ASIS Chapter 41 Monthly Meeting
Wed, Nov 4, 2026 · 5:30 to 8:00 p.m.
Hamilton County Emergency Communications Center
Adjacent (physical security).
ConfirmedChapter meetingPaid
Ohio
Cincinnati, OH cybersecurity events & groups
Cincinnati's regular meetings come from the ISSA, ISACA and ISC2 Tri-State chapters, the CiNPA Security SIG on the third Thursday of each month, a lockpicking meetup at the Hive13 hackerspace, and student clubs at UC, Miami and Xavier. DC513 lists library meetings on November 11 and December 9, 2026 and January 6, 2027. The main community conference is Queen City Con, held downtown on November 13 to 15, 2026.
Start here
- CiNPA Security SIG: Free, technical monthly meeting open to anyone, with a published third-Thursday schedule.
- Cincy Locksport: Free hands-on lockpicking meetup for all skill levels at the Hive13 hackerspace.
- Queen City Con 0x4: Cleopatra's Cipher: Three-day community-run conference with talks, villages and a career village.
Six months at a glance
Datebook
November 2026
BSides Columbus 2026
Wed, Nov 4 to Fri, Nov 6, 2026
BrewDog Columbus, 96 Gender Rd, Canal Winchester, OH · Regional
Presented by GuidePoint Security. The conference details page names BrewDog Columbus as the venue; the registration page lists ticket options without prices on the page text. The site's FAQ still describes the 2023 edition.
ConfirmedConferencePaidVendor-hosted
Cyber@UC Speaking Event: Joel Fulton
Wed, Nov 4, 2026 · 6:00 p.m.
Clifton Court Hall 1120, University of Cincinnati
Talk by a career cyber professional and former CISO and CEO on the state of cybersecurity and corporate life. The GetInvolvedUC listing states no eligibility terms or fee; access follows the student club.
ConfirmedMeetupStudents only
Cyber@UC (University of Cincinnati)
Wed, Nov 11, 2026 · 6:00 p.m.
Clifton Court Hall, University of Cincinnati
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingStudents only
DC513 (DEF CON Group 513) Meeting
Wed, Nov 11, 2026 · Doors 6:00 p.m.; talks 6:30 to 7:30 p.m.
Cincinnati Public Library, Corryville Branch, 2802 Short Vine St, Cincinnati
The group's site lists the date in its schedule file and says meetings are usually the second Wednesday, subject to community room availability. It states no fee and describes itself as an independent local group.
ConfirmedMeetupFree
ISC2 Cincinnati Tri-State Chapter Meeting
Thu, Nov 12, 2026 · 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Dixie Terminal, Conference Room 1, 49 E Fourth St, Cincinnati
The chapter page states no fee.
ConfirmedChapter meetingFree
Queen City Con 0x4: Cleopatra's Cipher
Fri, Nov 13 to Sun, Nov 15, 2026
151 West Fifth Street, downtown Cincinnati (conference hotel: Hyatt Regency Cincinnati)
Run by Cannon Fodder Security Inc., a nonprofit. The agenda is published, with talks, labs, villages and a career village. Tickets are sold with early-bird pricing and discounted student tickets; the amounts are not shown on the pages. The site invites speakers through a call for papers and has a volunteer sign-up, with no closing date posted.
ConfirmedConferencePaid
Cyber@UC (University of Cincinnati)
Wed, Nov 18, 2026 · 6:00 p.m.
Clifton Court Hall, University of Cincinnati
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingStudents only
CiNPA Security SIG
Thu, Nov 19, 2026 · 6:30 p.m.
Intrust IT, 9850 Redhill Dr, Cincinnati
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
Cyber@UC (University of Cincinnati)
Wed, Nov 25, 2026 · 6:00 p.m.
Clifton Court Hall, University of Cincinnati
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingStudents only
December 2026
ISACA Greater Cincinnati Chapter Meeting: CIS Critical Controls IG1
Tue, Dec 1, 2026 · 5:30 to 8:00 p.m.
Greater Cincinnati; venue not yet posted
1 CPE. Topic and venue not posted. The page states no fee.
ConfirmedChapter meetingFree
ASIS Chapter 41 Monthly Meeting, Security Hall of Fame and Chapter Leaders Installation
Wed, Dec 2, 2026 · Time to be announced
Greater Cincinnati; venue not posted
Adjacent (physical security). The calendar lists the date with the time as tbd and states no price.
ConfirmedChapter meetingPaid
Cyber@UC Speaking Event: Matt Price
Wed, Dec 2, 2026 · 6:00 p.m.
