ISSA South Florida October 2026 Monthly Meeting
Thu, Oct 15, 2026 · 6:00 p.m.
Venue to be announced on Meetup · Metro area
The venue was not yet posted on September 26, 2026.
ConfirmedChapter meetingFree
Florida
Hialeah, FL cybersecurity events & groups
No security group was found meeting inside Hialeah city limits, so local practitioners travel to Miami, Doral and Fort Lauderdale. HackMiami meets about twice a month on Saturday afternoons in Fort Lauderdale, ISSA South Florida meets on third Thursdays at rotating college campuses, and DCG305 holds Saturday socials around Miami-Dade. SANS Miami runs October 26 to 31, 2026 in Coral Gables.
Start here
- HackMiami: Free, frequent hands-on meetups open to all skill levels.
- DCG305 (DEF CON Group Miami): Casual free Saturday socials, several of them in west Miami-Dade close to Hialeah.
- ISSA South Florida Chapter (SFISSA): Monthly evening talks on third Thursdays, listed on Meetup with each venue.
Six months at a glance
Datebook
October 2026
HackMiami: Running AI Locally
Sat, Oct 17, 2026 · 3:00 p.m.
Broward County Main Library, 100 S Andrews Ave, Fort Lauderdale · Metro area
ConfirmedMeetupFree
ISACA South Florida: Live Incident Response Blitz Exercise
Wed, Oct 21, 2026 · 12:00 to 1:00 p.m.
Online (Zoom) · Metro area
Interactive exercise run with IRGame, an annual chapter partner. The page does not state a price; registration is required.
ConfirmedWorkshopFreeVendor-hosted
SANS Miami 2026
Mon, Oct 26 to Sat, Oct 31, 2026
Hyatt Regency Coral Gables, 50 Alhambra Plaza, Coral Gables · Metro area
Refund deadline: Fri, Oct 9, 2026
Hotel group discount ends: Fri, Oct 9, 2026
Nine courses, in person and live online.
ConfirmedTrainingPaidVendor-hosted
GPSEC Miami 2026
Wed, Oct 28, 2026 · 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Omni Hotel Fort Lauderdale, 1850 SE 17th St, Fort Lauderdale · Metro area
Hosted by GuidePoint Security. Attendance is by request; the organizer reviews each registration.
ConfirmedSummitVetting requiredVendor-hosted
November 2026
HackMiami: OWASP Top 10 Agentic Vulnerabilities
Sat, Nov 7, 2026 · 3:00 p.m.
Broward County Main Library, 100 S Andrews Ave, Fort Lauderdale · Metro area
ConfirmedMeetupFree
ISACA South Florida Inaugural Cyber Gala & Awards
Wed, Nov 18, 2026 · 7:00 to 11:00 p.m.
Zoo Miami, 12400 SW 152nd St, Miami · Metro area
Award nominations close: Sun, Oct 11, 2026
Formal evening awards event; ticketed.
ConfirmedSummitPaid
ISSA South Florida November 2026 Monthly Meeting
Thu, Nov 19, 2026 · 6:00 p.m.
Venue to be announced on Meetup · Metro area
The venue was not yet posted on September 26, 2026.
ConfirmedChapter meetingFree
December 2026
HackMiami Winter Hacker Fest
Sat, Dec 5, 2026 · 12:00 p.m.
Vista View Park, 4001 SW 142nd Ave, Davie · Metro area
Outdoor gathering at a park rather than the usual library venue.
ConfirmedMeetupFree
ISSA South Florida Holiday Party
Thu, Dec 10, 2026 · 6:00 p.m.
Dave & Buster's, 3000 Oakwood Blvd, Hollywood · Metro area
Replaces the third-Thursday meeting in December.
ConfirmedMeetupFree
January 2027
ISSA South Florida Chapter (SFISSA)
Thu, Jan 21, 2027 · 6:00 p.m.
Rotating campuses: FIU, Miami Dade College, Nova Southeastern, FAU, Broward College · Metro area
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
February 2027
ISSA South Florida Chapter (SFISSA)
Thu, Feb 18, 2027 · 6:00 p.m.
