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Los Angeles, CA cybersecurity events & groups

Los Angeles has monthly chapter meetings from OWASP, ISSA and ISC2, most of them in Santa Monica, Culver City and El Segundo, plus a restarted OWASP chapter in the San Fernando Valley, the LA2600 hacker meeting downtown on first Fridays and a lockpicking night at Null Space Labs in Burbank on third Fridays. The main local conferences are the ISSA-LA Cyber Security Summit at the Annenberg Beach House in Santa Monica (September 22, 2027), the ISACA LA Spring Conference at the Hilton Universal City (May 24 to 26, 2027) and ISC2 SECURE Los Angeles on December 10, 2026.

Verified Oct 21–23, 2026 · Covers October 2026 through April 2027 · Times are Pacific Time

Los Angeles metro: Los Angeles, Santa Monica, Culver City, El Segundo, Burbank, Pasadena, Long Beach, Carson, Pomona, Anaheim, Irvine, Placentia

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  1. LA2600: Free, open hacker meeting downtown on the first Friday of every month since the 1990s.
  2. OWASP Los Angeles: Free monthly in-person meetups and workshops in Santa Monica, plus virtual talks.
  3. Null Space Labs (hackerspace): Hackerspace with an open Tuesday night and a free monthly lockpicking class.

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Datebook

November 2026

LA2600

Fri, Nov 6, 2026 · 6:00 p.m.

Union Station (Alameda St. entrance, near Traxx Bar), then Philippe's, 1001 N. Alameda St., Downtown Los Angeles

Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.

MeetingFree

Null Space Labs (hackerspace)

Tue, Nov 10, 2026 · 7:00 p.m.

2522 N. Ontario St., Burbank (near the Burbank airport) · Metro area

Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.

MeetingFree

ISC2 Los Angeles Chapter Annual General Meeting

Thu, Nov 12, 2026 · 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.

Santa Monica (address shown after registration) · Metro area

In-person chapter business and networking evening with a keynote on security leadership. The Luma list shows a $10 ticket for community guests; the page gives the city as Santa Monica and the address only after registration.

ConfirmedChapter meetingPaid

Southern California Public Sector Cybersecurity Summit 2026

Thu, Nov 12, 2026 · Starts 8:00 a.m.

Hilton Long Beach, 701 W. Ocean Blvd, Long Beach · Metro area

Run by Government Technology (e.Republic). The registration section reads open to public sector only, and registration is free. Private sector organizations can only take part through sponsorship.

ConfirmedSummitFreeVendor-hosted

SoCalSec November 2026

Mon, Nov 16, 2026 · 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

The Bruery Tasting Room, Placentia · Metro area

Casual social for security, investigations, legal and public-safety people. The Luma page states no price; free is assumed (judgement call).

ConfirmedMeetupFree

ISSA-LA Meeting: The Future of Cybersecurity & Operating Enterprise AI at Scale

Tue, Nov 17, 2026 · 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

Culver City Veterans Memorial Building, Rotunda Room, 4117 Overland Ave, Culver City · Metro area

Monthly dinner meeting with three speakers. The chapter's page gives the Culver City venue; the Eventbrite page lists the venue as to be announced. Eventbrite shows tickets from $17.85 to $23.18.

ConfirmedChapter meetingPaid

Null Space Labs (hackerspace)

Tue, Nov 17, 2026 · 7:00 p.m.

2522 N. Ontario St., Burbank (near the Burbank airport) · Metro area

Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.

MeetingFree

OWASP LA November Meetup (Snyk speaker session)

Wed, Nov 18, 2026 · 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

To be announced · Metro area

Speaker session from Snyk. The Luma page shows the address only after registration and says session details are still being finalized.

ConfirmedMeetupFree

NSL Lockpicking: Competition Night

Fri, Nov 20, 2026 · 7:00 p.m.

Null Space Labs, 2522 N. Ontario St., Burbank · Metro area

Final lockpicking competition of the year; the event page says the class is free, with equipment supplied from donations.

ConfirmedMeetupFree

Null Space Labs (hackerspace)

Tue, Nov 24, 2026 · 7:00 p.m.

2522 N. Ontario St., Burbank (near the Burbank airport) · Metro area

Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.

