California
Santa Clarita, CA cybersecurity events & groups
No security group or event based in Santa Clarita itself turned up; the nearest regular meetings are in the San Fernando Valley and the rest of Los Angeles County. OWASP San Fernando Valley restarted in September 2026 with a monthly Tuesday evening meeting in Woodland Hills, and Null Space Labs in Burbank opens every Tuesday night and holds a lockpicking meetup on third Fridays. The larger Los Angeles chapters (OWASP LA, ISSA-LA, ISC2 LA) meet on the Westside, and the ISSA-LA Security Summit on October 14, 2026 is the main fall conference.
Start here
- OWASP San Fernando Valley: Free monthly application security meetings in the San Fernando Valley, the closest chapter to Santa Clarita; next meeting November 24, 2026.
- Null Space Labs (hackerspace): Burbank hackerspace with an open Tuesday night and a free monthly lockpicking class.
- OWASP Los Angeles: Free in-person meetups in Santa Monica and virtual talks you can join from home.
Six months at a glance
Datebook
October 2026
OWASP LA October Virtual Meetup
Tue, Oct 13, 2026 · 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Online · Metro area
Zoom talk.
ConfirmedMeetupFree
ISSA Los Angeles Security Summit 2026 and Women in Security Panel
Wed, Oct 14, 2026 · 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Annenberg Community Beach House, 415 Pacific Coast Hwy, Santa Monica · Metro area
Keynotes, a Women in Security panel, an in-person CTF and a career corner with resume reviews. Beach House parking is $15 a day.
ConfirmedConferencePaid
ISC2 LA Chapter October Virtual Meeting: AI Governance and Software Assurance
Thu, Oct 15, 2026 · 4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Online · Metro area
Online talk on AI governance and code oversight. Registration on Luma is free.
ConfirmedChapter meetingFree
The Official Cybersecurity Summit: Los Angeles
Thu, Oct 15, 2026 · 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Fairmont Century Plaza, Century City, Los Angeles · Metro area
Run by CyberRisk Alliance. Standard admission is $250 and registration is reviewed; it is meant for working security and IT practitioners. A second registration page gives an end time of 6:00 p.m.
ConfirmedSummitPaidVendor-hosted
NSL Lockpicking
Fri, Oct 16, 2026 · 7:00 p.m.
Null Space Labs, 2522 N. Ontario St., Burbank · Metro area
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
OWASP LA October In-Person Meetup
Wed, Oct 28, 2026 · 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
929 Colorado Ave, Santa Monica · Metro area
Speaker from Bugcrowd.
ConfirmedMeetupFree
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 · Metro area
Run by Government Technology (e.Republic) for state and local government staff; registration is free for public sector employees.
ConfirmedSummitFreeVendor-hosted
ISSA-LA November Meeting: The Future of Cybersecurity and Operating Enterprise AI at Scale
Tue, Nov 17, 2026 · 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
To be announced · Metro area
Two speakers and a buffet dinner. The page sells tickets; the price and the venue were not posted when checked.
ConfirmedChapter meetingPaid
OWASP LA November Meetup (Snyk speaker session)
Wed, Nov 18, 2026 · 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
To be announced · Metro area
The venue was not posted when checked.
ConfirmedMeetupFree
NSL Lockpicking
Fri, Nov 20, 2026 · 7:00 p.m.
Null Space Labs, 2522 N. Ontario St., Burbank · Metro area
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
OWASP San Fernando Valley November Meeting
Tue, Nov 24, 2026 · 5:30 p.m.
To be announced (San Fernando Valley) · Metro area
The chapter page gives the date and says the speaker, venue and RSVP link are coming; RSVP is on the chapter's Luma calendar. The chapter's published page source gives 5:30 p.m. as its general meeting time.
ConfirmedChapter meetingFree
December 2026
OWASP LA December Virtual Meetup
Wed, Dec 9, 2026 · 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.
Online · Metro area
ConfirmedMeetupFree
NSL Lockpicking
Fri, Dec 18, 2026 · 7:00 p.m.
Null Space Labs, 2522 N. Ontario St., Burbank · Metro area
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
January 2027
NSL Lockpicking
Fri, Jan 15, 2027 · 7:00 p.m.
Null Space Labs, 2522 N. Ontario St., Burbank · Metro area
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
February 2027
NSL Lockpicking
Fri, Feb 19, 2027 · 7:00 p.m.
Null Space Labs, 2522 N. Ontario St., Burbank · Metro area
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
March 2027
Planet Cyber Sec AI Conference, Orange County
Wed, Mar 3, 2027
Orange County, CA (venue not yet posted) · Regional
Run by Layer 8 Masters, an events company. The organizer's schedule lists March 3, 2027 in Orange County with no venue yet; the 2026 edition was at the Hilton Orange County in Costa Mesa. Pricing was not checked.
