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Moreno Valley, CA cybersecurity events & groups

Moreno Valley's own security activity is mostly in its schools: Moreno Valley Unified runs a Cyber Academic Pathway and CyberPatriot teams from a Cyber Innovation Center at Canyon Springs High School, and Moreno Valley College has hosted IT and cybersecurity summits. For professionals, the ISC2 SoCal Inland Empire chapter holds virtual meetings (the most recent on October 22, 2026), and the nearest student clubs are at UC Riverside, Riverside City College and Cal State San Bernardino.

Verified Nov 3, 2026 · Covers November 2026 through May 2027 · Times are Pacific Time

Inland Empire: Moreno Valley, Riverside, Perris, Menifee, San Bernardino, Redlands, Fontana, Rancho Cucamonga

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  1. ISC2 SoCal Inland Empire Chapter: The only active professional chapter serving the Inland Empire; its October 22, 2026 meeting was virtual and the meeting link goes to members or on request.
  2. SoCal Tech Forum: Free monthly Saturday breakfast talk in Rancho Cucamonga on general technology topics; sessions are listed for November 7 and December 5, 2026.

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Datebook

November 2026

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 · Regional

Run by Government Technology, an events and media company. The page states: Open to Public Sector only. Registration - Free.

ConfirmedSummitFreeVetting requiredVendor-hosted

March 2027

FutureCon Los Angeles Cybersecurity Conference 2027

Wed, Mar 31, 2027

Hilton Los Angeles Culver City, Culver City · Regional

One-day vendor conference run by an events company. The event and registration pages show no price or access terms; paid is assumed (judgement call). Hybrid, with an in-person and a virtual option.

ConfirmedConferencePaidVendor-hosted

May 2027

SANS Security West 2027

Mon, May 10 to Sat, May 15, 2027

Hilton San Diego Bayfront and virtual (Pacific Time) · Regional

Commercial training run by the SANS Institute, in person and virtual; the page lists an early-bird discount until January 19, 2027 and no base price. San Diego is about 1 hour 30 minutes from Moreno Valley by car.

ConfirmedTrainingPaidVendor-hosted

On the radar

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

BSides San Diego 2027

Held in spring (April 4 in 2026); 2027 date not yet announced

San Diego (2026 venue: San Diego State University) · Regional

ExpectedConferencePaid

CSUSB Center for Cyber and AI Open House 2027

Held every October (October 23 in 2026, as part of Wired In); 2027 date not yet announced

Jack H. Brown Hall, CSUSB, San Bernardino (2026 venue) · Metro area

ExpectedWorkshopFree

Inland Empire Cybersecurity Summit (Zeta Sky)

Held on a Thursday in late October in 2024; no 2026 edition was found and no 2027 date is announced

Jessie Turner Health and Fitness Community Center, 15556 Summit Ave, Fontana (2024 venue) · Metro area

ExpectedSummitFreeVendor-hosted

Inland Empire Mayors Cyber Cup 2027 Final

Usually held in late April; 2027 date not yet announced

Online, with teams at their own schools · Metro area

ExpectedCTFStudents only

LayerOne 2027

Usually held in late May (May 23 and 24 in 2026); 2027 dates not yet announced

Pasadena (2026 venue: Pasadena Hilton) · Regional

ExpectedConferencePaid

Groups & associations

Professional associations

ISC2 SoCal Inland Empire Chapter

Inland Empire (Riverside and San Bernardino counties); meetings have been virtual · Metro area

Virtual chapter meetings, 7:00 to 8:00 p.m. Pacific on Google Meet; the October 2026 meeting was Thursday, October 22, and the chapter says meetings continue

Chartered by ISC2 in November 2024; ISC2 membership is not required to join the chapter. The chapter's LinkedIn page announced a virtual meeting for Thursday, October 22, 2026, 7:00 to 8:00 p.m. Pacific (the year is implied by the ISC2 Security Congress 2026 listing on the same page, and October 22, 2026 is a Thursday) and a same-day post said it was that evening; the meeting link is sent to members or on request. The chapter's own site shows only a placeholder, and its ISC2 Chapters Community portal page lists no events (the events feed is empty), so no November date is known.

