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Sat, Nov 7, 2026 · 3:00 p.m.
Broward County Main Library, 100 S Andrews Ave, Fort Lauderdale · Metro area
Meetup page lists no fee and no further details.
ConfirmedMeetupFree
Florida
Hialeah, FL cybersecurity events & groups
No security group was found meeting inside Hialeah city limits, so local practitioners travel to Miami, Doral and Fort Lauderdale. HackMiami meets about twice a month on Saturday afternoons in Fort Lauderdale, ISSA South Florida meets on third Thursdays at rotating venues, and DCG305 holds Saturday socials around Miami-Dade. SANS Miami runs October 26 to 31, 2026 in Coral Gables, and BSides South Florida is announced for May 2027.
Start here
- HackMiami: Free, frequent hands-on meetups open to all skill levels.
- DCG305 (DEF CON Group Miami): Casual free Saturday socials, several of them in west Miami-Dade close to Hialeah.
- ISSA South Florida Chapter (SFISSA): Monthly evening talks on third Thursdays, listed on Meetup with each venue.
Six months at a glance
Datebook
November 2026
ISACA South Florida Inaugural Cyber Gala & Awards
Wed, Nov 18, 2026 · 7:00 to 11:00 p.m.
Zoo Miami, 12400 SW 152nd St, Miami · Metro area
Formal evening awards event with a coastal formal dress code; ticketed, ticket amounts not readable on the page. The award nomination deadline (October 11, 2026) has passed.
ConfirmedSummitPaid
ISSA South Florida November 2026 Monthly Meeting
Thu, Nov 19, 2026 · 6:00 p.m.
Venue to be announced on Meetup · Metro area
The Meetup page says the event "needs a location"; speakers and venue are marked to be determined. No fee is stated.
ConfirmedChapter meetingFree
December 2026
HackMiami Winter Hacker Fest
Sat, Dec 5, 2026 · 12:00 to 5:00 p.m.
Vista View Park, 4001 SW 142nd Ave, Davie · Metro area
Outdoor gathering at a park rather than the usual library venue. Meetup asks for pavilion and grill donations through an Eventbrite page that shows no ticket price; no fee is stated.
ConfirmedMeetupFree
ISSA South Florida Holiday Party
Thu, Dec 10, 2026 · 6:00 p.m.
Dave & Buster's, 3000 Oakwood Blvd, Hollywood · Metro area
Annual holiday party at Dave & Buster's in Hollywood. No fee is stated on the Meetup page. The chapter also co-presents the December 17, 2026 South Florida Cyber Community Holiday Party.
ConfirmedMeetupFree
South Florida Cyber Community Holiday Party & Toy Drive
Thu, Dec 17, 2026 · 6:00 to 10:00 p.m.
Museum of Discovery & Science, 401 SW 2nd St, Fort Lauderdale · Metro area
Social event presented together by ISACA South Florida, South Florida ISSA, ISC2 South Florida, AFCEA South Florida and SIM South Florida. Ticketed with a member rate; amounts are not readable on the page. Families are welcome.
ConfirmedMeetupPaid
January 2027
ISSA South Florida Chapter (SFISSA)
Thu, Jan 21, 2027 · 6:00 p.m.
Rotating campuses: FIU, Miami Dade College, Nova Southeastern, FAU, Broward College · Metro area
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
February 2027
ISSA South Florida Chapter (SFISSA)
Thu, Feb 18, 2027 · 6:00 p.m.
Rotating campuses: FIU, Miami Dade College, Nova Southeastern, FAU, Broward College · Metro area
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
NetDiligence Cyber Risk Summit Miami Beach 2027
Mon, Feb 22 to Wed, Feb 24, 2027
Miami Beach · Metro area
Adjacent: cyber risk and insurance conference run by NetDiligence. The page gives the dates but no venue name or price.
ConfirmedConferencePaidVendor-hosted
March 2027
ISSA South Florida Chapter (SFISSA)
Thu, Mar 18, 2027 · 6:00 p.m.
Rotating campuses: FIU, Miami Dade College, Nova Southeastern, FAU, Broward College · Metro area
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
April 2027
ISSA South Florida Chapter (SFISSA)
Thu, Apr 15, 2027 · 6:00 p.m.
Rotating campuses: FIU, Miami Dade College, Nova Southeastern, FAU, Broward College · Metro area
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
May 2027
Hemispheric Security Conference 2027
Thu, May 13 to Fri, May 14, 2027 · 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
FIU Student Academic Success Center, 11200 SW 8th St, Miami · Metro area
Adjacent: a national-security policy conference led by FIU's Jack D. Gordon Institute, with a cybersecurity and financial crimes track. Ticket prices are not readable on the Eventbrite page. The institute's own page now redirects elsewhere, so the Eventbrite listing run by the institute is the source.
