ISC2 Kansas City Chapter
Wed, Nov 4, 2026 · 6:30 p.m.
Black & Veatch, 11401 Lamar Ave, Overland Park, KS · Metro area
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
Missouri
Kansas City, MO cybersecurity events & groups
Kansas City's security community centers on SecKC, a free monthly hacker meetup at Knuckleheads Garage, alongside monthly chapter meetings from ISSA, ISACA, ISC2 and Women in Security Kansas City, a first-Friday 2600 meeting in Overland Park and a weekly student club at Johnson County Community College. BSidesKC runs each April at Kansas City Kansas Community College, and vendor conferences (the Kansas City Cyber Conference, SecureWorld, FutureCon) fill out the year on both sides of the state line.
Start here
- SecKC: Free, open monthly meetup with talks and a large regular crowd; no membership needed.
- ISC2 Kansas City Chapter: Free monthly evening meeting with food and discussion; no dues and no certification required.
- BSidesKC: The local community conference, set for April 24, 2027.
Six months at a glance
Datebook
November 2026
Kansas City Cyber Security Conference 2026
Wed, Nov 4, 2026 · 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Overland Park Convention Center, 6000 College Blvd, Overland Park, KS · Metro area
Single-day event for IT executives run by EFM Events. Time comes from the organizer's page markup.
ConfirmedConferencePaidVendor-hosted
ASIS Greater Kansas City November 2026 Chapter Meeting: Overcoming the Challenges of an International Soccer Event
Thu, Nov 5, 2026 · 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.
Sporting Park, 1 Sporting Way, Kansas City, KS · Metro area
Adjacent (physical security). Registration fee $35.
ConfirmedChapter meetingPaid
Greater Kansas City 2600
Fri, Nov 6, 2026 · 6:00 p.m.
Barnes & Noble cafe, Oak Park Mall, Overland Park, KS · Metro area
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
SecKC November 2026
Tue, Nov 10, 2026 · 5:00 to 9:00 p.m.
Knuckleheads Garage, 701 N Montgall Ave, Kansas City, MO
In person at Knuckleheads. Agenda posted: AI-driven attacks at the kernel level (Wes Peck) and "MO votes, MO problems" (Mick Baccio).
ConfirmedMeetupFree
WiSKC November 2026 Meeting: end of year social and elections
Wed, Nov 18, 2026 · 5:30 to 7:00 p.m.
Plaza Provisions at the Cascade Hotel, 4620 Wornall Rd, Kansas City, MO
End-of-year social and annual elections, sponsored by Optiv. The calendar does not state a fee; WiSKC meetings are otherwise free.
ConfirmedMeetupFree
December 2026
ISC2 Kansas City Chapter
Wed, Dec 2, 2026 · 6:30 p.m.
Black & Veatch, 11401 Lamar Ave, Overland Park, KS · Metro area
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
Greater Kansas City 2600
Fri, Dec 4, 2026 · 6:00 p.m.
Barnes & Noble cafe, Oak Park Mall, Overland Park, KS · Metro area
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
SecKC December 2026
Tue, Dec 8, 2026 · 5:00 to 9:00 p.m.
Knuckleheads Garage, 701 N Montgall Ave, Kansas City, MO
In person at Knuckleheads. The agenda is a template with speakers to be announced.
ConfirmedMeetupFree
AWS Kansas City User Group: AWSome Holiday joy
Mon, Dec 14, 2026 · 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.
Tallboyz Garage, 7925 Marty St, Overland Park, KS · Metro area
Adjacent (general cloud user group); a holiday social with short AWS talks, not security focused.
ConfirmedMeetupFree
January 2027
Greater Kansas City 2600
Fri, Jan 1, 2027 · 6:00 p.m.
Barnes & Noble cafe, Oak Park Mall, Overland Park, KS · Metro area
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
ISC2 Kansas City Chapter
Wed, Jan 6, 2027 · 6:30 p.m.
Black & Veatch, 11401 Lamar Ave, Overland Park, KS · Metro area
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
February 2027
ISC2 Kansas City Chapter
Wed, Feb 3, 2027 · 6:30 p.m.
Black & Veatch, 11401 Lamar Ave, Overland Park, KS · Metro area
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
Greater Kansas City 2600
Fri, Feb 5, 2027 · 6:00 p.m.
Barnes & Noble cafe, Oak Park Mall, Overland Park, KS · Metro area
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
March 2027
ISC2 Kansas City Chapter
Wed, Mar 3, 2027 · 6:30 p.m.
Black & Veatch, 11401 Lamar Ave, Overland Park, KS · Metro area
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
Greater Kansas City 2600
Fri, Mar 5, 2027 · 6:00 p.m.