MeetingFree

OWASP San Fernando Valley November Meeting

Tue, Nov 24, 2026 · 5:30 p.m. (usual start time)

To be announced (San Fernando Valley)

The chapter names Tuesday, November 24, 2026 and says the speaker, venue and RSVP link are still to come; the 5:30 p.m. start is the chapter's usual time, not a posted time for this meeting.

ConfirmedChapter meetingFree

December 2026

Null Space Labs (hackerspace)

Tue, Dec 1, 2026 · 7:00 p.m.

2522 N. Ontario St., Burbank (near the Burbank airport) · Metro area

Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.

MeetingFree

LA2600

Fri, Dec 4, 2026 · 6:00 p.m.

Union Station (Alameda St. entrance, near Traxx Bar), then Philippe's, 1001 N. Alameda St., Downtown Los Angeles

Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.

MeetingFree

Null Space Labs (hackerspace)

Tue, Dec 8, 2026 · 7:00 p.m.

2522 N. Ontario St., Burbank (near the Burbank airport) · Metro area

Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.

MeetingFree

OWASP LA December Virtual Meetup

Wed, Dec 9, 2026 · 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.

Online · Metro area

Virtual talk with Kati Paxton; session details were still being finalized on October 23, 2026.

ConfirmedMeetupFree

ISC2 SECURE Los Angeles 2026

Thu, Dec 10, 2026

USC Hotel, 3540 S. Figueroa St, Los Angeles

Run by ISC2 for members and non-members, with 3.75 CPE credits and optional add-on workshops. Early-bird pricing starts at $89 for ISC2 members and $109 on the pricing page (the other tiers were not captured). The registration site's schedule data runs 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. but its text calls the event an afternoon, so no hours are given here.

ConfirmedConferencePaid

SoCalSec December 2026

Mon, Dec 14, 2026 · 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

Raymond Ave Brewing Company, Anaheim · Metro area

Year-end social with no presentations. The Luma page states no price; free is assumed (judgement call).

ConfirmedMeetupFree

Null Space Labs (hackerspace)

Tue, Dec 15, 2026 · 7:00 p.m.

2522 N. Ontario St., Burbank (near the Burbank airport) · Metro area

Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.

MeetingFree

NSL Lockpicking

Fri, Dec 18, 2026 · 7:00 p.m.

Null Space Labs, 2522 N. Ontario St., Burbank · Metro area

Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.

MeetingFree

Null Space Labs (hackerspace)

Tue, Dec 22, 2026 · 7:00 p.m.

2522 N. Ontario St., Burbank (near the Burbank airport) · Metro area

Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.

MeetingFree

Null Space Labs (hackerspace)

Tue, Dec 29, 2026 · 7:00 p.m.

2522 N. Ontario St., Burbank (near the Burbank airport) · Metro area

Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.

MeetingFree

January 2027

LA2600

Fri, Jan 1, 2027 · 6:00 p.m.

Union Station (Alameda St. entrance, near Traxx Bar), then Philippe's, 1001 N. Alameda St., Downtown Los Angeles

Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.

MeetingFree

Null Space Labs (hackerspace)

Tue, Jan 5, 2027 · 7:00 p.m.

2522 N. Ontario St., Burbank (near the Burbank airport) · Metro area

Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.

MeetingFree

Null Space Labs (hackerspace)

Tue, Jan 12, 2027 · 7:00 p.m.

2522 N. Ontario St., Burbank (near the Burbank airport) · Metro area

Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.

MeetingFree

NSL Lockpicking

Fri, Jan 15, 2027 · 7:00 p.m.

Null Space Labs, 2522 N. Ontario St., Burbank · Metro area

Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.

MeetingFree

Null Space Labs (hackerspace)

Tue, Jan 19, 2027 · 7:00 p.m.

2522 N. Ontario St., Burbank (near the Burbank airport) · Metro area

Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.

MeetingFree

Null Space Labs (hackerspace)

Tue, Jan 26, 2027 · 7:00 p.m.

2522 N. Ontario St., Burbank (near the Burbank airport) · Metro area

Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.

MeetingFree

February 2027

Null Space Labs (hackerspace)

Tue, Feb 2, 2027 · 7:00 p.m.

