EVSec
Thu, Nov 5, 2026 · 7:00 p.m.
Hundred Mile Brewing Company, 690 N Scottsdale Rd, Tempe · Metro area
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
Arizona
Mesa, AZ cybersecurity events & groups
Mesa's own security scene centers on downtown: OWASP Phoenix holds free talks at the HeatSync Labs hackerspace on Main Street on the first Tuesday of most months (the December 1, 2026 talk is posted), and CactusCon, Arizona's largest hacker conference, returns to the Mesa Convention Center on February 5 and 6, 2027. Most other regular meetings are a short drive west in Tempe, including the EVSec social on first Thursdays, PHX2600 on first Fridays and ISSA Phoenix's quarterly meetings at UAT. BSides Phoenix is set for October 16, 2027, with Mesa as the city.
Start here
- OWASP Phoenix: Free monthly application security talks at a downtown Mesa hackerspace, open to all experience levels.
- EVSec: Free, non-vendor East Valley social on the first Thursday of each month, about 15 minutes away in Tempe.
- CactusCon 15: Arizona's largest hacker conference, held at the Mesa Convention Center.
Six months at a glance
Datebook
November 2026
ISACA Phoenix November 2026 Chapter Meeting
Thu, Nov 5, 2026 · 11:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Rio Salado Conference Center, 2323 W 14th St, Tempe · Metro area
In person with a virtual option; talks on AI hardware, AI decision-making and AI in cybersecurity, 3 CPEs. The Cvent page states 'Cost: Free'. The Engage page shows 10:30 to 15:15 while the Cvent page and agenda show 11:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.; the Cvent time is used. The chapter list's on-hold pop-up is a page template and not tied to this event.
ConfirmedChapter meetingFree
IAPP KnowledgeNet Phoenix: From Capitol Hill to the States, What's Next for U.S. Privacy Regulation
Fri, Nov 6, 2026
Online · Metro area
Virtual session listed on the Phoenix chapter page. The chapter page says IAPP sections are a member-only benefit, so members-only is a judgement call; the page gives no time or fee and registration needs an IAPP sign-in.
ConfirmedChapter meetingMembers only
PHX2600
Fri, Nov 6, 2026 · 6:00 p.m.
Escalante Community Center, 2150 E Orange St, Tempe (Amadeus room) · Metro area
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
PROTECTPHX Tacos+Tech
Mon, Nov 9, 2026 · 6:00 p.m.
El Jefe Tacos & Sushi, 2155 E University Dr, Tempe · Metro area
Cross-group networking meetup with no agenda and no sales pitches; the listing states no fee.
ConfirmedMeetupFree
Hardware Happy Hour (3H) Phoenix
Thu, Nov 12, 2026 · 7:00 p.m.
Advanced Cyber Systems Lab, GateWay Community College Washington Campus, 108 N 40th St, Phoenix · Metro area
Adjacent: a social for engineers, makers and coders with no agenda; not a security meeting. The Meetup page says visitors can show up without an account and states no fee.
ConfirmedMeetupFree
ASIS Phoenix 2026 Law Enforcement Appreciation Luncheon
Wed, Nov 18, 2026 · 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Scottsdale Stadium, 7408 E Osborn Rd, Scottsdale · Metro area
Adjacent: a physical security chapter event honoring Arizona law enforcement officers, not a cybersecurity program. Tickets are $65 general admission and $40 for current or retired law enforcement.
ConfirmedChapter meetingPaid
ISC2 Phoenix Happy Hour
Wed, Nov 18, 2026 · 5:30 to 8:00 p.m.
Hundred Mile Brewing Company, 690 N Scottsdale Rd Unit A, Tempe · Metro area
Chapter meet-and-greet; the event page lists the price as Free and says attendees buy their own food and drink.
ConfirmedMeetupFree
GCU Cyber Center of Excellence (Lopes Cyber Con and Technology Club)
Thu, Nov 19, 2026 · 4:30 p.m.
Grand Canyon University, Building 57, Room 331, 3300 W Camelback Rd, Phoenix · Metro area
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
Scottsdale Cybersecurity Summit
Fri, Nov 20, 2026 · 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
JW Marriott Scottsdale Camelback Inn Resort & Spa, Scottsdale · Metro area
Aimed at CISOs and senior security leaders, run by an events company. Standard admission is $250 for active cybersecurity and IT practitioners; ISC2 Phoenix members can attend free with a chapter code.
