COVID-19: More security trade shows cancelled, postponed or going virtual

Date: 07 Mar 2020

Tons of trade shows around the world are impacted due to the coronavirus outbreak. Security trade shows aren’t spared – more of them are cancelled, postponed or going virtual.

Here’s a list of upcoming security events and their respective statuses that ZDNet has nicely put together (some information may have changed at time of posting):

FIRST CTI – March 9 to March 11, Zurich – Current status: Canceled.
Wild West Hacking Fest – March 10 to March 13, San Diego – Current status: Virtual.
Red Team Summit – March 11 to March 12, Menlo Park – Current status: Postponed to June 11-12.
Women in Cybersecurity – March 12 to March 14, Aurora (Colorado) – Current status: Canceled.
CiderSecurityCon – March 14 to March 15, Manheim (Germany) – Current status: Canceled.
Troopers – March 16 to March 20, Heidelberg (Germany) – Current status: Canceled.
ICS West (trade show) – March 17 to March 20, Las Vegas – Current status: Postponed to July, new date to be announced.
Cyber Security & Cloud Expo (trade show) – March 17 to March 18, London – Current status: Postponed, new date to be announced.
SecureWorld Philadelphia – March 18 to March 19, Philadelphia – Current status: Postponed, new date to be announced.
Pwn2Own CanSecWest (hacking contest) – March 18 to March 20, Vancouver – Current status: Optional remote-participation. Hackers participating in the Pwn2Own hacker contest can attend, but they can also ask content organizers to execute exploits on their behalf.
InfoSecurity Belgium – March 18 to March 19, Brussels – Current status: Postponed to May 27 – 28.
InsomniHack – March 19 to March 20, Geneva – Current status: Postponed to June 4 – June 5.
BSides Vancouver – March 22 to March 24, Vancouver – Current status: Postponed. New date to be announced later.
Fast Software Encryption – March 22 to March 26, Athens- Current status: Postponed. New date to be announced later.
Kernelcon – March 25 to March 28, Omaha – Current status: Virtual.
SecureWorld Boston – March 25 to March 26, Boston – Current status: Postponed, new date to be announced.
BSides Budapest – March 26, Budapest – Current status: Postponed to May 28.
WORP Summit – March 27 to March 29, Fort Washington, PA – Current status: Postponed to September 18-20.
Black Hat Asia – March 31 to April 3, Singapore – Current status: Postponed for September 29 – October 2.
BSidesCharm – April 4 to April 5, Baltimore – Current status: Proceeding as normal, but on adjusted rules. Remote speakers will be given the option to use video conferencing and avoid traveling to the conference.
BountyCon – April 4 to April 5, Singapore – Current status: Postponed to August 31.
FIRST TC – April 6 to April 8, Amsterdam – Current status: Postponed to next year.
GISEC – April 6 to April 8, Dubai – Current status: Postponed to September 1 – 3.
Kaspersky’s Security Analyst Summit – April 6 to April 9, Barcelona – Current status: Postponed for September. Exact date to be announced later.
BSides Austin – April 9 to April 10, Austin – Current status: Postponed to December 8 – 11.
DEF CON China – April 17 to April 19, Beijing – Current status: Postponed, new date to be announced.
Mediterranehack – April 18, Salerno – Current status: Postponed, to September 5.
Malware Analyst Conference – April 18, Padua – Current status: Postponed, to a later date.
Hack in the Box – April 20 to April 24, Amsterdam – Current status: Canceled.
InfiltrateCon – April 23 to April 24, Miami – Current status: Postponed to October.
Internet Freedom Festival – April 20 to April 24, Valencia – Current status: Canceled.
HardWear USA – April 27 to April 29, Santa Clara- Current status: Canceled.
Wallmart’s Sp4rkCon – May 2, Bentonville, Arizona – Current status: Postponed to October 3.
ISSA Summit – May 5 to May 8, Los Angeles – Current status: Postponed. New date to be announced at a later time.
THOTCON – May 8 to May 9, Chicago – Current status: Postponed to September 11-12.
Fortinet Accelerate – May 16 to May 21, New York – Current status: Canceled.
IEEE S&P – May 18 to May 20,San Francisco – Current status: Virtual.
NoName Con – May 21 to May 22, Kiev – Current status: Postponed to a date in the fall, to be announced.
CyCon – May 26 to May 29, Tallinn – Current status: Canceled.
Kids SecuriDay – May 30, Sydney – Current status: Postponed for later this year. New date to be announced.
Area41 – June 11 to June 12, Zurich – Current status: Postponed to June 2021, next year.
OWASP Global AppSec – June 15 to June 19, Dublin – Current status: Postponed to February 15-19, 2021.
BSides Liverpool – June 29, Liverpool – Current status: Postponed to later this year.

Source: ZDNet

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