> orlando, fl · verified oct 9, 2026
Florida
Orlando has a monthly CitySec bar meetup, a DEF CON group and a 2600 meeting, plus ISSA, ISACA, ISC2 and InfraGard chapters that each meet about once a month. UCF's Hack@UCF club meets weekly during the semester, and BSides Orlando is held each September at Full Sail University. The city also hosts large paid conferences, including InfoSec World in October 2026 and SANS 2027 in April.
Fri, Oct 9, 2026 · 5:30 p.m.
University of Central Florida main campus (College of Sciences Building 101 and the CyberLab, Engineering I room 186) · Metro area
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingStudents only
Sun, Oct 11 to Thu, Oct 15, 2026
Gaylord Palms Resort & Convention Center, Kissimmee · Metro area
Large commercial conference for security leaders and practitioners; new venue for 2026.
ConfirmedConferencePaidVendor-hosted
Tue, Oct 13, 2026 · 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.
GuideWell Innovation Center, 6555 Sanger Road, Lake Nona
Morning briefing for IT leaders run by VocalPoint Consulting, a technology reseller; the speaker is from a security vendor. Free with registration.
ConfirmedMeetupFreeVendor-hosted
Wed, Oct 14, 2026 · 8:00 a.m.
Online (Zoom) · Metro area
ConfirmedChapter meetingFree
Fri, Oct 16, 2026 · 5:30 p.m.
University of Central Florida main campus (College of Sciences Building 101 and the CyberLab, Engineering I room 186) · Metro area
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingStudents only
Sat, Oct 17 to Sun, Oct 18, 2026
University of Central Florida · Metro area
Beginner-friendly cyber defense competition run by Hack@UCF and UCF's competition team. Competitors must be 18 or older and enrolled at a high school, college or university. The competition site gives October 17 and 18 without a year; the Hack@UCF calendar shows October 17, 2026.
ConfirmedCTFStudents only
Tue, Oct 20 to Wed, Oct 21, 2026
The Ritz-Carlton Orlando, Grande Lakes · Metro area
Run by Cyber Defense Magazine for invited CISOs and vendors; closed to the press and the public.
ConfirmedConferenceInvite onlyVendor-hosted
Fri, Oct 23, 2026 · 5:30 p.m.
University of Central Florida main campus (College of Sciences Building 101 and the CyberLab, Engineering I room 186) · Metro area
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingStudents only
Tue, Oct 27, 2026 · 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Orlando Executive Airport Community Room, 365 Rickenbacker Drive
Four-hour hands-on workshop on building a defensible AI governance program. $95 for chapter members, $30 for student members, $125 for other ISACA members, $145 for non-members.
ConfirmedWorkshopPaid
Wed, Oct 28, 2026 · 7:00 p.m.
10 Ten Brewing Co., 1010 Virginia Drive, Orlando
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
Wed, Oct 28, 2026 · 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
ECPI University, 660 Century Point, Lake Mary area · Metro area
Dinner and networking, then two talks: AI tools enabled by default, and continuous vendor intelligence for third-party risk.
ConfirmedChapter meetingPaid
Thu, Oct 29, 2026 · 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Orlando area; venue sent to the chapter mailing list · Metro area
Lunch, then a talk on continuous vendor intelligence for third-party risk management, then a raffle. Register by joining the chapter mailing list. The event notice gives Thursday, October 29 without a year; the same page lists an October 2026 event sponsor.
ConfirmedChapter meetingFree
Fri, Oct 30, 2026 · 5:30 p.m.
University of Central Florida main campus (College of Sciences Building 101 and the CyberLab, Engineering I room 186) · Metro area
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingStudents only
Sat, Oct 31, 2026 · 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Meta Humans, Altamonte Springs · Metro area
Talk on the most common security gaps found in penetration tests of small and mid-sized businesses and how attackers chain them together. Listed on the organizer's calendar as its next talk.
ConfirmedMeetupFree
Fri, Nov 6, 2026 · 5:00 p.m.
Miller's Ale House, 2600 E. Colonial Drive
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
Fri, Nov 6, 2026 · 5:30 p.m.
University of Central Florida main campus (College of Sciences Building 101 and the CyberLab, Engineering I room 186) · Metro area
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingStudents only
Wed, Nov 11, 2026 · 8:00 a.m.
