> charleston, sc · verified oct 9, 2026
South Carolina
Charleston has a monthly infosec meetup at a brewery on the last Wednesday, a College of Charleston student cybersecurity club that meets twice a week in the semester, and an ISC2 chapter that meets online. BSides Charleston is held at the College of Charleston on November 7, 2026, and Simply Cyber Con follows on November 8 and 9 at Folly Beach.
Fri, Nov 6, 2026 · 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. (BBOT workshop 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.)
Beatty Center, College of Charleston, 5 Liberty St, Charleston
Two workshops: BBOT (Black Lantern Security OSINT tool) and Shark Bite, network traffic analysis with Google. The organizer describes its workshops as free training sessions with seats reserved by sign-up; each has a separate registration.
ConfirmedWorkshopFree
Sat, Nov 7, 2026 · Check-in 8:30 a.m., keynote 9:00 a.m.; closing time not posted
Beatty Center, College of Charleston, 5 Liberty St, Charleston
Keynote by Jason Gillam; the full talk schedule is not yet posted. Villages include lockpicking and a CTF run by HackSmarter Labs. Tickets are sold on a Zeffy page that could not be read, so the price is not confirmed; the College of Charleston reported free tickets for its students in 2025.
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Sun, Nov 8 to Mon, Nov 9, 2026 · Check-in 8:00 a.m. Sunday, November 8; ends 5:00 p.m. Monday, November 9
Tides Folly Beach, Folly Beach · Metro area
In-person general admission is $50 including breakfast and lunch; the virtual live stream of speaker tracks is free. Run by the Simply Cyber brand; this is its third year in the Charleston area. The conference hotel room block is open for Sunday to Tuesday nights.
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Tue, Nov 10, 2026 · 5:30 p.m.
Simons Center for the Arts, Room 281, College of Charleston
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingStudents only
Tue, Nov 17, 2026 · 5:30 p.m.
Simons Center for the Arts, Room 281, College of Charleston
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingStudents only
Tue, Nov 24, 2026 · 5:30 p.m.
Simons Center for the Arts, Room 281, College of Charleston
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingStudents only
Wed, Nov 25, 2026 · 7:00 p.m.
Frothy Beard Brewing Company, 1401 Sam Rittenberg Blvd, Charleston
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
Tue, Dec 1, 2026 · 5:30 p.m.
Simons Center for the Arts, Room 281, College of Charleston
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingStudents only
Tue, Dec 8, 2026 · 5:30 p.m.
Simons Center for the Arts, Room 281, College of Charleston
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingStudents only
Tue, Dec 15, 2026 · 5:30 p.m.
Simons Center for the Arts, Room 281, College of Charleston
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingStudents only
Tue, Dec 22, 2026 · 5:30 p.m.
Simons Center for the Arts, Room 281, College of Charleston
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingStudents only
Tue, Dec 29, 2026 · 5:30 p.m.
Simons Center for the Arts, Room 281, College of Charleston
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingStudents only
Wed, Dec 30, 2026 · 7:00 p.m.
Frothy Beard Brewing Company, 1401 Sam Rittenberg Blvd, Charleston
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
Tue, Jan 5, 2027 · 5:30 p.m.
Simons Center for the Arts, Room 281, College of Charleston
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingStudents only
Tue, Jan 12, 2027 · 5:30 p.m.
Simons Center for the Arts, Room 281, College of Charleston
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingStudents only
Tue, Jan 19, 2027 · 5:30 p.m.
Simons Center for the Arts, Room 281, College of Charleston
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingStudents only
Tue, Jan 26, 2027 · 5:30 p.m.
Simons Center for the Arts, Room 281, College of Charleston
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingStudents only
Wed, Jan 27, 2027 · 7:00 p.m.
Frothy Beard Brewing Company, 1401 Sam Rittenberg Blvd, Charleston
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
Tue, Feb 2, 2027 · 5:30 p.m.