ConfirmedSummitPaidVendor-hosted
Health-ISAC 2026 Fall Americas Summit
Mon, Nov 30 to Fri, Dec 4, 2026
JW Marriott Tucson Starr Pass Resort & Spa, 3800 W Starr Pass Blvd, Tucson · Regional
Member rate of $200 ends: Sun, Nov 8, 2026
Registration rates listed through: Sun, Nov 22, 2026
Healthcare-sector security summit, about 1 hour 45 minutes from Mesa. Member rates are $99, $200 and $295 by date; the non-member rate is $695. The page says dates are subject to change.
ConfirmedSummitPaid
December 2026
OWASP Phoenix: Beyond the Web App, What the OWASP Top 10 Means for SDKs
Tue, Dec 1, 2026 · 7:30 to 9:00 p.m.
HeatSync Labs, 108 W Main St, Mesa
Named talk by Rob Boehne on what the OWASP Top 10 means for SDKs embedded in other software; free, with free parking in the Green lot.
ConfirmedChapter meetingFree
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EVSec
Thu, Dec 3, 2026 · 7:00 p.m.
Hundred Mile Brewing Company, 690 N Scottsdale Rd, Tempe · Metro area
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
ISACA Phoenix December 2026 Chapter Meeting
Fri, Dec 4, 2026 · 10:30 a.m. to 3:15 p.m.
Phoenix area (venue not stated on the public event page) · Metro area
The public event page states no venue, topic, price or eligibility (it shows a Register Now button), so the members-only access value is a judgement call. The chapter list's on-hold pop-up is a page template and not tied to this event.
ConfirmedChapter meetingMembers only
PHX2600
Fri, Dec 4, 2026 · 6:00 p.m.
Escalante Community Center, 2150 E Orange St, Tempe (Amadeus room) · Metro area
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
2026 State of Arizona Cyber Summit
Fri, Dec 11, 2026 · 7:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Hyatt Regency Phoenix, 122 N 2nd St, Phoenix · Metro area
Run by the Arizona Department of Homeland Security. Free for public-sector professionals; vendors and private-sector attendees buy a separate ticket.
ConfirmedSummitFreePaid
GCU Cyber Center of Excellence (Lopes Cyber Con and Technology Club)
Thu, Dec 17, 2026 · 4:30 p.m.
Grand Canyon University, Building 57, Room 331, 3300 W Camelback Rd, Phoenix · Metro area
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
WiCyS Phoenix Winter Celebration
Thu, Dec 17, 2026 · 5:00 to 8:00 p.m.
Tempe (address shared after registration) · Metro area
Registration requires host approval; the exact address is shared after registration. The page states no fee, so the access value is a judgement call.
ConfirmedMeetupFree
January 2027
PHX2600
Fri, Jan 1, 2027 · 6:00 p.m.
Escalante Community Center, 2150 E Orange St, Tempe (Amadeus room) · Metro area
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
OWASP Phoenix
Tue, Jan 5, 2027 · 7:30 p.m.
HeatSync Labs, 108 W Main St, Mesa
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
EVSec
Thu, Jan 7, 2027 · 7:00 p.m.
Hundred Mile Brewing Company, 690 N Scottsdale Rd, Tempe · Metro area
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
GCU Cyber Center of Excellence (Lopes Cyber Con and Technology Club)
Thu, Jan 21, 2027 · 4:30 p.m.
Grand Canyon University, Building 57, Room 331, 3300 W Camelback Rd, Phoenix · Metro area
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
February 2027
OWASP Phoenix
Tue, Feb 2, 2027 · 7:30 p.m.
HeatSync Labs, 108 W Main St, Mesa
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
EVSec
Thu, Feb 4, 2027 · 7:00 p.m.
Hundred Mile Brewing Company, 690 N Scottsdale Rd, Tempe · Metro area
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
CactusCon 15
Fri, Feb 5 to Sat, Feb 6, 2027
Mesa Convention Center, Mesa
In person only, with a speaker reception on the evening of February 5. The call for speakers has closed; Sessionize gives conflicting close dates (October 10 in the description, October 16 on the form). The conference hotel block is at the Delta Hotels Phoenix Mesa. The page states no ticket price, so the access value is a judgement call.
