Florida

Port St. Lucie, FL cybersecurity events & groups

No security meetup or chapter was found meeting in Port St. Lucie. Indian River State College, an NSA/DHS Center of Academic Excellence with campuses in Fort Pierce and Port St. Lucie, runs the area's cybersecurity degree programs, and a Treasure Coast group called BootySec has a Meetup page whose recent events were held on the Space Coast. Most other options are online sessions from statewide and South Florida chapters, or a drive to Melbourne for BSides Space Coast (March 13, 2027) or to the Fort Lauderdale area for BSides South Florida (May 6, 2027).

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

Port St. Lucie metro: Port St. Lucie, Fort Pierce, Stuart, Jensen Beach, Palm City, Hobe Sound

Start here

BSides Space Coast 2027: A community-run BSides about an hour north, with an open call for talks.
BSides South Florida 2027: A community-run BSides on the beach in Fort Lauderdale, the closest large security conference to the south.
WiCyS Florida Affiliate: Statewide affiliate that holds free online sessions.

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Datebook

March 2027

BSides Space Coast 2027

Sat, Mar 13, 2027 · 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. (doors 8:00 a.m.; keynote 9:00 a.m.)

Eastern Florida State College, CITE Building 17, 3865 N. Wickham Road, Melbourne · Regional

CFP closes: Sat, Jan 9, 2027

A new community-run nonprofit conference. Tickets are sold through Eventbrite; neither the site nor the Eventbrite page text read states a price (the site says pricing is deliberately low, students can request special access and veterans enter free). Speakers are notified by January 23, 2027.

ConfirmedConferencePaid

bsidesspacecoast.com [S1] [S2]

May 2027

BSides South Florida 2027

Thu, May 6, 2027

Marriott Harbor Beach Resort & Spa, Fort Lauderdale · Regional

The organizer page gives May 6, 2027 for the third edition at the same resort; its text describes both one day and two days, so the length is not stated and no end date is recorded. The page shows a Register button but no price.

ConfirmedConferencePaid

bsidessouthflorida.org [S3]

SecureWorld South Florida 2027

Thu, May 13, 2027

Margaritaville Hollywood Beach Resort, Hollywood · Regional

Speaker submissions close: Sat, Mar 20, 2027

Commercial one-day conference produced by SecureWorld. The events list gives the date and venue; the event page lists the two dates (March 20 and May 13, 2027) without labels, and the earlier one matches the speaker deadline. Passes are sold in tiers; no price was read.

ConfirmedConferencePaidVendor-hosted

secureworld.io/events/south-florida-2027 [S4] [S5]

On the radar

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

Palm Beach State College Cybersecurity Symposium

Usually held in spring (April 1, 2026); 2027 date not yet announced

Palm Beach State College, Lake Worth campus, Lake Worth Beach (also online) · Regional

ExpectedConferenceFree

pbsc.edu/events/cyber-symposium.php [S6]

Palm Beach State College CyberWeek Conference (Fall 2027)

The Fall 2026 edition ran October 28 to 30, 2026; 2027 dates not yet announced

Palm Beach State College, Lake Worth campus, Lake Worth Beach (also online) · Regional

ExpectedConferenceFree

pbsc.edu/events/cyberweek-conference.php [S7]

The Official Cybersecurity Summit: South Florida

Usually held in spring (April 30, 2026 at The Diplomat Beach Resort, Hollywood); 2027 date not yet announced

Hollywood · Regional

ExpectedSummitVetting requiredVendor-hosted

cyberriskalliance.swoogo.com/s-florida-april-20… [S8]

Groups & associations

Professional associations

ISACA South Florida Chapter

Miami and Fort Lauderdale area, plus online programs · Regional

No regular meeting night; online trainings and programs, and special events in Miami-Dade and Broward

ISACA's chapter directory places Port St. Lucie inside this chapter's area; no chapter is closer. Its in-person events are in Miami-Dade and Broward, so online programs are the practical option from the Treasure Coast. A chapter-run online CISM exam prep course began September 28, 2026 and ran to October 4, 2026. A live incident response exercise on Zoom was scheduled for October 21, 2026; nothing shows it was held. On November 3, 2026 the chapter calendar listed only the Cyber Gala (November 18, 2026, Zoo Miami, marked On Hold) and a Cyber Community Holiday Party (December 17, 2026, no location shown); both are more than 2 hours away and are not listed.

