Security conferences are having a moment. Not because the industry suddenly loves lanyards, but because the threat landscape has turned “always on” into “always urgent.” Attacks move faster than procurement cycles. Regulations keep tightening. Boards want answers in plain English. And the modern security stack is now a living organism: endpoint, identity, Cloud, data, SIEM, SOAR, AI, vulnerability, exposure management, incident response, and a tangle of integrations that matter when something breaks at 2:00 a.m.
That’s why CrowdStrike-focused teams (and anyone who works alongside them: MSPs, Cloud providers, DevOps, and IT leaders) keep turning up at the big security gatherings. These events compress a year’s worth of learning into a few days: new research, new techniques, live demos, hard conversations with peers, and the kind of “wait, how are you doing that?” moments you can’t get from a webinar.
And in the digital age, community has never been more important. The tools are ones and zeroes, but the trust is human. Conferences are where that community becomes real: practitioners swapping playbooks, vendors hearing what’s actually painful, and partners building the relationships that make joint responses smoother when pressure hits. Your best intel often comes from the person you meet in a hallway who’s already lived through the incident you’re trying to prevent.
Below are standout 2026 events that are especially relevant if CrowdStrike is part of your world (or if you want to understand the ecosystem in which CrowdStrike operates). Dates and locations are based on current published information, so you can plan with confidence.
Fal.Con 2026 (CrowdStrike)
Las Vegas, Nevada (Mandalay Bay Resort) | August 31 to September 3, 2026
This is the obvious anchor event for CrowdStrike customers, partners, and anyone building around the Falcon platform. Expect product direction, frontline threat intelligence, practitioner-led sessions, and a broad mix of security leadership and hands-on technical content. CrowdStrike has also announced a “Day Zero Threat Summit” to kick off the week, giving threat-focused teams an extra reason to arrive early.
This is the big one, so it goes first; the rest of the events are in date order.
RSAC 2026
San Francisco, California (Moscone Center) | March 23 to 26, 2026
RSAC is the security industry’s mega-crossroads: big keynotes, a massive expo floor, and a mix of strategic and technical sessions. If you’re trying to compare approaches (XDR, identity, Cloud security, SecOps modernization) or pressure-test your roadmap against what the broader market is doing, this is a great place for specialists to start. RSAC Conference
CloudFest 2026
Rust, Germany (Europa-Park) | March 23 to 26, 2026
Yes, CloudFest absolutely belongs on a security-heavy list. Modern security outcomes are inseparable from Cloud and internet infrastructure, especially for IT leaders, MSPs and platform providers. CloudFest is where you’ll meet the operators who keep services running at scale, plus the partners building the next layer of security, compliance, and resilience into hosting and managed services. The 2026 festival features a dedicated cybersecurity and compliance track, along with hands-on hacking sessions and security workshops. If you’re serious about secure-by-design services (and the business models that support them), CloudFest is your community.
Black Hat Asia 2026
Singapore (Marina Bay Sands) | April 21 to 24, 2026
Black Hat is where research and real-world defense collide. The Asia edition is a strong choice for teams with APAC exposure, local staffing, supply chain complexity, or region-specific regulatory pressures. Expect deep technical briefings and serious training options—great if you want your team to come home sharper, not just inspired.
Infosecurity Europe 2026
London, UK (ExCeL London) | June 2 to 4, 2026
Infosecurity Europe is one of the best places to gauge what the European security market is prioritizing right now—from Cloud and identity to risk, governance, and practical tooling for enterprise and mid-market teams. For MSPs and service providers, it’s also a strong event for meeting new partners.
Gartner Security & Risk Management Summit 2026 (US)
National Harbor, Maryland | June 1 to 3, 2026
This is a strategy-forward event: ideal for CISOs, risk leaders, and anyone translating security into business decisions. If your 2026 focus includes operating model, budget justification, metrics, regulatory posture, or board communication, Gartner’s framing can be as valuable as the vendor meetings.
Black Hat USA 2026
Las Vegas, Nevada (Mandalay Bay Convention Center) | August 1 to 6, 2026
Black Hat USA is the flagship: big trainings, top-tier research, and a concentration of practitioners who actually build and break things for a living. If you want to understand what attackers are doing, what defenders are missing, and where tooling needs to evolve, this is the event that tends to set the tone for the next 12 months.
DEF CON 34
Las Vegas, Nevada (Las Vegas Convention Center) | August 6 to 9, 2026
DEF CON is community-led, experimentation-heavy, and famous for its villages, contests, and practical learning. For CrowdStrike-adjacent teams, it’s a smart way to stay close to the culture of security research and to hear what smart, skeptical practitioners care about before it becomes mainstream enterprise conversation.
Gartner Security & Risk Management Summit 2026 (UK)
London, UK | September 22 to 24, 2026
Think of this as the European counterpart for leadership-level security and risk planning. If you’re operating across regions, aligning frameworks, or building a multi-year transformation plan that won’t collapse under real-world constraints, this is a good place to be.
SecTor 2026
Toronto, Canada (MTCC) | October 6 to 8, 2026
SecTor is a strong option if you want serious content without the sheer scale (and sensory overload) of the biggest US shows. It’s listed within Black Hat’s event ecosystem and tends to attract a practitioner-heavy crowd—useful for teams who want actionable takeaways and honest peer-to-peer conversations. blackhat.com
MSP GLOBAL
Barcelona, Spain | October 21 to 22, 2026
MSP GLOBAL brings together the top decision-makers in the outsourcing IT, IT consultantcy, service provider, digital services reseller, corporate IT, and independent software vendor industries for a two-day intensive international festival of learning and networking. Join the top leaders in the Managed Service Provider space where security is the number one topic of conversation. This is a sister event to CloudFest, so expect fun, sun, and server throwing alongside nonstop learning and brilliant networking opportunities.