ConfirmedConferencePaid
PHX2600
Fri, Feb 5, 2027 · 6:00 p.m.
Escalante Community Center, 2150 E Orange St, Tempe (Amadeus room) · Metro area
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
GCU Cyber Center of Excellence (Lopes Cyber Con and Technology Club)
Thu, Feb 18, 2027 · 4:30 p.m.
Grand Canyon University, Building 57, Room 331, 3300 W Camelback Rd, Phoenix · Metro area
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
March 2027
OWASP Phoenix
Tue, Mar 2, 2027 · 7:30 p.m.
HeatSync Labs, 108 W Main St, Mesa
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
ElevateIT: Phoenix Technology Summit 2027
Wed, Mar 3, 2027
Phoenix Convention Center, South Ballroom, 100 N 3rd St, Phoenix · Metro area
IT and cybersecurity conference run by an events company. The 2027 agenda was not yet posted on November 3, 2026, and the page states no price, so the access value is a judgement call.
ConfirmedSummitPaidVendor-hosted
EVSec
Thu, Mar 4, 2027 · 7:00 p.m.
Hundred Mile Brewing Company, 690 N Scottsdale Rd, Tempe · Metro area
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
PHX2600
Fri, Mar 5, 2027 · 6:00 p.m.
Escalante Community Center, 2150 E Orange St, Tempe (Amadeus room) · Metro area
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
GCU Cyber Center of Excellence (Lopes Cyber Con and Technology Club)
Thu, Mar 18, 2027 · 4:30 p.m.
Grand Canyon University, Building 57, Room 331, 3300 W Camelback Rd, Phoenix · Metro area
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
April 2027
EVSec
Thu, Apr 1, 2027 · 7:00 p.m.
Hundred Mile Brewing Company, 690 N Scottsdale Rd, Tempe · Metro area
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
PHX2600
Fri, Apr 2, 2027 · 6:00 p.m.
Escalante Community Center, 2150 E Orange St, Tempe (Amadeus room) · Metro area
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
OWASP Phoenix
Tue, Apr 6, 2027 · 7:30 p.m.
HeatSync Labs, 108 W Main St, Mesa
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
GCU Cyber Center of Excellence (Lopes Cyber Con and Technology Club)
Thu, Apr 15, 2027 · 4:30 p.m.
Grand Canyon University, Building 57, Room 331, 3300 W Camelback Rd, Phoenix · Metro area
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
May 2027
OWASP Phoenix
Tue, May 4, 2027 · 7:30 p.m.
HeatSync Labs, 108 W Main St, Mesa
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
EVSec
Thu, May 6, 2027 · 7:00 p.m.
Hundred Mile Brewing Company, 690 N Scottsdale Rd, Tempe · Metro area
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
PHX2600
Fri, May 7, 2027 · 6:00 p.m.
Escalante Community Center, 2150 E Orange St, Tempe (Amadeus room) · Metro area
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
GCU Cyber Center of Excellence (Lopes Cyber Con and Technology Club)
Thu, May 20, 2027 · 4:30 p.m.
Grand Canyon University, Building 57, Room 331, 3300 W Camelback Rd, Phoenix · Metro area
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
June 2027
SecureWorld Phoenix 2027
Wed, Jun 9, 2027
Hyatt Regency Phoenix, 122 N 2nd St, Phoenix · Metro area
Speaker submissions close: Fri, Apr 16, 2027
Second Phoenix edition of a commercial regional conference series. The organizer lists the date, venue and a speaker deadline; its page states no ticket price.
ConfirmedConferencePaidVendor-hosted
October 2027
Innovate Cybersecurity Summit Scottsdale 2027
Sun, Oct 3 to Tue, Oct 5, 2027
JW Marriott Scottsdale Camelback Inn Resort & Spa, Scottsdale · Metro area
Three-day executive summit for CISOs and security leaders; the page says Apply to Attend and states no price. The 2026 edition ran October 4 to 6, 2026. The 2027 venue is the 2026 venue, as the page does not restate it for 2027.
ConfirmedSummitVetting requiredVendor-hosted
BSides Phoenix
Sat, Oct 16, 2027
Mesa (venue not posted on the organizer site)
The first BSides Phoenix. The BSides global events calendar lists October 16, 2027, and the repository for the bsidesphoenix.org site describes a Saturday, October 16, 2027 conference in Mesa. The live site shows only 'Fall 2027' and 'Phoenix, AZ' with the CFP opening later. Search results show individual organizers' LinkedIn posts naming Wrigleyville West Conference Center in Mesa; those pages could not be read by script, so the venue name is not recorded. No ticket price is stated.
