> boise, id · verified oct 22, 2026
Idaho
Boise ISSA is the steadiest local group: it holds lunch meetings at Cottonwood Grille on the first Thursday of the month from September to June, and runs the annual Boise Information Security Conference at Boise State University each March. The Idaho Office of Emergency Management's free preparedness and homeland security conference, which includes cybersecurity sessions, comes to the Riverside Hotel in December. OWASP Boise has not met since September 2025, the Idaho 2600 meeting stopped in April 2026, and BSides Boise has not held an event since April 2024.
Thu, Nov 5, 2026 · 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Cottonwood Grille, Boise
Speaker Tim Williams on the 90 days after a ransomware recovery; 1.5 CPE. The page states no admission fee and asks for an RSVP for the lunch head count. The chapter notes that its Eventbrite listing wrongly shows November 4; the meeting is on November 5.
ConfirmedChapter meetingFree
Tue, Dec 8 to Thu, Dec 10, 2026
Riverside Hotel, 2900 W. Chinden Blvd, Boise
Run by the Idaho Office of Emergency Management; formerly the Annual Preparedness and Cybersecurity Conference. The page says the conference is free to attend; it is aimed at emergency managers, county commissioners, tribal council members, IT, homeland and cybersecurity staff, first responders and private sector partners. The state sponsors up to three attendees per county and tribe. The hotel room block also closes November 1, 2026.
ConfirmedConferenceFree
Tue, Mar 9, 2027
Boise State University, Boise
Volunteer applications close: Fri, Mar 5, 2027
The chapter's registration page gives March 9, 2027 in Boise, and its text says the conference returns to Boise State University. The conference and registration pages state no ticket price or terms; the owner reported on September 25, 2026 that registration is free, which the pages do not show. The 2026 edition was held March 10, 2026 at Boise State.
ConfirmedConferenceFree
Fri, Apr 2 to Sat, Apr 3, 2027
JUMP (Jack's Urban Meeting Place), 1000 W Myrtle St, Boise
Adjacent: a general technology festival inside Treefort Music Fest (March 31 to April 4, 2027), not security-focused; cybersecurity is one of several listed talk topics. The Hackfort pages state no ticket terms; Treefort sells festival passes from $153.37, so access is recorded as paid. Hackfort is a Treefort program, hence vendor_hosted. The call for submissions is open with no closing date shown.
ConfirmedConferencePaidVendor-hosted
Announced without a date, or expected from past editions. Not confirmed.
Announced by the organizer; date not yet published.
Boise Centre, Boise
Date TBAConferenceFreeVendor-hosted
Cottonwood Grill, Boise · In the city
Lunch meetings 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., about five or six a year from September to June; usually no December meeting
The chapter's pages state no admission fee; they ask attendees to RSVP for the lunch head count and list 1.5 CPE per meeting. The 2026 meetings so far were on the first Thursday of the month (the chapter does not publish a fixed rule). A members-only event closes the season in June.
Free
Cottonwood Grille, Boise (some events online) · In the city
Occasional CPE events; hybrid at Cottonwood Grille or online; next on November 3, 2026
The last in-person CPE event found was a hybrid session at Cottonwood Grille on January 21, 2026 (student $0, member $10, non-member $15). The chapter's event calendar lists one event after that, a virtual session on November 3, 2026 priced $10 for all registrants. The calendar page hides past events behind a filter, so other 2026 events may exist.
Quiet: last activity Jan 2026Paid
Boise (venues vary) · In the city
Irregular; no meeting announced
Meetings are listed on the chapter's Meetup page with no fee shown. The last listed meeting was a hangout at Payette Brewing on September 25, 2025; the one before it was on November 13, 2024. The owasp.org chapter page still links an older Meetup address that no longer exists, and OWASP's chapter status page showed no meetings in the last 365 days.
Quiet: last activity Sep 2025Free
Kiln, 1120 S Rackham Way, Meridian · Metro area
Occasional; no next date announced
Community-run meetup with lightning talks, food and networking; about 30 people attended on April 9, 2026. The event was listed on the Luma calendar of Amplify Security, whose chief executive was one of the co-hosts. No later meeting was found. The group also has a Discord server linked from the event page. The page shows no fee.
Quiet: last activity Apr 2026Free
Blue Cross of Idaho, 3000 East Pine Avenue, Meridian · Metro area
Wednesdays at 11:00 a.m., roughly every two months; no next date posted
Adjacent: a general Amazon Web Services user group, not security-focused, though its description includes securing workloads. Meetings in 2026 were April 22, June 24 and August 26; no later meeting was posted. The Meetup page shows no fee.
Free
Boise State University · In the city
Irregular; no meeting announced
Adjacent: a general AWS user group hosted by Boise State's School of Computing. Its fall 2025 meetups covered AI and security topics; the most recent listed meetup was November 12, 2025. One earlier event page says cost: free.
Quiet: last activity Nov 2025Free
| Directory | Result |
|---|---|
| 2600 Meetings | Local chapter: Idaho 2600 |
| CISA Regional Offices | Nearest: CISA Region 10 (Seattle); no public Boise events posted |
| Cloud Security Alliance | Nearest: CSA Seattle Chapter |
| Cyversity (formerly ICMCP) Chapters | Nearest: Cyversity Denver Chapter |
| DEF CON Groups | Nearest: DC801 (Salt Lake City); the DC208.1 Boise listing is in DEF CON's inactive groups archive |
| HTCIA | No chapter found |
| IAPP KnowledgeNet | Nearest: IAPP KnowledgeNet Salt Lake City |
| InfraGard Members Alliances | Local chapter: InfraGard Idaho Members Alliance |
| ISACA | Local chapter: ISACA Boise Chapter |
| ISC2 | Nearest: ISC2 Utah Chapter (Salt Lake City) |
| ISSA | Local chapter: Boise ISSA |
| NSA National Centers of Academic Excellence in Cybersecurity (NCAE-C) | Nearest: Boise State University (NCAE-C school; no student security club with a current public schedule was found; the College of Western Idaho Cyber Club is no longer in its club list) |
| OWASP | Local chapter: OWASP Boise |
| SANS Institute | Nearest: SANS Seattle 2027 |
| SecureWorld | Nearest: SecureWorld Seattle |
| Security BSides | Local chapter: BSides Boise |
| TOOOL (The Open Organisation Of Lockpickers) | No chapter found |
| WiCyS (Women in CyberSecurity) Professional Affiliates | Nearest: WiCyS Utah |
| Women's Society of Cyberjutsu (WSC) Chapters | No chapter found |
Numbered references for the listings on this page.