Rotating campuses: FIU, Miami Dade College, Nova Southeastern, FAU, Broward College · Metro area
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
March 2027
ISSA South Florida Chapter (SFISSA)
Thu, Mar 18, 2027 · 6:00 p.m.
Rotating campuses: FIU, Miami Dade College, Nova Southeastern, FAU, Broward College · Metro area
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
May 2027
Hemispheric Security Conference 2027
Thu, May 13 to Fri, May 14, 2027
Miami · Metro area
Adjacent: a national-security policy conference led by FIU's Jack D. Gordon Institute, with a cybersecurity and financial crimes track. Venue and registration details were not yet posted; check the organizer page for cost.
ConfirmedConferencePaid
On the radar
Announced without a date, or expected from past editions. Not confirmed.
BSides South Florida 2027
Announced by the organizer; date not yet published.
Marriott Harbor Beach Resort & Spa, Fort Lauderdale · Metro area
Date TBAConferencePaid
HackMiami Conference 2027
Usually held in mid-May at Marenas Beach Resort, Sunny Isles Beach (May 12 to 16, 2026); 2027 dates not yet announced
Sunny Isles Beach · Metro area
ExpectedConferencePaid
Secure Miami 2027
Usually held in early May at FIU (May 5, 2026; May 7, 2025); 2027 date not yet announced
FIU Modesto Maidique Campus, Miami · Metro area
ExpectedConferenceFreeVendor-hosted
SecureWorld South Florida 2027
Usually held in April or May at Margaritaville Hollywood Beach Resort; 2027 date not yet announced
Hollywood · Metro area
ExpectedConferencePaidVendor-hosted
The Official Cybersecurity Summit: South Florida
Usually held in spring (April 30, 2026 and March 27, 2025 at The Diplomat Beach Resort, Hollywood); 2027 date not yet announced
Hollywood · Metro area
ExpectedSummitPaidVetting requiredVendor-hosted
Groups & associations
Professional associations
ISACA South Florida Chapter
Miami, Fort Lauderdale and online · Metro area
No regular meeting night; annual WOW! conference in February, online trainings and programs, special events
The 19th WOW! conference was held February 27, 2026 at Nova Southeastern University in Davie. The most recent chapter-hosted program found was a virtual CISA training, May 1 to 3, 2026.
FreePaid
ISC2 South Florida Chapter
Miami area and online · Metro area
No regular meeting night; paid online certification trainings and occasional in-person networking events
Most 2026 programming is paid virtual training delivered with a training company. The last in-person chapter event found was the holiday networking event at The Citadel, Miami, on December 17, 2025.
Members onlyPaid
ISSA South Florida Chapter (SFISSA)
Rotating campuses: FIU, Miami Dade College, Nova Southeastern, FAU, Broward College · Metro area
Third Thursday of the month, 6:00 to 8:00 p.m., followed by networking; December holiday party instead
The venue changes every month and is posted on Meetup; the October 15 and November 19, 2026 venues were not yet listed. The chapter held its conference and Hack the Flag in Boca Raton on September 18 and 19, 2026.
Free
Hacker and grassroots groups
DCG305 (DEF CON Group Miami)
Rotating venues in Miami-Dade (Doral, Kendall, Midtown Miami, Miami Gardens) · Metro area
Saturday socials at 2:00 p.m., roughly every five to eight weeks; no next date posted
Recent venues include 100 Montaditos at International Mall (1455 NW 107th Ave), the closest regular security meetup to Hialeah.
Free
HackMiami
Broward County Main Library, Fort Lauderdale · Metro area
Saturday afternoons, usually 3:00 p.m., about twice a month; dates posted on Meetup
Also runs the annual HackMiami conference in Sunny Isles Beach. Meetups have no fixed weekday rule; check Meetup for each date.
Free
The Miami Cyber Gang (TMCG)
Miami (Wynwood and other venues) · Metro area
Occasional gatherings, dinners and hackathons; no next date posted
Community run by Flamingo AI, a security software company. The April 29, 2026 event was a private dinner; the last open events were a gathering on August 14, 2025 and a hackathon with Miami Dade College at The DOCK on November 21, 2025.