ConfirmedConferencePaid
SecureWorld South Florida 2027
Thu, May 13, 2027
Margaritaville Hollywood Beach Resort, Hollywood · Metro area
Date and venue come from the organizer events list; the 2027 event page itself shows no date, so treat the date as not yet confirmed on the event page.
ConfirmedConferencePaidVendor-hosted
On the radar
Announced without a date, or expected from past editions. Not confirmed.
BSides South Florida 2027
Announced by the organizer; date not yet published.
Marriott Harbor Beach Resort & Spa, Fort Lauderdale · Metro area
Date TBAConferencePaid
HackMiami Conference 2027
Usually held in mid-May at Marenas Beach Resort, Sunny Isles Beach (May 12 to 16, 2026); 2027 dates not yet announced
Sunny Isles Beach · Metro area
ExpectedConferencePaid
Secure Miami 2027
Usually held in early May at FIU (May 5, 2026; May 7, 2025); 2027 date not yet announced
FIU Modesto Maidique Campus, Miami · Metro area
ExpectedConferenceFreeVendor-hosted
The Official Cybersecurity Summit: South Florida
Usually held in spring (April 30, 2026 and March 27, 2025 at The Diplomat Beach Resort, Hollywood); 2027 date not yet announced
Hollywood · Metro area
ExpectedSummitPaidVetting requiredVendor-hosted
Groups & associations
Professional associations
ISACA South Florida Chapter
Miami, Fort Lauderdale and online · Metro area
No regular meeting night; annual WOW! conference in February, online trainings and programs, special events
The 19th WOW! conference was held February 27, 2026 at Nova Southeastern University in Davie. Last activity is the online Incident Response Blitz exercise scheduled for October 21, 2026; the chapter page gives no after-event report, so the event is treated as held because no cancellation was found. Listed ahead: a virtual CRISC course, the Cyber Gala and the December holiday party.
FreePaid
ISC2 South Florida Chapter
Miami area and online · Metro area
No regular meeting night; paid online certification trainings and occasional in-person networking events
Most 2026 programming is paid virtual training delivered with a training company. The last in-person chapter event found was the holiday networking event at The Citadel, Miami, on December 17, 2025. The most recent event, a virtual Certified AI Security Practitioner course, ran September 28 to 30, 2026; the events page lists nothing after it. Co-presents the South Florida Cyber Community Holiday Party on December 17, 2026.
Members onlyPaid
ISSA South Florida Chapter (SFISSA)
Rotating campuses: FIU, Miami Dade College, Nova Southeastern, FAU, Broward College · Metro area
Third Thursday of the month, 6:00 to 8:00 p.m., followed by networking; December holiday party instead
The venue changes every month and is posted on Meetup; the November 19, 2026 venue is not yet listed ("Needs a location"). The October 15, 2026 meeting was held at Palm Beach State College, Lake Worth Beach, and the chapter held its conference and Hack the Flag in Boca Raton on September 18, 2026. Neither the sfissa.org meetings page nor Meetup states a fee.
Free
Hacker and grassroots groups
DCG305 (DEF CON Group Miami)
Rotating venues in Miami-Dade (Doral, Kendall, Midtown Miami, Miami Gardens) · Metro area
Saturday socials at 2:00 p.m., roughly every five to eight weeks; no next date posted
Recent venues include 100 Montaditos at International Mall (1455 NW 107th Ave), the closest regular security meetup to Hialeah. Meetup lists no event after August 22, 2026. Meetup page states no fee.
Free
HackMiami
Broward County Main Library, Fort Lauderdale · Metro area
Saturday afternoons, usually 3:00 p.m., about twice a month; dates posted on Meetup
Also runs the annual HackMiami conference in Sunny Isles Beach. Meetups have no fixed weekday rule; check Meetup for each date. Held meetups on October 3 and October 17, 2026 at the Broward County Main Library.
Free
The Miami Cyber Gang (TMCG)
Miami (Wynwood and other venues) · Metro area
Occasional gatherings, dinners and hackathons; no next date posted
Community run by Flamingo AI, a security software company. The April 29, 2026 event was an invitation-only private dinner (Luma page); the last open events were a gathering on August 14, 2025 and a hackathon with Miami Dade College at The DOCK on November 21, 2025. The events page lists no event dated after April 29, 2026.
