> long beach, ca · verified sep 27, 2026
California
Long Beach itself has a university cybersecurity club, a quiet weekly hack night and a few dated events: the NMFTA trucking cybersecurity conference (September 29 to October 1, 2026), a Women's Society of Cyberjutsu workshop at Long Beach City College (October 3, 2026) and a public sector summit at the Hilton Long Beach (November 12, 2026). Most regular meetings are elsewhere in the metro: ISSA, ISACA, ISC2 and OWASP Los Angeles each meet about monthly, and LA2600 and DC714 are monthly hacker meetups.
Thu, Oct 8 to Tue, Oct 27, 2026 · Four webinars: October 8 (10:00 to 11:30 a.m.), October 15, 22 and 27 (10:00 to 11:00 a.m.)
Online
Free Zoom webinars hosted by the CSULB Division of Information Technology for Cybersecurity Awareness Month; the October 8 session on women in cybersecurity is co-hosted with CSU Dominguez Hills and Cal Poly Pomona. Registration is on Zoom.
ConfirmedWorkshopFree
Tue, Oct 13, 2026 · 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Online · Metro area
Zoom session with speaker Santiago Castiñeira.
ConfirmedMeetupFree
Wed, Oct 14, 2026 · 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Annenberg Community Beach House, 415 Pacific Coast Highway, Santa Monica · Metro area
Ticketed; the OWASP LA calendar showed its community allocation as sold out on 2026-09-27.
ConfirmedConferencePaid
Thu, Oct 15, 2026 · 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Fairmont Century Plaza, 2025 Avenue of the Stars, Los Angeles · Metro area
Vendor-sponsored summit run by CyberRisk Alliance. Standard admission $250; registrations are reviewed and limited to security and IT practitioners. OWASP LA has offered its community complimentary passes.
ConfirmedSummitPaidVetting requiredVendor-hosted
Wed, Oct 28, 2026 · 5:30 p.m.
929 Colorado Ave, Santa Monica (recent in-person meetings) · Metro area
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
Fri, Nov 6, 2026 · 7:00 p.m.
23b Shop, 418 E Commonwealth Ave, Unit 1, Fullerton · Metro area
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
Thu, Nov 12, 2026 · Registration opens 8:00 a.m.
Hilton Long Beach, 701 W. Ocean Blvd, Long Beach
Run by Government Technology (e.Republic) for public sector staff. Registration is free for those who meet the eligibility criteria.
ConfirmedSummitFreeVetting requiredVendor-hosted
Wed, Nov 18, 2026 · 5:30 to 8:30 p.m.
To be announced (Los Angeles area) · Metro area
Replaces the usual fourth-Wednesday meeting in November; the address is shared after registration.
ConfirmedMeetupFree
Fri, Dec 4, 2026 · 7:00 p.m.
23b Shop, 418 E Commonwealth Ave, Unit 1, Fullerton · Metro area
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
Wed, Dec 9, 2026 · 5:30 to 6:30 p.m.
Online · Metro area
Speaker: Kati Paxton.
ConfirmedMeetupFree
Thu, Dec 10, 2026 · 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
University of Southern California Hotel, 3540 S. Figueroa St., Los Angeles · Metro area
Run by ISC2; open to members and non-members, with optional add-on workshops. Early-bird pricing is offered but its end date was not posted.
ConfirmedConferencePaid
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Wed, Dec 23, 2026 · 5:30 p.m.
929 Colorado Ave, Santa Monica (recent in-person meetings) · Metro area
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
Fri, Jan 1, 2027 · 7:00 p.m.
23b Shop, 418 E Commonwealth Ave, Unit 1, Fullerton · Metro area
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
Wed, Jan 27, 2027 · 5:30 p.m.
929 Colorado Ave, Santa Monica (recent in-person meetings) · Metro area
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
Fri, Feb 5, 2027 · 7:00 p.m.
23b Shop, 418 E Commonwealth Ave, Unit 1, Fullerton · Metro area
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
Wed, Feb 24, 2027 · 5:30 p.m.
929 Colorado Ave, Santa Monica (recent in-person meetings) · Metro area
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
Fri, Mar 5, 2027 · 7:00 p.m.
23b Shop, 418 E Commonwealth Ave, Unit 1, Fullerton · Metro area
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
Wed, Mar 24, 2027 · 5:30 p.m.
929 Colorado Ave, Santa Monica (recent in-person meetings) · Metro area
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
Wed, Mar 31, 2027 · Starts 8:00 a.m.
Hilton Los Angeles Culver City, Culver City · Metro area
One-day vendor-sponsored conference run by FutureCon Events; pricing is not shown on the event page.
ConfirmedConferencePaidVendor-hosted
Mon, May 10 to Sat, May 15, 2027
Hilton San Diego Bayfront, 1 Park Blvd, San Diego · Regional
Commercial training run by the SANS Institute; in person and virtual (Pacific Time).
ConfirmedTrainingPaidVendor-hosted
Announced without a date, or expected from past editions. Not confirmed.
Announced by the organizer; date not yet published.
Hilton Universal City, Los Angeles · Metro area
Date TBAConferencePaid
Announced by the organizer; date not yet published.