ConfirmedConferencePaid
On the radar
Announced without a date, or expected from past editions. Not confirmed.
18th Annual Arizona Technology Summit
Announced by the organizer; date not yet published.
Grand Hyatt Scottsdale Resort, 7500 E Doubletree Ranch Rd, Scottsdale · Metro area
Date TBAConferencePaidVendor-hosted
INTERFACE Phoenix
Announced by the organizer; date not yet published.
Phoenix Convention Center, Phoenix · Metro area
Date TBAConferenceFreeVendor-hosted
Arizona Technology Council Cybersecurity Summit
Usually held in May at Grand Canyon University; 2027 date not yet announced
Grand Canyon University, Phoenix · Metro area
ExpectedSummitPaid
Cybersecurity Breakfast Forum
Usually held in September; 2027 date not yet announced
Phoenix · Metro area
ExpectedSummitPaid
Phoenix Security & Audit Conference
Usually held in late September; 2027 date not yet announced
Desert Willow Conference Center, Phoenix · Metro area
ExpectedConferencePaid
Groups & associations
Professional associations
ISACA Phoenix Chapter
Phoenix; the annual conference is at Desert Willow Conference Center, 4340 E Cotton Center Blvd, Phoenix · Metro area
Lunch webinars and an annual fall conference; no fixed monthly schedule published
Ran the 16th annual Phoenix Security & Audit Conference on September 24, 2026 at Desert Willow Conference Center (Cvent page read), with ISSA and IIA. Chapter meetings are listed for November 5 and December 4, 2026. The chapter events list carries a generic 'Event is On Hold' pop-up in its page template that is attached to neither event, and both event pages open normally. A June 30, 2026 lunch webinar on post-quantum cryptography was virtual only.
Paid
ISC2 Phoenix Chapter
Happy hours rotate across the Valley; membership meetings on Zoom · Metro area
Evening happy hours (5:30 to 8:00 p.m.) at changing venues; quarterly membership meetings online
The August 26, 2026 happy hour was at Helluva Brewing Company in west Chandler (last_activity, as listed on the chapter site; no attendance report). Happy hours are free, with no CPEs. The chapter's October 20, 2026 Zoom membership meeting page is still on its site, but the events list no longer shows it, so it is not listed. Chapter members get a discount code for the Scottsdale Cybersecurity Summit.
Free
ISSA Phoenix Chapter
University of Advancing Technology, 2625 W Baseline Rd, Tempe (most 2026 meetings) · Metro area
Quarterly education meetings, usually from 11:30 a.m. into the afternoon; 2027 dates not yet set
2026 quarterly meetings: January 22 and August 19 at UAT in Tempe, June 24 at MegaplanIT, and October 22 at UAT. The chapter says attending a meeting is free, with lunch and CPE credits. Co-runs the Phoenix Security & Audit Conference with ISACA and IIA. last_activity is the August 19 meeting as listed on the chapter site; no attendance report was found.
Free
OWASP Phoenix
HeatSync Labs, 108 W Main St, Mesa · In the city
First Tuesday of the month, 7:30 to 9:00 p.m.
In person only; meetings are not recorded. Free parking in the Green lot at 1 N Macdonald St or the garage across the street. 2026 meetings were held on July 7, August 4, September 1 and October 6 (Meetup shows RSVP counts of 15 and 14 for the last two). No meeting is posted for the first Tuesday of November (November 3, 2026); the next is December 1. Registration for each meeting is on Eventbrite or Meetup.
Free
Hacker and grassroots groups
Central Cybersecurity Meetup
Phoenix and Scottsdale · Metro area
Irregular; no event announced
Beginner-oriented meetup. Its most recent event was a July 17, 2025 social with two tech talks in Scottsdale; the few before it were online in 2022.
Quiet: last activity Jul 2025Free
DC480
Various locations around the Valley · Metro area
Usually the second Tuesday of the month, in person only; venue not posted publicly
DEF CON group named for the 480 area code, which covers Mesa and the East Valley. Meetings are not streamed, to protect presenters. No dated monthly meeting was found; the latest dated activity is the DC480 Snow Talks track at CactusCon in Mesa on February 6, 2026.
