> garland, tx · verified sep 26, 2026
Texas
Garland has no security meetup of its own; residents use the Dallas-Fort Worth groups, most of them a short drive west or north. The closest regular options are the monthly hacker meetings in north Dallas (Dallas Hackers Association on first Wednesdays, DC214 on second Wednesdays) and events at UT Dallas in neighboring Richardson. In Garland itself, the public library hosts free Garland Police Department talks on scams and AI deception in October and November 2026.
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Thu, Oct 1, 2026 · Starts 9:00 a.m.
Davidson-Gundy Alumni Center, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson · Metro area
Run by DigitalEra Group with UT Dallas. Free for qualified security professionals and executives from non-vendor organizations; sales, marketing and vendor staff pay $350.
ConfirmedConferenceFreePaidVendor-hosted
Fri, Oct 2, 2026 · 7:00 p.m.
The Wild Turkey, 2470 Walnut Hill Ln, Dallas · Metro area
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
Wed, Oct 7, 2026 · 7:00 p.m.
Family Karaoke, 11433 Goodnight Ln, Dallas · Metro area
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
Wed, Oct 7, 2026 · Starts 10:00 a.m.
W. T. Brookshire Conference Center, 2000 W Front St, Tyler · Regional
Tyler is about 90 minutes east of Garland. Organized by the Tyler Area Chamber of Commerce.
ConfirmedConferencePaid
Thu, Oct 8, 2026 · 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Plano Event Center, 2000 East Spring Creek Parkway, Plano · Metro area
22nd annual edition. InfraGard North Texas and WiCyS DFW both promote member registration.
ConfirmedConferencePaidVendor-hosted
Fri, Oct 9, 2026 · Doors 11:00 a.m.; program 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
University of Dallas, SB Hall (building 32), room 122, 2925 Gorman Dr, Irving · Metro area
Deepfakes, AI-generated content and digital evidence. InfraGard members get a $20 registration rate.
ConfirmedChapter meetingPaid
Wed, Oct 14, 2026 · 7:00 p.m.
Encore Family Karaoke, 11433 Goodnight Ln, Dallas · Metro area
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
Thu, Oct 15, 2026 · 7:00 p.m.
208 E Main St, Lewisville · Metro area
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
Tue, Oct 20, 2026 · 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Plano Event Center, 2000 East Spring Creek Parkway, Plano · Metro area
The chapter's flagship annual conference. Register at csc13.ntxissatools.org; the Eventbrite page is a notice only.
ConfirmedConferencePaid
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Thu, Oct 22, 2026 · Starts 5:00 p.m.
University of Dallas, SB Hall, 2925 Gorman Dr, Irving · Metro area
Ellis Lecture Series event at a Center of Academic Excellence school, with speakers and a panel. Funded by the Ralph and Joy Ellis Endowment; the page states no fee.
ConfirmedSummitFree
Thu, Oct 22, 2026 · 2:00 to 3:00 p.m.
North Garland Library, 3845 N. Garland Ave, Garland
Garland Police Department presentation for residents: real scam examples and live demonstrations of phone, text, email and AI voice-clone scams. Consumer awareness, not a practitioner event.
ConfirmedWorkshopFree
Thu, Oct 29, 2026 · 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Omni PGA Resort, 4341 PGA Pkwy, Frisco · Metro area
Hosted by GuidePoint Security. Attendance is by request and reviewed; non-sponsoring vendors are not admitted.
ConfirmedConferenceInvite onlyVendor-hosted
Thu, Oct 29, 2026 · 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Sheraton Dallas Hotel, 400 Olive Street, Dallas · Metro area
Run by CyberRisk Alliance. Standard admission $250; registrations are reviewed and limited to working security and IT practitioners.
ConfirmedSummitPaidVendor-hosted
Wed, Nov 4, 2026 · 7:00 p.m.
Family Karaoke, 11433 Goodnight Ln, Dallas · Metro area
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
Thu, Nov 5, 2026 · 2:00 to 3:00 p.m.
West Garland Library, 3921 W. Walnut St, Garland
Same Garland Police Department talk as the October 22, 2026 session, at a different branch. Consumer awareness, not a practitioner event.
ConfirmedWorkshopFree
Fri, Nov 6, 2026 · 7:00 p.m.
