Texas

Laredo, TX cybersecurity events & groups

Laredo has no local chapter of the national security associations and no regular security meetup; the nearest ISSA, ISACA, ISC2, OWASP and DEF CON groups meet in San Antonio, about 155 miles north. Laredo College runs a Cybersecurity Institute, but its free high school CyberCamp was last announced for July 2023. The closest community conferences are BSides SATX in San Antonio on June 11 and 12, 2027 and the free BSides RGV in Mission.

Verified Sep 27, 2026 · Covers September 2026 through March 2027 · Times are Central Time

Laredo metro (Webb County): Laredo, Rio Bravo, El Cenizo, Nuevo Laredo (Tamaulipas, Mexico)

Start here

BSides SATX 2027: The nearest established community security conference, with confirmed 2027 dates.
BSides RGV: Free community BSides for South Texas, a similar drive down US 83.

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Datebook

June 2027

BSides SATX 2027

Fri, Jun 11 to Sat, Jun 12, 2027

San Antonio, TX (venue not yet announced; recent editions were at St. Mary's University) · Regional

Community security conference held in San Antonio since 2013, about 155 miles (roughly 2 hours 20 minutes) from Laredo on I-35, at the edge of the regional range. The organizer site says BSides SATX returns in 2027 and names St. Mary's University as its location; the June 11 to 12, 2027 dates come from the BSides global event listing.

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bsidessatx.com [S1] [S2]

On the radar

Announced without a date, or expected from past editions. Not confirmed.

BSides RGV

Usually held in late spring or early summer; the 2026 edition was Saturday, June 27, 2026, and 2027 dates are not yet announced

Mission, TX (2026 edition at Mission Event Center, 200 North Shary Road) · Regional

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bsidesrgv.org [S3]

Directory checklist

0 of 19 national directories list a local chapter

Directory	Result
2600 Meetings	Nearest: 2600 San Antonio (Geekdom, 110 E Houston St.)
CISA Regional Offices	Nearest: CISA Region 6 (no public Laredo events posted)
Cloud Security Alliance	Nearest: CSA San Antonio Chapter
Cyversity (formerly ICMCP) Chapters	Nearest: Cyversity Austin Chapter
DEF CON Groups	Nearest: DCG-SATX (San Antonio); no DEF CON group was found for Laredo or area code 956
HTCIA	No chapter found
IAPP KnowledgeNet	Nearest: IAPP KnowledgeNet San Antonio
InfraGard Members Alliances	Nearest: InfraGard San Antonio Members Alliance
ISACA	Nearest: ISACA San Antonio Chapter
ISC2	Nearest: ISC2 Alamo Chapter (San Antonio)
ISSA	Nearest: ISSA Alamo (San Antonio) Chapter
NSA National Centers of Academic Excellence in Cybersecurity (NCAE-C)	Nearest: The University of Texas at San Antonio and other San Antonio CAE schools; Laredo College held a CAE-CD designation from 2018 but is not on the current list
OWASP	Nearest: OWASP San Antonio
SANS Institute	Nearest: SANS Austin 2027
SecureWorld	Nearest: SecureWorld Houston
Security BSides	Nearest: BSides SATX (San Antonio; 2027 edition listed under events)
TOOOL (The Open Organisation Of Lockpickers)	No chapter found
WiCyS (Women in CyberSecurity) Professional Affiliates	Nearest: WiCyS San Antonio
Women's Society of Cyberjutsu (WSC) Chapters	Nearest: Women's Society of Cyberjutsu Alamo (San Antonio)

Checked Sep 27, 2026

Dormant groups

1 group with no public activity for 18 months or more

Laredo College Cybersecurity Institute (AFA CyberCamp): last public activity Jul 2023 [S4] [S5] [S6]

Field notes

No security meetup, professional chapter or DEF CON group was found in Laredo. The nearest chapters meet in San Antonio, about 155 miles north on I-35.
Laredo College was designated a National Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense Education in 2018, but it does not appear on the current CAE list used for this site; confirm its status with the college.
Texas A&M International University has no registered cybersecurity student organization; its October Cybersecurity Awareness Month activities are run by campus IT for students and staff.
Eventbrite shows paid certification classes labeled Laredo that have been removed or were held in San Antonio; they are not listed here.

Sources

Numbered references for the listings on this page.