:00 p.m.
Transfer Co. Food Hall, 500 E Davie St, Raleigh · Metro area
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
Thu, Nov 12, 2026 · 5:30 to 8:30 p.m.
Cisco RTP campus, Building 7, Research Triangle Park · Metro area
Posted as a save-the-date, held with Cisco's women in cybersecurity group.
ConfirmedMeetupFree
Wed, Dec 2, 2026 · 1:00 to 4:30 p.m.
Location not yet posted (recent sessions were at Frontier RTP, 800 Park Offices Dr) · Metro area
Topic, venue and price were not yet posted.
ConfirmedTrainingPaid
Thu, Dec 3, 2026 · 5:30 to 8:00 p.m.
NC Biotech Center, 15 TW Alexander Dr, Research Triangle Park · Metro area
Listed on the chapter calendar; registration opens on Eventbrite.
ConfirmedChapter meetingFree
Fri, Dec 4, 2026 · 7:00 p.m.
Transfer Co. Food Hall, 500 E Davie St, Raleigh · Metro area
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
Tue, Dec 15, 2026
Raleigh Convention Center, Raleigh · Metro area
Run by Government Technology's events business; open to public sector employees only, free registration.
ConfirmedSummitFreeVetting requiredVendor-hosted
Fri, Dec 18, 2026
McKimmon Conference and Training Center, 1101 Gorman St, NC State, Raleigh · Metro area
Tickets are on sale; the call for papers has closed. Includes the EverSec CTF and an Oak City Locksport lockpick village.
ConfirmedConferencePaid
Fri, Jan 1, 2027 · 7:00 p.m.
Transfer Co. Food Hall, 500 E Davie St, Raleigh · Metro area
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
Fri, Feb 5, 2027 · 7:00 p.m.
Transfer Co. Food Hall, 500 E Davie St, Raleigh · Metro area
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
Fri, Feb 26, 2027
McKimmon Center, NC State, Raleigh · Metro area
Hosted by the North Carolina Partnership for Cybersecurity Excellence (NC PACE); 2027 theme is securing North Carolina's critical infrastructure, with a student research track. Registration details for 2027 were not yet posted.
ConfirmedConferencePaid
Fri, Mar 5, 2027 · 7:00 p.m.
Transfer Co. Food Hall, 500 E Davie St, Raleigh · Metro area
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
Fri, May 14 to Sun, May 16, 2027
DoubleTree by Hilton, 4810 Page Creek Ln, Durham
The organizers announced the 2027 dates on their Mastodon account after the 2026 conference. The venue is from their listing on the DC919 community calendar; the conference website still shows 2026 details.
ConfirmedConferencePaid
Announced without a date, or expected from past editions. Not confirmed.
Held September 18, 2026 at Penn Pavilion and October 23 and 24, 2025; 2027 dates not yet announced
Duke University, Durham
ExpectedConferencePaid
Held July 15 in both 2025 and 2026; 2027 date not yet announced
Raleigh · Metro area
ExpectedSummitInvite onlyVendor-hosted
Rotating host offices in Raleigh and Morrisville · Metro area
Monthly Thursday evening meetups, 5:30 to 8:00 p.m.; most 2026 dates fall on the third Thursday
Meetups rotate between Red Hat Tower and TEKsystems in Raleigh and Varonis in Morrisville, and each is sponsored by a vendor. The chapter also ran a daytime AI Storm Readiness Summit at the Red Hat Annex on August 27, 2026.
Free
Raleigh-Durham · Metro area
Irregular; no meetings scheduled on the chapter page
Privacy and AI governance chapter; IAPP says only IAPP members can join. The latest meeting found was a virtual joint meeting with the Ireland chapter on December 9, 2025, known from IAPP's own listing, which no longer loads.
Quiet: last activity Dec 2025Members only
Frontier RTP, 800 Park Offices Dr, Research Triangle Park · Metro area
Afternoon training sessions (1:00 to 4:30 p.m.) on the first Wednesday of most months, plus full-day trainings and exam-prep courses
The September 2, 2026 Governance Risk IT & Security Summit was a full-day training at Frontier RTP and on Teams ($100 for members, $150 for non-members). The chapter posted no training session for October 2026.
Paid
Lenovo, 8001 Development Dr, Morrisville (September 2026 meeting) · Metro area
Occasional evening meetings; two held so far in 2026
The chapter posts meetings on LinkedIn and takes sign-ups on Luma. The September 16, 2026 meeting ran 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. at Lenovo Building 8; visitors collect a temporary badge at reception.
Free
NC Biotech Center, 15 TW Alexander Dr, Research Triangle Park (Durham mailing address) · Metro area
Monthly Thursday evening meetings, 5:30 to 8:00 p.m.; the September, November and December 2026 meetings fall on the first Thursday
Meetings include dinner, a Back-to-Basics session and a keynote, with career services before the meeting. Registration on Eventbrite is free but required; walk-ups are not admitted and seating is limited to 200. The chapter runs Triangle InfoSeCon.
Free
Research Triangle area · Metro area
Irregular in-person events posted on its Luma calendar
DC919 keeps the RTP Cybersecurity community calendar on Luma (luma.com/rtpcybersecurity), which lists most local meetups. Its latest event was an in-person CTF run by EverSec on September 19, 2026 at 421 N Harrington St, Raleigh.
Free
ECPI University, 4101 Doie Cope Rd, Raleigh · Metro area
Saturdays, 12:00 to 4:00 p.m.; each session is posted about a week ahead
Part of Hack The Box's company-branded meetup program; sessions are free and work through HTB Academy modules and labs for beginners and advanced players.