FreeInvite onlyVendor-hosted
Inclusion and career communities
Cyversity South Florida Chapter
Miami, Fort Lauderdale and Palm Beach County · Metro area
No regular schedule; chapter meetings held at regional conferences
Cyversity was formerly ICMCP. Its most recent meeting found was an open chapter meeting at SecureWorld South Florida in Hollywood on May 21, 2026.
Free
WiCyS Florida Affiliate
Statewide; mostly online, with occasional meetups in Fort Lauderdale and Miami · Metro area
Irregular evening online sessions; booths at South Florida conferences
Most sessions are online. The last in-person meetup found was a brunch held in Fort Lauderdale/Miami, Tampa and Pensacola on August 17, 2025.
Free
Public-private and government
InfraGard South Florida Members Alliance
South Florida (FBI Miami field office area) · Metro area
No regular schedule; no events were on the chapter calendar on October 23, 2026
Membership requires FBI vetting. The latest meeting on the chapter's events calendar was held during SecureWorld South Florida at the Margaritaville Hollywood on April 17, 2025. The site owner confirmed the chapter is active (September 27, 2026).
Vetting required
Education and student groups
Miami Dade College Cybersecurity Center of the Americas and student clubs
MDC North, Wolfson and Padrón campuses, Miami · Metro area
Campus clubs meet during the academic year; the center hosts occasional public hackathons
NSA CAE in Cyber Defense. Clubs: Wolfson, North and Padrón Cybersecurity Clubs and a Women in Cybersecurity Club; the student engagement page says club meetings are virtual and lists only the National Cyber League Fall 2026 season, undated, under its events heading. The April 10, 2026 hackathon at North Campus was free and open to all students (pre-registration required). MDC has a Hialeah campus, but no cybersecurity club there was found.
Quiet: last activity Apr 2026Students only
Conference series
BSides South Florida
Marriott Harbor Beach Resort & Spa, Fort Lauderdale · Metro area
Annual one-day conference in spring
Run by a local non-profit. The 2026 edition was held May 8, 2026 at the Marriott Harbor Beach Resort in Fort Lauderdale; the 2027 edition is announced for May 2027 at the same venue.
Paid
SecureWorld South Florida
Margaritaville Hollywood Beach Resort, Hollywood · Metro area
Annual one-day conference in spring
Commercial conference produced by SecureWorld. The 2026 edition was May 21, 2026; the 2025 edition was April 17, 2025. The 2027 edition is listed for May 13, 2027.
PaidVendor-hosted
events.secureworld.io/details/south-florida-2026 [S13] [S37]
Training
SANS Institute training events (Miami area)
Hyatt Regency Coral Gables · Metro area
One or two multi-day training events a year in Coral Gables
Commercial training run by the SANS Institute. SANS DFIRCON Miami 2025 (November 16 to 22, 2025, Coral Gables) is known only from an event listing that GovEvents carries.
Quiet: last activity Nov 2025PaidVendor-hosted
sans.org/cyber-security-training-events/miami-2… [S38] [S39]
Technical user groups
AI Security Engineers - Miami
Miami Dade College Wolfson Campus and other Miami venues · Metro area
About monthly, mixing evening in-person talks in Miami with online sessions; no next date posted
Local chapter of the global AI Security Engineers community. Has co-hosted with HackMiami. Some sessions are online-only; the last in-person talk was September 23, 2026 at Miami Dade College Wolfson Campus. Meetup lists no event after it and states no fee.
Free
Directory checklist
12 of 19 national directories list a local chapter
| Directory | Result |
|---|---|
| 2600 Meetings | Nearest: 2600 Boca Raton |
| CISA Regional Offices | Nearest: CISA Region 4 |
| Cloud Security Alliance | Nearest: CSA South Florida Chapter |
| Cyversity (formerly ICMCP) Chapters | Local chapter: Cyversity South Florida Chapter |
| DEF CON Groups | Local chapter: DCG305 (DEF CON Group Miami) |
| HTCIA | Nearest: HTCIA Florida Chapter |
| IAPP KnowledgeNet | Nearest: IAPP KnowledgeNet Florida South |
| InfraGard Members Alliances | Local chapter: InfraGard South Florida Members Alliance |
| ISACA | Local chapter: ISACA South Florida Chapter |
| ISC2 | Local chapter: ISC2 South Florida Chapter |
| ISSA | Local chapter: ISSA South Florida Chapter (SFISSA) |
| NSA National Centers of Academic Excellence in Cybersecurity (NCAE-C) | Local chapter: Miami Dade College Cybersecurity Center of the Americas and student clubs |
| OWASP | Local chapter: OWASP South Florida |
| SANS Institute | Local chapter: SANS Institute training events (Miami area) |
| SecureWorld | Local chapter: SecureWorld South Florida |
| Security BSides | Local chapter: BSides South Florida |
| TOOOL (The Open Organisation Of Lockpickers) | Nearest: TOOOL Orlando (ORL) |
| WiCyS (Women in CyberSecurity) Professional Affiliates | Local chapter: WiCyS Florida Affiliate |
| Women's Society of Cyberjutsu (WSC) Chapters | No chapter found |
Dormant groups
1 group with no public activity for 18 months or more
- OWASP South Florida: last public activity Sep 2024 [S41]
Field notes
- No security group was found meeting inside Hialeah city limits. The closest regular meetups are DCG305 socials in Doral and Kendall and the Miami Dade College North Campus events; most groups meet in Miami or Fort Lauderdale.
