2018 European Cyber Security Events
There's a lot of exciting Cyber Security events coming up in 2018. These conferences will give you the opportunity to learn from the experts and take advantage of peer-to-peer discussions and networking to develop new ideas and get the information you need to address current and future cyber security issues.
We've listed all the big European events for you below, to make sure you don't miss out on one near you:
July 2018
Date: July 2nd - 4th
Location: Lille, France
Event: Pass the SALT (Security And Libre Talks)
Description: Building bridges between Security communities and Free Software hackers!
Date: July 2nd - 6th
Location: London, United Kingdom
Event: OWASP AppSec Europe
Description: Technical talks by experts in security, devops and cloud, Panels to debate tough topics, Training sessions for hands on learning in top security areas, Keynotes from industry leaders, Vendor booths to promote the latest advances in security technology, A variety of other activities such as recruiting fair, capture the flag, security tool training, and more.
Date: July 5th
Location: Leuven, Belgium
Event: The 16th International Conference on Applied Cryptography and Network Security
Description: ACNS is an annual conference focusing on current developments that advance the areas of applied cryptography and its application to systems and network security. The goal is to represent both academic research works as well as developments in industrial and technical frontiers.
Date: July 7th
Location: Sheffield, United Kingdom
Event: SteelCon
Description: This is an ethical hacker conference, for anyone who is interested in how things work, how things can be broken and how they can be fixed.
Date: July 10th - 12th
Location: London, United Kingdom
Event: Computing Conference
Description: The goal of the conference is to be a premier venue for researchers and industry practitioners to share new ideas, research results and development experiences in various fields.
Date: July 16th - 18th
Location: Bergamo, Italy
Event: Conference on Data and Applications Security and Privacy (DBSec)
Description: DBSec is an annual international conference covering research in data and applications security and privacy.
Date: July 16th - 20th
Location: Orleans, France
Event: International Workshop on Security and High Performance Computing Systems (HPCS)
Description: HPCS 2018 will focus on a wide range of the state-of-the-art as well as emerging topics pertaining to high performance and large scale computing systems at both the client and backend levels.
Date: Jul;y 22nd - 26th
Location: Barcelona, Spain
Event: The 13th International Conference on Internet Monitoring and Protection (ICIMP)
Description: ICIMP continues a series of special events targeting security, performance, vulnerabilities in Internet, as well as disaster prevention and recovery.
Date: July 26th - 28th
Location: Porto, Portugal
Event: SECRYPT 2018
Description: SECRYPT is an annual international conference covering research in information and communication security taking place in Porto, Portugal.
August 2018
Date: August 7th
Location: Munich, Germany
Event: Executive Education: Introduction to Cybersecurity Seminar
Description: This is a ONE-DAY seminar for Managers, Senior Managers, Executives and Board of Directors across all industries.
Date: August 13th - 15th
Location: Gran Canaria, Spain
Event: 4th International Workshop on Future Information, Security, Privacy and Forensic for Complex Systems (FISP)
Description: The aim of FISP is to provide a premier international platform for wide range of professions including scholars, researchers, academicians and Industry people to discuss and present the most recent challenges and developments in "Information Security, Privacy and Forensics for Complex systems".
Date: August 15th - 17th
Location: London, United Kingdom
Event: International Symposium on Cloud Computing and Cyber-Security (SCCCS)
Description: The aim of this event is to provide a forum for the researchers and industry practitioners to exchange the latest fundamental advances in the state of the art and practice of cloud computing and cyber-security.
Date: August 27th - 30th
Location: Hamburg, Germany
Event: International Workshop on Cyber Crime (IWCC)
Description: The goal is to show the latest research results in the field of digital forensics and to present the development of tools and techniques, which assist the investigation process of potentially illegal cyber activity.
September 2018
Description: The aim of ESORICS is to further the progress of research in computer security by establishing a European forum for bringing together researchers in this area, by promoting the exchange of ideas with system developers and by encouraging links with researchers in related areas.
Date: September 3rd - 7th
Location: Trento, Italy
Event: International Workshop on Autonomics and Cloud Security (ACS)
Description: The workshop aims to bring the research community together in exploring the use of autonomic computing techniques to address cloud security, as well as techniques and approaches for securing cloud-based autonomic systems.
Date: September 4th - 6th
Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands
Event: Cyber Intelligence Europe
Description: Cyber Intelligence Europe is the perfect opportunity to understand the challenges European governments face when dealing with cybercrimes on their infrastructures.
Date: September 5th - 6th
Location: London, United Kingdom
Event: International Conference on Industrial Internet of Things and Smart Manufacturing (IoTsm)
Description: The conference aims to provide an outstanding opportunity for both academic and industrial communities alike to address new trends and challenges, emerging technologies and progress in standards on topics relevant to today’s fast moving areas of Internet of Things and Manufacturing.
Date: September 5th - 7th
Location: Amalfi, Italy
Event: 11th Conference on Security and Cryptography for Networks (SCN)
Description: Security and Cryptography for Networks (SCN) is a conference which aims to "bring together researchers in the field of cryptography and information security, practitioners, developers, and users to foster cooperation, exchange techniques, tools, experiences and ideas".
Date: September 6th - 7th
Location: Barcelona, Spain
Event: 13th International Workshop on Data Privacy Management (DPM)
Description: The aim of this workshop is to discuss and exchange the ideas related to privacy data management.
Date: September 9th - 12th
Location: London, United Kingdom
Event: 21st Information Security Conference
Description: Information Security Conference (ISC) is an annual international conference covering research in theory and applications of Information Security.
Date: September 13th - 14th
Location: The Hague, Netherlands)
Event: Hardwear.io Netherlands
Description: hardwear.io Security Conference is a platform for hardware and security community where researchers showcase and discuss their innovative research on attacking and defending hardware.
