> raleigh, nc · verified oct 3, 2026
North Carolina
Raleigh's security calendar runs on monthly meetings: the Raleigh ISSA dinner meeting in Research Triangle Park, Cloud Security Alliance talks in Raleigh and Morrisville, a first-Friday 2600 meeting downtown, a lockpicking group and weekly Saturday Hack The Box sessions. Triangle InfoSeCon (October 30, 2026) and BSides RDU (December 18, 2026) are the two local conferences, and the North Carolina Cybersecurity Symposium returns to NC State's McKimmon Center on February 26, 2027.
Sat, Oct 10, 2026 · 1:00 to 4:00 p.m.
Umstead Park United Church of Christ, 8208 Brownleigh Dr, Raleigh
Hands-on privacy clinic hosted by the community group Triangle Common Good with two DC919 volunteers presenting; bring a phone or laptop if you have one.
ConfirmedWorkshopFree
Sat, Oct 10, 2026 · 12:00 p.m.
ECPI University, 4101 Doie Cope Rd, Raleigh
ConfirmedMeetupFreeVendor-hosted
Thu, Oct 15, 2026 · 5:30 p.m.
TEKsystems, 4300 Edwards Mill Rd, Suite 300, Raleigh
ConfirmedMeetupFree
Sun, Oct 18, 2026 · 3:00 p.m.
Sneaky Penguin Brewing Company, 7449 Six Forks Rd, Raleigh
New venue for this group.
ConfirmedMeetupFree
Mon, Oct 19 to Tue, Oct 20, 2026
Raleigh Convention Center, Raleigh
Adjacent: a large open source technology conference, not security-focused.
ConfirmedConferencePaidVendor-hosted
Tue, Oct 20, 2026 · 6:30 to 9:30 p.m.
Doherty's Irish Pub & Restaurant, 5490 Apex Peakway, Apex · Metro area
ConfirmedMeetupFree
Wed, Oct 21, 2026 · 12:30 to 3:00 p.m.
Cisco Systems Building 7, 7100 Kit Creek Rd, Morrisville, and online (Webex) · Metro area
Talk by CISA's cybersecurity state coordinator for North Carolina and South Carolina. In-person attendees register on Eventbrite and need photo ID.
ConfirmedChapter meetingVetting required
Fri, Oct 30, 2026 · 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Atlantic Union Bank Convention Center (formerly Raleigh Convention Center), 500 S Salisbury St, Raleigh
Raleigh ISSA's annual conference. The chapter page says tickets had to be bought in advance, by September 30, 2026.
ConfirmedConferencePaid
Mon, Nov 2 to Sat, Nov 7, 2026
Embassy Suites by Hilton Raleigh-Durham Research Triangle, 201 Harrison Oaks Blvd, Cary, and online · Metro area
Courses cover incident response, cloud security, AI security automation and human risk leadership.
ConfirmedTrainingPaidVendor-hosted
Wed, Nov 4, 2026 · 1:00 to 4:30 p.m.
Not yet posted (chapter sessions are usually at Frontier RTP, 800 Park Offices Dr, Research Triangle Park) · Metro area
Topic and price not yet posted.
ConfirmedTrainingPaid
Thu, Nov 5, 2026 · 5:30 to 8:00 p.m.
NC Biotech Center, 15 TW Alexander Dr, Research Triangle Park · Metro area
Advance registration required.
ConfirmedChapter meetingFree
Fri, Nov 6, 2026 · 7:00 p.m.
Transfer Co. Food Hall, 500 E Davie St, Raleigh
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
Thu, Nov 12, 2026 · 5:30 to 8:30 p.m.
Cisco RTP campus, Building 7, Research Triangle Park · Metro area
Posted as a save-the-date; check the listing for registration details.
ConfirmedMeetupFree
Wed, Dec 2, 2026 · 1:00 to 4:30 p.m.
Not yet posted (chapter sessions are usually at Frontier RTP, 800 Park Offices Dr, Research Triangle Park) · Metro area
Topic and price not yet posted.
ConfirmedTrainingPaid
Thu, Dec 3, 2026 · 5:30 to 8:00 p.m.
NC Biotech Center, 15 TW Alexander Dr, Research Triangle Park · Metro area
Advance registration required.
ConfirmedChapter meetingFree
Fri, Dec 4, 2026 · 7:00 p.m.
Transfer Co. Food Hall, 500 E Davie St, Raleigh
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
Tue, Dec 15, 2026 · Starts 8:00 a.m.