2522 N. Ontario St., Burbank (near the Burbank airport) · Metro area

Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.

MeetingFree

LA2600

Fri, Feb 5, 2027 · 6:00 p.m.

Union Station (Alameda St. entrance, near Traxx Bar), then Philippe's, 1001 N. Alameda St., Downtown Los Angeles

Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.

MeetingFree

Null Space Labs (hackerspace)

Tue, Feb 9, 2027 · 7:00 p.m.

2522 N. Ontario St., Burbank (near the Burbank airport) · Metro area

Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.

MeetingFree

Null Space Labs (hackerspace)

Tue, Feb 16, 2027 · 7:00 p.m.

2522 N. Ontario St., Burbank (near the Burbank airport) · Metro area

Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.

MeetingFree

NSL Lockpicking

Fri, Feb 19, 2027 · 7:00 p.m.

Null Space Labs, 2522 N. Ontario St., Burbank · Metro area

Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.

MeetingFree

Null Space Labs (hackerspace)

Tue, Feb 23, 2027 · 7:00 p.m.

2522 N. Ontario St., Burbank (near the Burbank airport) · Metro area

Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.

MeetingFree

March 2027

Null Space Labs (hackerspace)

Tue, Mar 2, 2027 · 7:00 p.m.

2522 N. Ontario St., Burbank (near the Burbank airport) · Metro area

Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.

MeetingFree

Planet Cyber Sec AI Conference, Orange County

Wed, Mar 3, 2027

Orange County · Metro area

The organizer's schedule lists Orange County, CA on March 3, 2027 with no venue, time or price. Paid is assumed (judgement call). The 2026 edition was at the Hilton Orange County in Costa Mesa. Run by Layer 8 Masters LLC.

ConfirmedConferencePaidVendor-hosted

LA2600

Fri, Mar 5, 2027 · 6:00 p.m.

Union Station (Alameda St. entrance, near Traxx Bar), then Philippe's, 1001 N. Alameda St., Downtown Los Angeles

Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.

MeetingFree

Null Space Labs (hackerspace)

Tue, Mar 9, 2027 · 7:00 p.m.

2522 N. Ontario St., Burbank (near the Burbank airport) · Metro area

Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.

MeetingFree

Null Space Labs (hackerspace)

Tue, Mar 16, 2027 · 7:00 p.m.

2522 N. Ontario St., Burbank (near the Burbank airport) · Metro area

Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.

MeetingFree

NSL Lockpicking

Fri, Mar 19, 2027 · 7:00 p.m.

Null Space Labs, 2522 N. Ontario St., Burbank · Metro area

Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.

MeetingFree

Null Space Labs (hackerspace)

Tue, Mar 23, 2027 · 7:00 p.m.

2522 N. Ontario St., Burbank (near the Burbank airport) · Metro area

Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.

MeetingFree

Null Space Labs (hackerspace)

Tue, Mar 30, 2027 · 7:00 p.m.

2522 N. Ontario St., Burbank (near the Burbank airport) · Metro area

Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.

MeetingFree

FutureCon Los Angeles Cybersecurity Conference 2027

Wed, Mar 31, 2027

Hilton Los Angeles Culver City, Culver City · Metro area

One-day hybrid vendor conference with up to 10 CPE credits. Neither the event page nor its registration form states a price; paid is assumed (judgement call).

ConfirmedConferencePaidVendor-hosted

April 2027

SCaLE 24x (Southern California Linux Expo)

Thu, Apr 1 to Sun, Apr 4, 2027

Pasadena Convention Center, 300 E. Green St, Pasadena · Metro area

Adjacent: a community-run open source conference, not security-focused, though it usually carries security talks. The call for presentations closes November 1, 2026.

ConfirmedConferencePaid

LA2600

Fri, Apr 2, 2027 · 6:00 p.m.

Union Station (Alameda St. entrance, near Traxx Bar), then Philippe's, 1001 N. Alameda St., Downtown Los Angeles

Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.

MeetingFree

Null Space Labs (hackerspace)

Tue, Apr 6, 2027 · 7:00 p.m.

2522 N. Ontario St., Burbank (near the Burbank airport) · Metro area

Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.

