Lubbock 2600
Fri, Nov 6, 2026 · 5:00 p.m.
Mad Hatter's House of Games, 1507 Texas Ave, Lubbock
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
Texas
Lubbock, TX cybersecurity events & groups
Lubbock's security community is small. Its one regular public meetup is the 2600 hacker meeting on the first Friday of each month at a downtown game store, and Texas Tech has student clubs for cybersecurity and lock picking. The only conference found is KEYS, a vendor conference for Tandem customers held each April at the Overton Hotel.
Start here
- Lubbock 2600: Free, open to everyone, and the only regular public security meetup found in Lubbock.
- Cyber Raiders (Texas Tech University): For Texas Tech students: workshops, group projects and competition practice.
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Datebook
November 2026
December 2026
Lubbock 2600
Fri, Dec 4, 2026 · 5:00 p.m.
Mad Hatter's House of Games, 1507 Texas Ave, Lubbock
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
January 2027
Lubbock 2600
Fri, Jan 1, 2027 · 5:00 p.m.
Mad Hatter's House of Games, 1507 Texas Ave, Lubbock
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
February 2027
Lubbock 2600
Fri, Feb 5, 2027 · 5:00 p.m.
Mad Hatter's House of Games, 1507 Texas Ave, Lubbock
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
March 2027
Lubbock 2600
Fri, Mar 5, 2027 · 5:00 p.m.
Mad Hatter's House of Games, 1507 Texas Ave, Lubbock
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
April 2027
KEYS Conference 2027 (Tandem)
Tue, Apr 6 to Thu, Apr 8, 2027
The Overton Hotel & Conference Center, Lubbock
Conference hotel room block booking deadline: Sat, Mar 20, 2027
Annual three-day information security conference run by Tandem, the compliance software line of Lubbock-based CoNetrix, and open only to Tandem customers. The page lists registration tiers of $849, $925 and $995. The 2026 edition ran April 7 to 9, 2026 in Lubbock.
ConfirmedConferencePaidInvite onlyVendor-hosted
Groups & associations
Hacker and grassroots groups
Lubbock 2600
Mad Hatter's House of Games, 1507 Texas Ave, Lubbock · In the city
First Friday of the month, 5:00 to 8:00 p.m., unless otherwise noted
Part of the worldwide 2600 meeting network; everyone is welcome. The group usually sits in the back of the store by the minifigures. The July 2026 meeting moved to Friday, July 10, 2026 because of the holiday, and the group posted from that meeting; the June 2025 meeting was called off for severe weather. Date changes are announced on the group's Bluesky account (@2600lbk.com).
Free
Education and student groups
Cyber Raiders (Texas Tech University)
Texas Tech University, Lubbock · In the city
No public meeting schedule; members coordinate on the club's Discord
Registered Texas Tech student organization for practicing cybersecurity skills through workshops, group projects and competitions. TechConnect lists it as active and its record was updated September 2, 2026, but it posts no events there. No dated meeting was found; last_activity is the organization's TechConnect start date, November 13, 2025, and the quiet status reflects missing dates rather than evidence of inactivity.
Quiet: last activity Nov 2025Students only
Double T Locksport (Texas Tech University)
Texas Tech University, Lubbock · In the city
No public meeting schedule posted
Texas Tech student club for hobby and competitive lock picking and physical security, founded in 2022. It says meetings cover everything from basic terminology to advanced techniques, with loaner tools and locks, and that it holds seminars in the community on home and personal security. TechConnect lists it as active (record updated September 1, 2026) but shows no events. The latest dated evidence found is a Daily Toreador feature on the club published December 1, 2025, which no longer loads; last_activity uses that date.
Quiet: last activity Dec 2025Students only
Directory checklist
2 of 19 national directories list a local chapter
| Directory | Result |
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| 2600 Meetings | Local chapter: Lubbock 2600 |
| CISA Regional Offices | Nearest: CISA Region 6; no public Lubbock events posted |
| Cloud Security Alliance | Nearest: CSA Austin Chapter |
| Cyversity (formerly ICMCP) Chapters | Nearest: Cyversity North Texas Chapter |
| DEF CON Groups | Local chapter: DC806 (DEF CON Group) |
| HTCIA | No chapter found |
| IAPP KnowledgeNet | Nearest: IAPP KnowledgeNet Dallas |
| InfraGard Members Alliances | Nearest: InfraGard North Texas Members Alliance |
| ISACA | Nearest: ISACA North Texas Chapter (Dallas-Fort Worth) |
| ISC2 | Nearest: ISC2 Oklahoma City Metro Chapter |
| ISSA | Nearest: North Texas ISSA (Dallas-Fort Worth) |
| NSA National Centers of Academic Excellence in Cybersecurity (NCAE-C) | Nearest: Angelo State University (CAE-CD), San Angelo |
| OWASP | Nearest: OWASP Dallas |
| SANS Institute | Nearest: SANS Dallas 2026 |
| SecureWorld | Nearest: SecureWorld Dallas |
| Security BSides | Nearest: BSides DFW |
| TOOOL (The Open Organisation Of Lockpickers) | No chapter found |
| WiCyS (Women in CyberSecurity) Professional Affiliates | Nearest: WiCyS Dallas Fort Worth (DFW) Affiliate |
| Women's Society of Cyberjutsu (WSC) Chapters | Nearest: Women's Society of Cyberjutsu Dallas |
Dormant groups
1 group with no public activity for 18 months or more
- DC806 (DEF CON Group): last public activity Sep 2023 [S8] [S9] [S10]
Field notes
- No ISSA, ISACA, ISC2, OWASP, BSides or InfraGard chapter meets in Lubbock. The nearest active chapters meet in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, about 320 miles east.
- The 2600 meeting moves when the first Friday is a holiday or the weather is bad (July 2026 met on July 10); check the group's Bluesky account before going.
- KEYS is open only to customers of Tandem, the organizer's security compliance software.
- DC806's website describes it as an Amarillo/Canyon group, while its DEF CON listing says it meets at the ULabs makerspace in Lubbock; neither lists a meeting after September 2023.
- The Texas Tech clubs post no public meeting dates on TechConnect; Cyber Raiders coordinates on Discord.
Sources
Numbered references for the listings on this page.
- S1https://2600lbk.com/
- S2https://bsky.app/profile/2600lbk.com
- S3https://2600.com/meetings
- S4https://tandem.app/keys
- S5https://conetrix.com/events
- S6https://techconnect.dsa.ttu.edu/organization/cyberraiders
- S7https://techconnect.dsa.ttu.edu/organization/Double-T-Locksport
- S8https://www.defcon806.com/
- S9https://www.defcon806.com/talks
- S10https://forum.defcon.org/node/231488