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 October 1, 2026.
ConfirmedChapter meetingFree
Florida
Miami, FL cybersecurity events & groups
Inside Miami, AI Security Engineers - Miami holds evening talks at Miami Dade College's Wolfson Campus and in Wynwood, and DCG305 runs Saturday afternoon socials, some of them in Wynwood. Across the metro, HackMiami meets about twice a month on Saturday afternoons in Fort Lauderdale and ISSA South Florida meets on third Thursdays at rotating college campuses. SANS Miami runs October 26 to 31, 2026 in Coral Gables, and FIU hosts the free Hemispheric Security Conference on May 13 and 14, 2027.
Start here
- HackMiami: Free hands-on Saturday meetups open to all skill levels, with dates posted through December 2026.
- AI Security Engineers - Miami: Free evening talks in downtown Miami and Wynwood, plus online sessions.
- 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: CRISC Training
Wed, Oct 21, 2026 · 9:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Online · Metro area
Fully virtual exam prep course worth 21 CPE credits. The page describes it as a three-day training but lists only October 21, 2026; check the registration page for the other days and the price.
ConfirmedTrainingPaid
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. The page does not state a price; registration is required.
ConfirmedWorkshopFree
SANS Miami 2026
Mon, Oct 26 to Sat, Oct 31, 2026 · Courses start 8:30 a.m. October 26
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
In person and live online; courses cover incident response, NERC compliance, purple team operations and AI application security.
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 (coastal formal attire); ticketed. Zoo Miami is in unincorporated Miami-Dade County, southwest of the city.
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 October 1, 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 with drones, a barbecue and hacker games 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 venues: FIU, Miami Dade College, Nova Southeastern, Broward College, FAU and others · 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 venues: FIU, Miami Dade College, Nova Southeastern, Broward College, FAU and others · Metro area
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
NetDiligence Cyber Risk Summit Miami Beach 2027
Mon, Feb 22 to Wed, Feb 24, 2027
Miami Beach · Metro area
Adjacent: a cyber insurance and cyber risk conference (underwriting, claims, breach response) run by NetDiligence, a company. The 2027 venue was not yet posted; the 2026 edition was at the Eden Roc Miami Beach.
ConfirmedSummitPaidVendor-hosted
March 2027
ISSA South Florida Chapter (SFISSA)
Thu, Mar 18, 2027 · 6:00 p.m.
Rotating venues: FIU, Miami Dade College, Nova Southeastern, Broward College, FAU and others · Metro area
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
April 2027
ISSA South Florida Chapter (SFISSA)
Thu, Apr 15, 2027 · 6:00 p.m.
Rotating venues: FIU, Miami Dade College, Nova Southeastern, Broward College, FAU and others · Metro area
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
May 2027
12th Annual Hemispheric Security Conference (HSC 2027)
Thu, May 13 to Fri, May 14, 2027 · 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. each day
FIU Student Academic Success Center, 11200 SW 8th St, Miami · Metro area
Adjacent: a national-security policy conference hosted by FIU's Jack D. Gordon Institute and Fundación Taeda, with cybersecurity among its topics. Registration on Eventbrite is free. FIU's main campus is just outside Miami city limits.
ConfirmedConferenceFree
SecureWorld South Florida 2027
Thu, May 13, 2027
Margaritaville Hollywood Beach Resort, Hollywood · Metro area
Speaker submissions close: Sat, Mar 20, 2027
Date and venue are from SecureWorld's events list; the 2027 event page was not yet published. The speaker deadline comes from the list's speaker deadlines section.
ConfirmedConferencePaidVendor-hosted
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's Graham Center (May 5, 2026); 2027 date not yet announced
FIU Modesto Maidique Campus, Miami · Metro area
ExpectedConferenceFreeVendor-hosted
The Official Cybersecurity Summit: South Florida
Usually held in spring (April 30, 2026 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
A chapter-run online CISM exam prep course began September 28, 2026 and runs to October 4, 2026. The 19th WOW! conference was held February 27, 2026 at Nova Southeastern University in Davie.