MeetingFree

Null Space Labs (hackerspace)

Tue, Apr 13, 2027 · 7:00 p.m.

2522 N. Ontario St., Burbank (near the Burbank airport) · Metro area

Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.

MeetingFree

NSL Lockpicking

Fri, Apr 16, 2027 · 7:00 p.m.

Null Space Labs, 2522 N. Ontario St., Burbank · Metro area

Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.

MeetingFree

Null Space Labs (hackerspace)

Tue, Apr 20, 2027 · 7:00 p.m.

2522 N. Ontario St., Burbank (near the Burbank airport) · Metro area

Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.

MeetingFree

Null Space Labs (hackerspace)

Tue, Apr 27, 2027 · 7:00 p.m.

2522 N. Ontario St., Burbank (near the Burbank airport) · Metro area

Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.

MeetingFree

May 2027

SANS Security West 2027

Mon, May 10 to Sat, May 15, 2027

Hilton San Diego Bayfront, 1 Park Blvd, San Diego (also virtual) · Regional

Commercial training run by the SANS Institute, in person and virtual; the nearest SANS event to Los Angeles.

ConfirmedTrainingPaidVendor-hosted

America's Credit Unions Cybersecurity Conference 2027

Wed, May 12 to Fri, May 14, 2027

JW Marriott Los Angeles L.A. LIVE, 900 W. Olympic Blvd, Los Angeles

Early-bird pricing ends: Fri, Feb 12, 2027

Trade association conference for credit union security staff, in person or virtual. In-person registration starts around $1,716 at the early-bird rate.

ConfirmedConferencePaid

2027 ISACA LA Chapter Spring Conference

Mon, May 24 to Wed, May 26, 2027

Hilton Los Angeles/Universal City, Universal City · Metro area

$200 early-bird code ends: Thu, Dec 31, 2026

$100 early-bird code ends: Sun, Feb 28, 2027

$50 early-bird code ends: Wed, Mar 31, 2027

Three days, 20+ CPEs, at the Hilton Universal City. The chapter's event page and registration site both give May 24 to 26, 2027 (an earlier version of the event page also showed March 24 to 26). Full-conference rates on the pricing page are $1,075 for ISACA members, $1,225 for non-members and $625 for full-time students and faculty before the early-bird codes; refunds close April 23, 2027. The 2026 conference ran March 30 to April 1.

ConfirmedConferencePaid

June 2027

Planet Cyber Sec AI AppSec Conference, Los Angeles

Wed, Jun 9, 2027

Los Angeles (venue not posted)

The organizer's schedule lists Los Angeles, CA on June 9, 2027 with no venue, time or price. Paid is assumed (judgement call). Run by Layer 8 Masters LLC.

ConfirmedConferencePaidVendor-hosted

September 2027

ISSA Los Angeles Annual Cyber Security Summit 2027

Wed, Sep 22, 2027 · 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. (calendar listing)

Annenberg Community Beach House, 415 Pacific Coast Hwy, Santa Monica · Metro area

The chapter's calendar lists September 22, 2027; ticket sales had not opened. The 2026 edition, held October 14, 2026, charged for tickets and Beach House parking was $15 a day. The 2027 listing states no price; paid is assumed (judgement call).

ConfirmedConferencePaid

On the radar

Announced without a date, or expected from past editions. Not confirmed.

California Technology Summit 2027

Announced by the organizer; date not yet published.

Sheraton Park Hotel at the Anaheim Resort, 1855 S. Harbor Blvd, Anaheim · Metro area

Date TBAConferencePaidVendor-hosted

LA CTF 2027

Usually held in early February; 2027 dates not yet announced

Online, with an in-person day at UCLA, Los Angeles

ExpectedCTFFree

LayerOne 2027

Usually held over the Memorial Day weekend in late May; 2027 dates not yet announced

Pasadena Hilton, 168 S. Los Robles Ave, Pasadena (2026 venue) · Metro area

ExpectedConferencePaid

SWIFT Tech Symposium

Usually held in March; 2027 date not yet announced

Mt. SAC Student Center, Walnut (2026 venue) · Metro area

ExpectedConferenceFree

ToroHack (CSUDH Cybersecurity and Hacking Expo)

Usually held in April; 2027 date not yet announced

Loker Student Union, Cal State Dominguez Hills, Carson (2026 venue) · Metro area

ExpectedConferencePaid

Groups & associations

Professional associations

Cloud Security Alliance, SoCal Chapter

Los Angeles; mostly online in 2026 · In the city

Irregular; online talks and co-hosted events with ISSA-LA

The chapter's last own event was an online certification prep session on February 17, 2026; its Meetup page also lists a March 9, 2026 FBI and vendor briefing in El Segundo that other organizations ran. No later events were listed on October 23, 2026.