Barnes & Noble cafe, Oak Park Mall, Overland Park, KS · Metro area
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
April 2027
Greater Kansas City 2600
Fri, Apr 2, 2027 · 6:00 p.m.
Barnes & Noble cafe, Oak Park Mall, Overland Park, KS · Metro area
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
ISC2 Kansas City Chapter
Wed, Apr 7, 2027 · 6:30 p.m.
Black & Veatch, 11401 Lamar Ave, Overland Park, KS · Metro area
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
SecureWorld Kansas City 2027
Thu, Apr 15, 2027
Overland Park Convention Center, Overland Park, KS · Metro area
SecureWorld's event list shows Kansas City, KS 2027 on April 15, 2027 at the Overland Park Convention Center. The event's own page does not show the date, and no tickets or agenda are posted yet.
ConfirmedConferencePaidVendor-hosted
BSidesKC 2027
Sat, Apr 24, 2027
Kansas City Kansas Community College, 7250 State Ave, Kansas City, KS · Metro area
The call for papers page still shows the 2026 timeline (opened January 14, closed March 25, 2026); 2027 CFP dates are not posted. The home page lists April 24, 2027 as the date.
ConfirmedConferencePaid
June 2027
FutureCon Kansas City Cybersecurity Conference 2027
Thu, Jun 10, 2027
Marriott Kansas City Overland Park, 10800 Metcalf Ave, Overland Park, KS · Metro area
Hybrid one-day conference run by FutureCon Events, with up to 10 CPE credits. The 2026 edition was June 11, 2026.
ConfirmedConferencePaidVendor-hosted
On the radar
Announced without a date, or expected from past editions. Not confirmed.
Hobocon 3
Announced by the organizer; date not yet published.
On a train from Kansas City; route not announced
Date TBAConferencePaid
KU Cybersecurity Intelligence Conference 2027
Held March 31 to April 1, 2026; 2027 dates not announced
KU Conference Center, 815 Farmbrough Drive, Lawrence, KS · Regional
ExpectedConferencePaid
Groups & associations
Professional associations
Cloud Security Alliance Kansas City Chapter
Kansas City metro · Metro area
Irregular; no meeting announced
The chapter website still shows a 2020 meeting schedule and its Eventbrite organizer page lists no events. The most recent meeting found is the chapter's own Eventbrite listing for a September 23, 2025 roundtable at Coach's Bar & Grill in Overland Park. The TechKC directory still lists the chapter as active but shows no dated meeting.
Quiet: last activity Sep 2025Free
ISACA Greater Kansas City Chapter
Training Umbrella, 10551 Barkley St, Overland Park, KS, and Zoom · Metro area
Chapter meetings roughly monthly on Thursdays, hybrid in person and on Zoom; SheLeadsTech KC lunches separately
Audit, governance and risk focus with CPE credit. The October 8, 2026 meeting cost $40 in person or $15 online. A November 12, 2026 chapter meeting is listed on the chapter calendar but marked on hold, so it is not listed here.
Paid
ISC2 Kansas City Chapter
Black & Veatch, 11401 Lamar Ave, Overland Park, KS · Metro area
Usually the first Wednesday of the month, 6:30 p.m. (sign-in from 6:15)
No dues and no ISC2 certification needed; meetings include free food and a discussion topic, and the chapter submits CPEs for credentialed members. The chapter says meetings are usually on first Wednesdays, so check the home page for each month's date.
Free
ISSA Greater Kansas City Chapter
Varies; September 2026 meeting at Trezo Mare, 4105 N Mulberry Dr, Kansas City, MO · In the city
Monthly chapter meeting, usually a weekday lunch; venues rotate; no future meeting posted
The September 24, 2026 meeting listed $0.00 non-member registration. Some meetings are Zoom only (June 25, 2026 had both a Zoom and an in-person session).
Free
Hacker and grassroots groups
Greater Kansas City 2600
Barnes & Noble cafe, Oak Park Mall, Overland Park, KS · Metro area
First Friday of the month, 6:00 p.m.
Informal meeting in the bookstore coffee shop; bring stories and projects.
Free
SecKC
Knuckleheads Garage, 701 N Montgall Ave, Kansas City, MO · In the city
Monthly, usually a Tuesday evening from 5:00 p.m.; dates are posted on the SecKC events page
Kansas City's longest-running monthly security meetup, run by a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. It also organizes Hobocon, a hacker conference held on a train, and hosted the August 11, 2026 KC Cybersecurity Community Expo with other local groups.
Free
TOOOL Kansas City (KCC)
Knuckleheads Garage, Kansas City, MO (with SecKC) · In the city
Meets monthly with SecKC, second Tuesday of the month at Knuckleheads Garage
TOOOL's meetings map lists the Kansas City chapter as meeting monthly with SecKC; its last activity is taken from SecKC's October 13, 2026 meeting. There is no separate TOOOL calendar.