FreeInvite onlyVendor-hosted
Inclusion and career communities
Cyversity South Florida Chapter
Miami, Fort Lauderdale and Palm Beach County · Metro area
No regular schedule; chapter meetings held at regional conferences
Cyversity was formerly ICMCP. Its most recent meeting found was an open chapter meeting at SecureWorld South Florida in Hollywood on May 21, 2026.
Free
WiCyS Florida Affiliate
Statewide; mostly online, with occasional meetups in Fort Lauderdale and Miami · Metro area
Irregular evening online sessions; booths at South Florida conferences
Most sessions are online. The last in-person meetup found was a brunch held in Fort Lauderdale/Miami, Tampa and Pensacola on August 17, 2025.
Free
Public-private and government
InfraGard South Florida Members Alliance
South Florida (FBI Miami field office area) · Metro area
No regular schedule; no events were on the chapter calendar on September 27, 2026
Membership requires FBI vetting. The latest meeting on the chapter's events calendar was held during SecureWorld South Florida at the Margaritaville Hollywood on April 17, 2025. The site owner confirmed the chapter is active (September 27, 2026).
Vetting required
Education and student groups
Miami Dade College Cybersecurity Center of the Americas and student clubs
MDC North, Wolfson and Padrón campuses, Miami · Metro area
Campus clubs meet during the academic year; the center hosts occasional public hackathons
NSA CAE in Cyber Defense. Clubs: Wolfson, North and Padrón Cybersecurity Clubs and a Women in Cybersecurity Club. The April 10, 2026 hackathon at North Campus was free and open to all students. MDC has a Hialeah campus, but no cybersecurity club there was found.
Students only
Conference series
BSides South Florida
Marriott Harbor Beach Resort & Spa, Fort Lauderdale · Metro area
Annual one-day conference in spring
Run by a local non-profit. Earlier edition: September 30, 2025 at FAU in Boca Raton.
Paid
SecureWorld South Florida
Margaritaville Hollywood Beach Resort, Hollywood · Metro area
Annual one-day conference in spring
Commercial conference produced by SecureWorld. The 2026 edition was May 21, 2026; the 2025 edition was April 17, 2025.
PaidVendor-hosted
Training
SANS Institute training events (Miami area)
Hyatt Regency Coral Gables · Metro area
One or two multi-day training events a year in Coral Gables
Commercial training run by the SANS Institute. SANS DFIRCON Miami 2025 (November 16 to 22, 2025, Coral Gables) is known only from event listings.
Quiet: last activity Nov 2025PaidVendor-hosted
Technical user groups
AI Security Engineers - Miami
Miami Dade College Wolfson Campus and other Miami venues · Metro area
About monthly, mixing evening in-person talks in Miami with online sessions; no next date posted
Local chapter of the global AI Security Engineers community. Has co-hosted with HackMiami.
Free
Directory checklist
12 of 19 national directories list a local chapter
| Directory | Result |
|---|---|
| 2600 Meetings | Nearest: 2600 Boca Raton |
| CISA Regional Offices | Nearest: CISA Region 4 |
| Cloud Security Alliance | Nearest: CSA South Florida Chapter |
| Cyversity (formerly ICMCP) Chapters | Local chapter: Cyversity South Florida Chapter |
| DEF CON Groups | Local chapter: DCG305 (DEF CON Group Miami) |
| HTCIA | Nearest: HTCIA Florida Chapter |
| IAPP KnowledgeNet | Nearest: IAPP KnowledgeNet Florida South |
| InfraGard Members Alliances | Local chapter: InfraGard South Florida Members Alliance |
| ISACA | Local chapter: ISACA South Florida Chapter |
| ISC2 | Local chapter: ISC2 South Florida Chapter |
| ISSA | Local chapter: ISSA South Florida Chapter (SFISSA) |
| NSA National Centers of Academic Excellence in Cybersecurity (NCAE-C) | Local chapter: Miami Dade College Cybersecurity Center of the Americas and student clubs |
| OWASP | Local chapter: OWASP South Florida |
| SANS Institute | Local chapter: SANS Institute training events (Miami area) |
| SecureWorld | Local chapter: SecureWorld South Florida |
| Security BSides | Local chapter: BSides South Florida |
| TOOOL (The Open Organisation Of Lockpickers) | Nearest: TOOOL Orlando (ORL) |
| WiCyS (Women in CyberSecurity) Professional Affiliates | Local chapter: WiCyS Florida Affiliate |
| Women's Society of Cyberjutsu (WSC) Chapters | No chapter found |
Dormant groups
1 group with no public activity for 18 months or more
- OWASP South Florida: last public activity Sep 2024 [S40] [S41]
Field notes
- No security group was found meeting inside Hialeah city limits. The closest regular meetups are DCG305 socials in Doral and the Miami Dade College North Campus events; most groups meet in Miami or Fort Lauderdale.