Quiet: last activity Feb 2026Free

HTCIA Southern California Chapter

Southern California; SoCalSec socials at Orange County breweries · Metro area

Irregular; joint socials and co-hosted career events

High Technology Crime Investigation Association (digital forensics and cyber investigations). last_activity is the SoCalSec social at Bootlegger's Brewery Tasting Room in Fullerton on October 19, 2026, shown as a past event on the chapter's Luma calendar. SoCalSec socials are posted for November 16, 2026 (Placentia) and December 14, 2026 (Anaheim); their Luma pages describe them as open to anyone in security, investigations, legal and related fields but state no price. Chapter meetings are members-only.

Members only

IAPP KnowledgeNet Los Angeles

Los Angeles; joint SoCal sessions often online · In the city

Occasional KnowledgeNet meetings, some held jointly with other Southern California chapters

Privacy-focused; KnowledgeNets are free for IAPP members. The chapter page loads its meeting list by script and could not be read on October 23, 2026; the last_activity date is a September 25, 2026 session on CCPA compliance that a search listing of that page showed in the earlier research pass. Source could not be read for the date.

Members only

ISACA Los Angeles Chapter

Hilton Universal City for the spring conference; Cal State LA for the annual career night · Metro area

Annual three-day spring conference (May 24 to 26, 2027) and an annual career night in September; the chapter site lists no regular meeting schedule

IT audit, governance and risk focus. last_activity is the 2026 Annual Career Night on September 8, 2026 in the Golden Eagle Ballroom at Cal State LA: a students-only workshop from 3:30 p.m. and a dinner panel from 6:00 p.m., per the chapter's registration site. The chapter's Engage pages list no regular meetings. The spring conference is paid; see its event entry for rates.

Paid

ISC2 Los Angeles Chapter

El Segundo and Santa Monica for in-person evenings; monthly meetings online · Metro area

Monthly virtual chapter meeting (usually a Thursday at 4:00 p.m.), lunch-and-learn talks online, and occasional in-person evenings

The chapter's events page lists a lunch-and-learn on October 29, 2026 and an in-person general meeting on November 12, 2026. Its Luma calendar shows an in-person meeting at the Board Room in El Segundo on September 17, 2026 and a virtual meeting on October 15, 2026 (the last_activity date). The Luma listings show a $10 ticket for community guests at the October 29 and November 12 events, with a separate ticket type for chapter members.

Paid

ISSA Los Angeles (ISSA-LA)

Culver City (Veterans Memorial Building) and other Westside venues · Metro area

Monthly evening meeting, usually 5:30 p.m. on a Tuesday or Wednesday; dates vary

The founding ISSA chapter. Monthly dinner meetings are ticketed through Eventbrite; the chapter's past-events list shows Culver City, Marina del Rey and Playa Vista venues, and the November 17, 2026 meeting is at the Culver City Veterans Memorial Building (Rotunda Room). The Eventbrite page for that meeting shows tickets from $17.85 to $23.18. last_activity is the Annual Cyber Security Summit on October 14, 2026, which the chapter lists among its past events; the latest regular meeting was September 15, 2026. The chapter's Meetup page still shows August 19, 2026 as its latest event, so use issala.org for dates. The 2027 summit is set for September 22, 2027.

Paid

OWASP Los Angeles

929 Colorado Ave, Santa Monica; some talks online · Metro area

One or two in-person evening meetups or workshops a month (5:30 p.m.), plus virtual talks

Application security. The chapter lists its events on Luma (it left Meetup), where its calendar describes them as free and open to all. In-person events are at 929 Colorado Ave, Santa Monica (an October 5, 2026 workshop and the October 28 meetup); the October 13 meetup was virtual. Talks are usually given by practitioners from security vendors.