Clifton Court Hall 1120, University of Cincinnati
Talk by a UC alumnus on early career life in cybersecurity. The GetInvolvedUC listing states no eligibility terms or fee; access follows the student club.
ConfirmedMeetupStudents only
Hack Red Con 2026
Fri, Dec 4, 2026 · 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Student Activity Center, 2100 S Floyd St, Louisville, KY · Regional
The organizer page lists December 4, 2026 with the venue address. It does not show ticket terms; access is a judgement call.
ConfirmedConferencePaid
Cyber@UC (University of Cincinnati)
Wed, Dec 9, 2026 · 6:00 p.m.
Clifton Court Hall, University of Cincinnati
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingStudents only
DC513 (DEF CON Group 513) Meeting
Wed, Dec 9, 2026 · Doors 6:00 p.m.; talks 6:30 to 7:30 p.m.
Cincinnati Public Library, Corryville Branch, 2802 Short Vine St, Cincinnati
The group's site lists the date in its schedule file and says meetings are usually the second Wednesday, subject to community room availability. It states no fee and describes itself as an independent local group.
ConfirmedMeetupFree
Cyber@UC (University of Cincinnati)
Wed, Dec 16, 2026 · 6:00 p.m.
Clifton Court Hall, University of Cincinnati
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingStudents only
CiNPA Security SIG
Thu, Dec 17, 2026 · 6:30 p.m.
Intrust IT, 9850 Redhill Dr, Cincinnati
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
Cyber@UC (University of Cincinnati)
Wed, Dec 23, 2026 · 6:00 p.m.
Clifton Court Hall, University of Cincinnati
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingStudents only
Cyber@UC (University of Cincinnati)
Wed, Dec 30, 2026 · 6:00 p.m.
Clifton Court Hall, University of Cincinnati
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingStudents only
January 2027
DC513 (DEF CON Group 513) Meeting
Wed, Jan 6, 2027 · Doors 6:00 p.m.; talks 6:30 to 7:30 p.m.
Cincinnati Public Library, Corryville Branch, 2802 Short Vine St, Cincinnati
The group's site lists the date in its schedule file and says meetings are usually the second Wednesday, subject to community room availability. It states no fee and describes itself as an independent local group.
ConfirmedMeetupFree
CiNPA Security SIG
Thu, Jan 21, 2027 · 6:30 p.m.
Intrust IT, 9850 Redhill Dr, Cincinnati
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
February 2027
CyberRisk CISO Dinner: Cincinnati
Thu, Feb 11, 2027
Cincinnati; venue not yet posted
Invitation-only vendor event for security leaders, listed on the CyberRisk Alliance events page with the date and no venue.
ConfirmedMeetupInvite onlyVendor-hosted
CiNPA Security SIG
Thu, Feb 18, 2027 · 6:30 p.m.
Intrust IT, 9850 Redhill Dr, Cincinnati
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
March 2027
CiNPA Security SIG
Thu, Mar 18, 2027 · 6:30 p.m.
Intrust IT, 9850 Redhill Dr, Cincinnati
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
April 2027
CiNPA Security SIG
Thu, Apr 15, 2027 · 6:30 p.m.
Intrust IT, 9850 Redhill Dr, Cincinnati
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
May 2027
BSidesDayton 2027
Sat, May 15, 2027 · 9:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Fairborn City Church, 206 W. Dayton-Yellow Springs Rd., Fairborn, OH · Regional
Volunteer-run; talks, villages and a CTF. Tickets are sold through the event site. Fairborn is about an hour north of Cincinnati.
ConfirmedConferencePaid
On the radar
Announced without a date, or expected from past editions. Not confirmed.
BearcatCTF 2027
Announced by the organizer; date not yet published.