Raleigh Convention Center, 500 S Salisbury St, Raleigh
Run by Government Technology's events business; open to public sector employees only, free registration.
ConfirmedSummitFreeVetting requiredVendor-hosted
Fri, Dec 18, 2026 · 8:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
McKimmon Conference and Training Center, 1101 Gorman St, NC State, Raleigh
Tickets are sold through Eventzilla; on-site parking is free.
ConfirmedConferencePaid
Fri, Jan 1, 2027 · 7:00 p.m.
Transfer Co. Food Hall, 500 E Davie St, Raleigh
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
Fri, Feb 5, 2027 · 7:00 p.m.
Transfer Co. Food Hall, 500 E Davie St, Raleigh
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
Fri, Feb 26, 2027
McKimmon Center, NC State, Raleigh
Call for speakers closes: Sat, Oct 31, 2026
Hosted by the North Carolina Partnership for Cybersecurity Excellence (NC PACE); 2027 theme is securing North Carolina's critical infrastructure, with a student research track. Registration details for 2027 were not yet posted.
ConfirmedConferencePaid
Fri, Mar 5, 2027 · 7:00 p.m.
Transfer Co. Food Hall, 500 E Davie St, Raleigh
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
Fri, Apr 2, 2027 · 7:00 p.m.
Transfer Co. Food Hall, 500 E Davie St, Raleigh
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
Fri, May 14 to Sun, May 16, 2027
DoubleTree by Hilton, 4810 Page Creek Ln, Durham · Metro area
Dates come from the organizer's Mastodon post of May 20, 2026; the venue comes from the listing on the DC919 Luma calendar. cackalackycon.org still shows the 2026 edition.
ConfirmedConferencePaid
Announced without a date, or expected from past editions. Not confirmed.
Held in mid-July (July 15, 2026 at the Hilton Raleigh North Hills); 2027 date not yet announced
Raleigh
ExpectedSummitPaidVetting requiredVendor-hosted
Raleigh and Durham · Metro area
Roughly quarterly meetings; none scheduled
Privacy professionals' chapter; meetings are free for IAPP members. The latest dated meeting, a virtual joint session with IAPP Ireland on December 9, 2025, is known from the title of an IAPP page that no longer loads.
Quiet: last activity Dec 2025Members only
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Frontier RTP, 800 Park Offices Dr, Research Triangle Park · Metro area
Monthly Wednesday afternoon training sessions, 1:00 to 4:30 p.m.; no session in October 2026
The September 2, 2026 full-day summit cost $100 for members and $150 for non-members, in person or on Teams.
Paid
Morrisville and the Triangle · Metro area
Irregular evening talks; the September 16, 2026 meeting was the chapter's second of the year
The chapter posts meetings on LinkedIn first and takes sign-ups on Luma. The latest talk was at Lenovo Building 8, 8001 Development Dr, Morrisville.
Free
NC Biotech Center, Research Triangle Park (meetings); Raleigh (Triangle InfoSeCon) · Metro area
Monthly Thursday evening meeting, usually the first Thursday, 5:30 to 8:00 p.m.; no chapter meeting in October, when the chapter runs Triangle InfoSeCon
Meetings are in person only and every attendee must register in advance; the chapter also runs Saturday training workshops at ECPI University in Raleigh.
Free
Raleigh and the Research Triangle Park area · In the city
Irregular meetups, CTF practice and workshops; the group's Luma calendar lists the current schedule
The September 19, 2026 in-person CTF was at 421 N Harrington St, Raleigh. The DC919 Luma calendar (luma.com/rtpcybersecurity) also carries other local groups' events.
Free
ECPI University, 4101 Doie Cope Rd, Raleigh · In the city
Saturdays at noon (weekly since late August 2026)
Part of Hack The Box's company-branded meetup program; sessions are free and suit beginners and experienced players.
FreeVendor-hosted
Raleigh breweries · In the city
Monthly Sunday afternoon meeting, 3:00 p.m.
Raleigh's lockpicking group, not a TOOOL chapter. Spring and summer 2026 meetings were at Raleigh Brewing Company; October 2026 moves to Sneaky Penguin Brewing.
Free
Transfer Co. Food Hall, 500 E Davie St, Raleigh · In the city
First Friday of every month, 7:00 p.m.
The 2600 national list's older entry (Crabtree Valley Mall food court) is out of date; the organizer's Luma listing names Transfer Co. Food Hall.
