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Moreno Valley, CA cybersecurity events & groups

Moreno Valley's own security activity is mostly in its schools: Moreno Valley Unified runs a Cyber Academic Pathway and CyberPatriot teams from a Cyber Innovation Center at Canyon Springs High School, and Moreno Valley College has hosted IT and cybersecurity summits. For professionals, the ISC2 SoCal Inland Empire chapter holds monthly, mostly virtual meetings, and the nearest student clubs are at UC Riverside, Riverside City College and Cal State San Bernardino.

Verified Oct 1, 2026 · Covers October 2026 through April 2027 · Times are Pacific Time

Inland Empire: Moreno Valley, Riverside, Perris, Menifee, San Bernardino, Redlands, Fontana, Rancho Cucamonga

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  1. ISC2 SoCal Inland Empire Chapter: The only active professional chapter serving the Inland Empire; non-members are welcome and its meetings have been virtual.
  2. SoCal Tech Forum: Free monthly Saturday breakfast talk in Rancho Cucamonga; the October 3, 2026 session is on AI in digital forensics.

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Datebook

November 2026

Southern California Public Sector Cybersecurity Summit 2026

Thu, Nov 12, 2026 · Starts 8:00 a.m.

Hilton Long Beach, 701 W. Ocean Blvd, Long Beach · Regional

Run by Government Technology, an events and media company. Open to public sector employees only; free registration.

ConfirmedSummitFreeVendor-hosted

March 2027

FutureCon Los Angeles Cybersecurity Conference 2027

Wed, Mar 31, 2027

Hilton Los Angeles Culver City, Culver City · Regional

One-day vendor conference run by an events company. Pricing was not checked; see the organizer page.

ConfirmedConferencePaidVendor-hosted

May 2027

SANS Security West 2027

Mon, May 10 to Sat, May 15, 2027

San Diego · Regional

Commercial training run by the SANS Institute, in person and virtual. San Diego is about 1 hour 30 minutes from Moreno Valley by car.

ConfirmedTrainingPaidVendor-hosted

On the radar

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

ISC2 SoCal Inland Empire October 2026 Chapter Meeting

Announced by the organizer; date not yet published.

Not announced; recent meetings have been virtual · Metro area

Date TBAChapter meetingFree

BSides San Diego 2027

Usually held in spring; the 2026 edition was April 4, 2026; 2027 date not yet announced

San Diego (2026 venue: San Diego State University) · Regional

ExpectedConferencePaid

CSUSB Center for Cyber and AI Open House

Held every October; 2026 date not yet announced

Jack H. Brown Hall, CSUSB, San Bernardino (2025 venue) · Metro area

ExpectedWorkshopFree

Inland Empire Cybersecurity Summit (Zeta Sky)

Usually held on a Thursday in late October; 2026 date not yet announced

Jessie Turner Health and Fitness Community Center, 15556 Summit Ave, Fontana (2024 venue) · Metro area

ExpectedSummitFreeVendor-hosted

Inland Empire Mayors Cyber Cup 2027 Final

Usually held in late April; 2027 date not yet announced

Online, with teams at their own schools · Metro area

ExpectedCTFStudents only

LayerOne 2027

Usually held in late May; 2027 dates not yet announced

Pasadena (2026 venue: Pasadena Hilton) · Regional

ExpectedConferencePaid

Groups & associations

Professional associations

ISC2 SoCal Inland Empire Chapter

Inland Empire (Riverside and San Bernardino counties); meetings have been virtual · Metro area

Chapter meetings toward the end of each month on a Tuesday at 7:00 p.m., per a July 2026 chapter post; exact dates go to members by email and Slack

Chartered by ISC2 in November 2024; ISC2 membership is not required to join the chapter. The last meeting with a firm date was a virtual session on April 28, 2026. An officer-vote meeting followed in September 2026, and on September 30, 2026 the chapter said its officer transition was complete and meetings would resume in October. It is moving its events to the ISC2 Chapters Community portal, where the chapter page is members-only.

