> el paso, tx · verified sep 26, 2026
Texas
El Paso's most regular security gatherings are student-run: the Miners Cybersecurity Club and the WiCyS student chapter at UTEP held workshops nearly every week of September 2026. InfraGard El Paso Members Alliance runs ResponseCon, a two-day conference set for November 5 and 6, 2026. The older community groups, the West Texas INFOSEC Society and the ISC2 El Paso Chapter, show no public events since 2020.
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Thu, Nov 5 to Fri, Nov 6, 2026
El Paso (venue not yet posted)
Two-day conference run by InfraGard El Paso Members Alliance. The chapter's page lists the dates but no venue, times or ticket prices as of September 26, 2026. In 2025 the chapter's $150 Member VIP package included a two-day ResponseCon pass.
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University of Texas at El Paso, Chemistry and Computer Science Building (CCSB) 1.0410 · In the city
Workshops and socials during the semester, often with the Miners Cybersecurity Club; each posted on the chapter blog and MineTracker
Student chapter of Women in CyberSecurity, not a regional WiCyS affiliate. Fall 2026 events included a first general meeting with the Miners Cybersecurity Club on September 3, a WiCyS 2027 conference application workshop on September 10 and a resume workshop with Lockheed Martin on September 15, 2026. Its October 2025 conference info session was listed as open to anyone.
Free
El Paso · In the city
Annual ResponseCon conference and occasional Mini Academy training sessions; no regular meeting schedule published
FBI-affiliated public-private partnership for people working in critical infrastructure sectors; membership requires an application through InfraGard National. The chapter also serves Las Cruces. Its site described ResponseCon 2025 on October 9 and 10, 2025 and Mini Academies in 2025; no other dated 2026 chapter event was posted by September 26, 2026.
Quiet: last activity Oct 2025Vetting required
University of Texas at El Paso, Chemistry and Computer Science Building (CCSB), rooms 1.0410 and 1.0510 · In the city
Workshops and meetings most weeks during the fall and spring semesters, each posted on MineTracker; fall 2026 technical sessions were on Wednesdays at 3:00 p.m.
Student club at UTEP, an NSA/DHS Center of Academic Excellence school. Fall 2026 sessions included an info meeting on September 9, a social engineering talk on September 16, free Security+ prep sessions and a Cisco Packet Tracer workshop on September 23, 2026. The club co-hosted the computer science department's spring 2026 CTF at Texas Western Hall with DEVCOM Army Research Laboratory and CyberPatriot. Many events are run jointly with the WiCyS UTEP chapter.
Students only
Mostly online; in-person socials in downtown El Paso (June 2026 at Broken Rules Brewing, 1301 Texas Ave.) · In the city
Irregular online workshops and occasional in-person socials, each posted on Meetup
Adjacent: a general Amazon Web Services and AI user group, not security-focused. Most 2026 events were online; the last in-person event was a networking night on June 3, 2026, and the last online workshop was on August 30, 2026.
Free
| Directory | Result |
|---|---|
| 2600 Meetings | No chapter found |
| CISA Regional Offices | Nearest: CISA Region 6; no public El Paso events posted |
| Cloud Security Alliance | Nearest: Cloud Security Alliance Arizona Chapter |
| Cyversity (formerly ICMCP) Chapters | No chapter found |
| DEF CON Groups | Nearest: DC505 (DEF CON Group Albuquerque); no DEF CON group was found for El Paso |
| HTCIA | No chapter found |
| IAPP KnowledgeNet | Nearest: IAPP KnowledgeNet Albuquerque |
| InfraGard Members Alliances | Local chapter: InfraGard El Paso Members Alliance |
| ISACA | Nearest: ISACA New Mexico Chapter (Albuquerque) |
| ISC2 | Local chapter: ISC2 El Paso Chapter |
| ISSA | Nearest: ISSA Phoenix Chapter |
| NSA National Centers of Academic Excellence in Cybersecurity (NCAE-C) | Local chapter: Miners Cybersecurity Club (UTEP) |
| OWASP | Nearest: OWASP Phoenix (OWASP Albuquerque is closer but dormant) |
| SANS Institute | No chapter found |
| SecureWorld | Nearest: SecureWorld Phoenix |
| Security BSides | Nearest: BSides Albuquerque |
| TOOOL (The Open Organisation Of Lockpickers) | No chapter found |
| WiCyS (Women in CyberSecurity) Professional Affiliates | Local chapter: WiCyS UTEP Student Chapter (Women in CyberSecurity) |
| Women's Society of Cyberjutsu (WSC) Chapters | No chapter found |
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