Recurring meetups and annual conferences for the Austin security community. Founders: our own gatherings are on the meetup calendar.
Meetups & groups
Austin Hackers Anonymous (AHA!)
Long-running hacker meetup of short 5-10 minute talks; everyone is expected to present eventually.
DC512 (DEF CON 512)
Austin DEF CON group; lightning firetalks with an offensive-security lean.
OWASP Austin Chapter
AppSec talks; the chapter also runs LASCON.
Austin ISSA (Capitol of Texas Chapter)
Information security professional association; runs the InnoTech security track.
ISACA Austin Chapter
Audit, governance and risk community with CPE-focused events.
ISC2 Austin Chapter
Official ISC2 chapter; talks for CISSPs and other certification holders.
Cloud Security Alliance Austin / ATX Cyber Alliance
Cloud security networking.
CYBERLUNCH
Casual practitioner lunch: no slides, no sales pitches.
AI Security Engineers - Austin
Securing AI systems and LLM/agent risks.
WiCyS Austin Affiliate
Women in CyberSecurity affiliate for Austin and Central Texas.
Conferences
Every conference below as a calendar. Click a date or a name for details, or subscribe to get new dates as we add them.
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