ConfirmedConferencePaidVendor-hosted
NSL Lockpicking
Fri, Mar 19, 2027 · 7:00 p.m.
Null Space Labs, 2522 N. Ontario St., Burbank · Metro area
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
FutureCon Los Angeles Cybersecurity Conference 2027
Wed, Mar 31, 2027
Hilton Los Angeles Culver City, Culver City · Metro area
One-day hybrid vendor conference with up to 10 CPE credits. Pricing was not checked.
ConfirmedConferencePaidVendor-hosted
April 2027
SCaLE 24x (Southern California Linux Expo)
Thu, Apr 1 to Sun, Apr 4, 2027
Pasadena Convention Center, 300 E. Green St, Pasadena · Metro area
CFP closes: Sun, Nov 1, 2026
Adjacent: a community-run open source conference, not security-focused, though it usually carries security talks.
ConfirmedConferencePaid
NSL Lockpicking
Fri, Apr 16, 2027 · 7:00 p.m.
Null Space Labs, 2522 N. Ontario St., Burbank · Metro area
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
May 2027
America's Credit Unions Cybersecurity Conference 2027
Wed, May 12 to Fri, May 14, 2027
JW Marriott Los Angeles L.A. LIVE, 900 W. Olympic Blvd, Los Angeles · Metro area
Early-bird pricing ends: Fri, Feb 12, 2027
Hotel reservation deadline: Fri, Apr 9, 2027
Trade association conference for credit union security staff, held with NASCUS; in person or virtual. In-person registration runs into the thousands of dollars (about $1,716 to $2,395 depending on type and timing). The pricing section gives early-bird pricing until February 12, 2027, while a banner on the page says October 30, 2026.
ConfirmedConferencePaid
On the radar
Announced without a date, or expected from past editions. Not confirmed.
Planet Cyber Sec AI AppSec Conference, Los Angeles
Announced by the organizer; date not yet published.
Los Angeles · Metro area
Date TBAConferencePaidVendor-hosted
LayerOne 2027
Usually held over the Memorial Day weekend in late May; 2027 dates not yet announced
Pasadena Hilton, 168 S. Los Robles Ave, Pasadena (2026 venue) · Metro area
ExpectedConferencePaid
Groups & associations
Professional associations
Cloud Security Alliance, SoCal Chapter
Los Angeles; mostly online in 2026 · Metro area
Irregular; online talks and co-hosted events with ISSA-LA
The chapter's last own event was an online certification prep session on February 17, 2026; its Meetup page also promoted a March 9, 2026 vendor briefing in El Segundo. No later events were listed on September 27, 2026.
Quiet: last activity Feb 2026Free
HTCIA Southern California Chapter
Southern California; socials in Orange County · Metro area
Irregular; joint socials and co-hosted career events
High Technology Crime Investigation Association (digital forensics and cyber investigations). The last_activity date is the SoCalSec social at Golden Road Brewing in Anaheim on September 21, 2026, listed on the chapter's calendar.
Members only
IAPP KnowledgeNet Los Angeles
Los Angeles; joint SoCal sessions often online · Metro area
Occasional KnowledgeNet meetings, some held jointly with other Southern California chapters
Privacy-focused; KnowledgeNets are free for IAPP members. The chapter page loads its meeting list by script; the last_activity date is a September 25, 2026 session on CCPA compliance shown in a search listing of that page.
Members only
ISACA Los Angeles Chapter
Annual spring conference at the Hilton Los Angeles/Universal City · Metro area
Annual three-day spring conference; the chapter site lists no regular meeting schedule
IT audit, governance and risk focus. The last_activity date is the final day of the 2026 spring conference (March 30 to April 1, 2026). The conference is paid.
Quiet: last activity Apr 2026Paid
ISC2 Los Angeles Chapter
El Segundo for in-person evenings; monthly meetings online · Metro area
Monthly virtual chapter meeting (usually a Thursday at 4:00 p.m.), lunch-and-learn talks online, and occasional in-person evenings
The chapter's events page lists an in-person September 17, 2026 meeting; its Luma calendar places it at the Board Room in El Segundo. Lunch-and-learn sessions charge community guests a small fee.
Paid
ISSA Los Angeles (ISSA-LA)
Culver City (Veterans Memorial Building) and other Westside venues · Metro area
Monthly evening meeting, usually 5:30 p.m. on a Tuesday or Wednesday; dates vary
The founding ISSA chapter. Meetings are ticketed through Eventbrite; recent Meetup listings show the Culver City Veterans Memorial Building. The chapter's annual summit is on October 14, 2026.