1819 Innovation Hub, University of Cincinnati (2026 venue)
Date TBACTFFree
Central Ohio InfoSec Summit
Usually held in early June; the 2026 edition was June 8 to 10, 2026. 2027 dates not yet announced
Columbus, OH (Hilton Columbus Downtown in 2026) · Regional
ExpectedConferencePaid
Louisville Metro InfoSec Conference
Held September 11, 2026; 2027 dates not yet announced
Louisville, KY (Founders Union Building, University of Louisville Shelby Campus, in 2026) · Regional
ExpectedConferencePaid
NKU Cybersecurity Symposium
Cyber19 was held on Friday, October 16, 2026; 2027 dates not yet announced
Northern Kentucky University, Highland Heights, KY · Metro area
ExpectedConferencePaid
OCRI Symposium
Held October 16, 2024, October 1, 2025 and October 7, 2026; 2027 dates not yet announced
Digital Futures Building, University of Cincinnati (2026 venue)
ExpectedConferenceFree
Ohio Information Security Conference
Usually held in mid-March; the 2026 edition was March 11, 2026. 2027 dates not yet announced
Dayton, OH (Sinclair Conference Center in past years) · Regional
ExpectedConferencePaid
UC Cybersecurity Career Fair
The inaugural fair was held in late February 2026; 2027 dates not yet announced
University of Cincinnati (2026 fair at Nippert Stadium North Lounge)
ExpectedCareer fairStudents only
UK_CYBERCON
The 2026 edition was held on Wednesday, October 14, 2026; 2027 dates not yet announced
Lexington, KY (Singletary Center for the Arts in 2026) · Regional
ExpectedConferenceFree
Groups & associations
Professional associations
Cloud Security Alliance Ohio River Valley Chapter
Columbus (in person) and online via Zoom · Regional
Technical sessions most months on a Tuesday morning, 8:00 to 10:00 a.m., hybrid
The chapter covers Cincinnati, Columbus, Indianapolis and Louisville. Sessions meet in person in Columbus with a Zoom option, so Cincinnati members usually join online. The presentations list shows Data Governance in the Age of AI on October 13, 2026; no later session is listed.
Free
HTCIA Ohio Chapter
Statewide; the Q1 2026 member meeting was in Loveland, plus virtual lunch-and-learns · Metro area
Quarterly member meetings, periodic virtual lunch-and-learns, and an annual spring training conference at Salt Fork State Park
Digital forensics and cyber investigations. The 25th Salt Fork conference ran May 20 to 22, 2026 in Kimbolton, Ohio. The member calendar lists an Ohio Q3 meeting and a lunch and learn on October 21, 2026, both online; no record shows they were held.
Members only
ISACA Greater Cincinnati Chapter
Greater Cincinnati (venues vary; some meetings hybrid or online) · In the city
Chapter meetings roughly monthly, usually on a Tuesday; see the chapter events list
Registration is required; the chapter listings state no price. Last activity is the joint IIA/ISACA golf outing at Glenview Golf Course, July 17, 2026. The October 6, 2026 virtual meeting is no longer on the chapter list and no record shows it was held.
Free
ISC2 Cincinnati Tri-State Chapter
Dixie Terminal, 49 E Fourth St, Cincinnati · In the city
Second Thursday, 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., every other month (2026 dates: May, July, September, November)
The September 10, 2026 meeting was the annual member meeting. The chapter pages state no fee.
Free
ISSA Greater Cincinnati Chapter
Cincinnati (2026 meetings at Medpace, 5375 Medpace Way) · In the city
Chapter meetings roughly every other month, usually 4:00 to 6:00 p.m., plus workshops and socials; dates posted on the chapter events page
Serves Cincinnati, Dayton and Northern Kentucky. Latest event on the chapter list: Cyber on the River aboard BB Riverboats in Newport, KY, September 15, 2026. The list shows nothing dated after that. Meeting registration is open to non-members; membership is $120 per year ($55 for students).
Free
Hacker and grassroots groups
Cincy Locksport
Hive13, 2701 Spring Grove Ave, Cincinnati · In the city
Roughly monthly, Sunday afternoons 3:00 to 5:00 p.m.; each date is posted on Meetup
Recreational lockpicking and physical security; beginners welcome. The Meetup listings state no fee. The May 24 and June 21, 2026 meetings were cancelled. The group description says first Mondays, but 2026 meetings have been on Sunday afternoons.
Free
DC513 (DEF CON Group 513)
Cincinnati Public Library, Corryville Branch, 2802 Short Vine St, Cincinnati · In the city
Usually the second Wednesday of the month, subject to community room availability; doors 6:00 p.m., talks 6:30 to 7:30 p.m.
Independent local DEF CON group meeting at the Corryville Branch library. Its schedule file lists meetings on August 12, September 16 and October 14, 2026; no meeting is shown as held, so last_activity is the latest scheduled date. Listed as a group on the owner's decision of October 22, 2026. The group is not in the DEF CON group directory file.
Free
Inclusion and career communities
WiCyS University of Cincinnati Student Chapter
University of Cincinnati, Clifton campus · In the city
Several events a month during the semester; listed on GetInvolvedUC
Open to students in all majors; all genders welcome. GetInvolvedUC lists a guest speaker night on October 7, 2026 and a log analysis workshop on October 20, 2026; no record shows they were held.
