Cybersecurity - Chesapeake Weekend Afternoon Networking (WAN)
Fri, Nov 6, 2026 · 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.
Tap-It Local, 648 Grassfield Pkwy #12, Chesapeake · Metro area
Networking social; the Meetup page lists no fee.
ConfirmedMeetupFree
Virginia
Virginia Beach, VA cybersecurity events & groups
ISSA Hampton Roads holds its monthly talks at ECPI University in Virginia Beach and a free cybersecurity social at The Casual Pint on Princess Anne Road, with companion socials in Norfolk and Chesapeake. DC757 (the regional DEF CON group) and a Hampton 2600 meeting round out the hacker side, and Regent University's cyber range hosted a capture-the-flag in April 2026. The first BSides Hampton Roads takes place October 9 and 10, 2026 at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, and SANS has run a two-week training event on the Oceanfront each late summer.
Start here
- ISSA Hampton Roads Chapter (ISSA-HR): Free and open: a monthly talk at ECPI University in Virginia Beach and an evening social at The Casual Pint, both welcoming to newcomers.
- BSides Hampton Roads 2026: The region's first community-run security conference, October 9 and 10, 2026 at ODU in Norfolk.
- DC757 (DEF CON Group Hampton Roads, 757/948): The local DEF CON group; open talks and socials that rotate around Hampton Roads.
Six months at a glance
Datebook
November 2026
Hampton Roads 2600
Fri, Nov 6, 2026 · 5:00 p.m.
Barnes & Noble cafe, Peninsula Town Center, Hampton · Metro area
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
Norfolk Cybersecurity Networking & Happy Hour
Tue, Nov 17, 2026 · 6:00 to 9:00 p.m.
The OV Beach Tavern, 9659 1st View St, Norfolk (Ocean View) · Metro area
Networking social; the Meetup page says free tickets are on Eventbrite.
ConfirmedMeetupFree
Cybersecurity Social/Happy Hour (Virginia Beach)
Wed, Nov 18, 2026 · 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.
The Casual Pint, 3380 Princess Anne Rd, Ste 111, Virginia Beach
Networking social; the Meetup page lists no fee.
ConfirmedMeetupFree
December 2026
ISSA Hampton Roads Chapter (ISSA-HR)
Tue, Dec 1, 2026 · 5:30 p.m.
Talks at ECPI University, 5555 Greenwich Rd, Suite 360, Virginia Beach; socials at The Casual Pint (Virginia Beach), Tap-It Local (Chesapeake) and The OV Beach Tavern (Norfolk)
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
Hampton Roads 2600
Fri, Dec 4, 2026 · 5:00 p.m.
Barnes & Noble cafe, Peninsula Town Center, Hampton · Metro area
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
Cybersecurity - Chesapeake Weekend Afternoon Networking (WAN)
Fri, Dec 11, 2026 · 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.
Tap-It Local, 648 Grassfield Pkwy #12, Chesapeake · Metro area
Networking social; the Meetup page lists no fee.
ConfirmedMeetupFree
Norfolk Cybersecurity Networking & Happy Hour
Tue, Dec 15, 2026 · 6:00 to 9:00 p.m.
The OV Beach Tavern, 9659 1st View St, Norfolk (Ocean View) · Metro area
Networking social; the Meetup page says free tickets are on Eventbrite.
ConfirmedMeetupFree
Cybersecurity Social/Happy Hour (Virginia Beach)
Wed, Dec 16, 2026 · 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.
The Casual Pint, 3380 Princess Anne Rd, Ste 111, Virginia Beach
Networking social; the Meetup page lists no fee.
ConfirmedMeetupFree
January 2027
Hampton Roads 2600
Fri, Jan 1, 2027 · 5:00 p.m.
Barnes & Noble cafe, Peninsula Town Center, Hampton · Metro area
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
ISSA Hampton Roads Chapter (ISSA-HR)
Tue, Jan 5, 2027 · 5:30 p.m.
Talks at ECPI University, 5555 Greenwich Rd, Suite 360, Virginia Beach; socials at The Casual Pint (Virginia Beach), Tap-It Local (Chesapeake) and The OV Beach Tavern (Norfolk)
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
February 2027
ISSA Hampton Roads Chapter (ISSA-HR)
Tue, Feb 2, 2027 · 5:30 p.m.