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 latest was a virtual CAISP course, September 28 to 30, 2026. The last in-person chapter event found was the holiday networking event at The Citadel, Miami, on December 17, 2025. No future events were listed on October 1, 2026.
Members onlyPaid
ISSA South Florida Chapter (SFISSA)
Rotating venues: FIU, Miami Dade College, Nova Southeastern, Broward College, FAU and others · 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; 2026 venues included MDC West Campus in Doral (March) and Nova Southeastern in Fort Lauderdale (April and August). The chapter held its conference and Hack the Flag in Boca Raton on September 18, 2026.
Free
Hacker and grassroots groups
DCG305 (DEF CON Group Miami)
Rotating Miami-Dade venues, including La Cerveceria Tropical in Wynwood (42 NE 25th St, Miami), Kendall and west Miami-Dade · In the city
Saturday socials at 2:00 p.m., roughly every five to eight weeks; no next date posted on October 1, 2026
Socials alternate between bars and coffee shops. 2026 meetings were held in Wynwood (January 17, May 23 and July 18), at International Mall in west Miami-Dade (April 11) and at 100 Montaditos on SW 120th St in Kendall (August 22).
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
Miami-founded group whose meetups now take place in Fort Lauderdale. 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) · In the city
Occasional gatherings, dinners and hackathons; no next date posted on October 1, 2026
Community run by Flamingo AI, a security software company. The April 29, 2026 event was an invitation-only dinner; the last open events were a gathering on August 14, 2025 (aimed at experienced professionals) and a hackathon with Miami Dade College at The DOCK in Wynwood 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 a chapter meeting open to all attendees 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
The latest event was an online session with WiCyS Latina on April 29, 2026. Earlier in 2026, the affiliate held a Brunch Bytes meetup in several Florida cities on February 8. No future events were listed on October 1, 2026.
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 October 1, 2026
Membership requires FBI vetting. The latest public meeting found was held during SecureWorld South Florida at the Margaritaville Hollywood on April 17, 2025. Members-only activity may not appear on the public calendar.
Vetting required
Education and student groups
Miami Dade College Cybersecurity Center of the Americas and student clubs
MDC Wolfson Campus (downtown Miami), Padrón and North campuses · In the city
Club meetings are virtual during the academic year; the center hosts occasional hackathons
NSA CAE in Cyber Defense. Clubs: Wolfson, North and Padrón Cybersecurity Clubs and a Women in Cybersecurity Club; the competitive team recruits at the start of each fall and spring semester through the Wolfson club. The April 10, 2026 hackathon with Fortinet at North Campus was free and open to all students.
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. The 2026 edition was held May 8, 2026; the organizer says the third edition returns to the same venue in May 2027.
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.
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. The previous Miami event, 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 (300 NE 2nd Ave) and Wynwood venues, Miami · In the city
About monthly, mixing evening in-person talks in Miami with online sessions; no next date posted on October 1, 2026
Local chapter of the global AI Security Engineers community. Recent meetings: Mana Wynwood on July 29, 2026 and MDC Wolfson Campus on August 26 and September 23, 2026. Co-hosted a meetup with HackMiami on June 13, 2026.
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
2 groups with no public activity for 18 months or more
- OWASP Miami: last public activity Jan 2020 [S46]
- OWASP South Florida: last public activity Sep 2024 [S47] [S48]
Field notes
- Several Miami-area groups meet outside city limits: HackMiami in Fort Lauderdale, and ISSA South Florida at a different college campus each month, from Doral to Boca Raton. Check each Meetup page for the venue.
- DCG305 and AI Security Engineers - Miami had not posted their next dates on October 1, 2026; both announce meetings on Meetup a few weeks ahead.
- Miami Dade College's cybersecurity club meetings are virtual and open only to MDC students.
- The Miami Cyber Gang is run by a security software company, and some of its events are invitation-only.