Free
Inclusion and career communities
WiCyS Kansas City Metroplex Affiliate
Kansas City metro (Kansas and Missouri) · In the city
Irregular; mostly joint events with WiSKC, ISSA KC and local conferences
The affiliate's own events calendar was empty on September 27, 2026. Its recent activity is as a partner: the joint WiSKC, ISSA and WiCyS meeting on March 26, 2026, the joint chapter meeting at SecureWorld Kansas City on May 13, 2026, and the August 11, 2026 community expo.
Free
Women in Security - Kansas City (WiSKC)
Centriq, 1740 W 92nd St, Kansas City, MO · In the city
Monthly meeting, usually a Wednesday at 5:30 or 6:00 p.m.; joint events with other local groups
Networking, local job openings and a speaker at each meeting. 2026 meetings included joint events with ISSA KC and WiCyS Kansas City (March 26) and ISC2 KC (July 8). Meetings with sponsors such as Optiv and Arctic Wolf are listed on the calendar.
Free
Education and student groups
JCCC Cybersecurity Club
Johnson County Community College, Overland Park, KS (rooms RC 183 and RC 232) · Metro area
Weekly during the semester; fall 2026 meetings are Wednesdays at 4:00 p.m. in room RC 183 (RC 232 in September), scheduled through December 9, 2026
Student club at an NSA/DHS CAE community college; covers security news and tools and leads JCCC's National Cyber League teams. Meeting listings say all are welcome. Spring 2026 meetings were on Tuesdays, so check the club page each term.
Free
jccc.campuslabs.com/engage/organization/cyberse… [S32] [S33]
Conference series
BSidesKC
Kansas City Kansas Community College, 7250 State Ave, Kansas City, KS · Metro area
Annual conference each April
Community-run conference with talks, workshops and villages. 2026 tickets were $40 on Humanitix. The 2027 edition is set for April 24, 2027.
Paid
SecureWorld Kansas City
Overland Park Convention Center, Overland Park, KS · Metro area
Annual one-day conference; May 13 in 2026, April 15, 2027 on the organizer's event list
Commercial conference series; the 14th Kansas City edition was May 13, 2026. Local chapters (ISSA, WiCyS, ISC2, ISACA, InfraGard) take part as association partners.
PaidVendor-hosted
events.secureworld.io/details/kansas-city-ks-20… [S35] [S36]
Adjacent communities
Amazon Web Services Kansas City User Group
Brew Lab KC / Tallboyz Garage, 7925 Marty St, Overland Park, KS · Metro area
Irregular evening meetups, several a year
Adjacent: a general AWS cloud user group, not security focused. It was a partner organization at SecKC's August 11, 2026 community expo.
Free
ASIS International Greater Kansas City Chapter
Varies across the metro · Metro area
Monthly lunch meetings; annual Physical Security Technology Showcase
Adjacent: physical and corporate security, not cybersecurity focused. The 2026 Physical Security Technology Showcase was May 28, 2026.
Paid
Directory checklist
13 of 19 national directories list a local chapter
| Directory | Result |
|---|---|
| 2600 Meetings | Local chapter: Greater Kansas City 2600 |
| CISA Regional Offices | Nearest: CISA Region 7 office (Kansas City); no public events posted |
| Cloud Security Alliance | Local chapter: Cloud Security Alliance Kansas City Chapter |
| Cyversity (formerly ICMCP) Chapters | Nearest: Cyversity North Texas Chapter |
| DEF CON Groups | Local chapter: DC816 (DEF CON Group Kansas City) |
| HTCIA | Nearest: HTCIA Minnesota Chapter |
| IAPP KnowledgeNet | Nearest: IAPP KnowledgeNet Kansas City Metro Area (chapter page lists no scheduled or past meetings) |
| InfraGard Members Alliances | Local chapter: InfraGard Kansas City Members Alliance |
| ISACA | Local chapter: ISACA Greater Kansas City Chapter |
| ISC2 | Local chapter: ISC2 Kansas City Chapter |
| ISSA | Local chapter: ISSA Greater Kansas City Chapter |
| NSA National Centers of Academic Excellence in Cybersecurity (NCAE-C) | Local chapter: JCCC Cybersecurity Club |
| OWASP | Local chapter: OWASP Kansas City |
| SANS Institute | Nearest: SANS Chicago 2027 |
| SecureWorld | Local chapter: SecureWorld Kansas City |
| Security BSides | Local chapter: BSidesKC |
| TOOOL (The Open Organisation Of Lockpickers) | Local chapter: TOOOL Kansas City (KCC) |
| WiCyS (Women in CyberSecurity) Professional Affiliates | Local chapter: WiCyS Kansas City Metroplex Affiliate |
| Women's Society of Cyberjutsu (WSC) Chapters | Nearest: Women's Society of Cyberjutsu Omaha |
Dormant groups
3 groups with no public activity for 18 months or more
- DC816 (DEF CON Group Kansas City): last public activity Apr 2012 [S40] [S41]
- InfraGard Kansas City Members Alliance: last public activity Dec 2022 [S42] [S43]
- OWASP Kansas City: last public activity Apr 2024 [S44] [S45]
Field notes
- Much of the scene sits on the Kansas side: ISC2 KC, ISACA KC, 2600, BSidesKC and most vendor conferences meet in Overland Park, Leawood or Kansas City, Kansas.
