Rhode Island

Providence, RI cybersecurity events & groups

Providence has DC401, a free DEF CON group that holds socials and talks at The XO Bar, and the New England Cybersecurity Professionals meetups at Rhode Island College, which ran on Tuesday evenings on March 31, June 30 and September 15, 2026. Rhode Island College's Institute for Cybersecurity & Emerging Technologies also hosts a fireside chat with Chris Inglis on October 29, 2026. State chapters of ISACA, ISC2, InfraGard and WiCyS cover Rhode Island, and the larger conferences are in the Boston area, about 50 miles away.

Verified Oct 9, 2026 · Covers October 2026 through April 2027 · Times are Eastern Time

Providence metro: Providence, Pawtucket, Cranston, Warwick, Lincoln, East Providence

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DC401 (DEF CON Group Providence): Free, open DEF CON group in downtown Providence with no membership or vetting.
New England Cybersecurity Professionals Meetups (Cyber Institute at Rhode Island College): Free community meetups at Rhode Island College, with the next one on October 13, 2026.

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Datebook

November 2026

ISACA Rhode Island: Fraudsters Unmasked (virtual session)

Wed, Nov 4, 2026 · 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Online · Metro area

Audit and fraud-awareness session (2 NASBA CPEs) with Elizabeth McDowell of Audit Forward. The organizer says it is open to ISACA and IIA members, CPAs, auditors, risk professionals and other professionals; registration is through a separate page that could not be read, so the fee is not confirmed. Adjacent to security: the topic is fraud and audit.

ConfirmedChapter meetingVetting required

engage.isaca.org/rhodeislandchapter/events/even… [S1]

FutureCon Boston Cybersecurity Conference 2026

Thu, Nov 19, 2026

Boston Marriott Burlington, One Burlington Mall Road, Burlington, MA · Regional

One-day commercial conference with sponsor booths, hybrid (in person and online), up to 10 CPE credits. Registration is through a form that did not load for reading, so the price and admission rules are not confirmed.

ConfirmedConferenceVetting requiredVendor-hosted

futureconevents.com/events/boston-ma-2026 [S2]

December 2026

InfraGard Rhode Island Holiday Event

Thu, Dec 10, 2026

Kirkbrae Country Club, Lincoln · Metro area

The organizer lists the date and venue; the registration line reads TBD, with no time or price given. The 2025 holiday event was held for members and guests of the chapter.

ConfirmedMeetupVetting required

infragard-rhodeisland.org/events [S3]

April 2027

Boston Application Security Conference (BASC) 2027

Sat, Apr 3, 2027 · 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.

Boston Marriott Cambridge, 50 Broadway, Cambridge, MA · Regional

One-day application security conference run by the OWASP Boston chapter, with development, leadership and research tracks. The site lists early-bird ticket sales; no ticket price is shown in the page text.

ConfirmedConferencePaid

basconf.org [S4]

MinuteCon 2027

Fri, Apr 30 to Sat, May 1, 2027

Boston Marriott Cambridge, Cambridge, MA · Regional

CFP closes: Fri, Jan 15, 2027

New independent two-day hacker conference; the organizer lists ticket rounds (round 1 completed) and an open call for papers. The page gives no ticket price.

ConfirmedConferencePaid

minutecon.org [S5]

Groups & associations

Professional associations

ISACA Rhode Island Chapter

Rhode Island statewide; the June 2026 annual meeting was at Amica Insurance Amphitheatre, Lincoln · Metro area

Irregular; an annual general meeting on June 3, 2026 and a virtual session on November 4, 2026

The chapter events list shows some sessions open to other professionals; see the November 4, 2026 event. The chapter also lets its members enroll in ISACA New York Metro training events.

Members only

engage.isaca.org/rhodeislandchapter/home [S6] [S7]

ISC2 Rhode Island Chapter

Rhode Island statewide; the February 2026 meeting was at New England Institute of Technology, East Greenwich · Metro area

Irregular; the latest dated meeting was February 25, 2026, 5:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.

The February 2026 meeting was listed as free to attend. The chapter's page on isc2chapters.isc2.org is members-only, so its other meetings could not be read; a locked feed does not show the chapter is inactive.

Quiet: last activity Feb 2026Free

eventbrite.com/o/isc2-rhode-island-chapter-1726… [S8] [S9]

Hacker and grassroots groups

DC401 (DEF CON Group Providence)

The XO Bar, 125 N Main St, Providence · In the city

Irregular socials and talks on weekday evenings; 2026 meetings were on July 23 (Narragansett Brewery) and September 22 (The XO Bar), and a social is set for October 27

Official DEF CON group for Rhode Island; the Meetup page says attendance is free for all and DEF CON attendance is not required.