Paid
OWASP Los Angeles
929 Colorado Ave, Santa Monica; some talks online · Metro area
One or two in-person evening meetups or workshops a month (5:30 p.m.), plus virtual talks
Application security. The chapter moved its event listings from Meetup to Luma. Talks are usually given by practitioners from security vendors.
Free
OWASP San Fernando Valley
San Fernando Valley; the September 22, 2026 meeting was in Woodland Hills, with no permanent venue · Metro area
Generally the fourth Tuesday of the month at 5:30 p.m.; no chapter meeting in October 2026
The chapter restarted in September 2026 after several dormant years; the September 22 meeting was its first since the restart. Meetings are free and open to anyone, with RSVP on the chapter's Luma calendar. The chapter page was read from the chapter's published page source.
Free
Hacker and grassroots groups
EvolveSec (LA Cybersecurity Meetup)
Los Angeles; recent sessions online · Metro area
Irregular; online OSCP study sessions in early 2026
Community meetup running since 2015. Its 2026 sessions (February and March) were online; no later events were listed on September 27, 2026.
Quiet: last activity Mar 2026Free
LA2600
Union Station (Alameda St. entrance, near Traxx Bar), then Philippe's, 1001 N. Alameda St., Downtown Los Angeles · Metro area
First Friday of the month from 6:00 p.m.; the group moves to Philippe's around 6:30 or 7:00 p.m.
One of the oldest 2600 meetings in the US. The group asks media and law enforcement to identify themselves. Its Meetup listings give 7:00 p.m. at Philippe's.
Free
NSL Lockpicking
Null Space Labs, 2522 N. Ontario St., Burbank · Metro area
Third Friday of the month, 7:00 p.m.
Physical security and locksport meetup running since 2010; each month has a topic or hands-on workshop. Free, with equipment supplied; donations welcome.
Free
Null Space Labs (hackerspace)
2522 N. Ontario St., Burbank (near the Burbank airport) · Metro area
Open to visitors every Tuesday, 7:00 to 11:00 p.m.; classes posted on Meetup
Hackerspace for technology and security since 2010. Some classes are paid. Check the open or closed sign on the website or the Discord before going on other nights.
Free
Inclusion and career communities
WiCyS Los Angeles Affiliate
Playa Vista and other Los Angeles venues · Metro area
Occasional networking and learning events
Women in CyberSecurity professional affiliate. Its last event was a June 13, 2026 morning session at the Microsoft office in Playa Vista (13031 W. Jefferson Blvd). The event page did not state a price.
Free
Women's Society of Cyberjutsu SoCal
Long Beach, Los Angeles and online (workshops rotate) · Metro area
Roughly monthly hands-on workshops, in person or online
The September 19, 2026 threat hunting workshop was online; the October 3, 2026 DevSecOps workshop is at Long Beach City College.
Free
Public-private and government
InfraGard Los Angeles Members Alliance
Online briefings in 2026 · Metro area
Online briefings and seminars every few weeks
FBI and private sector partnership; membership requires FBI vetting. Every 2026 event on its site was online, the last being a Global Threat Update on August 18, 2026. No later events were posted on September 27, 2026.
Vetting required
Education and student groups
ACM Cyber at UCLA
UCLA, Westwood (Engineering VI and Boelter Hall) · Metro area
Several workshops a week during UCLA quarters; days change each quarter
Student cybersecurity club that runs LA CTF, whose open division welcomes anyone. Regular meetings are for UCLA students.
Students only
Layer 8 (CSUN Cybersecurity Club)
Jacaranda Hall (JD 1600), Cal State Northridge · Metro area
Mondays in the evening and Saturday training labs during the semester
The club's two pages disagree on the Monday time (7:00 p.m. in JD 1600B versus 5:30 to 7:00 p.m. in JD 1600A). The last dated meeting found is September 29, 2025, on the campus newspaper's event calendar; the club likely still meets weekly.