Online (Zoom) · Metro area
ConfirmedChapter meetingFree
Fri, Nov 13, 2026 · 5:30 p.m.
University of Central Florida main campus (College of Sciences Building 101 and the CyberLab, Engineering I room 186) · Metro area
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingStudents only
Sun, Nov 15 to Fri, Nov 20, 2026
Royal Pacific Resort at Universal Orlando · Metro area
Security track of the commercial Live! 360 Tech Con, focused on Microsoft security tools, ransomware defense and SOC work.
ConfirmedConferencePaidVendor-hosted
Mon, Nov 16, 2026 · 6:00 p.m.
Full Sail University, Winter Park · Metro area
ConfirmedChapter meetingFree
Fri, Nov 20, 2026 · 5:30 p.m.
University of Central Florida main campus (College of Sciences Building 101 and the CyberLab, Engineering I room 186) · Metro area
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingStudents only
Wed, Nov 25, 2026 · 7:00 p.m.
10 Ten Brewing Co., 1010 Virginia Drive, Orlando
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
Fri, Nov 27, 2026 · 5:30 p.m.
University of Central Florida main campus (College of Sciences Building 101 and the CyberLab, Engineering I room 186) · Metro area
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingStudents only
Fri, Dec 4, 2026 · 5:00 p.m.
Miller's Ale House, 2600 E. Colonial Drive
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
Fri, Dec 4, 2026 · 5:30 p.m.
University of Central Florida main campus (College of Sciences Building 101 and the CyberLab, Engineering I room 186) · Metro area
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingStudents only
Mon, Dec 7, 2026 · 6:00 p.m.
To be announced · Metro area
The chapter has not yet named the venue.
ConfirmedMeetupFree
Wed, Dec 9, 2026 · 8:00 a.m.
Online (Zoom) · Metro area
ConfirmedChapter meetingFree
Fri, Dec 11, 2026 · 5:30 p.m.
University of Central Florida main campus (College of Sciences Building 101 and the CyberLab, Engineering I room 186) · Metro area
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingStudents only
Sat, Dec 12, 2026 · 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Meta Humans, Altamonte Springs · Metro area
Talk on spotting attacker infrastructure before it reaches a network and starting threat hunting with free and open-source tools. From the organizer's calendar feed; check the calendar nearer the date.
ConfirmedMeetupFree
Fri, Dec 18, 2026 · 5:30 p.m.
University of Central Florida main campus (College of Sciences Building 101 and the CyberLab, Engineering I room 186) · Metro area
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingStudents only
Wed, Dec 23, 2026 · 7:00 p.m.
10 Ten Brewing Co., 1010 Virginia Drive, Orlando
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
Fri, Dec 25, 2026 · 5:30 p.m.
University of Central Florida main campus (College of Sciences Building 101 and the CyberLab, Engineering I room 186) · Metro area
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingStudents only
Fri, Jan 1, 2027 · 5:00 p.m.
Miller's Ale House, 2600 E. Colonial Drive
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
Fri, Jan 1, 2027 · 5:30 p.m.
University of Central Florida main campus (College of Sciences Building 101 and the CyberLab, Engineering I room 186) · Metro area
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingStudents only
Fri, Jan 8, 2027 · 5:30 p.m.
University of Central Florida main campus (College of Sciences Building 101 and the CyberLab, Engineering I room 186) · Metro area
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingStudents only
Fri, Jan 15, 2027 · 5:30 p.m.
University of Central Florida main campus (College of Sciences Building 101 and the CyberLab, Engineering I room 186) · Metro area
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingStudents only
Fri, Jan 22, 2027 · 5:30 p.m.
University of Central Florida main campus (College of Sciences Building 101 and the CyberLab, Engineering I room 186) · Metro area
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingStudents only
Wed, Jan 27, 2027 · 7:00 p.m.
10 Ten Brewing Co., 1010 Virginia Drive, Orlando
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
Fri, Jan 29, 2027
Full Sail Live, 141 University Park Drive, Winter Park · Metro area
Student competition held with Orange County Public Schools; the 2026 edition was open to high school teams and to UCF and Seminole State students. The date and venue come from the Hack@UCF calendar; the challenge page still describes the January 30, 2026 edition.
