WORLDWIDE

 

Name: Blackhoodie

Location: Worldwide

Website: https://www.blackhoodie.re/ 

Twitter: @Blackhoodie_RE

Cost: Free

Details: A women-only reverse engineering bootcamp hosted by various conferences. They encourage talks and workshops submissions by all women, especially first-time speakers and trainers.

Code of Conduct: See Code of Conduct of the hosting conference 

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Name: Security BSides

Location: Worldwide

Website: www.securitybsides.com

Twitter: @SecurityBSides 

Cost: Free - £25

Details: Security BSides (commonly referred to as BSides) is a series of loosely affiliated community general information security conferences. There are over 100 BSides conferences held annually all over the world. Visit the website to find the nearest BSides to you. 

Code of Conduct: Contact individual BSides for details 

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Name: KringleCon

Location: Online 

Website: https://kringlecon.com/ 

Twitter: @KringleCon

Cost: Free 

Details: SANS #HolidayHack challenge a fun and festive hacking challenge and virtual conference.

 

EUROPE

 

ALBANIA

 

Name: OSCAL

Location:Tirana, Albania 

Website: https://oscal.openlabs.cc 

Twitter: @OSCALconf

Cost: Free

Details: Two day conference with talks and workshops focusing on free and open source software.

Code of Conduct: https://oscal.openlabs.cc/coc/ 

 

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FRANCE 

 

Name: GreHack 

Location: Grenoble, France 

Website: https://grehack.fr 

Twitter: @GrehackConf

Cost: €19 - €69

Details: English speaking international security conference, with talks by day and CTF by night.

Code of Conduct: https://grehack.fr/2018/code_of_conduct 

 

Name: Pass the SALT

Location: Lille, France

Website: https://2020.pass-the-salt.org 

Twitter: @passthesaltcon

Cost: Free 

Details: Talks and workshops about Free Software and Security given in English.

Code of Conduct: https://2020.pass-the-salt.org/code-of-conduct/ 

 

GERMANY 

 

Name: Chaos Communication Congress (CCC)

Location: Leipzig, Germany 

Website: https://www.ccc.de/en/; https://tickets.events.ccc.de/36c3/intro/ 

Twitter: @chaosupdates

Cost: €35 for under 26’s - €140 for over 26’s 

Details: Europe's largest association of hackers annual conference. Providing information about technical and societal issues, such as surveillance, privacy, freedom of information, hacktivism, data security, and many other interesting things surrounding technology and hacking issues.

Code of Conduct: https://events.ccc.de/congress/2017/wiki/index.php/Code_Of_Conduct 

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Name: SecCamp Cologne

Location: Cologne, Germany 

Website: https://sec.camp

Twitter: @SecCampCologne

Cost: Free, but prior registration is required. 

Details: Two day weekend unconfrence with workshops, talks, questions, and discussions.

Code of Conduct: https://barcamptools.eu/seccamp/rules-coc 

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HUNGARY

 

Name: Hacktivity 

Location: Budapest, Hungary 

Website: https://hacktivity.com

Twitter: @hacktivityconf

Cost: 20,000 Ft - 35,000 Ft

Details: The biggest event of its kind in Central & Eastern Europe. About 1,000 visitors come from all around the globe every year for this three day festival to learn more about the latest trends in cybersecurity, get inspired by people with similar interests, and develop themselves via comprehensive workshops and training sessions.

Code of Conduct: https://2019.hack.lu/CoD/

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LUXEMBOURG

 

Name: Hack.lu

Location: Luxembourg

Website: https://2019.hack.lu/

Twitter: @hack_lu

Cost: €10 - €1799 

Details: Infosec conference with strong focus on privacy and open source. A BSides runs on the Friday night for minimal price.

Code of Conduct: https://2019.hack.lu/CoD/

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Name: MISP Summit 

Location: Luxembourg

Website: https://2019.hack.lu/misp-summit/ 

Twitter: @MISPProject

Cost: Free 

Details: Malware Information Sharing Platform & Threat Sharing (MISP) threat intelligence summit, one day before hack.lu.

Code of Conduct: https://2019.hack.lu/CoD/ 

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RUSSIA

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Name: Zero Nights

Location: St Petersburg, Russia

Website: https://zeronights.ru/en/

Twitter: @ZeroNights

Cost: ₽3490 - ₽10900

Details: ZeroNights is an annual international conference on the practical aspects of cybersecurity.

Code of Conduct: https://zeronights.ru/en/codex-en/

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UNITED KINGDOM

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Name: FlawCon

Location: A different city each year in the UK

Website: https://2019.flawcon.xyz 

Twitter: @flawcon

Cost: Free but you can make a donation

Details: One day hacking conference with CTF, part of OggCamp.

Code of Conduct: https://oggcamp.org/code-of-conduct/ 

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Name: Le Tour Du Hack 

Location: Edinburgh, UK

Website: https://enusec.org/LTDH19/ 

Twitter: @_enusec_

Cost: £15

Details: One day conference with a dedicated student speaker track followed by a one day CTF.