Free

OWASP San Fernando Valley

San Fernando Valley; the September 22, 2026 meeting was in Woodland Hills, with no permanent venue · In the city

Generally the fourth Tuesday of the month at 5:30 p.m.; no chapter meeting in October 2026

Application security chapter restarted in September 2026 after several dormant years; the September 22 meeting was its first since the restart. Meetings are free and open to anyone, with RSVP on the chapter's Luma calendar (which listed no events on October 23, 2026). The rendered chapter page loads by script, so the details here come from the chapter's published page source. Thin evidence on how regularly it will meet; judgement call.

Free

Hacker and grassroots groups

DC310 / DCG Hollywood (DEF CON Group)

Hollywood · In the city

No meeting schedule published

The DEF CON Groups directory re-listed the group as active on November 21, 2025, which is the last_activity date used here. Its defcon310.org site no longer resolves and its old Meetup group is gone; no dated meeting was found. Contact the group through the DEF CON forum before going.

Quiet: last activity Nov 2025Free

DC818 (DEF CON Group, San Fernando Valley)

San Fernando Valley (Woodland Hills) · In the city

No planned meetings; members talk on Discord

The group's site says there are no planned meetings and points to its Discord; the site was last updated September 3, 2025, the date used here. The DEF CON directory still says it meets monthly or every two months.

Quiet: last activity Sep 2025Free

EvolveSec (LA Cybersecurity Meetup)

Los Angeles; recent sessions online · In the city

Irregular; online OSCP study sessions in early 2026

Community meetup running since 2015. Its 2026 sessions (February and March) were online; no later events were listed on October 23, 2026.

Quiet: last activity Mar 2026Free

LA2600

Union Station (Alameda St. entrance, near Traxx Bar), then Philippe's, 1001 N. Alameda St., Downtown Los Angeles · In the city

First Friday of the month from 6:00 p.m.; the group moves to Philippe's around 6:30 or 7:00 p.m.

One of the oldest 2600 meetings in the US. The group asks media and law enforcement to identify themselves. Its Meetup listings give 7:00 p.m. at Philippe's and show meetings through October 2027; the October 2, 2026 meeting is listed as held.

Free

NSL Lockpicking

Null Space Labs, 2522 N. Ontario St., Burbank · Metro area

Third Friday of the month, 7:00 p.m.

Physical security and locksport meetup running since 2010; each month has a topic or hands-on workshop. The November 20, 2026 event page says the class is free, with equipment supplied from donations. The December 18, 2026 meeting is a holiday potluck and movie night.

Free

Null Space Labs (hackerspace)

2522 N. Ontario St., Burbank (near the Burbank airport) · Metro area

Open to visitors every Tuesday, 7:00 to 11:00 p.m.; classes posted on Meetup

Hackerspace for technology and security since 2010. Tuesday game nights are listed as held through October 20, 2026. Its Meetup page also lists a Monthly Malware Meetup on Wednesdays (October 14, November 11 and December 9, 2026) and NSL Hacks exploitation sessions on Fridays. Some classes are paid. Check the open or closed sign on the website or the Discord before going on other nights.

Free

Inclusion and career communities

WiCyS Los Angeles Affiliate

Playa Vista and other Los Angeles venues · In the city

Occasional networking and learning events

Women in CyberSecurity professional affiliate. Its last event found was a June 13, 2026 morning session at the Microsoft office in Playa Vista (13031 W. Jefferson Blvd). The event page did not state a price, and WiCyS's event calendar listed no later Los Angeles affiliate event on October 23, 2026.

Free

Women's Society of Cyberjutsu SoCal

Long Beach, Los Angeles and online (workshops rotate) · Metro area

Roughly monthly hands-on workshops, in person or online

The October 3, 2026 DevSecOps workshop was held at Long Beach City College (in person, with a Zoom option); the September 19, 2026 threat hunting workshop was online. The chapter's Meetup page listed no further workshop on October 23, 2026, only San Diego CyberCon on November 13, 2026.