Simons Center for the Arts, Room 281, College of Charleston
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingStudents only
Tue, Feb 9, 2027 · 5:30 p.m.
Simons Center for the Arts, Room 281, College of Charleston
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingStudents only
Tue, Feb 16, 2027 · 5:30 p.m.
Simons Center for the Arts, Room 281, College of Charleston
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingStudents only
Tue, Feb 23, 2027 · 5:30 p.m.
Simons Center for the Arts, Room 281, College of Charleston
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingStudents only
Wed, Feb 24, 2027 · 7:00 p.m.
Frothy Beard Brewing Company, 1401 Sam Rittenberg Blvd, Charleston
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
Tue, Mar 2, 2027 · 5:30 p.m.
Simons Center for the Arts, Room 281, College of Charleston
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingStudents only
Tue, Mar 9, 2027 · 5:30 p.m.
Simons Center for the Arts, Room 281, College of Charleston
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingStudents only
Tue, Mar 16, 2027 · 5:30 p.m.
Simons Center for the Arts, Room 281, College of Charleston
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingStudents only
Tue, Mar 23, 2027 · 5:30 p.m.
Simons Center for the Arts, Room 281, College of Charleston
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingStudents only
Tue, Mar 30, 2027 · 5:30 p.m.
Simons Center for the Arts, Room 281, College of Charleston
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingStudents only
Wed, Mar 31, 2027 · 7:00 p.m.
Frothy Beard Brewing Company, 1401 Sam Rittenberg Blvd, Charleston
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
Tue, Apr 6, 2027 · 5:30 p.m.
Simons Center for the Arts, Room 281, College of Charleston
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingStudents only
Tue, Apr 13, 2027 · 5:30 p.m.
Simons Center for the Arts, Room 281, College of Charleston
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingStudents only
Tue, Apr 20, 2027 · 5:30 p.m.
Simons Center for the Arts, Room 281, College of Charleston
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingStudents only
Tue, Apr 27, 2027 · 5:30 p.m.
Simons Center for the Arts, Room 281, College of Charleston
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingStudents only
Wed, Apr 28, 2027 · 7:00 p.m.
Frothy Beard Brewing Company, 1401 Sam Rittenberg Blvd, Charleston
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
Tue, May 25 to Thu, May 27, 2027
Myrtle Beach Sheraton & Convention Center, Myrtle Beach · Regional
Digital forensics and cybersecurity conference run by an events company, about 2 hours from Charleston. The organizer posts the 2027 date as save-the-date and registration pricing was not yet posted; the 2026 East edition was held June 2 to 4, 2026 in Myrtle Beach.
ConfirmedConferencePaidVendor-hosted
Announced without a date, or expected from past editions. Not confirmed.
Announced by the organizer; date not yet published.
Not yet announced (the 2025 edition, on October 29, 2025, was at Frothy Beard Brewing Co., Charleston)
Date TBAMeetupFree
Held October 29, 2025 during Cybersecurity Awareness Month; 2026 date not announced
Capers Hall, The Citadel, Charleston
ExpectedWorkshopStudents only
Held in April (April 11 to 13 in 2026); 2027 dates not yet announced
Trident Technical College, North Charleston · Metro area
ExpectedCTFInvite only
Held in Beaufort in spring in earlier years (March 2024, May 13 to 14, 2025, March 23, 2026); 2027 dates not yet announced
Beaufort · Regional
ExpectedSummitPaid
Online (Google Meet); chapter based in North Charleston · In the city
Monthly chapter meetings online; day and time vary (Friday 3:00 p.m. on August 21, 2026; Wednesday 6:00 p.m. on September 16, 2026)
Founded in March 2012. The chapter site says membership is free and you do not need to be an ISC2 member to join; joining puts you on the chapter email list. Meeting dates are posted on the chapter LinkedIn page. The August 21, 2026 date rests on the chapter's LinkedIn announcement and a going-live post, not a dated recap; a September 16, 2026 meeting was announced but no recap was found. The chapter's ISC2 events feed is members-only, which is not evidence of inactivity.