Orange County (the 2026 edition was in Costa Mesa) · Metro area
Date TBAConferencePaidVendor-hosted
Usually held in late May; 2027 dates not yet announced
Pasadena Hilton, Pasadena (2026 venue) · Metro area
ExpectedConferencePaid
Held 2025-10-25 and 2024-11-16; 2026 date not yet announced
Loker Student Union, CSU Dominguez Hills, Carson (2025 venue) · Metro area
ExpectedConferenceFree
Usually held in March or April; 2027 date not yet announced
Loker Student Union, CSU Dominguez Hills, 1000 E. Victoria St., Carson (2026 venue) · Metro area
ExpectedConferenceFree
Los Angeles area · Metro area
Irregular; mostly online sessions plus joint events with ISSA LA and other groups
The Meetup group moved from /lasc-csa/ to /csa-socal/. The last event found was a cyber threat briefing with the FBI and Unit 42 in Los Angeles on 2026-03-09; later 2026 listings are online sessions or other groups' events.
Quiet: last activity Mar 2026Free
Southern California · Metro area
Irregular; joins the monthly SoCalSec socials with ISSA Orange County
High Technology Cyber Investigation Association (digital forensics and cyber investigations). The last_activity date is the joint SoCalSec social on the HTCIA calendar for 2026-09-21; no separate chapter meeting was found.
Members only
Los Angeles area · Metro area
Chapter events through the year, virtual certification review courses, an annual career night and a three-day spring conference
The 2026 Annual Career Night was held 2026-09-08 at Cal State LA; its student workshop was free and the dinner panel was paid.
Paid
Los Angeles area; September 2026 meeting in El Segundo · Metro area
Monthly meetings, alternating in-person evenings and virtual sessions
In-person meetings are ticketed through Luma (the September 2026 meeting had paid tiers).
Paid
Los Angeles area; recent meetings in Culver City, Torrance and Marina del Rey · Metro area
Monthly evening dinner meetings, usually 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. midweek, at rotating venues; annual summit in October
Meetings are ticketed and include a buffet dinner. The 2026-09-15 meeting was at the Culver City Veterans Memorial Building; the venue changes month to month.
Paid
Orange County and nearby; a May 2026 social was in Long Beach · Metro area
Roughly monthly evening security socials (6:00 to 8:00 p.m.) at rotating breweries, plus occasional roundtables
The 2026-05-18 social was at Bottlecraft Long Beach, 4150 McGowen St; other 2026 socials were in Anaheim, Pomona and Costa Mesa. No future events were posted on 2026-09-27. Socials welcome guests; chapter membership is paid.
Free
929 Colorado Ave, Santa Monica (recent in-person meetings) · Metro area
In-person meetings on the fourth Wednesday of the month (except November), 5:30 p.m.; plus virtual talks and quarterly hands-on workshops
Events moved from Meetup to Luma. Free and open to all; register on Luma to receive the address.
Free
Coastline College Garden Grove Center, Room 251, 12901 S. Euclid St., Garden Grove · Metro area
Second Wednesday of the month, 6:00 to 8:00 p.m., except January and August
The last_activity date is the most recent meeting with a posted topic (lock picking, Pi building and DEF CON planning); the site does not list topics for later meetings. The group also uses Discord.
Free
Union Station, Downtown Los Angeles (main entrance, Alameda Street side, near Traxx Bar) · Metro area
First Friday of the month from 6:00 p.m.; the group later moves to Philippe's and then Denny's on Ramirez
Open to anyone; the group asks media and law enforcement to identify themselves. The Meetup listings give 7:00 p.m.; the group's site and the 2600 list give 6:00 p.m.
Free
23b Shop, 418 E Commonwealth Ave, Unit 1, Fullerton · Metro area
First Friday of the month, 7:00 p.m.
Meets at the 23b Shop hackerspace in Fullerton.
Free
Los Angeles; June 2026 event at Microsoft, Playa Vista · Metro area
Occasional networking and learning events
Free
Southern California; in-person workshops at Long Beach City College, plus Zoom · Metro area
Roughly monthly hands-on workshops, usually Saturday mornings, in person or online
Workshops require registration on the womenscyberjutsu.org site as well as Meetup. The 2026-03-21 and 2026-10-03 workshops are at Long Beach City College; the 2026-09-19 workshop was online.
Free
California State University, Dominguez Hills, Carson · Metro area
Runs the annual ToroHack expo in spring and Toro Tech Day in the fall; regular club meetings are for students
ToroHack is free and open to everyone; the 2026 edition was held 2026-04-11 at the Loker Student Union.
Students only
California State University, Long Beach · In the city
General body meetings during the semester; dates are posted on the club's Instagram and Discord
Student club listed as active in the CSULB directory; it takes part in intercollegiate CTF competitions. No events are posted on the campus events site. The last_activity date is when the club posted its recording of the Spring 2026 General Body Meeting #1; the meeting itself was on or before that date.
Quiet: last activity Feb 2026Students only
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Kennedy's Craft Kitchen & Cocktails, 5506 E Britton Dr, Long Beach · In the city
Formerly weekly on Tuesdays at 7:00 p.m.; no 2026 dates posted
Adjacent: a general tech hack night for programmers, hobbyists and hackers run by the Long Beach nonprofit Uncoded, not a security group. The hacknightlbc.org site no longer resolves.
Quiet: last activity Dec 2025Free
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