Free

Education and student groups

Center for Cyber and AI, Cal State San Bernardino

Jack H. Brown Hall, CSUSB, 5500 University Parkway, San Bernardino · Metro area

Annual open house each October (October 23, 2026 as part of Wired In), summer cyber camps for high school students, and year-round student club activity

CSUSB is an NSA Center of Academic Excellence about 25 minutes north of Moreno Valley. The center supports the Cyber Intelligence and Security Organization (CISO) and a WiCyS student chapter. The 2026 WITH Cyber Camp for high school students ran June 7 to 11, 2026. The center announced a free Wired In open house and student demo night for Friday, October 23, 2026; no report that it took place was found, so it does not move last_activity.

Free

Cyber@UCR (UC Riverside Cybersecurity Club)

UC Riverside, Riverside (rooms in Winston Chung Hall per the club calendar) · Metro area

General meetings, board meetings, workshops and competition practice during the academic year; times are posted on the club's Google Calendar and Discord

About 15 minutes west of Moreno Valley. Competes in CCDC, CPTC and CTF events. Its calendar showed weekly general meetings through April 2026 and a social on June 5, 2026; no fall 2026 meetings were posted when the calendar was read on November 3, 2026.

Students only

Inland Empire Mayors Cyber Cup

Run from San Bernardino; teams compete online from their schools · Metro area

Practice labs open in the fall; the final competition is held in late April

Cyber competition for middle school, high school and community college teams across the Inland Empire. The game is online, but students gather at their schools. Two Moreno Valley middle schools placed first and second in the 2026 middle school division. The 2026 final was April 25, 2026.

Quiet: last activity Apr 2026Students only

Moreno Valley Unified Cyber Academic Pathway and Cyber Innovation Center

Cyber Innovation Center, Canyon Springs High School, Moreno Valley · In the city

School-year program for MVUSD middle and high school students, with CyberPatriot and other competition teams

The pathway runs through Badger Springs, Landmark, Palm and Vista Heights middle schools and Canyon Springs, Valley View and Vista del Lago high schools. The district says it has hosted free summer cyber camps and parent workshops at the center. Most recent dated activity: at the Inland Empire Mayors Cyber Cup on April 25, 2026, Landmark Middle School took first and Palm Middle School second in the middle school division. The district pages show no newer dated activity, so the status counts from that date.

Quiet: last activity Apr 2026Students only

Riverside City College Cyber Defense Center and Cyber Security Club

Riverside City College, Riverside · Metro area

Student club and competition teams during the semester; free summer cyber camps for high school students

Riverside City College, in the same community college district as Moreno Valley College, is an NSA Center of Academic Excellence and hosts a WiCyS student chapter. The last dated activity found is its 2026 Standard Cyber Camp, June 15 to 18, 2026.

Students only

Adjacent communities

SoCal Tech Forum

FoundrSpace Coworking, 11799 Sebastian Way, Suite 103, Rancho Cucamonga · Metro area

Monthly Saturday breakfast meetups, 8:30 to 11:30 a.m., plus occasional evening networking (next listed: November 7 and December 5, 2026)

Adjacent: a general technology meetup run by a nonprofit, not a security group. Its October 3, 2026 session on AI applied to digital forensics shows as past on Meetup with no cancellation, but nothing confirms attendance; it also held a cybersecurity expert panel on September 5, 2026. The November 7 and December 5, 2026 sessions are general technology topics, so they are not listed as events. Rancho Cucamonga is about 40 minutes from Moreno Valley. Food is provided by a sponsor.