- ISSA South Florida rotates its monthly meeting among FIU, Miami Dade College, Nova Southeastern, FAU and Broward College. Check its Meetup page for each month's venue.
- OWASP South Florida's Meetup group no longer exists and no meeting has been found since September 19, 2024.
- The site owner believes OWASP South Florida has been replaced by OWASP Tampa, which posts on Facebook at facebook.com/owasptampa.
- S4 (S4x27, February 8 to 11, 2027) and BSidesICS/OT 2027 have moved from Miami Beach to Tampa, so they are not listed here.
- Secure Miami offers free in-person seats only to staff of non-vendor organizations; vendors can join the free livestream.
Sources
Numbered references for the listings on this page.
- S1https://www.meetup.com/south-florida-issa-chapter/events/314336908/
- S2https://www.meetup.com/hackmiami/events/316488997/
- S3https://engage.isaca.org/southfloridachapter/events/eventdescription?CalendarEventKey=be5d78e2-6d4a-4440-8d58-01a0c5332211&CommunityKey=c56280ed-ff83-4619-9f2d-d02f68767b7a
- S4https://www.sans.org/cyber-security-training-events/miami-2026
- S5https://go.guidepointsecurity.com/2026_10_28_SE_GPSEC_MIA_01-Request-to-Register-Page.html
- S6https://www.meetup.com/hackmiami/events/316489029/
- S7https://tickets.joinshowup.io/event/inaugural-cyber-gala-awards-isaca-south-florida-3fvn0l
- S8https://engage.isaca.org/southfloridachapter/events/calendar
- S9https://www.meetup.com/south-florida-issa-chapter/events/314336919/
- S10https://www.meetup.com/hackmiami/events/316245755/
- S11https://www.meetup.com/south-florida-issa-chapter/events/314337168/
- S12https://www.sfissa.org/upcoming-meetings/
- S13https://www.meetup.com/south-florida-issa-chapter/
- S14https://gordoninstitute.fiu.edu/news-events/hsc/
- S15https://bsidessouthflorida.org/
- S16https://hackmiami.com/
- S17https://www.securemiami.com/
- S18https://events.secureworld.io/details/south-florida-2026/
- S19https://www.secureworld.io/events
- S20https://cyberriskalliance.swoogo.com/s-florida-april-2026
- S21https://tickets.joinshowup.io/event/wow-2026-isaca-south-florida-k3mjiz
- S22https://www.isc2chapter-southflorida.org/events
- S23https://www.meetup.com/dcg305/
- S24https://forum.defcon.org/node/231651
- S25https://www.meetup.com/hackmiami/
- S26https://www.hackmiami.org/
- S27https://www.tmcg.miami/
- S28https://luma.com/3ii3rbvs
- S29https://www.cyversity.org/south-florida-chapter
- S30https://events.secureworld.io/agenda/south-florida-2026/?speaker=yuri-soldatenkov
- S31https://www.wicys.org/wicys-florida-affiliate/
- S32https://www.wicys.org/event/wicys-florida-and-latina-affiliates-the-unspoken-weight-of-being-a-woman-in-cyber/
- S33https://www.infragardsofl.org/
- S34https://www.infragardsofl.org/events-meetings/
- S35https://www.mdc.edu/cybersecurity/student-engagement/
- S36https://news.mdc.edu/pressrelease/miami-dade-college-to-host-cybersecurity-hackathon-on-april-10/
- S37https://bsidessouthflorida.org/front-page/
- S38https://www.govevents.com/details/92641/sans-dfircon-miami-2025/
- S39https://www.meetup.com/ai-security-engineers-miami/
- S40https://owasp.org/www-chapter-south-florida/
- S41https://github.com/OWASP/www-chapter-south-florida/blob/master/index.md