Dallas Hackers Association
Wed, Nov 4, 2026 · 7:00 p.m.
Family Karaoke, 11433 Goodnight Ln, Dallas · Metro area
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
> frisco, tx · verified oct 23, 2026
Texas
Frisco itself has Collin College's Frisco Campus, home of the college's IT Center and cybersecurity program, and hosts GuidePoint Security's GPSEC Dallas at the Omni PGA Frisco Resort on October 29, 2026. Most recurring security meetings happen elsewhere in the Dallas-Fort Worth metro: monthly hacker meetups in north Dallas and Denton, plus ISSA, ISACA, InfraGard and WiCyS chapters that meet around the region and sometimes in Frisco. BSides DFW is on November 7, 2026 at UT Arlington, and CYBR.HAK.CON is set for February 25, 2027 in Irving.
Wed, Nov 4, 2026 · 7:00 p.m.
Family Karaoke, 11433 Goodnight Ln, Dallas · Metro area
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
Fri, Nov 6, 2026 · 5:00 p.m.
The Wild Turkey, 2470 Walnut Hill Ln, Dallas · Metro area
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
Sat, Nov 7, 2026 · 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Nedderman Hall, University of Texas at Arlington, 416 Yates St, Arlington · Metro area
Held Saturday, November 7, 2026 at UT Arlington. The organizer describes it as a free unconference with tickets issued through Eventbrite (8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. per the listing). The call for papers closed September 5, 2026. About 45 miles from Frisco.
ConfirmedConferenceFree
Wed, Nov 11, 2026 · 7:00 p.m.
Dallas (venue rotates) · Metro area
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
Wed, Dec 2, 2026 · 7:00 p.m.
Family Karaoke, 11433 Goodnight Ln, Dallas · Metro area
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
Fri, Dec 4, 2026 · 5:00 p.m.
The Wild Turkey, 2470 Walnut Hill Ln, Dallas · Metro area
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
Mon, Dec 7 to Sat, Dec 12, 2026
Hilton Richardson Dallas, 701 E Campbell Rd, Richardson · Metro area
Hotel group rate ends: Mon, Nov 16, 2026
Refund deadline: Fri, Nov 20, 2026
In person and live online. Course prices on the page range from $7,650 to $8,780 (courses are 5 to 6 days). The hotel group rate is $109 per night.
ConfirmedTrainingPaidVendor-hosted
Wed, Dec 9, 2026 · 7:00 p.m.
Dallas (venue rotates) · Metro area
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
Fri, Jan 1, 2027 · 5:00 p.m.
The Wild Turkey, 2470 Walnut Hill Ln, Dallas · Metro area
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
Wed, Jan 6, 2027 · 7:00 p.m.
Family Karaoke, 11433 Goodnight Ln, Dallas · Metro area
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
Wed, Jan 13, 2027 · 7:00 p.m.
Dallas (venue rotates) · Metro area
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
Wed, Jan 20, 2027
Dallas (venue not listed on the organizer page); also online · Metro area
Run by FutureCon Events; hybrid, with up to 10 CPE credits. The organizer page states no fee or eligibility terms in the text read; the Arlington listing records that registrations are approved, which was not re-verified here, so access is a judgement call.
ConfirmedConferenceVetting requiredVendor-hosted
Wed, Feb 3, 2027 · 7:00 p.m.
Family Karaoke, 11433 Goodnight Ln, Dallas · Metro area
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
Fri, Feb 5, 2027 · 5:00 p.m.
The Wild Turkey, 2470 Walnut Hill Ln, Dallas · Metro area
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
Wed, Feb 10, 2027 · 7:00 p.m.
Dallas (venue rotates) · Metro area
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
Thu, Feb 25, 2027
Irving Convention Center at Las Colinas, 500 W Las Colinas Blvd, Irving · Metro area
Hacker-community conference produced by CYBR.SEC.Media with Phillip Wylie. The site shows a Get Tickets button but no price; access paid is a judgement call.
ConfirmedConferencePaidVendor-hosted
Wed, Mar 3, 2027 · 7:00 p.m.
Family Karaoke, 11433 Goodnight Ln, Dallas · Metro area
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
Fri, Mar 5, 2027 · 5:00 p.m.
The Wild Turkey, 2470 Walnut Hill Ln, Dallas · Metro area
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
Wed, Mar 10, 2027 · 7:00 p.m.
Dallas (venue rotates) · Metro area
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
Sun, Mar 21 to Thu, Mar 25, 2027
Dallas (venue not named on the organizer page) · Metro area
For up to 200 attendees. Conference ticket $179; hotel room block $179 per night until February 28, 2027.