Free
DC602
CBTS, 5415 E High St, Building A9, Suite 265, Phoenix, plus Discord · Metro area
Third Thursday of the month, 6:00 p.m., in person and hybrid on Discord (per the group's site)
Phoenix DEF CON group, about 30 minutes from downtown Mesa. The site says the group is still meeting in person but lists no dates. No dated meeting was found; last_activity is the date the group last updated its website (June 27, 2025, on GitHub).
Free
EVSec
Hundred Mile Brewing Company, 690 N Scottsdale Rd, Tempe · Metro area
First Thursday of the month, 7:00 to 10:00 p.m.
A CitySec-style social for the East Valley (Gilbert, Mesa, Chandler, Tempe) in a non-work, non-vendor setting. Every 2026 meeting through October 1 was at Hundred Mile Brewing Company in Tempe. Meetings are posted for November 5 and December 3, 2026.
Free
PHX2600
Escalante Community Center, 2150 E Orange St, Tempe (Amadeus room) · Metro area
First Friday of the month, 6:00 p.m.
Part of 2600 Magazine's monthly meeting network; open to the public, no leaders and no dues. The group's X and Bluesky posts announced the meetings of September 4 and October 2, 2026 on the day; no attendance report was found, so last_activity (October 2, 2026) rests on that day-of notice and the owner confirmation dated 2026-10-02. The group posted nothing further as of November 3, 2026.
Free
West-Phoenix Cyber Security Discussions
Online (organizer based in Surprise) · Metro area
Monthly Zoom panel on the first Wednesday, 4:00 p.m.
Online panel discussion for security managers and people moving into leadership, run from the West Valley. The group is small and its monthly events are scheduled automatically; the October 7, 2026 meeting showed one RSVP. Meetings are posted for November 4 and December 2, 2026.
Free
meetup.com/west-phoenix-cyber-security-discussi… [S52] [S53]
Inclusion and career communities
PROTECTPHX
El Jefe Tacos & Sushi, 2155 E University Dr, Tempe; online talks · Metro area
Tacos+Tech networking on Monday evenings (6:00 p.m.) about once a month, plus online PHX~CURRENTS news discussions at noon
Career-focused group connecting Arizona cybersecurity leaders with newcomers. Posted dates: Tacos+Tech on October 12 (held) and November 9, 2026 in Tempe; PHX~CURRENTS, an online tech-news discussion, on November 3 and December 1, 2026 at noon. The group also promotes ISACA Phoenix and Tucson meetings.
Free
WiCyS Phoenix Affiliate
Tempe (venue shared after registration) · Metro area
Evening happy hours every month or two; dates posted on Luma
Women in CyberSecurity's Phoenix professional affiliate. 2026 happy hours in Tempe on April 30, June 18 and August 20 (Luma lists 96 guests for August). Hosts approve registrations. A Winter Celebration is set for December 17. Its older website (wicysphxaz.com) lists only 2024 events.
Free
Public-private and government
Arizona Cyber Threat Response Alliance (ACTRA)
Phoenix · Metro area
Member threat sharing; ACTRA Cybersecurity Academy cohorts; co-hosts the annual Cybersecurity Breakfast Forum each September
Nonprofit information sharing and analysis organization for Arizona critical infrastructure; membership is by organization. Its own site (actraaz.org) was not read by the neighbor pages (HTTP 403), so this entry rests on the Arizona Technology Council page for the 11th Cybersecurity Breakfast Forum, which ACTRA co-hosted on September 15, 2026 at Grand Canyon University.
Members only
InfraGard Arizona Members Alliance
Phoenix area; mostly virtual meetings plus an annual in-person member meeting · Metro area
Irregular virtual meetings and an annual member meeting in October
FBI-affiliated nonprofit; membership requires an FBI application and vetting. The most recent held event on its calendar is a June 18, 2026 virtual meeting. The 2026 Annual Member Meeting at Scottsdale Stadium Fieldhouse on October 22 appears in the past-events list with no report of attendance.
Vetting required
Education and student groups
GCU Cyber Center of Excellence (Lopes Cyber Con and Technology Club)
Grand Canyon University, Building 57, Room 331, 3300 W Camelback Rd, Phoenix · Metro area
Lopes Cyber Con: third Thursday of the month, 4:30 to 6:30 p.m.
