Spokane 2600
Fri, Nov 6, 2026 · 5:00 p.m.
Starbucks, 4727 N Division St, Spokane
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
Washington
Spokane, WA cybersecurity events & groups
Spokane has a monthly 2600 meetup on first Fridays, a DEF CON group that meets on Thursday evenings, and an ISSA chapter relaunched in January 2026 that holds quarterly events. The area's larger events are a student capture-the-flag competition each February at a local college, an annual free cybersecurity and AI conference in the fall run by INCH360, and a vendor-run INTERFACE conference held on October 15, 2026 that the organizer says will return in 2027.
Start here
- Spokane 2600: Open to all, free, and meets every month on a published schedule.
- DC509 (DEF CON Group Spokane): Free talks and socials for hackers and newcomers on Thursday evenings.
- Spokane Cyber Cup 2027 (capture the flag): Free student and community capture-the-flag with professional coaches.
Six months at a glance
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Datebook
November 2026
December 2026
Spokane 2600
Fri, Dec 4, 2026 · 5:00 p.m.
Starbucks, 4727 N Division St, Spokane
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
January 2027
Spokane 2600
Fri, Jan 1, 2027 · 5:00 p.m.
Starbucks, 4727 N Division St, Spokane
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
February 2027
Spokane 2600
Fri, Feb 5, 2027 · 5:00 p.m.
Starbucks, 4727 N Division St, Spokane
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
Spokane Cyber Cup 2027 (capture the flag)
Sat, Feb 13, 2027 · 8:00 a.m. check-in; tentative schedule runs to about 4:45 p.m.
Spokane Falls Community College, Spokane
Eighth annual edition. Teams of two to five students from regional universities, colleges and high schools; individuals are placed on teams. Industry professionals can volunteer as coaches. The organizer's schedule is marked tentative. The host school rotates among Spokane Falls Community College, Eastern Washington University and Gonzaga University.
ConfirmedCTFFree
March 2027
Spokane 2600
Fri, Mar 5, 2027 · 5:00 p.m.
Starbucks, 4727 N Division St, Spokane
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
April 2027
Spokane 2600
Fri, Apr 2, 2027 · 5:00 p.m.
Starbucks, 4727 N Division St, Spokane
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
May 2027
Spokane 2600
Fri, May 7, 2027 · 5:00 p.m.
Starbucks, 4727 N Division St, Spokane
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
On the radar
Announced without a date, or expected from past editions. Not confirmed.
INTERFACE Spokane 2027
Announced by the organizer; date not yet published.
Spokane
Date TBAConferenceVetting requiredVendor-hosted
INCH360 Annual Cybersecurity & AI Conference 2027
Held in mid-September in 2025 and 2026; 2027 dates not yet announced
Spokane area · Metro area
ExpectedConferenceFree
Groups & associations
Professional associations
ISSA Spokane & North Idaho
Downtown Spokane · In the city
Quarterly event with a speaker, followed by a happy hour; no later date posted
Relaunch happy hour on 2026-01-29, then a quarterly meeting on 2026-07-23 at Spokane Public Library - Central. Both events were free tickets. The organizer asks attendees to join ISSA but said it was not required for these initial events. The chapter's older WordPress site returned an access error to automated reads and was not used.
Free
eventbrite.com/o/issa-spokane-north-idaho-12076… [S8] [S9] [S10]
Hacker and grassroots groups
DC509 (DEF CON Group Spokane)
Downtown Spokane (The Wonder Building and local breweries) · In the city
Usually the fourth Thursday of the month, 5:30 p.m.; no meeting in August 2026; no later date posted
Meetings on 2026-05-28, 2026-06-25, 2026-07-23, 2026-09-24 and 2026-10-22 were fourth Thursdays, but the organizer does not publish a rule, so no recurrence is recorded. The October 22, 2026 meeting is counted as held under the owner's rule for scheduled Meetup events. Venue varies between a coworking building and breweries.
Free
Spokane 2600
Starbucks, 4727 N Division St, Spokane · In the city
First Friday of the month, 5:00 p.m. to about 8:00 p.m.