FreePaid

engage.isaca.org/southfloridachapter/home [S9] [S10]

Hacker and grassroots groups

BootySec: Treasure Coast's Cybersecurity Community

Meetup group based in Sebastian; its recent events were in Melbourne, Palm Bay and online · Metro area

No future events posted; the group's listed events were joint sessions with SpaceCoastSec

The Meetup page describes a free, vendor-neutral community serving Indian River, St. Lucie, Martin and Okeechobee counties, with 4 members. Its four past events (July 16, September 28, October 15 and December 13, 2025) were held at Melbourne, Palm Bay or online, mostly shared with the sister group SpaceCoastSec. The December 13, 2025 End of Year Celebration at Eastern Florida State College in Melbourne is the latest; the page lists 1 attendee and nothing shows how many came, so the evidence is thin. No event was held in Port St. Lucie. The group does not appear in the DEF CON group list.

Quiet: last activity Dec 2025Free

meetup.com/defcon-group-dc772 [S11] [S12]

Inclusion and career communities

WiCyS Florida Affiliate

Statewide; mostly online · Regional

Irregular online sessions and occasional in-person meetups

The latest event found was a virtual session held with the WiCyS Latina affiliate on April 29, 2026. The organizer page listed no events on November 3, 2026.

Quiet: last activity Apr 2026Free

wicys.org/wicys-florida-affiliate [S13] [S14]

Public-private and government

InfraGard South Florida Members Alliance

South Florida (FBI Miami field office area, which includes St. Lucie and Martin counties) · Regional

No regular schedule; no events were on the chapter site on November 3, 2026 (the site says it is being updated for 2027)

Each InfraGard chapter is tied to an FBI field office; the FBI Miami office covers St. Lucie and Martin counties through its Fort Pierce resident agency. Membership requires FBI vetting. The latest public meeting found was held during SecureWorld South Florida at the Margaritaville Hollywood Beach Resort on April 17, 2025. The chapter's events page returned 404 on November 3, 2026, while its website is being rebuilt; the site owner confirmed on November 4, 2026 that the chapter is active. Members-only activity may not appear on the public site.

Vetting required

infragardsofl.org [S15]

Education and student groups

Indian River State College Cybersecurity Programs and Cyber Center of Excellence

Massey Campus, 3209 Virginia Avenue, Fort Pierce; also St. Lucie West (Pruitt) Campus in Port St. Lucie · Metro area

No regular public meeting; occasional open houses and youth camps

IRSC is designated a National Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense and offers a B.S. in Information Technology Management and Cyber Security. The latest dated public event found is a Business, Accounting and Cybersecurity Open House for prospective students on April 14, 2026 at the Massey Campus in Fort Pierce; no later cybersecurity event is on the college calendar. The college calendar also lists a USAF/Civil Air Patrol CyberPatriot camp at the Massey Campus on June 11 and 12, 2026, but nothing shows it was held, so it is not counted. No student cyber club or CTF team with public meetings was found; the Cyber Center of Excellence website (irscccoe.org) blocks automated reading. The college's CyberGen Academy courses are artificial intelligence classes and are not listed.

Quiet: last activity Apr 2026Free

irsc.edu/program/computer-information-technology [S16] [S17] [S18]

Directory checklist

4 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	Nearest: Cyversity South Florida Chapter
DEF CON Groups	Nearest: DCG Space Coast (SpaceCoastSec, DC321)
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	Nearest: ISC2 Florida SpaceCoast Chapter
ISSA	Nearest: ISSA South Florida Chapter (SFISSA)
NSA National Centers of Academic Excellence in Cybersecurity (NCAE-C)	Local chapter: Indian River State College Cybersecurity Programs and Cyber Center of Excellence
OWASP	Nearest: OWASP Orlando
SANS Institute	Nearest: SANS 2027 (Orlando)
SecureWorld	Nearest: SecureWorld South Florida
Security BSides	Nearest: BSides Space Coast
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

Checked Nov 3, 2026

Field notes

No security group was found meeting inside Port St. Lucie. The Treasure Coast group BootySec has a Meetup page, but its listed events were in Melbourne, Palm Bay and online, with the latest on December 13, 2025. The nearest regular meetups are on the Space Coast (SpaceCoastSec and the ISC2 Florida SpaceCoast Chapter in Melbourne) and in Palm Beach County (DC561, and ISSA South Florida meetings at Palm Beach State College in Lake Worth).
The ISACA, InfraGard and WiCyS chapters listed here cover Port St. Lucie but hold in-person events in Miami-Dade, Broward or elsewhere in the state; their online sessions are the easiest way to take part. InfraGard South Florida shows no public activity since April 17, 2025 and its site says it is being updated for 2027.
Paid one-day cybersecurity classes advertised on Eventbrite for Port St. Lucie are run by national training companies with no published venue, and are not listed.

Sources

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