Free

Public-private and government

InfraGard Los Angeles Members Alliance

Online briefings in 2026 · In the city

Online briefings and seminars every few weeks

FBI and private sector partnership; membership requires FBI vetting. Every 2026 event on its site was online, the last being a Global Threat Update on August 18, 2026. The site showed no later event on October 23, 2026 and says to check back.

Vetting required

Education and student groups

ACM Cyber at UCLA

UCLA, Westwood (Engineering VI and Boelter Hall) · In the city

Several workshops a week during UCLA quarters; days change each quarter

Student cybersecurity club that runs LA CTF, whose open division welcomes anyone. Regular meetings are for UCLA students. last_activity is the October 21, 2026 Cyber Lab session on the club's events page, whose listed date has passed; the page shows no cancellation.

Students only

CSUDH Cyber Security Club

Cal State Dominguez Hills, Carson · Metro area

Irregular; runs ToroHack each spring and Toro Tech Day each fall

ToroHack 10.0, the club's cybersecurity and hacking expo, was held April 11, 2026 on campus (1000 E. Victoria St, Carson) and was ticketed on Eventbrite for outside guests. The club's Toro Link page lists no later event.

Quiet: last activity Apr 2026Students only

Layer 8 (CSUN Cybersecurity Club)

Jacaranda Hall (JD 1600), Cal State Northridge · In the city

Mondays in the evening and Saturday training labs during the semester

The club's two pages disagree on the Monday time (7:00 p.m. in JD 1600B versus 5:30 to 7:00 p.m. in JD 1600A). The last dated meeting found is September 29, 2025, on the campus newspaper's event calendar. The club's home page announces a Layer 8 Halloween CTF in JD 1600A with no date or year, so it is not listed. Thin evidence; the club likely still meets weekly.

Quiet: last activity Sep 2025Students only

SWIFT (Cal Poly Pomona)

Cal Poly Pomona, Pomona · Metro area

Weekly workshops during the semester (day not published)

Student security organization at an NSA/DHS CAE school. The last dated event found is its Tech Symposium on March 14, 2026 at the Mt. SAC Student Center in Walnut; the organizer's pages show no later dated event.

Quiet: last activity Mar 2026Students only

Directory checklist

13 of 19 national directories list a local chapter
DirectoryResult
2600 MeetingsLocal chapter: LA2600
CISA Regional OfficesNearest: CISA Region 9; no public Los Angeles events posted
Cloud Security AllianceLocal chapter: Cloud Security Alliance, SoCal Chapter
Cyversity (formerly ICMCP) ChaptersNearest: Cyversity Southern California Chapter (no dated activity found)
DEF CON GroupsLocal chapter: DC310 / DCG Hollywood (DEF CON Group)
HTCIALocal chapter: HTCIA Southern California Chapter
IAPP KnowledgeNetLocal chapter: IAPP KnowledgeNet Los Angeles
InfraGard Members AlliancesLocal chapter: InfraGard Los Angeles Members Alliance
ISACALocal chapter: ISACA Los Angeles Chapter
ISC2Local chapter: ISC2 Los Angeles Chapter
ISSALocal chapter: ISSA Los Angeles (ISSA-LA)
NSA National Centers of Academic Excellence in Cybersecurity (NCAE-C)Local chapter: SWIFT (Cal Poly Pomona)
OWASPLocal chapter: OWASP Los Angeles
SANS InstituteNearest: SANS Security West 2027 (San Diego, May 10 to 15, 2027; listed under events)
SecureWorldNo chapter found
Security BSidesNearest: BSides San Diego
TOOOL (The Open Organisation Of Lockpickers)No chapter found
WiCyS (Women in CyberSecurity) Professional AffiliatesLocal chapter: WiCyS Los Angeles Affiliate
Women's Society of Cyberjutsu (WSC) ChaptersLocal chapter: Women's Society of Cyberjutsu SoCal

Checked Oct 23, 2026

Dormant groups

5 groups with no public activity for 18 months or more

Field notes

Sources

Numbered references for the listings on this page.

