> toledo, oh · verified oct 9, 2026
Ohio
Toledo's public security scene is small and built around two professional groups: the Toledo InfraGard Members Alliance, which holds an annual business-continuity tabletop exercise, and the ISACA Northwest Ohio Chapter, which meets jointly with the IIA in Maumee and co-hosts a Northwest Ohio cybersecurity summit. No hacker meetup, OWASP, ISSA or BSides group was found in the metro. The nearest large conferences are in the Detroit area (Michigan Cyber Summit on October 15, 2026; FutureCon Detroit on April 15, 2027) and in the Columbus area (BSides Columbus, November 4 to 6, 2026).
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Wed, Oct 14, 2026 · Half day
Vibe Credit Union Showplace, Novi, MI (Detroit area) · Regional
Fourth annual summit hosted by the Michigan Department of Technology, Management and Budget for high school students. A Hack The Box capture-the-flag challenge for participants runs online October 5 to 12, 2026.
ConfirmedSummitStudents only
Thu, Oct 15, 2026 · From 8:00 a.m.
Vibe Credit Union Showplace, Novi, MI (Detroit area) · Regional
The 15th annual state summit, open to the public, run by the State of Michigan with Government Technology, which sells tickets. About 60 miles north of Toledo.
ConfirmedSummitPaidVendor-hosted
Wed, Nov 4 to Fri, Nov 6, 2026 · Day one starts at 9:00 a.m.
Canal Winchester, OH (Columbus area) · Regional
The conference site is presented by GuidePoint Security and sells tickets and packages; the call for speakers is closed. About two hours' drive from Toledo. Ticket prices were not readable on the page.
ConfirmedConferencePaidVendor-hosted
Thu, Apr 15, 2027
Detroit (hybrid; venue not posted) · Regional
One-day hybrid vendor conference with up to 10 CPE credits. Per the organizer FAQ, all registrations are subject to approval and students, recruiters, sales and marketing staff, independent consultants and outside vendors are not admitted. Ticket prices could not be read (the registration form loads by script).
ConfirmedConferenceVetting requiredVendor-hosted
Announced without a date, or expected from past editions. Not confirmed.
Announced by the organizer; date not yet published.
Detroit · Regional
Date TBAConferencePaid
Held Wednesday, September 24, 2025 as the 9th annual edition; no 2026 or 2027 dates found
Maumee (2025 venue: CLA, 1785 Indian Wood Circle) · Metro area
ExpectedSummitPaid
The 24th annual Detroit event was held September 17, 2026; 2027 dates not yet announced
Novi, MI (Detroit area; 2026 venue: Vibe Credit Union Showplace) · Regional
ExpectedConferencePaidVendor-hosted
Chapter address in Bowling Green; meetings at CLA, 1785 Indian Wood Circle, Maumee, and on Zoom · Metro area
Joint meetings with the IIA Northwest Ohio Chapter, roughly quarterly; no published schedule
The chapter's own event list is behind a login, so dates come from its Cvent registration pages. The last joint meeting found was January 28, 2026 (hybrid, noon). An April 8, 2026 meeting at the same Maumee office is titled as an IIA Northwest Ohio meeting and is not counted. Fees for routine meetings could not be read; the April registration form offers member, non-member and student types, so non-members appear to be admitted.
Quiet: last activity Jan 2026Paid
Toledo and Perrysburg; the October 24, 2025 exercise was at BGSU Levis Commons in Perrysburg · In the city
Holds an annual business-continuity tabletop exercise (the last one posted was October 24, 2025) and says it holds regular meetings; no schedule is published
FBI and private-sector partnership; membership requires FBI vetting. The October 24, 2025 tabletop exercise was open to members and non-members for a $50 fee (35 seats). A later post, Operation Northwest Restart Tabletop Exercise, lists a Tuesday, August 18 session at DMC Technology in Toledo, but the page gives no year, so it is not used as activity or as a dated event. One page on the site has a URL ending october-14-2026 but its content is the October 14, 2022 exercise.
Quiet: last activity Oct 2025Vetting required
| Directory | Result |
|---|---|
| 2600 Meetings | No chapter found |
| CISA Regional Offices | Nearest: CISA Region 5 office (Chicago); no public Toledo events found |
| Cloud Security Alliance | Nearest: CSA Detroit Chapter |
| Cyversity (formerly ICMCP) Chapters | No chapter found |
| DEF CON Groups | Nearest: DC614 (DCG Columbus) |
| HTCIA | Nearest: HTCIA Michigan Chapter |
| IAPP KnowledgeNet | Nearest: IAPP KnowledgeNet Detroit |
| InfraGard Members Alliances | Local chapter: Toledo InfraGard Members Alliance |
| ISACA | Local chapter: ISACA Northwest Ohio Chapter |
| ISC2 | Nearest: ISC2 Greater Detroit Chapter |
| ISSA | Nearest: ISSA Motor City Chapter (Detroit) |
| NSA National Centers of Academic Excellence in Cybersecurity (NCAE-C) | Nearest: University of Detroit Mercy |
| OWASP | Nearest: OWASP Oakland County (Detroit area) |
| SANS Institute | No chapter found |
| SecureWorld | Nearest: SecureWorld Detroit |
| Security BSides | Nearest: BSides Detroit |
| TOOOL (The Open Organisation Of Lockpickers) | No chapter found |
| WiCyS (Women in CyberSecurity) Professional Affiliates | Nearest: WiCyS Northeast Ohio |
| Women's Society of Cyberjutsu (WSC) Chapters | No chapter found |
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