The Wild Turkey, 2470 Walnut Hill Ln, Dallas · Metro area
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
Sat, Nov 7, 2026
Dallas-Fort Worth (venue to be announced) · Metro area
Saturday, November 7, 2026: the organizer's Sessionize call-for-proposals page gives the event date as 7 Nov 2026, and its home page says 2026 is aiming for the first Saturday in November. The call-for-proposals page says the organizers were focusing on Arlington for the venue; the venue page says the contract is still being finalized. Free tickets will be issued through Eventbrite; ticketing had not opened on September 26, 2026.
ConfirmedConferenceFree
Wed, Nov 11, 2026 · 7:00 p.m.
Encore Family Karaoke, 11433 Goodnight Ln, Dallas · Metro area
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
Thu, Nov 19, 2026 · 7:00 p.m.
208 E Main St, Lewisville · 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 · 7:00 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 · Course days vary by course
Hilton Richardson Dallas, 701 E Campbell Rd, Richardson · Metro area
14 courses, in person and virtual.
ConfirmedTrainingPaidVendor-hosted
Wed, Dec 9, 2026 · 7:00 p.m.
Encore Family Karaoke, 11433 Goodnight Ln, Dallas · Metro area
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
Thu, Dec 17, 2026 · 7:00 p.m.
208 E Main St, Lewisville · Metro area
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
Fri, Jan 1, 2027 · 7:00 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.
Encore Family Karaoke, 11433 Goodnight Ln, Dallas · 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
Hybrid vendor-sponsored conference run by FutureCon Events. The organizer page did not name the venue on September 26, 2026. FutureCon usually limits attendance to working IT professionals and approves each registration; the page read for this listing did not state the terms.
ConfirmedConferenceVetting requiredVendor-hosted
Thu, Jan 21, 2027 · 7:00 p.m.
208 E Main St, Lewisville · Metro area
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
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 · 7:00 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.
Encore Family Karaoke, 11433 Goodnight Ln, Dallas · Metro area
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
Thu, Feb 18, 2027 · 7:00 p.m.
208 E Main St, Lewisville · Metro area
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
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 · 7:00 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.
Encore Family Karaoke, 11433 Goodnight Ln, Dallas · Metro area
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
Thu, Mar 18, 2027 · 7:00 p.m.
208 E Main St, Lewisville · 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
Date TBAChapter meetingMembers only
Usually held in late March (March 27 to 29 in 2026); 2027 dates not yet announced.
University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, and online · Metro area
ExpectedCTFFree
Dallas area (venue given at registration) · Metro area
Periodic meetings and coffee chats; none scheduled on September 26, 2026
Privacy, AI governance and cybersecurity law professionals. A September 24, 2026 coffee chat was recorded by earlier research for the Dallas page; the chapter page no longer lists it. Educational meetings are for IAPP members.
FreeMembers only
North Texas (May 2026 meeting at TIAA, Frisco) · Metro area
Periodic in-person chapter meetings and paid training; no chapter meeting posted for fall 2026
Audit, governance and security professionals. The calendar lists a CISA review course from September 26 to October 4, 2026 and an auditing cybersecurity training from October 7 to 9, 2026, without venues.
Paid
Tre Stelle Coffee Co., 17390 Preston Rd, Suite 210, Dallas · Metro area
Monthly networking on a Wednesday at 5:30 p.m., in person with an online option; no date posted after June 10, 2026
For people working on CMMC compliance for defense contractors.
Free
Dallas-Fort Worth (2026 lunch and learns in Plano, Irving and Euless) · Metro area
Monthly lunch and learn, usually the third Thursday, doors at 11:00 a.m.; happy hours and an annual conference in October
The September 17, 2026 lunch and learn was at Las Colinas Country Club, Irving. The chapter also lists an October 8, 2026 happy hour.
Paid
Plano and Frisco (recent in-person meetings) and online · Metro area
Irregular; no meeting announced
The last in-person meeting was October 14, 2025 at Forescout, 2400 N Dallas Pkwy, Plano; the last listed event was an online secure code 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, 7:00 p.m. at The Wild Turkey; a North DFW 2550 meetup runs on third Fridays at 6:00 p.m. at 1418 Coffee, 1418 K Ave, Plano
Listed in 2600 Magazine's meeting list. The DFW2600 Meetup posts October 2 and November 6, 2026 at The Wild Turkey, and October 16 and November 20, 2026 in Plano.