Free

Directory checklist

5 of 19 national directories list a local chapter
DirectoryResult
2600 MeetingsNearest: OC2600 (23b Hackerspace, Fullerton; hacker socials listed for November 6 and December 4, 2026)
CISA Regional OfficesNearest: CISA Region 9 (page returned 403 on 2026-11-03); no public Inland Empire events found
Cloud Security AllianceNearest: CSA Orange County Chapter
Cyversity (formerly ICMCP) ChaptersNearest: Cyversity Southern California Chapter (no dated activity found)
DEF CON GroupsLocal chapter: DC909 (DEF CON Group Inland Empire)
HTCIANearest: HTCIA Southern California Chapter
IAPP KnowledgeNetNearest: IAPP KnowledgeNet Orange County
InfraGard Members AlliancesNearest: InfraGard Los Angeles Members Alliance (covers Riverside County; its events pages list no Inland Empire events)
ISACANearest: ISACA Orange County Chapter (covers Riverside and San Bernardino counties)
ISC2Local chapter: ISC2 SoCal Inland Empire Chapter
ISSALocal chapter: ISSA Inland Empire Chapter
NSA National Centers of Academic Excellence in Cybersecurity (NCAE-C)Local chapter: Riverside City College Cyber Defense Center and Cyber Security Club
OWASPLocal chapter: OWASP Inland Empire
SANS InstituteNearest: SANS Security West 2027 (San Diego, May 10 to 15, 2027; listed under events)
SecureWorldNo chapter found
Security BSidesNearest: BSides San Diego (April 4, 2026 edition; 2027 listed under events)
TOOOL (The Open Organisation Of Lockpickers)No chapter found
WiCyS (Women in CyberSecurity) Professional AffiliatesNearest: WiCyS Los Angeles (student chapters also meet at CSUSB and Riverside City College)
Women's Society of Cyberjutsu (WSC) ChaptersNearest: Women's Society of Cyberjutsu SoCal

Checked Nov 3, 2026

Dormant groups

4 groups with no public activity for 18 months or more

Field notes

Sources

Numbered references for the listings on this page.

  1. S1https://events.govtech.com/Southern-California-Public-Sector-Cybersecurity-Summit
  2. S2https://futureconevents.com/events/los-angeles-ca-2027/
  3. S3https://www.sans.org/cyber-security-training-events/security-west-2027
  4. S4https://www.bsidessd.org/
  5. S5https://www.simpletix.com/e/bsides-san-diego-2026-tickets-240338
  6. S6https://www.csusb.edu/cybersecurity/events
  7. S7https://www.csusb.edu/inside/article/599201/csusbs-wired-event-invites-community-explore-cybersecurity-ai-and-emerging
  8. S8https://www.fontanaca.gov/Calendar.aspx?EID=6664
  9. S9https://www.facebook.com/fontanachamber/photos/zeta-sky-invites-you-to-join-their-annual-cybersecurity-summit-%EF%B8%8Fthursday-october/1249415257220028/
  10. S10https://iemayorscup.com/competition/
  11. S11https://www.layerone.org/
  12. S12https://www.linkedin.com/company/isc2-socal-ie-chapter
  13. S13https://isc2chaptersocalie.org/
  14. S14https://isc2chapters.isc2.org/topics/49930/page/welcome
  15. S15https://www.csusb.edu/inside/article/596735/csusb-cyber-camp-introduces-high-school-students-cybersecurity-careers
  16. S16https://cyber.cs.ucr.edu/calendar
  17. S17https://calendar.google.com/calendar/embed?src=cyberucr%40gmail.com&ctz=America%2FLos_Angeles
  18. S18https://iemayorscup.com/history/
  19. S19https://www.mvusd.net/departments/educational-services/technology-innovation-and-assessment/innovation/cyber-academic-pathway
  20. S20https://www.mvusd.net/engage/news/news-details/~board/news/post/moreno-valley-unified-school-district-leading-the-charge-in-cybersecurity-education
  21. S21https://cyber.rcc.edu/
  22. S22https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2026-rcc-cybersecurity-standard-cyber-camp-tickets-1986924762451
  23. S23https://www.meetup.com/tech-forum-rancho-cucamonga/
  24. S24https://defcon909.org/
  25. S25https://defcon.social/@defcon909
  26. S26http://dc909.org/dc909/blog
  27. S27https://forum.defcon.org/node/231647
  28. S28https://ie.issa.org/meeting.html
  29. S29https://mvc.edu/news/20250409-cyber-talent-summit-empowers-students.php
  30. S30https://mvc.edu/events/cyber-summit/index.php
  31. S31https://www.mvc.edu/student-support/career-transfer/apprenticeship/it-cybersecurity.php
  32. S32https://github.com/OWASP/www-chapter-inland-empire