Students only
Education and student groups
Cyber@UC (University of Cincinnati)
Clifton Court Hall, University of Cincinnati · In the city
Fall 2026 general body meetings Wednesdays at 6:00 p.m., Clifton Court Hall 1120; CTF team Mondays and labs Thursdays
Student club with its own CTF team; runs BearcatCTF each February. UC is an NSA CAE school. Latest event on its GetInvolvedUC listing: a resume review on September 9, 2026. The weekly rule covers the Fall 2026 semester only.
Students only
Miami University Cybersecurity Club
Benton Hall 207, Miami University, Oxford, OH · Metro area
Wednesdays 5:00 to 6:00 p.m. during the semester
Oxford is about 35 miles northwest of downtown Cincinnati. The club site posts the topic for each Fall 2026 meeting; the latest is Intro to Assembly on October 21, 2026.
Students only
Xavier University Cybersecurity Team
Xavier University, Cincinnati · In the city
Meets every Friday to prepare for competitions
Competition team at an NSA CAE school; the page reports its National Cyber League Fall 2025 ranking. No dated 2026 activity is posted.
Quiet: last activity Nov 2025Students only
Technical user groups
CiNPA Security SIG
Intrust IT, 9850 Redhill Dr, Cincinnati · In the city
Third Thursday of each month, 6:30 to 9:00 p.m.
Security special interest group of the Cincinnati Networking Professionals Association; technical talks and round-table discussion, with CPE credit. The October 15, 2026 meeting was an FBI speaker on cybersecurity investigations. The Meetup listings state no fee. The cinpa.org page is served over http only.
Free
Adjacent communities
ASIS Cincinnati Tri-State Chapter 41
Greater Cincinnati (host sites rotate) · In the city
Monthly chapter meeting, usually the fourth Wednesday at 11:30 a.m. (some evening meetings); dates on the chapter calendar
Adjacent: physical and corporate security professionals, not cybersecurity-focused. RSVP through the chapter; the calendar states no meeting prices. The latest meeting listed as held is September 23, 2026 at GE Aerospace in Evendale.
Paid
Hive13 Hackerspace
2701 Spring Grove Ave, Camp Washington, Cincinnati · In the city
Weekly Tuesday member meeting, often followed by a public talk
Adjacent: a general makerspace, not security-focused. It hosts Cincy Locksport and has hosted Linux and ham radio meetups. The site says the space is open by appointment; its latest dated post is a Tuesday talk announced for June 9, 2026.
Free
Directory checklist
9 of 19 national directories list a local chapter
| Directory | Result |
|---|---|
| 2600 Meetings | Local chapter: Cincinnati 2600 (Cinci2600) |
| CISA Regional Offices | Nearest: CISA Region 5; no public Cincinnati events posted |
| Cloud Security Alliance | Local chapter: Cloud Security Alliance Ohio River Valley Chapter |
| Cyversity (formerly ICMCP) Chapters | No chapter found |
| DEF CON Groups | Nearest: DC937 (DEF CON Group 937, Dayton) |
| HTCIA | Local chapter: HTCIA Ohio Chapter |
| IAPP KnowledgeNet | Nearest: IAPP KnowledgeNet Cincinnati (its chapter page lists no meetings) |
| InfraGard Members Alliances | No chapter found |
| ISACA | Local chapter: ISACA Greater Cincinnati Chapter |
| ISC2 | Local chapter: ISC2 Cincinnati Tri-State Chapter |
| ISSA | Local chapter: ISSA Greater Cincinnati Chapter |
| NSA National Centers of Academic Excellence in Cybersecurity (NCAE-C) | Local chapter: Cyber@UC (University of Cincinnati) |
| OWASP | Local chapter: OWASP Cincinnati |
| SANS Institute | No chapter found |
| SecureWorld | Nearest: SecureWorld Detroit |
| Security BSides | Local chapter: BSides Cincinnati |
| TOOOL (The Open Organisation Of Lockpickers) | No chapter found |
| WiCyS (Women in CyberSecurity) Professional Affiliates | Nearest: WiCyS Central Ohio Affiliate (Columbus) |
| Women's Society of Cyberjutsu (WSC) Chapters | No chapter found |
Dormant groups
3 groups with no public activity for 18 months or more; 2 possibly dormant
- BSides Cincinnati: last public activity Apr 2019 [S41] [S42] [S43]
- Cincinnati 2600 (Cinci2600): last public activity May 2017 [S44]
- InfraGard Cincinnati Members Alliance: Possibly dormant: last public activity Jun 2026 [S33] [S45]
- NKCyber (Northern Kentucky University): last public activity Oct 2023 [S46] [S47]
- OWASP Cincinnati: Possibly dormant: last public activity Nov 2025 [S48] [S49]
Field notes
- ISC2 Cincinnati Tri-State: the chapter home page says business meetings are in even months, but its 2026 Events page lists May, July, September and November. Follow the Events page.