The organizer posted a reminder for the 2026-10-02 meeting and another on 2026-10-03 for the 2026-11-06 meeting; no post confirms the 2026-10-02 meeting was held, so last_activity uses 2026-10-02 on the strength of the reminder.
Free
Conference series
INCH360
Spokane and Spokane Valley · In the city
Annual conference each fall; free with pre-registration
Regional cybersecurity and compliance community group founded in 2023. The 2026 conference took place on 2026-09-16 at CenterPlace Regional Event Center in Spokane Valley; the 2025 edition was on 2025-09-18 at Gonzaga University. The organizer's event page lists partners and sponsors, but it presents the conference as a community group's event.
Free
Directory checklist
3 of 19 national directories list a local chapter
| Directory | Result |
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| 2600 Meetings | Local chapter: Spokane 2600 |
| CISA Regional Offices | Nearest: CISA Region 10 (Seattle) |
| Cloud Security Alliance | Nearest: CSA Seattle Chapter |
| Cyversity (formerly ICMCP) Chapters | Nearest: Cyversity Seattle Chapter |
| DEF CON Groups | Local chapter: DC509 (DEF CON Group Spokane) |
| HTCIA | No chapter found |
| IAPP KnowledgeNet | Nearest: IAPP KnowledgeNet Seattle |
| InfraGard Members Alliances | Nearest: Washington State InfraGard Members Alliance |
| ISACA | Nearest: ISACA Puget Sound Chapter |
| ISC2 | Nearest: ISC2 Seattle Chapter |
| ISSA | Local chapter: ISSA Spokane & North Idaho |
| NSA National Centers of Academic Excellence in Cybersecurity (NCAE-C) | Nearest: Spokane Falls Community College Cyber Center |
| OWASP | Nearest: OWASP Spokane |
| SANS Institute | Nearest: SANS Seattle 2027 |
| SecureWorld | Nearest: SecureWorld Seattle |
| Security BSides | Nearest: BSides Seattle |
| TOOOL (The Open Organisation Of Lockpickers) | No chapter found |
| WiCyS (Women in CyberSecurity) Professional Affiliates | Nearest: WiCyS Western Washington |
| Women's Society of Cyberjutsu (WSC) Chapters | No chapter found |
Field notes
- Spokane is far from other Washington cities, so the Seattle-area chapters in the directory checklist are listed only as the nearest chapters and are not a short trip.
- DC509 meets at different venues from month to month; check the Meetup page for the address before going.
- The Spokane Cyber Cup is mostly students, but the organizer says it is free to attend and recruits industry coaches.
- Eastern Washington University (Cheney) runs a cybersecurity club and was designated an NSA Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Operations in March 2026, and Spokane Falls Community College has a Cyber Center. Neither published a dated club meeting that could be cited, so neither is listed as a group.
- OWASP Spokane has a chapter page that says meetings will be posted on Meetup, but no dated meeting was found, so it is not listed as a group.
- The Washington State InfraGard chapter page was checked and shows no Spokane event dates; the CISA Region 10 page returned HTTP 403 to automated reads.
- The ISSA chapter's older WordPress site also returns HTTP 403 to automated reads, so its dates come from Eventbrite only.
Sources
Numbered references for the listings on this page.
- S1https://www.spokane2600.org/about-2600
- S2https://www2.spokane2600.org/
- S3https://spokanectf.github.io/
- S4https://spokanectf.github.io/schedule.html
- S5https://spokanectf.github.io/about.html
- S6https://f2fevents.com/event/spk26/
- S7https://inch360.org/events
- S8https://www.eventbrite.com/o/issa-spokane-north-idaho-120762885954
- S9https://www.eventbrite.com/e/spokane-issa-quarterly-event-and-happy-hour-tickets-1991015529044
- S10https://www.eventbrite.com/e/spokane-issa-launch-happy-hour-tickets-1978182607430
- S11https://www.meetup.com/dc-509/
- S12https://inch360.org/about-us
- S13https://www.eventbrite.com/e/4th-annual-cyber-security-event-by-inch360launchpadinw-tickets-1989625728112