ConfirmedCTFStudents only
Wed, Feb 3, 2027
Hilton Orlando Altamonte Springs · Metro area
One-day hybrid conference run by an events company, aimed at security leaders. The 2026 edition was held June 4, 2026 at the same hotel.
ConfirmedConferencePaidVendor-hosted
Fri, Feb 5, 2027 · 5:00 p.m.
Miller's Ale House, 2600 E. Colonial Drive
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
Fri, Feb 5 to Sat, Feb 6, 2027 · Trainings February 5; talks February 6
St. Petersburg: spARK Labs, 1101 4th Street S. (trainings) and SPC Midtown Campus, 1300 22nd Street S. (talks) · Regional
About two hours west of Orlando. The organizer page gave January 29 to 30, 2027 in late September 2026 and now shows February 5 to 6, 2027.
ConfirmedConferencePaid
Fri, Feb 5, 2027 · 5:30 p.m.
University of Central Florida main campus (College of Sciences Building 101 and the CyberLab, Engineering I room 186) · Metro area
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingStudents only
Fri, Feb 12, 2027 · 5:30 p.m.
University of Central Florida main campus (College of Sciences Building 101 and the CyberLab, Engineering I room 186) · Metro area
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingStudents only
Fri, Feb 19 to Sat, Feb 20, 2027 · Trainings February 19; talks February 20
The Jessie, Jacksonville · Regional
About two hours north of Orlando. Rescheduled from fall 2026.
ConfirmedConferencePaid
Fri, Feb 19, 2027 · 5:30 p.m.
University of Central Florida main campus (College of Sciences Building 101 and the CyberLab, Engineering I room 186) · Metro area
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingStudents only
Wed, Feb 24, 2027 · 7:00 p.m.
10 Ten Brewing Co., 1010 Virginia Drive, Orlando
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
Fri, Feb 26, 2027 · 5:30 p.m.
University of Central Florida main campus (College of Sciences Building 101 and the CyberLab, Engineering I room 186) · Metro area
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingStudents only
Fri, Mar 5, 2027 · 5:00 p.m.
Miller's Ale House, 2600 E. Colonial Drive
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
Fri, Mar 5, 2027 · 5:30 p.m.
University of Central Florida main campus (College of Sciences Building 101 and the CyberLab, Engineering I room 186) · Metro area
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingStudents only
Fri, Mar 12, 2027 · 5:30 p.m.
University of Central Florida main campus (College of Sciences Building 101 and the CyberLab, Engineering I room 186) · Metro area
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingStudents only
Sat, Mar 13, 2027 · Doors open at 8:00 a.m.; program 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Eastern Florida State College, CITE Building 17, 3865 N. Wickham Road, Melbourne · Regional
About an hour and a quarter southeast of Orlando. Nonprofit community conference; tickets are sold through Eventbrite.
ConfirmedConferencePaid
Fri, Mar 19, 2027 · 5:30 p.m.
University of Central Florida main campus (College of Sciences Building 101 and the CyberLab, Engineering I room 186) · Metro area
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingStudents only
Mon, Mar 22 to Wed, Mar 24, 2027
Tampa · Regional
Early-bird pricing ends: Mon, Nov 30, 2026
About an hour and a half west of Orlando. The 2026 summit absorbed Cyber Florida's Sunshine Cyber Conference. Early-bird tickets are $200 instead of $250.
ConfirmedSummitPaid
Wed, Mar 24, 2027 · 7:00 p.m.
10 Ten Brewing Co., 1010 Virginia Drive, Orlando
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
Fri, Mar 26, 2027 · 5:30 p.m.
University of Central Florida main campus (College of Sciences Building 101 and the CyberLab, Engineering I room 186) · Metro area
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingStudents only
Fri, Apr 2, 2027 · 5:00 p.m.
Miller's Ale House, 2600 E. Colonial Drive
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
Fri, Apr 2, 2027 · 5:30 p.m.
University of Central Florida main campus (College of Sciences Building 101 and the CyberLab, Engineering I room 186) · Metro area
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingStudents only
Fri, Apr 9, 2027 · 5:30 p.m.
