California
Sacramento, CA cybersecurity events & groups
Sacramento has a monthly ISSA lunch meeting, an ISC2 chapter, an ISACA chapter with an annual flagship conference, a DEF CON group that meets on second Wednesdays, and a small IT and cybersecurity roundtable. State-government security gatherings add to the calendar, including the California Cybersecurity Education Summit on October 8, 2026 and the InfraGard symposium on October 14, 2026. UC Davis and Cosumnes River College run student and youth programs.
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- Cybersecurity Sacramento (DC916): Free, open hacker meetup on the second Wednesday of each month, in person and on Discord.
- ISSA Sacramento Valley Chapter: Open to non-members, with a lunch meeting on the third Friday of most months.
- Sacramento IT Infrastructure & Cybersecurity Community: Small, vendor-free roundtable for local IT and security people.
Six months at a glance
Datebook
October 2026
InfraGard 21st Annual Cybersecurity Symposium
Wed, Oct 14, 2026 · 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Sacramento metro area (location given on registration) · Metro area
For InfraGard members and their colleagues; non-members are asked to contact the chapter. Free.
ConfirmedSummitVetting required
ISSA Sacramento Valley meeting: Putting Bubblewrap around your AI usage
Fri, Oct 16, 2026 · 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Capsity, 3808 Broadway, Sacramento (hybrid, Zoom link on the registration page)
Speaker from WitnessAI (a vendor). Lunch is provided to in-person attendees. Registration is required.
ConfirmedChapter meetingFree
AWS TechConnect Sacramento: AI, Cloud & Builder Meetup
Mon, Oct 19, 2026 · 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Roseville Venture Lab, 316 Vernon St, Suite 110, Roseville · Metro area
Adjacent: AI and cloud builders meetup, not security-focused.
ConfirmedMeetupFree
UC Davis Cyber Security Club industry talk: Deloitte
Mon, Oct 19, 2026 · 5:10 p.m.
Kemper Hall 1131, UC Davis, Davis · Metro area
Student club event; the page does not say whether non-students may attend.
ConfirmedMeetupFree
ISACA AAISM (Advanced in AI Security Management) virtual training
Tue, Oct 27 to Wed, Nov 4, 2026 · Evening sessions on October 27, 28, 29 and November 4, starting 6:00 p.m. Pacific
Online
Certification prep run by the ISACA Sacramento chapter; the chapter listing page links to the registration details.
ConfirmedTrainingPaid
What's Actually Hitting Sacramento Businesses? IT & Cybersecurity Roundtable
Thu, Oct 29, 2026 · 6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Chicago Pizza with a Twist, 7431 W Stockton Blvd, Suite 170, Sacramento
Rescheduled from October 22 according to the organizer's current event page. Food and drinks are available for purchase.
ConfirmedMeetupFree
November 2026
SANS San Francisco 2026
Mon, Nov 2 to Sat, Nov 7, 2026 · Six-day course event, in person and online
Hilton San Francisco Financial District, San Francisco · Regional
Hotel group discount deadline: Fri, Oct 16, 2026
Vendor-run training. Roughly 90 miles from Sacramento.
ConfirmedTrainingPaidVendor-hosted
OWASP Global AppSec USA 2026
Thu, Nov 5 to Fri, Nov 6, 2026 · Training November 2 to 4; conference November 5 and 6
Hyatt Regency San Francisco, San Francisco · Regional
Run by the OWASP Foundation.
ConfirmedConferencePaid
UC Davis Cyber Security Club industry talk with AIC: CrowdStrike
Mon, Nov 9, 2026 · 5:10 p.m.
Kemper Hall 1131, UC Davis, Davis · Metro area
Student club event; the page does not say whether non-students may attend.
ConfirmedMeetupFree
ISC2 East Bay Fall Conference: Do I Know You? Identity in the Age of AI
Fri, Nov 13, 2026 · 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.; registration and breakfast from 7:30 a.m.
McKay's Beer Garden, Pleasanton · Regional
Registration pricing changes for members and guests (prices apply after this date): Sat, Oct 31, 2026
Run by the ISC2 East Bay chapter. Roughly 100 miles from Sacramento.
ConfirmedConferencePaid
ISSA Sacramento Valley meeting: Combined SOC 2 and ISO 27001 Audits
Fri, Nov 20, 2026 · 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Not stated on the event page; recent meetings were at Capsity, 3808 Broadway, Sacramento
Speaker Nelly Spieler of Frank, Rimerman + Co. on running SOC 2 and ISO 27001 audits together. Confirm the venue on the event page before attending.
ConfirmedChapter meetingFree
December 2026
January 2027
February 2027
March 2027
April 2027
On the radar
Announced without a date, or expected from past editions. Not confirmed.
