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Indiana
Indianapolis has two monthly Friday hacker gatherings (the 2600 meeting at City Market and the IndySec social), plus ISSA and ISACA chapters that mix talks with networking. A new WiCyS affiliate and a Purdue student club add to the mix. The nearest community conference is BSides Bloomington, about an hour south, on October 2 and 3, 2026.
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Thu, Oct 29, 2026 · 3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Pickle on Penn, 11575 N. Pennsylvania St., Carmel, IN · Metro area
Networking and pickleball for cybersecurity, audit, risk and legal professionals. Free tickets include court time and appetizers; paddles can be rented and playing is optional.
ConfirmedMeetupFree
Fri, Nov 6, 2026 · 5:00 p.m.
Tomlinson Tap Room (second floor), City Market, 222 E. Market St., Indianapolis
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
Mon, Nov 9, 2026 · 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
GuidePoint Security, 8701 E. 116th St., Fishers, IN · Metro area
Statewide annual meeting with the chapter's FBI coordinator and FBI cyber team; 3 CPEs. Registration is on Eventbrite.
ConfirmedChapter meetingFree
Wed, Nov 11 to Thu, Nov 12, 2026 · 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. each day
NineStar Connect, 2243 E. Main St., Greenfield, IN · Metro area
Two-day course on security policy, awareness programs, incident response policy and running a security team, taught by CJ Cox of Black Hills Information Security. Hosted by NineStar Connect, a Greenfield utility cooperative; Eventbrite lists tickets at no charge.
ConfirmedTrainingFreeVendor-hosted
Thu, Nov 12, 2026 · 5:30 p.m.
Brooksource, Indianapolis
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
Fri, Nov 20, 2026 · 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Indianapolis Marriott East, 7202 E. 21st St., Indianapolis
Team applications close: Mon, Nov 2, 2026
One-day team competition for Indiana college students, hosted by Ivy Tech (an NSA Center of Academic Excellence) with TechPoint. One of the four tracks is cybersecurity and cloud technologies. Not a classic capture-the-flag; teams solve industry problems in front of employers.
ConfirmedCTFStudents only
Fri, Dec 4, 2026 · 5:00 p.m.
Tomlinson Tap Room (second floor), City Market, 222 E. Market St., Indianapolis
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
Thu, Dec 10, 2026 · 5:30 p.m.
Brooksource, Indianapolis
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
Fri, Jan 1, 2027 · 5:00 p.m.
Tomlinson Tap Room (second floor), City Market, 222 E. Market St., Indianapolis
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
Thu, Jan 14, 2027 · 5:30 p.m.
Brooksource, Indianapolis
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
Fri, Feb 5, 2027 · 5:00 p.m.
Tomlinson Tap Room (second floor), City Market, 222 E. Market St., Indianapolis
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
Thu, Feb 11, 2027 · 5:30 p.m.
Brooksource, Indianapolis
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
Fri, Mar 5, 2027 · 5:00 p.m.
Tomlinson Tap Room (second floor), City Market, 222 E. Market St., Indianapolis
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
Thu, Mar 11, 2027 · 5:30 p.m.
Brooksource, Indianapolis
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
Sat, May 15, 2027 · 9:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Fairborn City Church, 206 W. Dayton-Yellow Springs Rd., Fairborn, OH (Dayton area) · Regional
Community infosec conference with villages and a CTF, about two hours east of Indianapolis. Tickets are sold through the conference site.
ConfirmedConferencePaid
Announced without a date, or expected from past editions. Not confirmed.
Usually held in early April (April 7 and 8 in 2026); 2027 dates not yet announced
Purdue Memorial Union, West Lafayette, IN · Regional
ExpectedConferencePaid
Usually held in mid-June (June 17 in 2026, June 18 in 2025); 2027 dates not yet announced
Embassy Suites by Hilton Noblesville Indianapolis Conference Center, Noblesville · Metro area
ExpectedSummitFreeVendor-hosted
Brooksource, Indianapolis · In the city
Standing meeting on the second Thursday of the month (the March 2026 meeting ran 5:30 to 8:00 p.m.); no August meeting
Guests are always welcome free of charge. The chapter says it took an August 2026 break and would resume in September, but no dated September meeting was posted. The last meeting with a confirmed date was March 12, 2026. Registration runs through the chapter's Eventbrite page.
Quiet: last activity Mar 2026Free
Indianapolis area; 2026 events in Carmel · Metro area
Occasional events; no regular monthly meeting published
For IT audit, governance, risk and security professionals. The April 16, 2026 annual meeting and Cyber Pickle at Pickle on Penn in Carmel was free. The chapter calendar also listed a free GRC Day in Fishers on July 16, 2026, which it says was sponsored externally.