University of Central Florida main campus (College of Sciences Building 101 and the CyberLab, Engineering I room 186) · Metro area
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingStudents only
Mon, Apr 12 to Sat, Apr 17, 2027
Hyatt Regency Orlando, 9801 International Drive (also online) · Metro area
Early-bird course discount ends: Tue, Dec 22, 2026
Hotel group rate ends: Mon, Mar 22, 2027
Refund deadline: Fri, Mar 26, 2027
Week-long in-person and virtual SANS training with evening talks.
ConfirmedTrainingPaidVendor-hosted
Fri, Apr 16, 2027 · 5:30 p.m.
University of Central Florida main campus (College of Sciences Building 101 and the CyberLab, Engineering I room 186) · Metro area
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingStudents only
Fri, Apr 23, 2027 · 5:30 p.m.
University of Central Florida main campus (College of Sciences Building 101 and the CyberLab, Engineering I room 186) · Metro area
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingStudents only
Wed, Apr 28, 2027 · 7:00 p.m.
10 Ten Brewing Co., 1010 Virginia Drive, Orlando
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
Fri, Apr 30, 2027 · 5:30 p.m.
University of Central Florida main campus (College of Sciences Building 101 and the CyberLab, Engineering I room 186) · Metro area
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingStudents only
Mon, Jun 7 to Tue, Jun 15, 2027 · Summit June 7 to 9 (in person only); training June 10 to 15 (in person and online)
Disney's Contemporary Resort, Lake Buena Vista · Metro area
Hotel group rate ends: Mon, May 10, 2027
Refund deadline: Fri, May 21, 2027
Industrial control system and OT security summit and training.
ConfirmedSummitPaidVendor-hosted
Announced without a date, or expected from past editions. Not confirmed.
The 2025 and 2026 editions were held in late September at Full Sail University (2026: September 26); 2027 dates not yet announced
Full Sail University, Winter Park · Metro area
ExpectedConferencePaid
Usually held in mid-May in Tampa (2026 edition: May 16, 2026); 2027 dates not yet announced
Tampa · Regional
ExpectedConferencePaid
Orlando and Lake Mary (membership meetings often at ECPI University) · In the city
Monthly evening membership meetings, plus workshops and online exam-prep courses
Covers IT audit, governance, risk and security. The last activity date is a session of the chapter's online AAISM exam-prep course, which runs September 28 to October 8, 2026. Workshop pricing is tiered for chapter members, students and non-members.
Paid
ECPI University (Lake Mary area), Full Sail University (Winter Park) and Zoom · Metro area
Virtual breakfast brief on the second Wednesday of the month at 8:00 a.m.; evening meetings about every other month at 6:00 p.m.
Guests are welcome; each event on the chapter's events page has a guest registration link for non-members. The September 28, 2026 evening meeting was at ECPI University and a social engineering workshop was held at Full Sail University on September 19, 2026.
Free
Orlando area; the venue is sent to the mailing list · Metro area
About monthly on a weekday late in the month; recent events have been lunch meetings
Free for members and guests because sponsors cover costs. To register, join the chapter mailing list, which sends the Eventbrite link and the venue. The events page names sponsored 2026 events on January 29, February 26, March 26, May 27, June 24, August 20 and September 23.
Free
ECPI University, 660 Century Point, Lake Mary · Metro area
Irregular evening meetings; none announced
Application security chapter. Its last meeting on Meetup was May 8, 2025 at ECPI University, and OWASP's own meetings platform lists no meetings for the chapter.
Quiet: last activity May 2025Free
Miller's Ale House, 2600 E. Colonial Drive · In the city
First Friday of the month, 5:00 p.m.
Part of 2600 Magazine's monthly meeting network; 5:00 p.m. is the network default time. The last activity date is the first Friday of September 2026, when the magazine's September meeting list named Miller's Ale House; no local post confirms that a specific meeting took place.
Free
10 Ten Brewing Co., 1010 Virginia Drive, Orlando · In the city
Fourth Wednesday of the month, 7:00 p.m.
Casual meetup in a bar setting to talk security in a non-work, non-vendor setting. The same Meetup group runs CigarCitySec in Tampa on third Wednesdays. TOOOL's meeting map lists its Orlando lockpicking chapter at the same brewery on fourth Wednesdays.
Free
Colo Solutions, 100 W. Lucerne Circle, Suite 101, Downtown Orlando · In the city
About monthly, usually a Tuesday at 7:00 p.m.; dates are posted on the website and Discord. Occasional online talks on Zoom.