Date: September 13th - 14th
Location: Stockholm, Sweden
Event: SEC-T Conference
Description: SEC-T is an affordable, non-profit, English speaking, two day, single track information security/hacking conference taking place in late summer every year in Stockholm, Sweden.
Date: 18th - 21st
Location: Vasteras, Sweden
Event: The 37th International Conference on Computer Safety, Reliability and Security
Description: An annual event covering the state-of-the-art, experience and new trends in the areas of safety, security and reliability of critical computer applications.
Date: September 24th - 26th
Location: Marseille, France
Event: Identity & Cybersecurity Innovation World (Part of Smart Security Week)
Description: The scope of this 14th edition evolves to cover more in depth the new Digital Identity and Cybersecurity landscape.
Date: September 25th
Location: Berlin, Germany
Event: Security & Privacy at Large
Description: Security and privacy are increasingly coming to the attention of many stakeholders, not least through the entry into force of the European Data Protection Regulation.
Contributions may include the following and related topics: Cognitive Security, Secure Digital Identities, Security for Industry 4.0, Security and Privacy in Big Data Applications, Security and Privacy in Connected Vehicles, Confidential Communication.
October 2018
Date: October 2nd - 3rd
Location: London, United Kingdom
Event: Cyber Security for Critical Assets (CS4CA) EUROPE
Description: Operational technology/process control and corporate IT departments from the chemical, power, energy & utilities sectors will share best practices, discuss policy implications and face threats together.
Date: October 11th
Location: Marseille, France
Event: Aix-Marseille Cyber Security Forum (AMUSEC)
Description: AMUSEC is for researchers and cybersecurity companies.
Date: October 15th - 18th
Location: Valencia, Spain
Event: International Symposium on Future Cyber Security Technologies (FCST)
Description: This event will focus on issues related to future cyber security challenges as well as opportunities which mainly highlight the above mentioned aspects.
Date: October 22nd - 25th
Location: Stockholm, Sweden
Event: Stockholm International Summit on Cyber Security in SCADA and Industrial Control Systems
Description: An annual summit that gather the most important stakeholders across critical processes and industries.
Date: October 25th - 26th
Location: Helsinki, Finland
Event: T2.FI Infosec
Description: The conference focuses on newly emerging information security research with a balance of topics on auditing and pen-testing, and security and defensive strategies.
Date: October 29th - 30th
Location: Aachen, Germany
Event: Cybercrime Security Forum Europe
Description: The speakers of this IT Security conference will discuss the latest cyberattack techniques and tools and provide practical advice, tips, and demos to help IT Security Professionals improve their organisational security.
Date: October 30th
Location: Kursaal Bern, Switzerland
Event: Swiss Cyber Storm 2018
Description: Swiss Cyber Storm is an international IT security conference in the domain of cyber attacks and defense.
November 2018
Date: November 4th - 8th
Location: Barcelona, Spain
Event: Gartner Symposium/ ITxpo Barcelona
Description: Turn your vision into action at Gartner Symposium/ ITxpo Barcelona.
Date: November 6th - 7th
Location: London, United Kingdom
Event: Annual Aviation Cyber Security Summit (AVCIP)
Description: Together we will address the escalating cyber risk and resilience challenges associated with the adoption and convergence of operational technologies in enterprise facing architecture.
Date: November 8th - 9th
Location: Yverdon-les-Bains, Switzerland
Event: Black Alps Cyber Security Conference
Description: BlackAlps is an event enabling to discuss the latest threats, mitigations and advances in cyber security. The event features cyber security experts from Switzerland and abroad. It is addressed to anyone with an interest in cyber security or connected to the internet, e.g., CEOs, CIOs, CISO, CTOs, developers, and researchers.
Date: November 12th - 14th
Location: Berlin, Germany
Event: KuppingerCole Cybersecurity Leadership Summit
Description: Discuss face-to-face with your peers about trends, hypes and evolving threats, getting trained in thinking the unthinkable to be better prepared for disaster, or even avoid the worst of it.
Date: November 27th - 30th
Location: Vienna, Austria
Event: DeepSec
Description: DeepSec brings together the world's most renowned security professionals from academics, government, industry, and the underground hacking community.
Date: November 28th - 30th
Location: Oslo, Norway
Event: NordSec 2018
Description: The NordSec conferences address a broad range of topics on IT security. The events bring together security researchers from the Nordic countries, Northern Europe, and beyond. In addition to being venue for academic publishing, NordSec is an important meeting place for university faculty, students, and industry researchers and experts from the region.
December 2018
Date: December 3rd - 4th
Location: Darmstadt, Germany
Event: Security Standardisation Research
Description: This conference is intended to cover the full spectrum of research on security standardisation, including, but not restricted to, work on cryptographic techniques (including ANSI, IEEE, IETF, ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 27, ITU-T and NIST), security management, security evaluation criteria, network security, privacy and identity management, smart cards and RFID tags, biometrics, security modules, and industry-specific security standards (e.g. those produced by the payments, telecommunications and computing industries for such things as payment protocols, mobile telephony and trusted computing).
Date: December 4th
Location: London, United Kingdom
Event: IoTSF Conference
Description: The 2018 IoTSF annual conference will bring vendors and users together with security experts, researchers and key stakeholders to discuss security “in the round”. Attendees will learn how companies are providing security capabilities and how users are implementing them. This will be framed by a bigger picture view of the contemporary issues and take a look into the future with a view from the research agenda.
Date: December 10th - 13th
Location: Cambridge, United Kingdom
Event: World Congress on Internet Security (WorldCIS)
Description: An international refereed conference dedicated to the advancement of the theory and practical implementation of security on the Internet and Computer Networks.
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