Free

Education and student groups

Center for Cyber and AI, Cal State San Bernardino

Jack H. Brown Hall, CSUSB, 5500 University Parkway, San Bernardino · Metro area

Annual open house each October, summer cyber camps for high school students, and year-round student club activity

CSUSB is an NSA Center of Academic Excellence about 25 minutes north of Moreno Valley. The center supports the Cyber Intelligence and Security Organization (CISO) and a WiCyS student chapter. The 2026 WITH Cyber Camp for high school students ran June 7 to 11, 2026.

Free

Cyber@UCR (UC Riverside Cybersecurity Club)

UC Riverside, Riverside (rooms in Winston Chung Hall per the club calendar) · Metro area

General meetings, board meetings, workshops and competition practice during the academic year; times are posted on the club's Google Calendar and Discord

About 15 minutes west of Moreno Valley. Competes in CCDC, CPTC and CTF events. Its calendar showed weekly general meetings through April 2026 and a social on June 5, 2026; no fall 2026 meetings were posted when checked.

Students only

Inland Empire Mayors Cyber Cup

Run from San Bernardino; teams compete online from their schools · Metro area

Practice labs open in the fall; the final competition is held in late April

Cyber competition for middle school, high school and community college teams across the Inland Empire. The game is online, but students gather at their schools. Two Moreno Valley middle schools placed first and second in the 2026 middle school division. The 2026 final was April 25, 2026.

Students only

Moreno Valley College IT and Cybersecurity Programs

Moreno Valley College, 16130 Lasselle St, Moreno Valley · In the city

Occasional summits and workshops; no regular public meeting

The college hosted the IT and Cyber Talent and Workforce Readiness Summit on Saturday, April 5, 2025, and a free ITCS Accelerator Summit for local businesses on November 3, 2023 at the Moreno Valley Conference and Recreation Center. It also points students to CSUSB's Inland Empire Cyber Initiative apprenticeship. No 2026 cybersecurity event was found.

Quiet: last activity Apr 2025Free

Moreno Valley Unified Cyber Academic Pathway and Cyber Innovation Center

Cyber Innovation Center, Canyon Springs High School, Moreno Valley · In the city

School-year program for MVUSD middle and high school students, with CyberPatriot and other competition teams

The pathway runs through Badger Springs, Landmark, Palm and Vista Heights middle schools and Canyon Springs, Valley View and Vista del Lago high schools. The district says it has hosted free summer cyber camps and parent workshops at the center. Most recent dated activity: at the Inland Empire Mayors Cyber Cup on April 25, 2026, Landmark Middle School took first and Palm Middle School second in the middle school division.

Students only

Riverside City College Cyber Defense Center and Cyber Security Club

Riverside City College, Riverside · Metro area

Student club and competition teams during the semester; free summer cyber camps for high school students

Riverside City College, in the same community college district as Moreno Valley College, is an NSA Center of Academic Excellence and hosts a WiCyS student chapter. The last dated activity found is its 2026 Standard Cyber Camp, June 15 to 18, 2026.

Students only

Adjacent communities

SoCal Tech Forum

FoundrSpace Coworking, 11799 Sebastian Way, Suite 103, Rancho Cucamonga · Metro area

Monthly Saturday breakfast meetups, 8:30 to 11:30 a.m., plus occasional evening networking

Adjacent: a general technology meetup run by a nonprofit, not a security group. It held a cybersecurity expert panel on September 5, 2026. Rancho Cucamonga is about 40 minutes from Moreno Valley. Food is provided by a sponsor.