Free
Indianapolis · In the city
Irregular, a few meetups a year; none announced
Application security chapter. Its Meetup page lists a December 13, 2025 meetup and a September 9, 2025 meeting; its December socials have been held jointly with IndyHackers. OWASP's chapter status page counted no meetings in the year before May 2026, which does not match the Meetup page.
Quiet: last activity Dec 2025Free
Tomlinson Tap Room (second floor), City Market, 222 E. Market St., Indianapolis · In the city
First Friday of every month, 5:00 p.m.
Talk is roughly half tech, half general chat, with 5 to 15 people. The venue is a bar; the organizers ask anyone under 21 to announce themselves on the #in2600 IRC channel first. The Meetup group is private (request to join) but lists every monthly meeting.
Free
Indianapolis (venue shown to Meetup group members) · In the city
Monthly social; in 2026 it met on second Fridays at 5:30 p.m. from February to July
A social group for anyone interested in information security in central Indiana. The Meetup group is private, so you must request to join to see venues. No August or September 2026 meeting was posted.
Free
Indianapolis; events so far online and at regional conferences · In the city
Occasional events; no regular schedule yet
Women in CyberSecurity affiliate, open to all career levels. It held its first online meeting on August 15, 2026 and an online fireside chat on the WiCyS Security Training Scholarship on September 14, 2026. In person, it had a table at BSides Fort Wayne on June 6, 2026 and plans one at BSides Bloomington on October 2 and 3, 2026.
Free
Statewide, based in the Indianapolis area; events in Fishers and Fort Wayne · In the city
Irregular events around Indiana
FBI partnership for critical infrastructure protection. Membership requires FBI vetting, but some events are open on Eventbrite. The last event found that has already taken place was a November 6, 2025 talk in Fishers. The chapter lists a joint meeting in Fort Wayne on October 8, 2026 and its annual meeting in Fishers on November 9, 2026.
Quiet: last activity Nov 2025Vetting required
Engineering and Technology Building, Purdue University in Indianapolis · In the city
Meetings during the school year; the fall 2026 first meeting was Monday, August 31 at 5:00 p.m.
Student cybersecurity club for cyber, IT and computer science students at Purdue's Indianapolis campus. Past meetings included National Cyber League practice and guest speakers. Purdue University is an NSA Center of Academic Excellence.
Students only
boilerlink.purdue.edu/organization/cybersecurity [S20] [S21]
Indianapolis · In the city
Evening meetups roughly monthly, 6:30 p.m.
Adjacent: an Amazon Web Services user group, not a security group, though cloud security topics come up. It helped host AWS Community Day Midwest at the Hyatt Regency Indianapolis on June 24, 2026.
Free
| Directory | Result |
|---|---|
| 2600 Meetings | Local chapter: Indianapolis 2600 |
| CISA Regional Offices | Nearest: CISA Region 5 (Chicago); no public Indianapolis events posted |
| Cloud Security Alliance | Nearest: CSA Ohio River Valley Chapter (covers Indianapolis; 2026 sessions met in Columbus with a Zoom option) |
| Cyversity (formerly ICMCP) Chapters | No chapter found |
| DEF CON Groups | Local chapter: DC317 (DEF CON Group Indianapolis) |
| HTCIA | Nearest: HTCIA Ohio Chapter |
| IAPP KnowledgeNet | Nearest: IAPP KnowledgeNet Indianapolis (members only; chairs listed, but no meetings scheduled or past dates published) |
| InfraGard Members Alliances | Local chapter: InfraGard Indiana Members Alliance |
| ISACA | Local chapter: ISACA Central Indiana Chapter |
| ISC2 | Nearest: ISC2 Cincinnati Tri-State Chapter (Indiana has no ISC2 chapter) |
| ISSA | Local chapter: Central Indiana ISSA |
| NSA National Centers of Academic Excellence in Cybersecurity (NCAE-C) | Local chapter: PINSecurity (Purdue University in Indianapolis) |
| OWASP | Local chapter: OWASP Indianapolis |
| SANS Institute | Nearest: SANS Chicago 2027 |
| SecureWorld | Nearest: SecureWorld Chicago |
| Security BSides | Local chapter: BSides Indy |
| TOOOL (The Open Organisation Of Lockpickers) | Nearest: TOOOL Chicago (CHI) |
| WiCyS (Women in CyberSecurity) Professional Affiliates | Local chapter: WiCyS Indianapolis Affiliate |
| Women's Society of Cyberjutsu (WSC) Chapters | No chapter found |
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