ConfirmedConferencePaid
Fri, Apr 2, 2027 · 5:00 p.m.
The Wild Turkey, 2470 Walnut Hill Ln, Dallas · Metro area
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
Wed, Apr 7, 2027 · 7:00 p.m.
Family Karaoke, 11433 Goodnight Ln, Dallas · Metro area
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
Wed, Apr 14, 2027 · 7:00 p.m.
Dallas (venue rotates) · Metro area
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
Announced without a date, or expected from past editions. Not confirmed.
Announced by the organizer; date not yet published.
North Texas (location to be announced) · Metro area
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Dallas area (venue given at registration) · Metro area
Periodic in-person meetings and coffee chats
Privacy-focused. The most recent meeting confirmed on an earlier check was an in-person coffee chat on September 24, 2026 (not visible on the page now). The chapter page lists an in-person meeting on November 3, 2026; the venue and time are given at registration. IAPP says KnowledgeNet meetings are free for IAPP members; the owner confirmed the chapter as active.
Free
North Texas, including TIAA Frisco Corporate Center, 3965 Dallas Pkwy, Frisco (May 2026) · Metro area
Monthly in-person or virtual meetings from September through June, plus review courses and trainings
The last in-person meeting confirmed was on May 22, 2026 at TIAA Frisco Corporate Center in Frisco, with a happy hour afterward. The chapter calendar lists an October In-Person Monthly Meeting & Networking Event on October 23, 2026 marked "On Hold" and inaccessible, so its venue and status could not be read. Fees: not stated on the pages opened.
Paid
Online · Metro area
Online noon programs posted on the chapter site
The chapter's programs are online. The most recent held was a noon session on agentic GRC on September 25, 2026 (confirmed on an earlier check; the page now advertises the next session). The next is October 30, 2026 (noon to 1 p.m.). The last in-person gathering found on its site was a board meeting on December 11, 2023. Past recordings are for members. The registration form shows no fee.
Free
Dallas-Fort Worth (venues vary) · Metro area
Monthly lunch and learns (usually a Thursday mid-month), plus happy hours and evening hands-on programs; no fixed rule published
Monthly lunch and learns, a monthly happy hour that rotates between Dallas and Fort Worth areas ($20 general admission, free for members, per the October 2026 listing at TBD Kitchen in Lewisville), and evening hands-on programs. The September 17, 2026 lunch and learn was at Las Colinas Country Club in Irving; the October 9, 2026 lunch and learn was at the University of Dallas, Irving. The July 9, 2026 happy hour was at The Concrete Cowboy in Frisco. The annual conference CSC13 was set for October 20, 2026 at the Plano Event Center; the pages show no recap or cancellation. Hands-on programs (3 CPE hours) meet at the ConnexPay office in Plano; the next is October 28, 2026. Collin College hosts an ISSA student chapter.
Paid
Plano (recent in-person meetings) and online · Metro area
Roughly monthly in 2025, alternating in-person and online; no meeting posted
The last in-person meeting on Meetup was October 14, 2025 at Forescout in Plano; the last listed event was an online training tournament on December 4, 2025.
Quiet: last activity Dec 2025Free
The Wild Turkey, 2470 Walnut Hill Ln, Dallas · Metro area
First Friday of the month, 5:00 p.m.
Listed in 2600 Magazine's meeting list (The Wild Turkey, 2470 Walnut Hill Ln; no time given there). The DFW2600 Meetup page describes the meeting as the first Friday starting at 5:00 p.m. unless an event says otherwise, but its event posts for October 2 and November 6, 2026 say 7:00 p.m. The October 2, 2026 meeting had 2 attendees. The Meetup page also lists a North DFW 2550 hangout at 1418 Coffee in Plano (October 16 held; November 20 and December 18, 2026 scheduled). No fee is stated.
Free
Family Karaoke, 11433 Goodnight Ln, Dallas · Metro area
First Wednesday of the month, 7:00 p.m.
Short talks, Capture-the-Flag challenges and locksport. The Meetup page lists the October 7, 2026 meeting as held and the next one on November 4, 2026 at Family Karaoke, 11433 Goodnight Ln, Dallas. No fee is stated on the page.
Free
Dallas (venue rotates) · Metro area
Second Wednesday of the month, 7:00 p.m.; venue rotates
The September 9, 2026 meeting was at Encore Family Karaoke on Goodnight Ln in Dallas. The Meetup page lists no meeting after that date as of October 22, 2026. No fee is stated on the page.