- SecKC's December 8, 2026 agenda is still a template with speakers to be announced; the date, venue and 5:00 to 9:00 p.m. hours are posted.
- Knuckleheads sits beside a rail line; SecKC's venue page has tips so you do not end up stuck on the wrong side of a passing train.
- ISACA KC chapter meetings are hybrid and paid; SheLeadsTech lunches are free for ISACA members.
- The Missouri Public Sector Cybersecurity Summit (October 28, 2026) is limited to public-sector attendees.
- A listings site gave the Kansas City Cyber Security Conference as May 21, 2026 in Leawood; the organizer's site shows November 4, 2026 at the Overland Park Convention Center, which is used here.
- SecureWorld's own page for the 2027 Kansas City edition shows no date; April 15, 2027 comes from the organizer's event list.
Sources
Numbered references for the listings on this page.
- S1https://isc2kc.org/
- S2https://isc2kc.org/?page_id=257
- S3https://www.kccyber.com/
- S4https://www.kcasis.org/event-6882119
- S5https://www.kc2600.com/
- S6https://www.2600.com/meetings/
- S7https://www.seckc.org/upcoming-events/seckc-november-2026
- S8https://www.wiskc.org/calendar
- S9https://www.seckc.org/upcoming-events/seckc-december-2026
- S10https://www.meetup.com/awskcug/events/316697411/
- S11https://www.secureworld.io/events/kansas-city-ks-2027
- S12https://www.secureworld.io/events
- S13https://bsideskc.org/
- S14https://futureconevents.com/events/kansas-city-ks-2027/
- S15https://hobocon.com/
- S16https://cyberconference.ku.edu/
- S17https://csakc.org/
- S18https://www.eventbrite.com/o/cloud-security-alliance-kc-26218583303
- S19https://www.eventbrite.com/e/sept-meetup-many-clouds-many-shadows-achieving-multi-cloud-visibility-tickets-1721534168039
- S20https://techkc.org/groups
- S21https://engage.isaca.org/greaterkansascitychapter/events/eventdescription?CalendarEventKey=fa4b0486-a6d7-4af5-8dff-019c57d5306a&CommunityKey=0fef52f4-96e7-443f-8bca-723b675c15fe&Home=%2fgreaterkansascitychapter%2fevents%2feventdescription
- S22https://engage.isaca.org/greaterkansascitychapter/events/eventdescription?CalendarEventKey=356d43ec-4ce1-47ae-a69d-01a0ac4bf247&CommunityKey=0fef52f4-96e7-443f-8bca-723b675c15fe&Home=%2fgreaterkansascitychapter%2fevents%2feventdescription
- S23https://issakc.org/meetinginfo.php?p_or_f=p
- S24https://issakc.starchapter.com/meetinginfo.php?id=50&ts=1789761857
- S25https://www.seckc.org/upcoming-events
- S26https://www.seckc.org/
- S27https://toool.us/meetings/
- S28https://wicyskcmetroplex.org/
- S29https://www.wicys.org/wicys-kansas-city/
- S30https://www.seckc.org/upcoming-events/seckc-august-2026
- S31https://www.wiskc.org/
- S32https://jccc.campuslabs.com/engage/organization/cybersecurityclub
- S33https://www.jccc.edu/academics/credit/networking-cybersecurity/cyber-center/cyber-center-activities.html
- S34https://bsideskc.org/call-for-papers/
- S35https://events.secureworld.io/details/kansas-city-ks-2026/
- S36https://events.secureworld.io/agenda/kansas-city-ks-2026/
- S37https://www.meetup.com/awskcug/events/
- S38https://www.kcasis.org/
- S39https://www.kcasis.org/event-6531864
- S40https://forum.defcon.org/node/251
- S41https://forum.defcon.org/node/13882
- S42https://kcinfragard.org/
- S43https://web.archive.org/web/20251119003904/https://www.kcinfragard.org/home/events
- S44https://owasp.org/www-chapter-kansas-city/
- S45https://github.com/OWASP/www-chapter-kansas-city