  1. S1https://www.2600.la/
  2. S2https://www.meetup.com/la2600/
  3. S3https://032.la/
  4. S4https://www.meetup.com/nullspacelabs/
  5. S5https://luma.com/5uh7wefk
  6. S6https://events.govtech.com/Southern-California-Public-Sector-Cybersecurity-Summit
  7. S7https://luma.com/cj5266mq
  8. S8https://issala.org/event/november-17-2026-the-future-of-cybersecurity-operating-enterprise-ai-at-scale/
  9. S9https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2002318473455
  10. S10https://luma.com/brtxnfte
  11. S11https://www.meetup.com/li-losangeles/events/317016578/
  12. S12https://owasp.org/www-chapter-san-fernando-valley/
  13. S13https://luma.com/owaspla
  14. S14https://web.cvent.com/event/8e97a824-e5b6-4d24-a100-915ccedd99c8/summary
  15. S15https://web.cvent.com/event/8e97a824-e5b6-4d24-a100-915ccedd99c8/websitePage:650b833d-62db-4eb9-8da5-da9a33b09359
  16. S16https://luma.com/f1i668cs
  17. S17https://www.meetup.com/li-losangeles/
  18. S18https://planetcybersec.com/
  19. S19https://futureconevents.com/events/los-angeles-ca-2027/
  20. S20https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/24x
  21. S21https://www.sans.org/cyber-security-training-events/security-west-2027
  22. S22https://www.americascreditunions.org/events-training/conference/cybersecurity-conference
  23. S23https://engage.isaca.org/losangeleschapter/events/eventdescription?CalendarEventKey=d065e59b-8e31-418d-818b-01a053e165d3&CommunityKey=f7103f1d-a92a-4915-aae8-4db07da4c6ab
  24. S24https://web.cvent.com/event/314b2508-63e3-410d-8f95-fdd84844b94a/websitePage:f5f1940b-980e-4398-96f6-3b681ef5e4a3
  25. S25https://issala.org/event/september-22-2027-annual-cyber-security-summit/
  26. S26https://technologysummit.net/california.html
  27. S27https://lac.tf/
  28. S28https://www.layerone.org/
  29. S29https://techsymposium.calpolyswift.org/
  30. S30https://torolink.csudh.edu/organization/cybersecurity
  31. S31https://www.meetup.com/csa-socal/
  32. S32https://luma.com/socalhtcia
  33. S33https://luma.com/socalsec
  34. S34https://iapp.org/community/iapp-chapters/los-angeles-ca
  35. S35https://engage.isaca.org/losangeleschapter/home
  36. S36https://web.cvent.com/event/810372bd-c897-4fd4-a067-5f542b50ee1d/summary?RefId=Overview
  37. S37https://www.isc2la.org/events
  38. S38https://lu.ma/ISC2LA
  39. S39https://luma.com/w4hz6rq2
  40. S40https://www.meetup.com/issa-la/
  41. S41https://issala.org/
  42. S42https://issala.org/events/
  43. S43https://owasp.org/www-chapter-los-angeles/
  44. S44https://raw.githubusercontent.com/OWASP/www-chapter-san-fernando-valley/master/index.md
  45. S45https://luma.com/owasp-sfv
  46. S46https://forum.defcon.org/node/231441
  47. S47https://dc818.org/
  48. S48https://forum.defcon.org/node/231645
  49. S49https://www.meetup.com/evolvesec-la-cyber-security/
  50. S50https://www.wicys.org/event/wicys-los-angeles-affiliate-reboot-and-reconnect/
  51. S51https://www.wicys.org/wicys-los-angeles/
  52. S52https://www.meetup.com/socal-women-in-cybersecurity/
  53. S53https://www.infragardlosangeles.org/
  54. S54https://www.acmcyber.com/events
  55. S55https://www.acmcyber.com/archive
  56. S56https://www.eventbrite.com/e/torohack-100-the-10th-annual-csudh-cybersecurity-hacking-expo-tickets-1967846135765
  57. S57https://csunlayer8.com/
  58. S58https://csunlayer8.github.io/links/
  59. S59https://www.calpolyswift.org/
  60. S60https://forum.defcon.org/node/101
  61. S61https://forum.defcon.org/node/231444
  62. S62https://www.freelists.org/archive/dc562/01-2019
  63. S63https://www.meetup.com/LETHAL/
  64. S64https://www.meetup.com/lfazure/
  65. S65https://ctftime.org/event/2543/