Code of Conduct: https://enusec.org/LTDH19/booklet_online.pdf 

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Name: Secuti-Tay

Location: Dundee, UK

Website: https://securi-tay.co.uk 

Twitter: @AbertayHackers

Cost: £20 - £26

Details: Two day conference with talks from students and industry professionals and workshops. 

Code of Conduct: https://wiki.hacksoc.co.uk/coc 

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Name: SteelCon

Location: Sheffield, UK

Website: www.steelcon.info

Twitter: @Steel_Con

Cost: £25

Details: Steelcon is a family friendly Saturday general information security conference. It has a children's track and workshops on the Friday. 

Code of Conduct: Under review, will post when up

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NORTH AMERICA

 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 

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Name: Cackalackycon

Location: Raleigh-Durham, NC, USA

Website: https://cackalackycon.org/index.html

Twitter: @cackalackycon 

Cost: $50 

Details: CackalackyCon is a 501c3 non-profit that serves as a community partnership to provide a hacker con in the Triangle area. CackalackyCon carries the torch of a long-standing tradition of hacker conferences in the Triangle and larger southeastern United States to provide free and open information sharing, education, and community development.

Code of Conduct: https://cackalackycon.org/code.html

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Name: Cactus Con

Location: Mesa AZ, USA

Website: https://www.cactuscon.com/ 

Twitter: @CactusCon 

Cost: Free - unless you want a badge, then it’s $30

Details: CactusCon is the largest annual hacker and security conference in Arizona attracting over 1,000 attendees.

Code of Conduct: https://www.cactuscon.com/code-of-conduct

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Name: DakotaCon

Location: Madison, SD, USA

Website: https://dakotacon.org 

Twitter: @DakotaCon 

Cost: Free 

Details: Security training and free talks hosted by the alumni of Dakota State University.

Code of Conduct: Covered by the University CoC https://dsu.edu/title-ix/ 

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Name: Layer 8 

Location: Rhode Island, USA

Website: https://layer8conference.com 

Twitter: @Layer8Conf

Cost: $50

Details: Layer 8 Conference is the first conference to be solely focused on social engineering and intelligence gathering.

Code of Conduct: https://layer8conference.com/code-of-conduct/

 

Name: Queercon

Location: Las Vegas, USA

Website: https://www.queercon.org/

Twitter: @Queercon

Cost: Free

Details: LGBTQ+ hacker con that grew out of DEFCON

Code of Conduct: https://www.queercon.org/about-us/code-conduct/

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Name: SecureWV / Hack3rCon

Location: Charleston, West Virginia, USA

Website: https://securewv.org/

Twitter: @SecureWVCon

Cost: $35-$75

Details: BSides style hacker con.

Code of Conduct: https://securewv.org/code-of-conduct/

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Name: The Diana Initiative

Location: Las Vegas, NV, USA

Website: https://www.dianainitiative.org

Twitter: @DianaInitiative 

Cost: $30

Details: Their mission is to encourage diversity and support women who want to pursue careers in information security, promote diverse and supportive workplaces, and help change workplace cultures.

Code of Conduct: https://www.dianainitiative.org/about/policies/

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SOUTH AMERICA

 

ARGENTINA 

 

Name: NotPinkCon

Location: Buenos Aires, Argentina

Website: https://www.notpinkcon.org

Twitter: @NotPinkCon

Cost: Free

Details: A security conference with technical talks given by female speakers, free and open to everybody.

Code of Conduct: https://www.notpinkcon.org/codigo_de_conducta.html 

 

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ASIA 

 

INDIA 

 

Name: OWASP SEASIDES

Location: Goa, India

Website https://www.owaspseasides.com/v/2019/ 

Twitter: @Owaspseasides

Cost: Free

Details: Free workshops and talks organised by the OWASP Bangalore Chapter, just before NULLCON.

Code of Conduct: https://www.owaspseasides.com/v/2019/owasp-seasides/code-of-conduct 

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Name: NULLCON

Location: Goa, India

Website :https://nullcon.net/website/ 

Twitter: @nullcon

Cost: ₹2999 - ₹6999

Details: An extensive platform for the exchange of information about zero-day vulnerabilities, latest attack vectors, and other cyber threats. Here, security researchers and experts from various fields discuss information security, along with showcasing multiple offensive and defensive security technologies.

Code of Conduct: https://nullcon.net/website/anti-harassment.php 

 

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OCEANIA 

 

AUSTRALIA  

 

Name: Kids SecuriDay

Location: Multiple locations in Australia

Website: https://www.securiday.com 

Twitter: @KidsSecuriDay

Cost: Free - £25

Details: A fun day for kids age 6 to 16 full of inspirational security themed activities.

Code of Conduct: https://sites.google.com/securiday.com/ksd-coc-for-participants/home