2026 in-person meetings were held on May 19, June 30 (at Orlando City Hall), July 28 and September 8, with an online talk on June 25. Free parking at Colo Solutions; the building locks after hours, so latecomers ask in the group's Discord to be let in.
Free
Meta Humans, Altamonte Springs · Metro area
Saturday morning talks, usually 10:00 a.m. to noon, on dates posted to its community calendar
Central Florida infosec community founded in 2023, with talks, labs, CTFs and mentoring. There are no membership fees; the group says you become a member by showing up. Its 2026 talks ran on June 13, June 27, July 11 and July 25 at Meta Humans in Altamonte Springs, and it held a cyber range and cook-off at UCF on March 28. Day-to-day conversation is on its Discord. The site also keeps a shared calendar of other Central Florida security meetings.
Free
National Entrepreneur Center, 3201 E. Colonial Drive · In the city
Irregular; no event announced
Small group (about 20 members) that has held a single event, on April 30, 2025.
Quiet: last activity Apr 2025Free
Statewide; mostly online · Metro area
Irregular evening online sessions
Recent sessions were online (January 28, 2026 and April 29, 2026). No in-person event in the Orlando area was found.
Free
FBI Orlando office and member-hosted venues · In the city
Chapter meetings on weekday mornings, about monthly in early 2026; announced on LinkedIn
FBI public-private partnership for vetted members. The latest public listing was the March 20, 2026 chapter meeting at the USTA National Campus; an earlier meeting was held February 13, 2026 in Winter Park. Meetings at the FBI field office require a completed background check. The chapter's website says meetings are posted on LinkedIn.
Quiet: last activity Mar 2026Members onlyVetting required
University of Central Florida main campus (College of Sciences Building 101 and the CyberLab, Engineering I room 186) · Metro area
General body meetings on Fridays at 5:30 p.m. during the fall and spring semesters, in person and on Zoom
UCF is an NSA/DHS Center of Academic Excellence, and this is its student cybersecurity club and competition team. The club calendar also lists workshops, socials and weekly Thursday meetings of the WiCyS at UCF student chapter.
Students only
Full Sail University, Winter Park · Metro area
Annual one-day conference with pre-conference workshops the day before
The 2026 conference was held September 26, 2026 at Full Sail University, with workshops on September 25. Community-run, with a career village and badge building; new speakers are encouraged.
Paid
Hyatt Regency Orlando (International Drive) and Disney's Contemporary Resort (Lake Buena Vista) · Metro area
Two large multi-day training events a year: SANS in the spring and the ICS Security Summit in June
Commercial training run by the SANS Institute. SANS 2026 ran March 29 to April 3, 2026 at the Hyatt Regency Orlando. The 2026 ICS Security Summit was held in June 2026 at Disney's Contemporary Resort, according to sponsor listings.
Quiet: last activity Apr 2026PaidVendor-hosted
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| Directory | Result |
|---|---|
| 2600 Meetings | Local chapter: 2600 Orlando |
| CISA Regional Offices | Nearest: CISA Region 4 |
| Cloud Security Alliance | Nearest: CSA South Florida Chapter |
| Cyversity (formerly ICMCP) Chapters | Nearest: Cyversity South Florida Chapter |
| DEF CON Groups | Local chapter: DC407 (DEF CON Group Orlando) |
| HTCIA | Nearest: HTCIA Florida Chapter |
| IAPP KnowledgeNet | Nearest: IAPP KnowledgeNet Florida Central |
| InfraGard Members Alliances | Local chapter: Orlando InfraGard Members Alliance |
| ISACA | Local chapter: ISACA Central Florida Chapter |
| ISC2 | Local chapter: ISC2 Central Florida Chapter |
| ISSA | Local chapter: ISSA Central Florida Chapter |
| NSA National Centers of Academic Excellence in Cybersecurity (NCAE-C) | Local chapter: Hack@UCF (Collegiate Cyber Defense Club at UCF) |
| OWASP | Local chapter: OWASP Orlando |
| SANS Institute | Local chapter: SANS Institute training events (Orlando area) |
| SecureWorld | Nearest: SecureWorld South Florida |
| Security BSides | Local chapter: Security BSides Orlando |
| 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 | Nearest: Women's Society of Cyberjutsu Jacksonville |
Numbered references for the listings on this page.