Talks at ECPI University, 5555 Greenwich Rd, Suite 360, Virginia Beach; socials at The Casual Pint (Virginia Beach), Tap-It Local (Chesapeake) and The OV Beach Tavern (Norfolk)
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
Hampton Roads 2600
Fri, Feb 5, 2027 · 5:00 p.m.
Barnes & Noble cafe, Peninsula Town Center, Hampton · Metro area
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
March 2027
ISSA Hampton Roads Chapter (ISSA-HR)
Tue, Mar 2, 2027 · 5:30 p.m.
Talks at ECPI University, 5555 Greenwich Rd, Suite 360, Virginia Beach; socials at The Casual Pint (Virginia Beach), Tap-It Local (Chesapeake) and The OV Beach Tavern (Norfolk)
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
Hampton Roads 2600
Fri, Mar 5, 2027 · 5:00 p.m.
Barnes & Noble cafe, Peninsula Town Center, Hampton · Metro area
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
April 2027
Hampton Roads 2600
Fri, Apr 2, 2027 · 5:00 p.m.
Barnes & Noble cafe, Peninsula Town Center, Hampton · Metro area
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
ISSA Hampton Roads Chapter (ISSA-HR)
Tue, Apr 6, 2027 · 5:30 p.m.
Talks at ECPI University, 5555 Greenwich Rd, Suite 360, Virginia Beach; socials at The Casual Pint (Virginia Beach), Tap-It Local (Chesapeake) and The OV Beach Tavern (Norfolk)
Per published schedule; confirm with organizer.
MeetingFree
May 2027
AFCEA Hampton Roads 2027 Maritime Operations & Information Warfare Summit
Tue, May 18 to Thu, May 20, 2027
Hilton Norfolk The Main, 100 East Main Street, Norfolk · Metro area
Defense-industry summit run by the AFCEA Hampton Roads chapter covering information warfare, C4 and cyber, and maritime operations, with an innovation showcase and small business engagement. The listing says registration and sponsorship details are still to come, so the paid value is a judgement call. The 2026 edition ran May 11 to 14, 2026 at the same hotel.
ConfirmedSummitPaid
June 2027
RVAsec 16
Wed, Jun 9 to Thu, Jun 10, 2027
Richmond (2027 venue not yet stated; the 2026 edition was at The Marriott Richmond) · Regional
Two-day Richmond security conference, about 110 miles from Virginia Beach. The site shows June 9-10, 2027 and does not yet post 2027 ticket prices, so the paid value is a judgement call from past editions.
ConfirmedConferencePaid
On the radar
Announced without a date, or expected from past editions. Not confirmed.
CyberForge 2027
Announced by the organizer; date not yet published.
Hampton Roads (venue not yet announced) · Metro area
Date TBAConferencePaid
SANS Virginia Beach 2027
Usually held in late August; 2027 dates not yet announced
Virginia Beach Oceanfront
ExpectedTrainingPaidVendor-hosted
Groups & associations
Professional associations
ISSA Hampton Roads Chapter (ISSA-HR)
Talks at ECPI University, 5555 Greenwich Rd, Suite 360, Virginia Beach; socials at The Casual Pint (Virginia Beach), Tap-It Local (Chesapeake) and The OV Beach Tavern (Norfolk) · In the city
Monthly meeting on the first Tuesday: networking from 5:30 p.m., talk from 6:00 p.m., at ECPI University in Virginia Beach and on Zoom. Separate monthly evening socials in Virginia Beach (The Casual Pint, Wednesdays), Norfolk (The OV Beach Tavern, Tuesdays) and Chesapeake (Tap-It Local, Fridays); dates are on Meetup.
last_activity is the date of the October 6, 2026 talk at ECPI University on the chapter's site and Meetup; no report that it took place was found. Monthly talks are open to visitors and award CPE credits. The December gathering has been a holiday party rather than a first-Tuesday talk (December 9, 2025).