FreeVendor-hosted
Raleigh breweries · Metro area
Monthly weekend afternoon meeting, 3:00 p.m.
Lockpicking group founded in 2010; not a TOOOL chapter. No fees, community picks and locks are provided, and newcomers are taught the basics. Most 2026 meetings were at Raleigh Brewing Company, 3709 Neil St; the October 2026 meeting moves to Sneaky Penguin Brewing. It also runs the lockpick village at BSides RDU.
Free
Transfer Co. Food Hall, 500 E Davie St, Raleigh · Metro area
First Friday of every month, 7:00 p.m.
All ages; buy your own food and drink. Look for conference shirts or a DEF CON flag. Many regulars are into LoRa, mesh networking and ham radio.
Free
Rotating breweries and pubs in Durham, Cary, Apex and Morrisville · Metro area
Monthly Tuesday evening social, 6:30 p.m.; every 2026 date so far fell on the third Tuesday
Casual social; alcohol is not required. The Meetup group is private and shows venues only to members, but the same events appear with addresses on the DC919 Luma calendar. The September 15, 2026 meetup was at Ponysaurus Brewing, 219 Hood St, Durham.
Free
Statewide; most 2026 events are in Raleigh and RTP · Metro area
Irregular networking events, posted on Meetup
Its own 2026 events include a February 10 networking night and a March 6 International Women's Day celebration at the French Cultural Center in Raleigh. The July 15, 2026 date is a partner listing for the Official Cybersecurity Summit in Raleigh.
Free
Duke University · In the city
Monthly public events for the Duke community during the academic year; the competition team meets weekly in private
Open to Duke undergraduate and graduate students. Its latest dated event is a cyber policy simulation run with NCCU students on October 3, 2025; in 2026 its teams competed in Cyber 9/12 Strategy Challenges and attended DEF CON 34, but no dated campus event was found.
Quiet: last activity Oct 2025Students only
EB2 1220, NC State University, Raleigh · Metro area
Fridays at 4:30 p.m. during 2026
NC State's student security and CTF group; most communication happens on its Discord. It ran the online HackPack CTF 2026 on April 17 and 18, 2026.
Students only
North Carolina Central University, Durham · In the city
Annual IT Cybersecurity Summit each fall, student workshops and a summer youth camp
NCCU is an NSA/DHS Center of Academic Excellence. It hosted its IT Cybersecurity Summit with a student hackathon on October 3, 2025, and the GenCyber Cybersecurity, Drone and Robotics Camp for high school students on June 15 to 19, 2026. No 2026 summit date has been posted.
Students only
McKimmon Conference and Training Center, NC State, Raleigh · Metro area
One-day annual conference; the 2026 edition is on December 18
The 2025 edition was held September 12, 2025; the 2026 edition moves to December, so the group shows no event in the past six months.
Quiet: last activity Sep 2025Paid
DoubleTree by Hilton, 4810 Page Creek Ln, Durham · In the city
Three-day hacker conference each May
A 501(c)(3) nonprofit hacker conference serving the RTP community since 2019. The 2026 edition ran May 15 to 17, 2026; presale tickets sold out and remaining tickets were donor tickets online or cash at the door. The hotel runs a free shuttle from RDU airport.
Paid
800 N Mangum St, Durham · In the city
Weekly Woodshop Wednesdays and periodic open houses; member access to tools
Adjacent: Durham's nonprofit hackerspace and makerspace, not security-focused. Its latest open house was September 19, 2026; public events are listed on Meetup.
Free
| Directory | Result |
|---|---|
| 2600 Meetings | Local chapter: Raleigh 2600 (RTP 2600) |
| CISA Regional Offices | Nearest: CISA Region 4 office (Atlanta), which covers North Carolina; no public Durham events posted |
| Cloud Security Alliance | Local chapter: Cloud Security Alliance Triangle Chapter |
| Cyversity (formerly ICMCP) Chapters | Nearest: Cyversity Charlotte Chapter (about 2.5 hours away) |
| DEF CON Groups | Local chapter: DC919 (DEF CON Group RTP/RDU) |
| HTCIA | No chapter found |
| IAPP KnowledgeNet | Local chapter: IAPP KnowledgeNet Raleigh/Durham |
| InfraGard Members Alliances | Local chapter: InfraGard Eastern Carolina Chapter |
| ISACA | Local chapter: ISACA Research Triangle Chapter |
| ISC2 | Nearest: ISC2 Piedmont Triad Chapter (Greensboro and Winston-Salem) |
| ISSA | Local chapter: Raleigh ISSA Chapter |
| NSA National Centers of Academic Excellence in Cybersecurity (NCAE-C) | Local chapter: NCCU School of Business Center for Cybersecurity |
| OWASP | Local chapter: OWASP Triangle-NC |
| SANS Institute | Nearest: SANS Raleigh 2026 (Cary, November 2 to 7, 2026; listed under events) |
| SecureWorld | Nearest: SecureWorld Charlotte (about 2.5 hours away) |
| Security BSides | Local chapter: BSides RDU |
| TOOOL (The Open Organisation Of Lockpickers) | No chapter found |
| WiCyS (Women in CyberSecurity) Professional Affiliates | Local chapter: WiCyS North Carolina Affiliate |
| Women's Society of Cyberjutsu (WSC) Chapters | No chapter found |
Numbered references for the listings on this page.