- ISACA Greater Cincinnati lists its November 3 and December 1, 2026 meetings without a venue; the November 3 meeting is hybrid.
- ISSA Greater Cincinnati's own events page lists nothing dated after September 15, 2026.
- OWASP Cincinnati has not posted a meeting since November 20, 2025.
- BSides Cincinnati has not held a conference since 2018 and the BSides global directory marks it inactive; Queen City Con is the current community conference.
- DC513 (dc513.org) lists library meetings for November 11 and December 9, 2026 and January 6, 2027, but it is not in the DEF CON group directory file and no held meeting is shown. Confirm a date before attending.
- Cincy Locksport's group description says first Mondays, but its 2026 meetings have been Sunday afternoons at Hive13; check each Meetup listing.
- CSA Ohio River Valley sessions meet in person in Columbus with a Zoom option.
- The nearest DEF CON group in the directory files is DC937 in Dayton.
Sources
Numbered references for the listings on this page.
- S1https://asis-cincinnati.org/2026-calendar-of-events/
- S2https://www.bsidescolumbus.com/
- S3https://www.bsidescolumbus.com/conference-details
- S4https://campuslink.uc.edu/organization/cyber-at-uc
- S5https://cyberatuc.org/
- S6https://dc513.org/
- S7https://dc513.org/meetings.json
- S8https://www.infoseccincy.org/events.html
- S9https://queencitycon.org/
- S10https://whova.com/portal/registration/17UJlChW58zSYxrAOGb@/
- S11https://www.meetup.com/techlife-cincinnati/events/314502538/
- S12https://www.meetup.com/techlife-cincinnati/events/315259403/
- S13http://www.cinpa.org/security
- S14https://engage.isaca.org/greatercincinnatichapter/events/eventdescription?CalendarEventKey=84a8ff41-7991-4804-8f4c-019bb38fbe7d
- S15https://www.hackredcon.com/
- S16https://www.cyberriskalliance.com/events
- S17https://bsidesdayton.com/
- S18https://bearcatctf.io/
- S19https://www.centralohioissa.org/events/2026-coissa-infosec-summit
- S20https://www.louisvilleinfosec.com/
- S21https://www.nku.edu/informatics/events/cyber19/index.html
- S22https://www.ohiocyberrangeinstitute.org/events
- S23https://www.technologyfirst.org/Ohio-Information-Security-Conference
- S24https://www.uc.edu/news/articles/2026/03/uc-hosts-successful-inaugural-cybersecurity-career-fair.html
- S25https://its.uky.edu/UKCYBERCON
- S26https://orv-csa.org/presentations/
- S27https://orv-csa.org/events/
- S28https://www.htcia.org/ohio-htcia-salt-fork-conference/
- S29https://members.htcia.org/events
- S30https://engage.isaca.org/greatercincinnatichapter/events/calendar
- S31https://engage.isaca.org/greatercincinnatichapter/events/eventdescription?CalendarEventKey=837a7737-c255-47ec-816d-019daba8c05f&CommunityKey=b57cac6c-bceb-4248-b7b9-9d1210d3a6db
- S32https://www.infoseccincy.org/
- S33https://www.cincyissa.com/event-list
- S34https://www.cincyissa.com/about
- S35https://www.meetup.com/Cincy-Locksport/
- S36https://www.meetup.com/cincy-locksport/events/315980265/
- S37https://campuslink.uc.edu/organization/wicys-uc
- S38https://miamicyber.org/
- S39https://www.xavier.edu/cybersecurity-center/cybersecurity-team
- S40https://hive13.org/
- S41https://bsidescincy.org/
- S42https://bsidescincy.org/2019/06/03/thank_you/index.html
- S43https://bsides.org/contact/bsidescincinatti/
- S44https://groups.google.com/g/cinci2600
- S45https://www.infragardcincinnati.org/
- S46https://www.nkcyber.org/
- S47https://www.nku.edu/informatics/centers/cis/news-events/index.html
- S48https://www.meetup.com/owasp-cincinnati-meetup-group/events/?type=past
- S49https://github.com/OWASP/www-chapter-cincinnati/blob/master/index.md