Free

meetup.com/defcon401 [S10]

Inclusion and career communities

WiCyS Rhode Island Affiliate

Rhode Island statewide; past meetups in Warwick, Newport and South County · Metro area

Irregular; the latest dated event found was a virtual study group info session with the Massachusetts affiliate on October 7, 2025

The affiliate's events page lists informal meetups for November and December with no dates or year, so they are not listed as events. The October 2025 study group listed a $15 cost; the affiliate's other events do not state a price.

Quiet: last activity Oct 2025FreePaid

wicysri.org [S11] [S12]

Public-private and government

InfraGard Rhode Island Members Alliance

Kirkbrae Country Club, Lincoln · Metro area

A few events a year at Kirkbrae Country Club; the latest held event confirmed was the holiday event on December 4, 2025

InfraGard applicants are vetted by the FBI. The chapter's Fall Classic golf outing was listed for October 5, 2026; no source confirms it was held, so it is not used as last activity.

Quiet: last activity Dec 2025Vetting required

infragard-rhodeisland.org/events [S3] [S13]

Education and student groups

CCRI Cybersecurity Student Club and Cyber Saturdays

Community College of Rhode Island (main campus Warwick); Cyber Saturdays are at the Newport County Campus · Metro area

Fall 2026 Cyber Saturdays: Saturdays 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at the Newport County Campus Cyber Range, starting September 12

CCRI is an NSA-designated CAE in Cyber Defense. The club welcomes cybersecurity students; the Cyber Saturdays schedule page is built around the National Cyber League season. Newport is about 30 miles from Providence. The last activity date is the start date on the published Cyber Saturdays schedule.

Students only

ccri.edu/comp/cybersecurity/studentclub.html [S14] [S15]

New England Cybersecurity Professionals Meetups (Cyber Institute at Rhode Island College)

Rhode Island College, 600 Mount Pleasant Ave, Providence · In the city

Tuesday evenings, 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., on an irregular schedule; 2026 meetings were March 31, June 30 and September 15

Run by the Institute for Cybersecurity & Emerging Technologies at Rhode Island College; the organizer describes the meetups as open to the community and free of charge. Meetings began in October 2024 under the name New England Cyber Defense Professionals.

Free

eventbrite.com/cc/cybersecurity-professionals-m… [S16] [S17]

Directory checklist

7 of 19 national directories list a local chapter

Directory	Result
2600 Meetings	Local chapter: The Providence 2600 Meetup Group
CISA Regional Offices	Nearest: CISA Region 1 office (Boston); Rhode Island has its own Cybersecurity Advisor but no public Providence events were found
Cloud Security Alliance	Nearest: CSA Boston Chapter
Cyversity (formerly ICMCP) Chapters	Nearest: Cyversity NYC Metro Chapter
DEF CON Groups	Local chapter: DC401 (DEF CON Group Providence)
HTCIA	Nearest: HTCIA New England Chapter (meets in Massachusetts)
IAPP KnowledgeNet	Nearest: IAPP KnowledgeNet Boston
InfraGard Members Alliances	Local chapter: InfraGard Rhode Island Members Alliance
ISACA	Local chapter: ISACA Rhode Island Chapter
ISC2	Local chapter: ISC2 Rhode Island Chapter
ISSA	Nearest: ISSA New England Chapter (Boston and Worcester)
NSA National Centers of Academic Excellence in Cybersecurity (NCAE-C)	Local chapter: CCRI Cybersecurity Student Club and Cyber Saturdays
OWASP	Nearest: OWASP Rhode Island (chapter page lists speakers only through 2016; no dated meeting found)
SANS Institute	No chapter found
SecureWorld	Nearest: SecureWorld Boston
Security BSides	Nearest: BSides CambridgeMA (October 25, 2026; listed under events)
TOOOL (The Open Organisation Of Lockpickers)	Nearest: TOOOL Boston Chapter (site has no current meeting dates)
WiCyS (Women in CyberSecurity) Professional Affiliates	Local chapter: WiCyS Rhode Island Affiliate
Women's Society of Cyberjutsu (WSC) Chapters	Nearest: Women's Society of Cyberjutsu NYC

Checked Oct 9, 2026

Dormant groups

1 group with no public activity for 18 months or more

The Providence 2600 Meetup Group: last public activity Sep 2023 [S18]

Field notes

The Inglis conversation and the October 13 meetup are both at Rhode Island College; the ticket page for the Inglis event does not name a room.
OWASP Rhode Island has a chapter page, but it lists speakers only through 2016 and no dated meeting was found, so it is not listed as a group.
InfraGard Rhode Island and the ISACA and ISC2 chapters meet around the state (Lincoln, East Greenwich, online), not only in Providence.
BSides Rhode Island has no current organizer page, so it is not listed.
The ISC2 Rhode Island chapter keeps its page on isc2chapters.isc2.org members-only, so meetings other than its February 2026 Eventbrite listing could not be read.
The Boston-area conferences are listed as regional events because Boston is about 50 miles away.

Sources

Numbered references for the listings on this page.