Free
Graffiti Pasta, 118 W Oak St, Denton · Metro area
Third Monday of the month, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.; online village nights on Discord on Thursdays
Free monthly talks on the Denton square, about 30 miles west of Frisco. The Eventbrite series (third Monday, Graffiti Pasta, 118 W Oak St, Denton) is the only source with a dated session: February 16, 2026. The series page also lists November 16, 2026 as a scheduled date. No dated meeting after February 16, 2026 was found on the pages opened (the X account and Discord were not readable), so the status is quiet; it is not a sign that the group has stopped.
Quiet: last activity Feb 2026Free
1418 Coffee, 1418 K Ave, Historic Downtown Plano · Metro area
Friday evenings about every two weeks after the first-Friday 2600 meeting; no rule published
An unofficial 2600 hangout run by the DFW2600 group. The Meetup page lists the October 16, 2026 session as held (6 attendees) and sessions on November 20 and December 18, 2026. It describes 2550 meetings as unofficial and rarely planned.
Free
Lewisville area (location visible to members only) · Metro area
Monthly on Thursdays at 7:00 p.m.; the organizer does not publish a rule
Meetup lists monthly meetups at 7:00 p.m. on July 16, August 20, September 17 and October 15, 2026, with the location visible to members only (a private group). The October 15 meeting had 1 attendee. The group's own website, ntx-csg.org, was not opened.
Free
Around the Dallas-Fort Worth metro, including Frisco · Metro area
Several events a month: coffee chats, Tech & Trek walks, panels and hands-on sessions
Held a threat intelligence hands-on session at HCLTech Frisco on June 5, 2026. The last dated chapter event listed is a Tech & Trek in Grand Prairie on September 19, 2026, which the page still shows under the events still to come (no recap). The page lists no event dated after October 8, 2026. Event pages do not list costs.
Free
Dallas area (last event in Irving) · Metro area
Irregular; no event posted
The last Meetup event was on September 19, 2025 at a Microsoft campus in Las Colinas, Irving.
Free
5717 Legacy Dr, Plano · Metro area
Monthly Tuesday evening meetup, 6:00 p.m.; no rule published
Meetup group for women in InfoSec. The September 29, 2026 meetup in Plano is listed as held; the next is October 27, 2026. No fee is stated on the page, so access is a judgement call.
Free
North Texas (venues vary) · Metro area
Member events posted on the chapter calendar
InfraGard membership requires FBI vetting. The chapter's annual conference was held August 13, 2026 at the DFW Airport Department of Public Safety (registration filled; the page posts no recap, so it is taken as held). The events page also lists a CyberRisk Alliance summit invitation for October 29, 2026 and an FBI case studies session on November 12, 2026 (10:00 to 11:30 a.m., $0, tentative date and location).
Vetting required
Collin College Frisco Campus, 9700 Wade Blvd, Frisco · In the city
Events posted by the department; student clubs (Cybersecurity Club, WiCyS, ISSA student chapter, ISACA Club) list meetings through the college's Cougar Connect portal
NSA/DHS Center of Academic Excellence school. The Frisco Campus houses the college's IT Center. Club meeting times are not published on the public site. The most recent dated event confirmed as held is the college-wide Spring 2026 Career Fair on April 16, 2026 at the Frisco Campus Conference Center and IT Building. The department events page still lists an IT/Cyber career fair on October 1, 2026 (IT Building) with no recap, so it is not counted as activity. It also lists National Cyber League games for Collin students (individual game October 23 to 25, team game November 6 to 8, 2026); those are online competitions. Fees: the career fair and student organizations pages state none.
Quiet: last activity Apr 2026Students only
UNT Discovery Park, 3940 N Elm St, Denton · Metro area
Weekly on Thursdays during the spring 2026 semester; fall 2026 schedule not found
Meets on UNT's Denton campus, not UNT at Frisco. The club website is out of date; the university calendar is the more current source.
Quiet: last activity Feb 2026Students only
University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson · Metro area
Presentation-style meetings every Wednesday at 7:00 p.m. (no year on the page); CTF team practices weekly
UT Dallas is an NSA/DHS Center of Academic Excellence school. The student council page gives the meeting schedule without a year. The only dated 2026 activity is the CTF team's entry in the online FAUST CTF on September 26, 2026 (from the CTFtime team page). The club's own site, csg.utdallas.edu, does not resolve.
Students only
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Nedderman Hall, University of Texas at Arlington, 416 Yates St, Arlington · Metro area
Annual one-day conference, usually the first Saturday in November; 2026 is November 7
Community-run and free to attend. The 2025 conference was held November 1, 2025. The 2026 conference is on November 7, 2026 at UT Arlington, about 45 miles from Frisco. The quiet status reflects the date of the last conference held, not a lack of organizing.