Quiet: last activity Sep 2025Students only
Directory checklist
11 of 19 national directories list a local chapter
| Directory | Result |
|---|---|
| 2600 Meetings | Local chapter: LA2600 |
| CISA Regional Offices | Nearest: CISA Region 9; no public Los Angeles area events posted |
| Cloud Security Alliance | Local chapter: Cloud Security Alliance, SoCal Chapter |
| Cyversity (formerly ICMCP) Chapters | Nearest: Cyversity Southern California Chapter (no dated activity found) |
| DEF CON Groups | Nearest: DC818 (Woodland Hills, San Fernando Valley; site says no planned meetings) |
| HTCIA | Local chapter: HTCIA Southern California Chapter |
| IAPP KnowledgeNet | Local chapter: IAPP KnowledgeNet Los Angeles |
| InfraGard Members Alliances | Local chapter: InfraGard Los Angeles Members Alliance |
| ISACA | Local chapter: ISACA Los Angeles Chapter |
| ISC2 | Local chapter: ISC2 Los Angeles Chapter |
| ISSA | Local chapter: ISSA Los Angeles (ISSA-LA) |
| NSA National Centers of Academic Excellence in Cybersecurity (NCAE-C) | Nearest: Moorpark College (Ventura County) |
| OWASP | Local chapter: OWASP San Fernando Valley |
| SANS Institute | Nearest: SANS Security West 2027 (San Diego, May 10 to 15, 2027) |
| SecureWorld | No chapter found |
| Security BSides | Nearest: BSides San Diego |
| TOOOL (The Open Organisation Of Lockpickers) | No chapter found |
| WiCyS (Women in CyberSecurity) Professional Affiliates | Local chapter: WiCyS Los Angeles Affiliate |
| Women's Society of Cyberjutsu (WSC) Chapters | Local chapter: Women's Society of Cyberjutsu SoCal |
Dormant groups
1 group with no public activity for 18 months or more
- ISSA Ventura County: last public activity Sep 2023 [S41] [S42]
Field notes
- Santa Clarita has no listed in-city group. Every entry here is in the wider Los Angeles area; Santa Monica and Culver City are roughly an hour's drive or more from Santa Clarita in traffic, so the online sessions from OWASP LA, ISC2 LA and others may suit a weeknight better.
- College of the Canyons lists a Hacking, Information Technology and Cybersecurity Club (HITC) on its student clubs page, but no meeting dates were published, so it is not listed as a group.
- OWASP San Fernando Valley has no October 2026 meeting; it points members to the ISSA-LA Summit on October 14, 2026, where OWASP members attend free with a promo code posted by the chapter.
- ISSA Ventura County is listed in the ISSA directory as serving Santa Clarita but its site shows no dated event since September 2023.
- DC818, the San Fernando Valley DEF CON group, says on its site that it has no planned meetings and coordinates on Discord; no dated meeting was found, so it is not listed as a group.
- The ISACA LA 2027 Spring Conference page gives May 24 to 26, 2027 at the Hilton Universal City.
- Most Los Angeles chapter meetings are outside Los Angeles city limits: OWASP LA meets in Santa Monica, ISSA-LA in Culver City and ISC2 LA in El Segundo, and several groups also hold online sessions.
Sources
Numbered references for the listings on this page.
- S1https://032.la/
- S2https://www.meetup.com/nullspacelabs/
- S3https://luma.com/owaspla
- S4https://www.eventbrite.com/e/issa-los-angeles-security-summit-2026-women-in-security-forum-oct-14-tickets-883047006367
- S5https://issala.org/
- S6https://luma.com/w4hz6rq2
- S7https://cyberriskalliance.swoogo.com/los-angeles-2026
- S8https://www.meetup.com/li-losangeles/
- S9https://luma.com/h1y9e5l2
- S10https://www.2600.la/
- S11https://www.meetup.com/la2600/
- S12https://events.govtech.com/Southern-California-Public-Sector-Cybersecurity-Summit
- S13https://issala.org/event/november-17-2026-the-future-of-cybersecurity-operating-enterprise-ai-at-scale/
- S14https://luma.com/brtxnfte
- S15https://owasp.org/www-chapter-san-fernando-valley/
- S16https://planetcybersec.com/
- S17https://futureconevents.com/events/los-angeles-ca-2027/
- S18https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/24x
- S19https://www.americascreditunions.org/events-training/conference/cybersecurity-conference
- S20https://lac.tf/
- S21https://www.layerone.org/
- S22https://www.meetup.com/csa-socal/
- S23https://luma.com/socalhtcia
- S24https://iapp.org/community/iapp-chapters/los-angeles-ca
- S25https://engage.isaca.org/losangeleschapter/home
- S26https://engage.isaca.org/events/eventdescription?CalendarEventKey=33f409b6-b645-4e46-9c67-019cf55d5b2d&CommunityKey=f7103f1d-a92a-4915-aae8-4db07da4c6ab
- S27https://www.isc2la.org/events
- S28https://luma.com/ISC2LA
- S29https://www.meetup.com/issa-la/
- S30https://owasp.org/www-chapter-los-angeles/
- S31https://luma.com/owasp-sfv
- S32https://www.meetup.com/evolvesec-la-cyber-security/
- S33https://www.wicys.org/event/wicys-los-angeles-affiliate-reboot-and-reconnect/
- S34https://www.wicys.org/wicys-los-angeles/
- S35https://www.meetup.com/socal-women-in-cybersecurity/
- S36https://www.infragardlosangeles.org/
- S37https://www.acmcyber.com/events
- S38https://www.acmcyber.com/archive
- S39https://csunlayer8.com/
- S40https://csunlayer8.github.io/links/
- S41https://issa-vc.org/previous-events
- S42https://issa-vc.org/monthly-events