- OWASP South Florida's Meetup group no longer exists and no meeting has been found since September 19, 2024. A separate OWASP Miami chapter has been inactive since 2020.
- S4 (S4x27, February 8 to 11, 2027) and BSidesICS/OT 2027 have moved from Miami to Tampa, so they are not listed here.
- 2600's master meeting list still names a Miami meeting at Dadeland Mall, but 2600's September 2026 meeting listing shows only Boca Raton for Florida.
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=369c97e1-1ea1-4d7f-8908-01a0c5a15c50&CommunityKey=c56280ed-ff83-4619-9f2d-d02f68767b7a
- S4https://engage.isaca.org/southfloridachapter/events/eventdescription?CalendarEventKey=be5d78e2-6d4a-4440-8d58-01a0c5332211&CommunityKey=c56280ed-ff83-4619-9f2d-d02f68767b7a
- S5https://www.sans.org/cyber-security-training-events/miami-2026
- S6https://go.guidepointsecurity.com/2026_10_28_SE_GPSEC_MIA_01-Request-to-Register-Page.html
- S7https://www.meetup.com/hackmiami/events/316489029/
- S8https://tickets.joinshowup.io/event/inaugural-cyber-gala-awards-isaca-south-florida-3fvn0l
- S9https://engage.isaca.org/southfloridachapter/events/calendar
- S10https://www.meetup.com/south-florida-issa-chapter/events/314336919/
- S11https://www.meetup.com/hackmiami/events/316245755/
- S12https://www.meetup.com/south-florida-issa-chapter/events/314337168/
- S13https://www.sfissa.org/upcoming-meetings/
- S14https://www.meetup.com/south-florida-issa-chapter/
- S15https://netdiligence.com/conferences/cyber-risk-summit-miami-beach-2027/
- S16https://gordoninstitute.fiu.edu/news-events/
- S17https://srh.fiu.edu/
- S18https://www.eventbrite.com/e/12th-annual-hemispheric-security-conference-hsc-tickets-1992434104040
- S19https://www.secureworld.io/events
- S20https://bsidessouthflorida.org/
- S21https://hackmiami.com/
- S22https://www.securemiami.com/
- S23https://cyberriskalliance.swoogo.com/s-florida-april-2026
- S24https://www.isc2chapter-southflorida.org/events
- S25https://www.isc2chapter-southflorida.org/event-6766223
- S26https://www.meetup.com/dcg305/
- S27https://forum.defcon.org/node/231651
- S28https://www.meetup.com/hackmiami/
- S29https://www.hackmiami.org/
- S30https://www.tmcg.miami/
- S31https://luma.com/vydus61d
- S32https://calendar.mdc.edu/event/hackathon-ai-cyber-and-it-ops
- S33https://www.cyversity.org/south-florida-chapter
- S34https://events.secureworld.io/agenda/south-florida-2026/?speaker=yuri-soldatenkov
- S35https://www.wicys.org/organizer/wicys-florida/
- S36https://www.wicys.org/event/wicys-florida-and-latina-affiliates-the-unspoken-weight-of-being-a-woman-in-cyber/
- S37https://www.infragardsofl.org/
- S38https://www.infragardsofl.org/events-meetings/
- S39https://www.mdc.edu/cybersecurity/student-engagement/
- S40https://news.mdc.edu/pressrelease/miami-dade-college-to-host-cybersecurity-hackathon-on-april-10/
- S41https://bsidessouthflorida.org/front-page/
- S42https://events.secureworld.io/details/south-florida-2026/
- S43https://www.govevents.com/details/92641/sans-dfircon-miami-2025/
- S44https://www.meetup.com/ai-security-engineers-miami/
- S45https://www.meetup.com/ai-security-engineers-miami/events/316403379/
- S46https://github.com/OWASP/www-chapter-miami
- S47https://owasp.org/www-chapter-south-florida/
- S48https://github.com/OWASP/www-chapter-south-florida/blob/master/index.md