Quiet: last activity Nov 2025Free
Plano Event Center, Plano (2026); Irving Convention Center at Las Colinas (2027) · Metro area
Annual one-day hacker conference; the May 27, 2026 edition was in Plano and the 2027 edition is February 25, 2027 in Irving
Run by CYBR.SEC.Media, the team behind Houston's CYBR.SEC.CON (formerly HOU.SEC.CON), in partnership with Phillip Wylie. The May 27, 2026 edition at the Plano Event Center is listed on that venue's calendar ($250 shown there); the organizer's pages now show only the 2027 edition, so the 2026 date rests on the venue listing. The organizer pages state no 2027 ticket price.
PaidVendor-hosted
Plano Event Center, Plano · Metro area
Annual one-day conference each fall; 2026 is the 22nd edition
Run by SecureWorld, a conference business. The 21st edition was held October 2, 2025; the 22nd edition was scheduled for October 8, 2026 at the Plano Event Center. The page shows an "event has already passed" banner on every event, a site template quirk that the owner has confirmed is not a cancellation. No recap was found. The page lists no fees in the text read.
PaidVendor-hosted
Richardson · Metro area
Annual multi-day training event in December; SANS Dallas 2026 runs December 7 to 12, 2026
Commercial training run by the SANS Institute. SANS Dallas 2026 runs December 7 to 12, 2026 at the Hilton Richardson Dallas, in person and live online. The previous edition, SANS Dallas 2025 (December 1 to 6, 2025), is known only from the GovEvents listing, since SANS no longer hosts its page.
Quiet: last activity Dec 2025PaidVendor-hosted
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Online · Metro area
Evening online meetups; none posted since October 15, 2025
Online-only meetups run by Dallas organizers. The latest event on the Meetup page was October 15, 2025.
Quiet: last activity Oct 2025Free
Rotates around the metro, including Axis Experience Center, Frisco (July 9 and February 18, 2026), Irving and Dallas · Metro area
Monthly meetings on Thursdays; a December social is listed for December 3, 2026
Adjacent: physical security professionals rather than cybersecurity. The 2026 meeting archive lists meetings through August 13, 2026 (Irving), including two at the Axis Experience Center in Frisco. The future-meetings list shows a Law Enforcement Appreciation Night on October 23, 2026 and a December social on December 3, 2026. Fees are not stated on the pages opened; access paid is a judgement call.
Paid
Dallas Makerspace, 1825 Monetary Ln #104, Carrollton · Metro area
Monthly Wednesday evening workshops at 7:00 p.m.; no rule published
Adjacent: digital privacy and open-source workshops rather than a security group. The Meetup page lists the October 21, 2026 workshop (12 attendees) as held and a self-hosting workshop at BSides DFW on November 7, 2026. No workshop fee is stated.
Free
Dallas (venue not read from the page) · Metro area
Evening meetups; none posted after June 10, 2026
Adjacent: compliance-focused (CMMC, FedRAMP, TX-RAMP, FISMA) networking for government contractors. The Meetup page, now titled CPN North Texas GovSec Meetup, lists June 10, 2026 as the latest event. No fee is stated.
Free
| Directory | Result |
|---|---|
| 2600 Meetings | Local chapter: Dallas 2600 |
| CISA Regional Offices | Nearest: CISA Region 6 |
| Cloud Security Alliance | Nearest: CSA Austin Chapter |
| Cyversity (formerly ICMCP) Chapters | Nearest: Cyversity North Texas Chapter |
| DEF CON Groups | Local chapter: DC214 (DEF CON Group Dallas) |
| HTCIA | No chapter found |
| IAPP KnowledgeNet | Local chapter: IAPP KnowledgeNet Dallas |
| InfraGard Members Alliances | Local chapter: InfraGard North Texas Members Alliance |
| ISACA | Local chapter: ISACA North Texas Chapter |
| ISC2 | Local chapter: ISC2 Chapter for DFW |
| ISSA | Local chapter: North Texas ISSA |
| NSA National Centers of Academic Excellence in Cybersecurity (NCAE-C) | Local chapter: Collin College Cybersecurity Program (Frisco Campus) |
| OWASP | Local chapter: OWASP Dallas |
| SANS Institute | Local chapter: SANS Institute training events (Dallas area) |
| SecureWorld | Local chapter: SecureWorld Dallas |
| Security BSides | Local chapter: BSides DFW |
| TOOOL (The Open Organisation Of Lockpickers) | No chapter found |
| WiCyS (Women in CyberSecurity) Professional Affiliates | Local chapter: WiCyS Dallas Fort Worth (DFW) Affiliate |
| Women's Society of Cyberjutsu (WSC) Chapters | Local chapter: Women's Society of Cyberjutsu Dallas |
Numbered references for the listings on this page.