GCU is an NSA/DHS Center of Academic Excellence, about 35 to 45 minutes from Mesa. Lopes Cyber Con is a hands-on introduction for people considering a cybersecurity career; GCU lists sessions on the third Thursday each month from November 19, 2026 through June 17, 2027, on campus or by Zoom. last_activity is the September 17, 2026 session as scheduled; the series page no longer shows past sessions and no attendance report was found. The page states no fee.
Free
Conference series
CactusCon
Mesa Convention Center, Mesa · In the city
Annual two-day conference in early February
Arizona's largest annual hacker and security conference, run by a 501(c)(3); the organizer says its last event drew over 2,000 attendees. CactusCon 14 ran February 6 and 7, 2026. Status reads quiet only because the conference is annual; CactusCon 15 is set for February 5 and 6, 2027 at the Mesa Convention Center.
Quiet: last activity Feb 2026Paid
SecureWorld Phoenix
Phoenix; the 2026 edition and the 2027 edition are at the Hyatt Regency Phoenix, 122 N 2nd St · Metro area
One-day regional conference; first held May 28, 2026, and listed again for June 9, 2027
Commercial conference series. The inaugural Phoenix edition was May 28, 2026. The organizer's events list shows June 9, 2027 at the Hyatt Regency Phoenix, and its page states no ticket price.
PaidVendor-hosted
Technical user groups
Arizona Cyber Security (Meetup)
Scottsdale and Tempe · Metro area
Occasional workshops and happy hours; no event announced
The June 25, 2026 Certificate Lifecycle and PKI Automation Workshop was at 1475 N Scottsdale Rd (ASU SkySong). Earlier events were Cloud Security Alliance happy hours in 2023 and 2024.
FreeVendor-hosted
AWS Phoenix User Group
AWS office, 100 S. Mill Ave., Tempe · Metro area
Monthly afternoon sessions in 2026, most on security topics; none scheduled after August
Official AWS events group. The 2026 series covered network firewalls, application security and threat detection. The last session held was June 18, 2026; nothing is scheduled. Registration is required; Meetup shows no fee or terms beyond registration.
FreeVendor-hosted
Cloud Security Alliance Arizona Chapter
ASU SkySong, 1365 N Scottsdale Rd, Scottsdale · Metro area
Periodic day-long summits at ASU SkySong; no next date announced
The chapter's site still shows only the May 11, 2026 summit as its next event; Eventbrite also lists a quarterly summit with GCISC on August 27, 2026 at SkySong (no attendance report found; the page states no fee). The site asks attendees to register with a work email.
Free
Adjacent communities
ASIS International Phoenix Chapter
Rotating venues across the Valley, including Mesa · Metro area
Lunch and learns, socials and an annual Southwest Security Conference; dates posted on the chapter site
Adjacent: a physical and corporate security association, not a cybersecurity group. The chapter's past-meetings archive lists lunch and learns on February 25 and March 18 (at Meta in Mesa), the Southwest Security Conference on May 18 in Tempe, INTERFACE Phoenix on June 18 and the Desert Security Golf Classic on September 25, 2026. A Law Enforcement Appreciation Luncheon is set for November 18, 2026 at Scottsdale Stadium.
Paid
HeatSync Labs
108 W Main St, Mesa · In the city
Public open hours posted on the site's calendar
Adjacent: Arizona's first hackerspace (established 2009), a volunteer-run community makerspace rather than a security group. It hosts the monthly OWASP Phoenix meetings; last_activity is the October 6, 2026 OWASP meeting there, because the site calendar loads by script and could not be read. The homepage says everyone is welcome and that membership is a donation; it states no fee for visitors.
Free
Technology Education Collaborative (TEC) at the Advanced Cyber Systems Lab
Advanced Cyber Systems Lab, GateWay Community College Washington Campus, 108 N. 40th St., Phoenix · Metro area
Hardware Happy Hour on the second Thursday of the month at 7:00 p.m.; privacy meetups and Right to Repair workshops on other dates
Adjacent: a nonprofit that runs hands-on technology, privacy and Right to Repair events, not a security group. It hosts the monthly Hardware Happy Hour at the lab; the most recent was October 8, 2026 and the next is November 12, 2026 at 7:00 p.m. TEC's own event list loads by script, so dates come from the Hardware Happy Hour Meetup page; no fee is stated.
