Just about once a year, I start to explore the various security conferences that are available, their approximate cost and when they are usually held. There are a few summaries out there on the web, but most are exhaustive with way too much information or simply not enough. So, here’s a summary of conferences on my radar, based on 2015 data. Fortunately, the data does not change much from year to year so this will be a good point of reference in the future. This is far from an exhaustive list, though. There are smaller hacker conventions, like Derby Con and Hope X, which I did not thoroughly investigate, but are definitely worth a nod. The costs are estimated (assuming no discounts) and the descriptions are highly subjective, mostly based on hearsay. How is that for minimizing the usefulness of this post?!
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| Conference | Location | $$$ | Timing | Description |
| Blackhat | Vegas | $5500 | August | All the corporate heavies will be here, leans towards a hacker theme. Conference without any training is about $2500. |
| Defcon | Vegas | $250 | August | Hacker convention. Cash only, starts right after Blackhat, lots of bad words. If you’re going to Blackhat, Defcon is a must do. |
| Educause Security Pro | Minnesota | $500 | May | Security within the higher ed vertical, peer preso heavy, REN-ISAC meetup. |
| Gartner Security Summit | Maryland | $3,000 | June | Calling all CISO’s, managers and CISSP’s! Strategic thinking and networking. |
| Interop | Vegas | $3000 | April/May | General IT conference with security track. Some tech, vendor heavy. |
| (ISC)2 Security Congress | Anaheim | $1000 | Sept/Oct | Calling all CISO’s, managers and CISSP’s, with some technical mixed-in. |
| RSA Conference | San Fran | $5000 | April | All the big shots will be here. Corporate with broad security coverage. Conference without any training is about $2500. |
| SANS | Various | $5000 | Various | More training than conference, top-notch educational opportunity. Heavy technical with some strategy mixed in. SANS 2015 in Orlando is a main attraction. |
You can check out my 2014 Interop NY review here, but there will not be a NY version this year. Vegas only, so my guess is that quite a few people agreed with my assessment.
I’m sure I missed some really good ones. Please add them to the comments below. Thanks for reading and don’t forget to subscribe!
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