Free
Family Karaoke, 11433 Goodnight Ln, Dallas · Metro area
First Wednesday of the month, 7:00 p.m., plus occasional karaoke nights and a book club
Short firetalks from anyone, a monthly CTF challenge and organized locksport; no vendor or recruiter talks. The next monthly meeting is October 7, 2026.
Free
Encore Family Karaoke, 11433 Goodnight Ln, Dallas · Metro area
Normally the second Wednesday of the month, 7:00 p.m.
Monthly meetings were held from June to September 2026; no October date was posted on September 26, 2026. The group's own site is out of date, so check Meetup.
Free
208 E Main St, Lewisville · Metro area
Third Thursday of the month, 7:00 to 9:00 p.m.
Practitioner-led group meeting since 2013. The Meetup group is private: join it to see the meeting location, which the group's site gives as Lewisville.
Free
Dallas-Fort Worth; last dated chapter session at SecureWorld Dallas, Plano Event Center · Metro area
No regular schedule published
Cyversity was formerly the International Consortium of Minority Cybersecurity Professionals (ICMCP). The most recent dated chapter session found was an open session at SecureWorld Dallas on October 2, 2025.
Quiet: last activity Oct 2025Free
Around the Dallas-Fort Worth metro (2026 events in Dallas, Carrollton, Grapevine and Grand Prairie) · Metro area
About one event a month: coffee chats, panels and walks
Planned: a booth at Secure Dallas on October 1, 2026, a panel with JPMorgan Chase on October 2, 2026 (city not stated), and member registration for SecureWorld Dallas on October 8, 2026.
Free
Dallas area (last event in Irving) · Metro area
Occasional events; none announced
The last event on the chapter's Meetup page was September 19, 2025 at the Microsoft campus in Las Colinas, Irving. The chapter may post events elsewhere.
Quiet: last activity Sep 2025Free
5717 Legacy Dr, Plano · Metro area
Monthly on a Tuesday at 6:00 p.m. (next: September 29 and October 27, 2026)
Free
North Texas (venues vary) · Metro area
Periodic member meetings, joint events and an annual conference
FBI-affiliated partnership; national membership is free but requires vetting. The 2026 annual conference was held August 13, 2026 at DFW Airport DPS Headquarters.
Vetting required
University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson · Metro area
Weekly presentation meetings on Wednesdays at 7:00 p.m. during the school year; the first meeting of each month is a CTF workshop
Student club at an NSA/DHS Center of Academic Excellence school. It runs the annual TexSAW CTF (online, March 27 to 29, 2026). The club site csg.utdallas.edu could not be reached, so fall 2026 meetings are not confirmed.
Students only
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Dallas-Fort Worth (2024 and 2025 at UT Arlington; 2026 venue not yet announced) · Metro area
Annual conference, usually the first Saturday in November
Community-run conference. The 2025 edition was November 1, 2025 at Nedderman Hall, UT Arlington. The quiet status reflects the date of the last conference, not a lack of organizing: the 2026 call for papers closed September 5, 2026.
Quiet: last activity Nov 2025Free
Plano Event Center, Plano · Metro area
First held May 27, 2026; no 2027 date listed
Run by CYBR.SEC.Media, the team behind Houston's CYBR.SEC.CON, in partnership with Phillip Wylie; billed as a conference by and for the hacker community.
PaidVendor-hosted
Plano Event Center, Plano · Metro area
Annual one-day conference in early October
Run by SecureWorld, a conference business. The 21st edition was October 2, 2025; the quiet status reflects that date. The 22nd edition is October 8, 2026.
Quiet: last activity Oct 2025PaidVendor-hosted
Hilton Richardson Dallas, Richardson · Metro area
Annual week of courses in December
Commercial training run by the SANS Institute. SANS Dallas 2025 (December 1 to 6, 2025) is known only from an event listing. SANS Dallas 2026 runs December 7 to 12, 2026.
Quiet: last activity Dec 2025PaidVendor-hosted
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Dallas Makerspace, 1825 Monetary Ln, Suite 104, Carrollton · Metro area
Monthly Open Technology Workshops; the 2026 sessions were on Wednesdays at 7:00 p.m.
Adjacent: an open-source and digital privacy group, not a security group. 2026 topics included encrypted email, Tor and anonymous reporting.
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 | Local chapter: 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: UT Dallas Computer Security Group (CSG) |
| 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.