Free
Directory checklist
12 of 19 national directories list a local chapter
| Directory | Result |
|---|---|
| 2600 Meetings | Local chapter: PHX2600 |
| CISA Regional Offices | Nearest: CISA Region 9; no public Arizona events posted |
| Cloud Security Alliance | Local chapter: Cloud Security Alliance Arizona Chapter |
| Cyversity (formerly ICMCP) Chapters | No chapter found |
| DEF CON Groups | Local chapter: DC480 |
| HTCIA | No chapter found |
| IAPP KnowledgeNet | Local chapter: IAPP KnowledgeNet Phoenix |
| InfraGard Members Alliances | Local chapter: InfraGard Arizona Members Alliance |
| ISACA | Local chapter: ISACA Phoenix Chapter |
| ISC2 | Local chapter: ISC2 Phoenix Chapter |
| ISSA | Local chapter: ISSA Phoenix Chapter |
| NSA National Centers of Academic Excellence in Cybersecurity (NCAE-C) | Local chapter: GCU Cyber Center of Excellence (Lopes Cyber Con and Technology Club) |
| OWASP | Local chapter: OWASP Phoenix |
| SANS Institute | Nearest: SANS Las Vegas 2027 (no SANS training event in Arizona found) |
| SecureWorld | Local chapter: SecureWorld Phoenix |
| Security BSides | Nearest: BSides Phoenix (first conference October 16, 2027 in Mesa; listed under events) |
| TOOOL (The Open Organisation Of Lockpickers) | No chapter found |
| WiCyS (Women in CyberSecurity) Professional Affiliates | Local chapter: WiCyS Phoenix Affiliate |
| Women's Society of Cyberjutsu (WSC) Chapters | No chapter found |
Dormant groups
2 groups with no public activity for 18 months or more
- IAPP KnowledgeNet Phoenix: last public activity Mar 2025 [S5]
- Southwest CyberSec Forum: last public activity Aug 2023 [S70] [S71]
Field notes
- Only OWASP Phoenix meets in Mesa on a regular schedule. Tempe venues (EVSec, PHX2600, ISSA at UAT, WiCyS) are about 15 to 25 minutes west of downtown Mesa; Scottsdale and central Phoenix events are 25 to 45 minutes away.
- OWASP Phoenix posted no meeting for the first Tuesday of November 2026 (November 3); its Meetup and Eventbrite pages show the December 1 talk after the October 6 meeting.
- DC480 says it usually meets on the second Tuesday; the ISSA Phoenix community page says the first Tuesday. The group's own site is used here, and venues are not posted publicly.
- ISACA Phoenix's events list page carries an 'Event is On Hold' pop-up in its page template; it is not attached to either chapter meeting, and both the November 5 and December 4, 2026 event pages open normally. The December 4 page gives no venue, topic or price.
- The Arizona Cyber Warfare Range has offices in Mesa, but its only public range is at Pima Community College in Tucson; its Mesa-area ranges are closed to the public, so it is not listed.
- BSides Phoenix lists October 16, 2027 on the BSides global calendar and in its site repository, but its live site says only fall 2027 and Phoenix. Mesa comes from that repository; the venue name is not recorded because the pages that name it could not be read.
- Several conferences here (Innovate, the Scottsdale Cybersecurity Summit, SecureWorld, ElevateIT and the Arizona Technology Summit) are run by companies and limit free or invited seats to employed IT and security staff or senior leaders.
Sources
Numbered references for the listings on this page.
- S1https://www.meetup.com/evsecaz/
- S2https://www.meetup.com/evsecaz/events/?type=past
- S3https://engage.isaca.org/phoenixchapter/events/eventdescription?CalendarEventKey=ead60eff-7230-4c4f-ac4d-019bbe9becf0&CommunityKey=826b54e0-d34d-4ad5-8914-acf4fd1d6a0a&Home=%2fphoenixchapter%2fevents%2fcalendar
- S4https://cvent.me/5oD1kN
- S5https://iapp.org/community/iapp-chapters/phoenix-az
- S6https://www.phx2600.org/
- S7https://x.com/PHX2600
- S8https://bsky.app/profile/phx2600.bsky.social
- S9https://www.2600.com/meetings/mtg.html
- S10https://www.meetup.com/protectphx/
- S11https://www.meetup.com/hardware-happy-hour-3h-phoenix/
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