Free
Frothy Beard Brewing Company, 1401 Sam Rittenberg Blvd, Charleston · In the city
Last Wednesday of the month, 7:00 p.m. (Talks on Tap social); the group also lists monthly Hacker Talks and quarterly Hacker Workshops
Company and vendor neutral; all skill levels welcome. Meetings are in the back room past the bar and kitchen. Latest meetings: June 24, July 29, August 26 and September 30, 2026. The meetup page announces a Halloween Meetup Mashup with other local tech groups in October without a date or venue (see the event entry); the December meeting was held earlier than the last Wednesday in 2025.
Free
Statewide; regional meetups rotate (Charleston meetup at Blackbaud headquarters, Daniel Island, on May 14, 2026) · In the city
Regional meetups several times a year in different South Carolina cities; no fixed schedule
InfraGard membership requires FBI vetting. Past meetups: Greenville area (July and August 2025), Myrtle Beach (December 12, 2025), Aiken (February 26, 2026), Charleston (May 14, 2026) and the Upstate SC AI and Critical Infrastructure Summit in Boiling Springs (August 19, 2026). The calendar lists a Myrtle Beach meetup on May 8, 2027 as a placeholder; the organizer says the spring date is undetermined, so no event is listed.
Vetting requiredMembers only
Simons Center for the Arts, Room 281, College of Charleston · In the city
Tuesdays (general meetings) and Thursdays (Cyber Defense Team), 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. during fall and spring semesters; the club posts the dated list on its schedule page
Student-run, founded 2016, no experience required, with a Cyber Defense Team that competes in SECCDC, PCDC and CCDC events. The club calls itself open to everyone of any major and year; it reads as a College of Charleston student club, so ask on its Discord before visiting as a non-student. The fall 2026 schedule runs through December 3, 2026 and skips some weeks (no meeting on October 13, for example); the spring schedule is not posted.
Students only
Capers Hall, The Citadel, Charleston · In the city
Annual Cyber Village during Cybersecurity Awareness Month; no regular public meetings
The Citadel holds the NSA and DHS Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense Education designation, per its department page. The latest dated event found is Cyber Village on October 29, 2025 (free to Citadel students, faculty, staff and local STEM teachers, per The Citadel newsroom). The Citadel Cyber Club page says it meets tri-monthly but lists no dated meetings, so it is not listed as its own group.
Quiet: last activity Oct 2025Students only
Beatty Center, College of Charleston, 5 Liberty St, Charleston · In the city
Annual conference in early November, with workshops the evening before
A 501(c)(3) that has run BSides Charleston since 2012. The 2025 edition was held November 7 and 8, 2025 at the same venue (workshops on the organizer site; the College of Charleston newsroom reports the two days). Status is quiet only because the annual event has not yet been held in 2026; the 2026 edition is listed below.
Quiet: last activity Nov 2025Paid
Office Evolution, 460 King St, Suite 200, Charleston · In the city
Roughly monthly meetups on Tuesdays, 6:00 p.m., posted on Meetup
Adjacent: a general AWS and cloud community, not security-focused; latest talks were on student building and computer vision. Latest meetings: August 18 and September 8, 2026. The group's Charleston AWS Community Day on October 23, 2026 is a cloud and AI event and is not listed.
Free
Downtown Charleston venues, changes by event · In the city
Irregular Show & Tell nights, socials and hackathons posted on Meetup
Adjacent: a general tech and maker community, not security-focused. It organized the 2025 Halloween Meetup Mashup with the Charleston InfoSec Group. Latest meetings: August 11 and September 22, 2026. HarborHack 2026, a free software hackathon at the College of Charleston from October 23 to 25, 2026, is not a security event and is not listed.
Free
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