> durham, nc · verified oct 22, 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. Triangle InfoSeCon runs October 30, 2026 in Raleigh, BSides RDU follows on December 18, 2026 at NC State's McKimmon Center, and CackalackyCon, a nonprofit hacker conference, returns to Durham on May 14 to 16, 2027.
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
Courses cover incident response, cloud security, AI security automation and human risk leadership, in person and online. A Community Night with a SANS@Night talk is held November 4, 2026; the page does not say whether non-students may attend.
ConfirmedTrainingPaidVendor-hosted
Wed, Nov 4, 2026 · 12:00 to 4:30 p.m.; professional development talk 12:00 to 12:50 (in person only), sessions 1:00 to 4:15 p.m.
Frontier RTP Building 800, 800 Park Offices Dr, Research Triangle Park, and online (Teams) · Metro area
Up to 4 CPEs. Sessions on security fundamentals (Jennifer Fix, State of North Carolina) and on assessments using the NIST CSF and AI RMF (Stephen Head, Sikich). The page states no fee or terms; the chapter charged $100 to $150 for its September 2, 2026 full-day training, so access is set to paid as a judgement call.
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 for all attendees; in-person only.
ConfirmedChapter meetingFree
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. The Meetup page states no registration terms or fee.
ConfirmedMeetupFree
Sun, Nov 22, 2026 · 3:00 to 5:00 p.m.
Raleigh Brewing Company, 3709 Neil St, Raleigh · Metro area
Family friendly; newcomers welcome and practice locks and picks are free to use. The page states no admission fee.
ConfirmedMeetupFree
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; all attendees must register, and the page names no fee. The keynote is not yet posted.
ConfirmedChapter meetingFree
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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; the page says it is open to public sector only, with free registration.
ConfirmedSummitFreeVetting requiredVendor-hosted
Fri, Dec 18, 2026 · 8:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
McKimmon Conference and Training Center, 1101 Gorman St, NC State, Raleigh · Metro area
Ticketing is on Eventzilla; the organizer's page says tickets are on sale and the ticket page shows no prices and a stale ended banner, so access is set to paid as a judgement call. Includes the EverSec CTF, a wireless challenge and an Oak City Locksport lockpick village.
ConfirmedConferencePaid
Sun, Dec 20, 2026 · 3:00 p.m.
Raleigh Brewing Company, 3709 Neil St, Raleigh · Metro area
Listed on the group's Meetup events page; the page states no admission fee.
ConfirmedMeetupFree
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); the page describes sessions, workshops and a student research track. It states no 2027 fee, so access is paid as a judgement call based on the 2026 edition.
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, Apr 2, 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 conference site shows May 14 to 16, 2027 at the DoubleTree by Hilton, with tickets not yet on sale; students attend free with a valid student ID. The organizers also announced the dates on their Mastodon account after the 2026 conference.
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
The chapter calendar lists a December 2, 2026 training session, 1:00 to 4:30 p.m., that the administrator has placed on hold
Location not posted · Metro area
ExpectedTrainingPaid
Held July 15 in both 2025 and 2026; 2027 date not yet announced
Raleigh · Metro area
ExpectedSummitVetting requiredVendor-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 Meetup page lists the October 15, 2026 meetup at TEKsystems as past, with no cancellation; no later meetup is posted. The chapter also ran a daytime AI Storm Readiness Summit at the Red Hat Annex on August 27, 2026. No fee is stated on the Meetup pages.
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 chapter page lists no meetings. The latest meeting found was a virtual joint meeting with the Ireland chapter on December 9, 2025, known from IAPP's own listing, which now returns 404.
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 calendar lists a November 4, 2026 training session and a December 2, 2026 session that the administrator has placed on hold. The AAISM exam prep course dates of October 3 and 17, 2026 are no longer on the chapter calendar.
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 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, and the chapter says all attendees must register. No October 2026 meeting is on the chapter calendar. 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 of its own was an in-person CTF run by EverSec on September 19, 2026 at 421 N Harrington St, Raleigh. The Luma page states no fee.
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 work through HTB Academy modules and labs for beginners and advanced players. The Meetup pages state no fee. Bring a laptop with HTB access and Kali or Parrot.
FreeVendor-hosted
Raleigh breweries · Metro area
Monthly weekend afternoon meeting, 3:00 p.m.; the November and December 2026 meetings are posted for Sundays
Lockpicking group founded in 2010; not a TOOOL chapter. Practice locks and picks are free to use, picks and gear are for sale, and newcomers are taught the basics; no admission fee is stated. The October 18, 2026 meeting was at Sneaky Penguin Brewing; the November and December meetings return to Raleigh Brewing Company, 3709 Neil St. It also runs the lockpick village at BSides RDU on December 18, 2026.
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. Luma lists the October 2, 2026 meeting as past (3 went) and posts November 6 and December 4, 2026; no admission fee is stated.
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 October 20, 2026 meetup was at Doherty's Irish Pub in Apex (11 went on Luma), and the September 15, 2026 meetup was at Ponysaurus Brewing, 219 Hood St, Durham. No November 2026 date is posted, and no admission fee is stated.
Free
Statewide; most 2026 events are in Raleigh and RTP · Metro area
Irregular networking events, posted on Meetup; the next is November 12, 2026
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. Later Meetup listings (June 23 and July 15, 2026) promote other organizations' events and are not counted as the group's activity.
Quiet: last activity Mar 2026Free
Raleigh area · Metro area
Members-only meetings; no public schedule posted
The chapter lists a 2026 board. Its site posted an October 21, 2026 meeting at Cisco Building 7 in Morrisville (CISA state coordinator talk, photo ID required, Eventbrite registration), but no record shows the meeting was held, so the latest meeting counted is April 17, 2024, known only from a speaker's LinkedIn post. Membership requires FBI vetting.
Vetting requiredMembers only
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, and a news post dated October 16, 2026 covers the Raymond James CTF, but no dated campus event was found and the club's events page lists none.
Quiet: last activity Oct 2025Students only
EB2 1220, NC State University, Raleigh · Metro area
Fridays at 4:30 p.m. during 2026 (EB2 1229)
NC State's student security and CTF group; most communication happens on its Discord, and its site points to Discord for CTF announcements. It ran the online HackPack CTF 2026 on April 17 and 18, 2026; no later dated activity was found.
Quiet: last activity Apr 2026Students 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 (Sessionize lists the date); 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 conference site now shows May 14 to 16, 2027 at the DoubleTree with tickets not yet on sale, and says students attend free with a valid student ID. The hotel runs a free shuttle from RDU airport.
Paid
800 N Mangum St, Durham · In the city
Weekly Woodshop Wednesdays and Saturday open houses at 1:00 p.m.; member access to tools
Adjacent: Durham's nonprofit hackerspace and makerspace, not security-focused. Its latest public open house was October 17, 2026; public events are listed on Meetup. The listings state no fee.
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 |
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