Free
Rotating Triangle venues (Cary, Durham, Apex) · Metro area
Monthly Tuesday evening social, 6:30 p.m., at a different bar or brewery each time
The Meetup group is private, so venues show only to members; the DC919 Luma calendar lists the same socials with addresses. The September 15, 2026 social was at Ponysaurus Brewing, Durham.
Free
Raleigh and the Triangle · In the city
Occasional networking events; next on November 12, 2026
Its own latest event was an International Women's Day celebration on March 6, 2026 at the French Cultural Center, Raleigh; later Meetup listings promote other organizations' events.
Quiet: last activity Mar 2026Free
Cisco campus, Research Triangle Park and Morrisville · Metro area
Occasional weekday afternoon member meetings; next on October 21, 2026
FBI and private sector partnership; membership requires vetting. The latest past meeting found is April 17, 2024 (from a member's LinkedIn post); the chapter has posted an October 21, 2026 meeting, and the site owner confirmed it active on October 3, 2026.
Vetting required
Engineering Building II, NC State, Raleigh · In the city
Fridays at 4:30 p.m. in EB2 1229 (2026 meeting times)
NC State's student security and CTF club; NC State is an NSA/DHS CAE school. HackPack CTF 2026 ran online April 17 to 18, 2026.
Students only
McKimmon Center, NC State, Raleigh · In the city
Annual one-day conference; 2026 edition on December 18
Shows as quiet only because the 2025 edition was on September 12, 2025 and the 2026 edition moved to December 18, 2026.
Quiet: last activity Sep 2025Paid
Durham · Metro area
Annual three-day hacker conference in mid-May
The 2026 edition ran May 15 to 17 at the DoubleTree by Hilton, Durham; presale sold out and remaining tickets were cash at the door.
Paid
Cary · Metro area
Annual multi-day training event
Commercial training run by the SANS Institute. The latest past date is a SANS Raleigh 2025 evening talk on September 18, 2025; SANS Raleigh 2026 runs November 2 to 7, 2026.
Quiet: last activity Sep 2025PaidVendor-hosted
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Raleigh and Morrisville · In the city
Monthly Thursday evening meetup, 5:30 p.m., rotating between TEKsystems and Red Hat Tower in Raleigh and Varonis in Morrisville
Each meeting has a sponsor; the chapter itself is community-run.
Free
800 N Mangum St, Durham · Metro area
Saturday open houses at 1:00 p.m. and Wednesday woodshop nights, listed on Meetup
Adjacent: Durham's nonprofit hackerspace and makerspace, not security-focused.
Free
| Directory | Result |
|---|---|
| 2600 Meetings | Local chapter: Raleigh 2600 (RTP 2600) |
| CISA Regional Offices | Nearest: CISA Region 4 office (Atlanta), which covers North Carolina |
| Cloud Security Alliance | Local chapter: Cloud Security Alliance Triangle Chapter |
| Cyversity (formerly ICMCP) Chapters | Nearest: Cyversity Charlotte Chapter (about 2.5 hours away) |
| DEF CON Groups | Local chapter: DC919 (DEF CON Group RTP/RDU) |
| HTCIA | No chapter found |
| IAPP KnowledgeNet | Local chapter: IAPP KnowledgeNet Raleigh/Durham |
| InfraGard Members Alliances | Local chapter: InfraGard Eastern Carolina Chapter |
| ISACA | Local chapter: ISACA Research Triangle Chapter |
| ISC2 | Nearest: ISC2 Piedmont Triad Chapter (Greensboro and Winston-Salem) |
| ISSA | Local chapter: Raleigh ISSA Chapter |
| NSA National Centers of Academic Excellence in Cybersecurity (NCAE-C) | Local chapter: HackPack (NC State) |
| OWASP | Local chapter: OWASP Triangle-NC |
| SANS Institute | Local chapter: SANS Institute training events (Raleigh area) |
| SecureWorld | Nearest: SecureWorld Charlotte (about 2.5 hours away) |
| Security BSides | Local chapter: BSides RDU |
| TOOOL (The Open Organisation Of Lockpickers) | No chapter found |
| WiCyS (Women in CyberSecurity) Professional Affiliates | Local chapter: WiCyS North Carolina Affiliate |
| Women's Society of Cyberjutsu (WSC) Chapters | No chapter found |
Numbered references for the listings on this page.