> cleveland, oh · verified sep 25, 2026
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Cleveland's security calendar is built around chapter meetings: Northeast Ohio ISSA holds weekday lunch talks in Brecksville, ISC2 Cleveland meets in the evening at TrustedSec in Fairlawn, and ISACA, IAPP and InfraGard run their own programs. The two community conferences are BSides Cleveland at Case Western Reserve University and the three-day Information Security Summit in Westlake each October.
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Sat, Sep 26, 2026 · 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.; after-party 7:00 to 10:00 p.m. at The Jolly Scholar
Tinkham Veale University Center, Case Western Reserve University, 11038 Bellflower Rd, Cleveland
General admission $10. Three talk tracks, villages including Quantum Village, and day-of CTFs; the CyberProAI CTF (10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.) can also be played online without registering for the conference. Street parking is free on Saturdays.
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Tue, Sep 29, 2026 · 5:30 to 8:00 p.m.
TrustedSec, 3485 Southwestern Blvd, Fairlawn · Metro area
Talk by Micah Silverman of Snyk on security practices for AI-assisted coding.
ConfirmedChapter meetingFree
Wed, Sep 30, 2026 · 12:00 to 1:00 p.m.
Online · Metro area
Presented by TrustedSec. Open to all HTCIA members.
ConfirmedChapter meetingMembers only
Thu, Oct 15, 2026 · 3:00 to 5:00 p.m.
Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association, 2nd floor, 1375 East 9th St, Cleveland
Panel on privacy and cryptocurrency. Register through the IAPP; the bar association hosts and provides food.
ConfirmedChapter meetingFree
Sat, Oct 24 to Sun, Oct 25, 2026 · Competition day October 24 from 8:00 a.m.; closing ceremonies October 25
Austin E. Knowlton Center, Baldwin Wallace University, 370 Front St, Berea · Metro area
Regional round of the Collegiate Penetration Testing Competition, hosted by Baldwin Wallace University. Only invited college teams compete.
ConfirmedCTFInvite only
Wed, Oct 28 to Fri, Oct 30, 2026 · Pre-conference training classes October 26 and 27, 2026
LaCentre Conference and Banquet Facility, 25777 Detroit Rd, Westlake · Metro area
Long-running Northeast Ohio conference with training, talks and a vendor floor. Early-bird pricing ended September 4, 2026. Local chapters, including Northeast Ohio ISSA and the CSA Northeast Ohio Chapter, promote or meet at it.
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Wed, Nov 4 to Fri, Nov 6, 2026
Columbus, OH · Regional
Presented by GuidePoint Security. Columbus is about 2 hours 15 minutes from Cleveland by car.
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Thu, Dec 10, 2026 · 5:30 to 9:45 p.m.
Cleveland; venue not yet posted
Networking dinner run by the events company GBI for security executives. Complimentary to professionals the organizer accepts.
ConfirmedMeetupFreeVetting requiredVendor-hosted
Fri, Jul 9, 2027 · 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.; after-party 5:00 to 7:00 p.m.
Rivers Casino, 777 Casino Dr, Pittsburgh, PA · Regional
Save-the-date only; the organizer lists the 2027 CFP and registration as not yet open. Pittsburgh is about 2 hours from Cleveland by car.
ConfirmedConferencePaid
Announced without a date, or expected from past editions. Not confirmed.
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
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Usually held in mid-April; the 11th edition was April 16 and 17, 2026. 2027 dates not yet announced
Cleveland State University College of Law, Cleveland
ExpectedConferencePaid
Usually held on a Friday in early May; the 2026 edition was May 1, 2026. 2027 dates not yet announced
Wadsworth (2026 venue: 201 Park Center Dr) · Metro area
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Statewide; in-person meetings rotate around Ohio, 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, about 90 miles south of Cleveland.
Members only
Cleveland; recent meetings at the Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association, 1375 East 9th St · In the city
Several afternoon meetings a year; dates are posted on the chapter page
Privacy professionals' chapter. The June 30, 2026 meeting was billed as Ohio's biggest privacy meeting, on keeping privilege during incident response. Registration is through the IAPP.
Free
Cleveland; venues vary · In the city
Chapter meetings and joint events with the Northeast Ohio IIA through the program year; the chapter calendar lists dates
IT audit, governance and security. The chapter opened its 2026 to 2027 year with a joint IIA, ISACA and FEI kick-off meeting and Guardians game on September 3, 2026, announced by co-host FEI Northeast Ohio. The chapter's own event calendar only loads in a browser; its announcements confirm a January 22, 2026 chapter meeting.