Free
Hacker and grassroots groups
DC757 (DEF CON Group Hampton Roads, 757/948)
Rotates around Hampton Roads (recent meetups at Hampton Library, Mary D. Pretlow Library in Norfolk, and Pixels Pints & Bytes in Ghent, Norfolk) · Metro area
Irregular monthly meetups and socials, announced on LinkedIn and Discord
The September 14, 2026 meetup at Hampton Library (talk: "Anatomy of a Sock Puppet") is the newest dated meeting found, from the group's LinkedIn announcement; no post confirming it was held was found. A group post also mentions a Star Wars Day social (Hack the Tap: Episode II) tagged for Virginia Beach. The group's website lists no events.
Free
Hampton Roads 2600
Barnes & Noble cafe, Peninsula Town Center, Hampton · Metro area
First Friday of the month, 5:00 p.m.
The 2600 Magazine list (Autumn 2026 issue) gives Hampton, Barnes & Noble cafe, Peninsula Town Center. last_activity is the first Friday of September 2026 under that schedule; no report of the meeting was found. The local site (2600.757.org) is out of date.
Free
Public-private and government
InfraGard Norfolk Members Alliance
Norfolk; the 2026 Cyber Summit was at the ODU Webb Center · Metro area
No public meeting schedule; membership requires FBI vetting
Co-hosted the first FBI Norfolk Cyber Summit with the FBI Norfolk Field Office and ODU on January 28, 2026 (1:00 to 4:00 p.m., ODU Webb Center). The date comes from the invitation reposted by the Virginia Maritime Association; the chapter's own site posts no events.
Quiet: last activity Jan 2026Vetting required
Education and student groups
Coastal Virginia Cybersecurity Student Association (CVCSA)
Hampton Roads campuses (ODU, Christopher Newport University, Tidewater Community College and others) · Metro area
Monthly speaker events during the academic year; CyberForge conference and CTF once a year
Umbrella group for campus cyber clubs across Hampton Roads. The newest dated activity found is CyberForge 2026 (March 28 and 29, 2026 at Christopher Newport University); the site says speaker events run monthly but lists no dated one since then.
Quiet: last activity Mar 2026Free
Cyber Security Student Association (CS2A), Old Dominion University
Old Dominion University, Norfolk · Metro area
Meetings during the academic year; dates posted on the ODU CampusGroups page (sign-in needed for room details)
ODU is an NSA/DHS Center of Academic Excellence. The newest held event found is the CyberOps capture-the-flag on February 28, 2026 at the ODU Webb Center, from an earlier check of the COVA CCI events list. The club's CampusGroups page lists a Meet the Professors meeting on October 6, 2026 (12:00 to 2:00 p.m.), whose location is hidden until sign-in; no report that it took place was found.
Quiet: last activity Feb 2026Students only
Regent University Cybersecurity and Cyber Range (Virginia Beach)
Regent University, 1000 Regent University Drive, Virginia Beach · In the city
No recurring public meetings; the university held its first Industrial Control Systems capture-the-flag on April 11, 2026
Regent's B.S. in Cybersecurity is designated an NSA Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense. The April 11, 2026 ICS capture-the-flag drew high school and college students from across the Mid-Atlantic; the university's news post gives the date without a later edition. No student club page or later dated event was found.
Students only
TCC Cyber Club (Tidewater Community College)
Tidewater Community College (club listed under the Chesapeake Campus; the college's cybersecurity programs also run at the Virginia Beach Campus) · Metro area
No public meeting schedule; the club prepares students for cyber events and competitions
last_activity is the second day of the 2026 Virginia Cyber Cup at VMI (February 20 and 21, 2026), where TCC placed third in the community college division. The club co-hosted CyberForge 2024 with CVCSA at the Virginia Beach Campus on February 10 and 11, 2024. tcc.edu blocks automated reading (HTTP 403), so the club pages could not be read directly; contact the college's Cybersecurity Center for meeting details.
Students only
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Conference series
BSides Hampton Roads
ODU Webb University Center, 1301 W 49th St, Norfolk · Metro area
Community conference; the inaugural edition is October 9 and 10, 2026
Volunteer-run community security conference for the Hampton Roads region. Its inaugural edition is October 9 and 10, 2026 at Old Dominion University's Webb University Center in Norfolk. No 2027 date has been announced.
Paid
Training
SANS Virginia Beach (SANS Institute training)
Hilton Virginia Beach Oceanfront and Hilton Garden Inn Virginia Beach Oceanfront · In the city
Annual two-week training event in late August
SANS Virginia Beach 2026 ran August 24 to September 4, 2026; the 2025 edition ran August 18 to 23, 2025. sans.org now returns 404 for both event pages, so the dates rest on archived copies.