BSidesSF 2027
The 2026 edition was held March 21 and 22; 2027 dates are not yet announced
San Francisco · Regional
ExpectedConferencePaid
InfraGard Annual Cybersecurity Symposium 2027
The 21st edition is on October 14, 2026; 2027 dates are not yet announced
Sacramento metro area · Metro area
ExpectedSummitVetting required
ISACA Sacramento Flagship Conference 2027
The 2026 edition was held September 17 and 18; 2027 dates are not yet announced
Sacramento
ExpectedConferencePaid
Groups & associations
Professional associations
ISACA Sacramento Chapter
Sacramento (Wyndham Sacramento, 5321 Date Avenue, for the flagship) · In the city
Chapter events and an annual flagship conference; no regular meeting rule is published
Serves Sacramento and Stockton per the ISACA directory. Held the Flagship Conference September 17 and 18, 2026.
Paid
ISC2 Sacramento Chapter
Sacramento and nearby venues (for example Topgolf Roseville) · In the city
Roughly monthly evening events; no regular rule is published
The chapter website's events page stops at June 25 2025; other dates (June 30, August 27 and September 23 2026) come from the chapter's LinkedIn posts. The September 23 event was described as open to all, including students.
Free
ISSA Sacramento Valley Chapter
Capsity, 3808 Broadway, Sacramento, plus Zoom · In the city
Usually the third Friday of the month, 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., hybrid with lunch for in-person attendees; the chapter does not publish this as a rule
Open to non-members; registration is required. Past meetings on the organizer site fell on the third Friday (September 19 2025 through September 18 2026), with one Zoom-only meeting on February 20 2026. No fee is shown on the event pages.
Free
Hacker and grassroots groups
2600 Sacramento
La Venadita, 3501 3rd Ave, Sacramento · In the city
6:00 p.m.; the 2600 list gives no weekday (2600 meetings are conventionally the first Friday)
The 2600 list shows the current venue; a legacy list page still shows an old pizza restaurant venue. The September 4 2026 date is inferred from a first-Friday listing, not from a posted meeting report.
Free
Cybersecurity Sacramento (DC916)
Made Studio (Sacramento Hacker Lab), 3519 Broadway, Sacramento, plus Discord · In the city
Second Wednesday of the month, 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., hybrid
The site's home page still names a May meeting. The April 8 2026 meeting date comes from a repository commit and a Reddit post; later meetings may have happened on Discord, Instagram or Bluesky. Per the owner's rule for DEF CON groups, the site's age is not treated as inactivity. Members are working with former BSides Sacramento organizers on a revival (Projects page); no date is announced.
Free
Sacramento Cyber Security Club (SCSC)
Sacramento (Bike Dog East for the last meeting) · In the city
Irregular; no meeting announced
Meetup group with 264 members; the last event on its page was September 16 2025 and none is scheduled.
Quiet: last activity Sep 2025Free
Inclusion and career communities
WiCyS Sacramento Affiliate
Sacramento region (Davis, Sacramento) and online · In the city
Monthly CyberSYPS social plus occasional virtual lunch-and-learns; the posted day varies, so check the event page
Meetings: CyberSYPS at Volt Coffee in Davis on September 19 2026, a virtual lunch and learn on August 19 2026 and a June 4 2026 meetup. An older Eventbrite series page says third Thursday and third Saturday and is marked cancelled; no October date is posted. SYPS stands for Sacramento, Yolo, Placer, Solano.
Free
Public-private and government
InfraGard Sacramento Members Alliance
Sacramento region (meetings also at Cal OES in Mather and in Sonoma) · In the city
Quarterly meetings plus an annual cybersecurity symposium
InfraGard membership is vetted; the events page says non-members who want to attend should contact the chapter. The July 21 2026 date is the quarterly meeting listed on the events page (Sonoma, joint with the San Francisco chapter).
Vetting required
Education and student groups
Cosumnes River College Cybersecurity Center
Cosumnes River College, 8401 Center Pkwy, Sacramento · In the city
Annual no-cost summer cyber camps for middle and high school students; other programming not dated
NSA/DHS CAE school. The page lists the 2026 CyberPatriot-based camps (June 15 to 19 and June 22 to 26); it does not report that they ran. The Brown-Bag Cyber Chats page was empty. No public student club page with dated meetings was found.
Free
Cyber Security Club at UC Davis
Kemper Hall 1131, UC Davis, Davis · Metro area
Weekly meetings on Mondays at 5:10 p.m. and competition-team (cowsay) meetings on Wednesdays at 6:00 p.m. during the quarter
Student organization; the site does not say whether non-students may attend. The October 5 2026 date is inferred: Infra Workshop #1 was on the October 3 listing and gone from the October 8 listing. Event rows show no year, only the Fall 2026 term and matching weekdays.
Free
Technical user groups
AWS Sacramento (HUMANBULB TechConnect)
Sacramento and Roseville · In the city
Bimonthly TechConnect meetups plus an annual AWS Community Day
Adjacent: an AWS, AI and startup community, not security-focused; included as the area's cloud user group. Run by the HUMANBULB nonprofit. The last event on the Meetup page was AWS Community Day on August 22 2026. No fee is shown.