Paid
TrustedSec, 3485 Southwestern Blvd, Fairlawn · Metro area
Evening meetups, 5:30 to 8:00 p.m., about monthly; dates are posted on the chapter site
Fairlawn is next to Akron, about 35 miles south of downtown Cleveland. The August 25, 2026 meetup was at TrustedSec in Fairlawn.
Free
Creekside Restaurant, 8803 Brecksville Rd, Brecksville · Metro area
Roughly monthly lunch meetings, 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., usually on a Friday or Monday; dates are posted on the chapter site
The chapter site is served over http only. Meetings are vendor-sponsored lunch talks; register on the chapter site. The September 18, 2026 meeting was moved from August 10, 2026 after a power outage at the venue. No chapter meeting after September 18, 2026 was posted.
Free
Market Avenue Wine Bar, 2521 Market Ave, Ohio City · In the city
Irregular; no meeting announced
Reactivated in May 2024. The last dated in-person meetup was a prompt injection talk on October 16, 2025. The chapter page also lists an online OWASP Top 10 talk, promoted in May 2026, without a date.
Quiet: last activity Oct 2025Free
Northeast Ohio; venues vary (2026 events in Rocky River and at The Oak Barrel) · Metro area
Happy hours, workshops and conference meetups a few times a year; dates are posted on the WiCyS calendar
Headquartered in Cleveland. 2026 events so far: a resume workshop at the Rocky River Starbucks on March 5 and a happy hour at The Oak Barrel on April 2. No later event was posted.
Free
Cleveland; events around Northern Ohio · In the city
Quarterly member meetings, an annual Security Awareness Day each spring, and other conferences
Membership requires FBI vetting. The 2026 Security Awareness Day, run with ISACA and ISSA, was on May 1, 2026 at 201 Park Center Dr in Wadsworth; general admission was $65. The InfraGard site also lists a Q3 2026 event, AI, Cyber and the Human Factor, with no date shown.
Vetting requiredPaid
Cleveland · In the city
One-day annual conference, usually in the fall
Non-membership community group. The 2025 conference was October 18, 2025 at Ingenuity Cleveland; the 2024 conference was cancelled and replaced by a social at Happy Dog. The 2026 conference is September 26, 2026.
Quiet: last activity Oct 2025Paid
Cleveland; mostly online meetings · In the city
Irregular evening meetings, mostly online; no meeting announced
The most recent event was a chapter meetup at the Information Security Summit at LaCentre in Westlake on October 29, 2025. Earlier 2025 meetings were online.
Quiet: last activity Oct 2025Free
| Directory | Result |
|---|---|
| 2600 Meetings | Nearest: Youngstown 2600 (Denny's, 4020 Belmont Ave) |
| CISA Regional Offices | Nearest: CISA Region 5; no public Cleveland events posted |
| Cloud Security Alliance | Local chapter: Cloud Security Alliance Northeast Ohio Chapter |
| Cyversity (formerly ICMCP) Chapters | No chapter found |
| DEF CON Groups | Nearest: DC216 Cleveland (listed by DEF CON Groups; meets online only, no dated meetings found) |
| HTCIA | Local chapter: HTCIA Ohio Chapter |
| IAPP KnowledgeNet | Local chapter: IAPP KnowledgeNet Cleveland |
| InfraGard Members Alliances | Local chapter: Northern Ohio InfraGard Members Alliance |
| ISACA | Local chapter: ISACA Northeast Ohio Chapter |
| ISC2 | Local chapter: ISC2 Cleveland Chapter |
| ISSA | Local chapter: Northeast Ohio ISSA |
| NSA National Centers of Academic Excellence in Cybersecurity (NCAE-C) | Nearest: Lakeland Community College, Kirtland (CAE school; no public security club events found) |
| OWASP | Local chapter: OWASP Cleveland |
| SANS Institute | No chapter found |
| SecureWorld | Nearest: SecureWorld Detroit |
| Security BSides | Local chapter: BSides Cleveland |
| TOOOL (The Open Organisation Of Lockpickers) | No chapter found |
| WiCyS (Women in CyberSecurity) Professional Affiliates | Local chapter: WiCyS Northeast Ohio Affiliate |
| Women's Society of Cyberjutsu (WSC) Chapters | No chapter found |
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