PaidVendor-hosted
Adjacent communities
Hampton Roads Amazon Web Services User Group
DOMA Technologies, 585 London Bridge Rd, Virginia Beach · In the city
Formerly first Tuesday evenings; no meeting posted since May 2025
Adjacent: a general AWS cloud user group, not security-focused, though it has held security sessions (AWS Security Best Practices, June 4, 2024). The newest past event on its Meetup page is May 6, 2025.
Quiet: last activity May 2025Free
Directory checklist
7 of 19 national directories list a local chapter
Field notes
- ISSA-HR talks are in Virginia Beach at ECPI University on the first Tuesday and are also streamed on Zoom; its socials rotate among Virginia Beach (Wednesdays at The Casual Pint), Norfolk (Tuesdays) and Chesapeake (Fridays), and the weekday pattern shifts month to month, so check the Meetup listing for each date.
- DC757's website lists no events; the group announces meetups on LinkedIn and Discord, and locations rotate between Hampton, Norfolk and Chesapeake.
- The Hampton Roads 2600 meeting is in Hampton at Peninsula Town Center, not in Virginia Beach; its own website (2600.757.org) is out of date.
- Regent University and ECPI University are the Virginia Beach schools with security programs; Regent's public activity found is a single capture-the-flag on April 11, 2026, and no dated ECPI club event was found.
- InfraGard Norfolk membership requires FBI vetting. The ISC2 Virginia Peninsula chapter keeps its events members-only, which is not evidence that it is inactive.
- tcc.edu blocks automated reading, so Tidewater Community College club details come from other sources and the owner's confirmation.
Sources
Numbered references for the listings on this page.
- S1https://www.meetup.com/issa-hampton-roads/events/315950041/
- S2https://www.2600.com/meetings/
- S3https://2600.757.org/
- S4https://www.meetup.com/issa-hampton-roads/events/qxtwvtyjcpbwb/
- S5https://www.meetup.com/issa-hampton-roads/events/315950066/
- S6https://issa-hr.org/
- S7https://issa-hr.org/future-speakers/meetings/
- S8https://www.meetup.com/issa-hampton-roads/events/
- S9https://www.meetup.com/issa-hampton-roads/events/316842274/
- S10https://www.meetup.com/issa-hampton-roads/events/qxtwvtyjcqbtb/
- S11https://www.meetup.com/issa-hampton-roads/events/fqwmbvyjcqbvb/
- S12https://www.afcea.org/calendar/eventdet.jsp?shp=Y&event_id=81871
- S13https://rvasec.com/
- S14https://cyberforge.cvcsa-cyber.org/
- S15https://web.archive.org/web/20260806200736/https://www.sans.org/cyber-security-training-events/virginia-beach-2026
- S16https://www.linkedin.com/company/defcon757/
- S17https://www.dc757.org/
- S18https://forum.defcon.org/node/231691
- S19https://infragard-norfolk.org/
- S20https://vamaritime.com/Web/iCore/Events/Event_display.aspx?EventKey=CYBER0126
- S21https://www.cvcsa-cyber.org/
- S22https://odu.campusgroups.com/cs2a/home/
- S23https://odu.campusgroups.com/cs2a/rsvp?event_uid=474651f63987fa839d5cc1864c1d79bf
- S24https://www.regent.edu/virginia-beach-campus/cyber-range/
- S25https://www.regent.edu/news/inaugural-cybersecurity-competition/
- S26https://www.tcc.edu/cybersecurity-center/cybersecurity-activities/
- S27https://www.vmi.edu/news/headlines/2025-2026/vmi-hosts-9th-annual-commonwealth-cyber-fusion-event.php
- S28https://www.cyberforge.cvcsa-cyber.org/archives/cyberforge-2024
- S29https://bsideshamptonroads.org/
- S30https://www.odu.edu/events/bsideshamptonroads2026
- S31https://web.archive.org/web/20250805142114/https://www.sans.org/cyber-security-training-events/virginia-beach-2025
- S32https://www.meetup.com/hampton-roads-amazon-web-services-user-group/events/?type=past