Free
Sacramento IT Infrastructure & Cybersecurity Community
Chicago Pizza with a Twist, 7431 W Stockton Blvd, Sacramento · In the city
Roughly monthly evening roundtables on Meetup; no regular rule is published
Small Meetup group (103 members) for MSP owners, sysadmins and security people; food and drinks are bought on site. The next roundtable moved from October 22 to October 29 2026 between the two times the organizer pages were read.
Free
Directory checklist
10 of 19 national directories list a local chapter
| Directory | Result |
|---|---|
| 2600 Meetings | Local chapter: 2600 Sacramento |
| CISA Regional Offices | Nearest: CISA Region 9; no public Sacramento events posted |
| Cloud Security Alliance | Nearest: CSA San Francisco Chapter |
| Cyversity (formerly ICMCP) Chapters | Nearest: Cyversity Bay Area Chapter |
| DEF CON Groups | Local chapter: Cybersecurity Sacramento (DC916) |
| HTCIA | Nearest: HTCIA Northern California Chapter |
| IAPP KnowledgeNet | Local chapter: IAPP KnowledgeNet Sacramento |
| InfraGard Members Alliances | Local chapter: InfraGard Sacramento Members Alliance |
| ISACA | Local chapter: ISACA Sacramento Chapter |
| ISC2 | Local chapter: ISC2 Sacramento Chapter |
| ISSA | Local chapter: ISSA Sacramento Valley Chapter |
| NSA National Centers of Academic Excellence in Cybersecurity (NCAE-C) | Local chapter: Cosumnes River College Cybersecurity Center |
| OWASP | Local chapter: OWASP Sacramento |
| SANS Institute | Nearest: SANS San Francisco 2026 (November 2 to 7, 2026) |
| SecureWorld | No chapter found |
| Security BSides | Nearest: BSidesSF (BSides Sacramento has no dated event on its record; a revival is in discussion) |
| TOOOL (The Open Organisation Of Lockpickers) | No chapter found |
| WiCyS (Women in CyberSecurity) Professional Affiliates | Local chapter: WiCyS Sacramento Affiliate |
| Women's Society of Cyberjutsu (WSC) Chapters | No chapter found |
Dormant groups
3 groups with no public activity for 18 months or more
- IAPP KnowledgeNet Sacramento: last public activity Apr 2024 [S24]
- OWASP Sacramento: last public activity Sep 2023 [S25]
- Sacramento Cyber & Physical Security Group: last public activity Mar 2025 [S26]
Field notes
- Some Sacramento groups announce meetings only on LinkedIn, Discord or Instagram; the DC916 and ISC2 chapter websites are out of date.
- The ISSA Sacramento Valley meetings are hybrid, so you can join by Zoom or attend at Capsity on Broadway.
- The Sac IT & Cybersecurity roundtable was moved from October 22 to October 29, 2026; check the Meetup page before going.
- Sacramento State's Cyber Defense Club and Cyber Security Club have public pages but no dated meetings, so they are not listed with a schedule.
- BSides Sacramento has no dated event on record; DC916 says it is working with former organizers on a revival and no date is announced.
Sources
Numbered references for the listings on this page.
- S1https://www.dc916.com/
- S2https://forum.defcon.org/node/231442
- S3https://infragard-sacramento.org/infragard-events.shtml
- S4https://sacramento.issa.org/event/ssa-sacramento-valley-chapter-meeting-10-16-2026-ai-usage/
- S5https://www.meetup.com/aws-sacramento/events/316476159/
- S6https://daviscybersec.org/events
- S7https://engage.isaca.org/sacramentochapter/events
- S8https://www.meetup.com/sacramento-it-infrastructure-cyber-security-community/events/316810006/
- S9https://www.sans.org/cyber-security-training-events/san-francisco-2026
- S10https://owasp.glueup.com/event/owasp-global-appsec-usa-2026-167174/
- S11https://isc2-eastbay-chapter.org/events/isc2-east-bay-fall-conference-2026/
- S12https://sacramento.issa.org/event/issa-sacramento-valley-chapter-meeting-11-20-2026-audit-strategy/
- S13https://bsidessf.org/
- S14https://www.isc2chapter-sacramento.org/events
- S15https://www.linkedin.com/company/isc2chapter-sacramento/
- S16https://sacramento.issa.org/events/
- S17https://www.2600.com/meetings/
- S18https://www.meetup.com/sacramento-cyber-security-club-scsc/
- S19https://www.wicys.org/wicys-sacramento/
- S20https://www.eventbrite.com/o/women-in-cybersecurity-sacramento-affiliate-105439851321
- S21https://crc.losrios.edu/academics/cybersecurity-center/middle-and-high-school-cyber-opportunities
- S22https://www.meetup.com/aws-sacramento/events/
- S23https://www.meetup.com/sacramento-it-infrastructure-cyber-security-community/events/
- S24https://iapp.org/community/iapp-chapters/sacramento-ca
- S25https://owasp.org/www-chapter-sacramento/
- S26https://www.meetup.com/sacramento-cyber-physical-security-group/