- ISSA South Florida rotates its monthly meeting among FIU, Miami Dade College, Nova Southeastern, FAU, Broward College and Palm Beach State College. Check its Meetup page for each month's venue; the November 19, 2026 venue is not yet posted.
- DCG305 and AI Security Engineers - Miami have no meeting posted after August 22, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.
- OWASP South Florida's Meetup group no longer exists and no meeting has been found since September 19, 2024.
- The site owner believes OWASP South Florida has been replaced by OWASP Tampa, which posts on Facebook at facebook.com/owasptampa.
- S4 (S4x27, February 8 to 11, 2027) and BSidesICS/OT 2027 have moved from Miami Beach to Tampa, so they are not listed here.
- Secure Miami offers free in-person seats only to staff of non-vendor organizations; vendors can join the free livestream.
- ISC2 South Florida's 2026 events are paid virtual courses; its chapter calendar lists no in-person meeting since December 17, 2025.
Sources
Numbered references for the listings on this page.
- S1https://www.meetup.com/hackmiami/events/316489029/
- S2https://tickets.joinshowup.io/event/inaugural-cyber-gala-awards-isaca-south-florida-3fvn0l
- S3https://engage.isaca.org/southfloridachapter/events/calendar
- S4https://www.meetup.com/south-florida-issa-chapter/events/314336919/
- S5https://www.meetup.com/hackmiami/events/316245755/
- S6https://www.eventbrite.com/e/winter-hacker-fest-tickets-1998693808986
- S7https://www.meetup.com/south-florida-issa-chapter/events/314337168/
- S8https://tickets.joinshowup.io/event/holiday-party-toy-drive-south-florida-cyber-comm-naoswd
- S9https://www.sfissa.org/upcoming-meetings/
- S10https://www.meetup.com/south-florida-issa-chapter/
- S11https://netdiligence.com/conferences/cyber-risk-summit-miami-beach-2027/
- S12https://www.eventbrite.com/e/12th-annual-hemispheric-security-conference-hsc-tickets-1992434104040
- S13https://www.secureworld.io/events
- S14https://www.secureworld.io/events/south-florida-2027
- S15https://bsidessouthflorida.org/
- S16https://hackmiami.com/
- S17https://www.securemiami.com/
- S18https://cyberriskalliance.swoogo.com/s-florida-april-2026
- S19https://www.isc2chapter-southflorida.org/events
- S20https://www.meetup.com/dcg305/
- S21https://forum.defcon.org/node/231651
- S22https://www.meetup.com/hackmiami/
- S23https://www.hackmiami.org/
- S24https://www.tmcg.miami/
- S25https://luma.com/vydus61d
- S26https://luma.com/3ii3rbvs
- S27https://www.cyversity.org/south-florida-chapter
- S28https://events.secureworld.io/agenda/south-florida-2026/?speaker=yuri-soldatenkov
- S29https://www.wicys.org/wicys-florida-affiliate/
- S30https://www.wicys.org/event/wicys-florida-and-latina-affiliates-the-unspoken-weight-of-being-a-woman-in-cyber/
- S31https://www.infragardsofl.org/
- S32https://www.infragardsofl.org/events-meetings/
- S33https://www.mdc.edu/cybersecurity/student-engagement/
- S34https://news.mdc.edu/pressrelease/miami-dade-college-to-host-cybersecurity-hackathon-on-april-10/
- S35https://luma.com/piiv5rhi
- S36https://bsidessouthflorida.org/front-page/
- S37https://events.secureworld.io/details/south-florida-2026/
- S38https://www.sans.org/cyber-security-training-events/miami-2026
- S39https://www.govevents.com/details/92641/sans-dfircon-miami-2025/
- S40https://www.meetup.com/ai-security-engineers-miami/
- S41https://owasp.org/www-chapter-south-florida/