Free

Directory checklist

5 of 19 national directories list a local chapter
DirectoryResult
2600 MeetingsNearest: OC2600 (23b Hackerspace, Fullerton)
CISA Regional OfficesNearest: CISA Region 9; no public Inland Empire events posted
Cloud Security AllianceNearest: CSA Orange County Chapter
Cyversity (formerly ICMCP) ChaptersNearest: Cyversity Southern California Chapter (no dated activity found)
DEF CON GroupsLocal chapter: DC909 (DEF CON Group Inland Empire)
HTCIANearest: HTCIA Southern California Chapter
IAPP KnowledgeNetNearest: IAPP KnowledgeNet Orange County
InfraGard Members AlliancesNearest: InfraGard Los Angeles Members Alliance (covers Riverside County)
ISACANearest: ISACA Orange County Chapter (covers Riverside and San Bernardino counties)
ISC2Local chapter: ISC2 SoCal Inland Empire Chapter
ISSALocal chapter: ISSA Inland Empire Chapter
NSA National Centers of Academic Excellence in Cybersecurity (NCAE-C)Local chapter: Riverside City College Cyber Defense Center and Cyber Security Club
OWASPLocal chapter: OWASP Inland Empire
SANS InstituteNearest: SANS Security West 2027 (San Diego, May 10 to 15, 2027; listed under events)
SecureWorldNo chapter found
Security BSidesNearest: BSides San Diego
TOOOL (The Open Organisation Of Lockpickers)No chapter found
WiCyS (Women in CyberSecurity) Professional AffiliatesNearest: WiCyS Los Angeles (student chapters also meet at CSUSB and Riverside City College)
Women's Society of Cyberjutsu (WSC) ChaptersNearest: Women's Society of Cyberjutsu SoCal

Checked Oct 1, 2026

Dormant groups

3 groups with no public activity for 18 months or more

Field notes

Sources

Numbered references for the listings on this page.

  1. S1https://events.govtech.com/Southern-California-Public-Sector-Cybersecurity-Summit
  2. S2https://futureconevents.com/events/los-angeles-ca-2027/
  3. S3https://www.sans.org/cyber-security-training-events/security-west-2027
  4. S4https://www.linkedin.com/company/isc2-socal-ie-chapter
  5. S5https://www.bsidessd.org/
  6. S6https://www.simpletix.com/e/bsides-san-diego-2026-tickets-240338
  7. S7https://www.csusb.edu/cybersecurity/events
  8. S8https://www.csusb.edu/inside/article/592013/csusb-center-cyber-ai-host-annual-open-house-oct-17
  9. S9https://www.fontanaca.gov/Calendar.aspx?EID=6664
  10. S10https://www.facebook.com/fontanachamber/photos/zeta-sky-invites-you-to-join-their-annual-cybersecurity-summit-%EF%B8%8Fthursday-october/1249415257220028/
  11. S11https://iemayorscup.com/competition/
  12. S12https://www.layerone.org/
  13. S13https://isc2chaptersocalie.org/
  14. S14https://www.csusb.edu/inside/article/596735/csusb-cyber-camp-introduces-high-school-students-cybersecurity-careers
  15. S15https://cyber.cs.ucr.edu/calendar
  16. S16https://calendar.google.com/calendar/embed?src=cyberucr%40gmail.com&ctz=America%2FLos_Angeles
  17. S17https://iemayorscup.com/history/
  18. S18https://mvc.edu/news/20250409-cyber-talent-summit-empowers-students.php
  19. S19https://mvc.edu/events/cyber-summit/index.php
  20. S20https://www.mvc.edu/student-support/career-transfer/apprenticeship/it-cybersecurity.php
  21. S21https://www.mvusd.net/departments/educational-services/technology-innovation-and-assessment/innovation/cyber-academic-pathway
  22. S22https://www.mvusd.net/engage/news/news-details/~board/news/post/moreno-valley-unified-school-district-leading-the-charge-in-cybersecurity-education
  23. S23https://cyber.rcc.edu/
  24. S24https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2026-rcc-cybersecurity-standard-cyber-camp-tickets-1986924762451
  25. S25https://www.meetup.com/tech-forum-rancho-cucamonga/
  26. S26https://defcon909.org/
  27. S27https://defcon.social/@defcon909
  28. S28http://dc909.org/dc909/blog
  29. S29https://forum.defcon.org/node/231647
  30. S30https://ie.issa.org/meeting.html
  31. S31https://github.com/OWASP/www-chapter-inland-empire