IANS Boston Forum and a free public sector summit on Thursday

Sent 2026-10-25. IANS at the Omni Seaport and the Massachusetts Public Sector Cybersecurity Summit in Worcester, both Thursday.

The week of October 26 to November 1 · 3 events in Boston · Read online

Thursday is the day to plan around in Boston. The IANS Boston Forum at the Omni Seaport is a practitioner day with IANS Faculty and good peer conversation, and out in Worcester the Massachusetts Public Sector Cybersecurity Summit is free and features the Commonwealth's Secretary of Technology, which makes it the pick for anyone in state or municipal security.

Further out, FutureCon Boston is November 19, so it is worth getting it on the calendar now.

Worth your evening

IANS Boston Forum Thursday 7:30 AM to 5:30 PM · IANS Research

Massachusetts Public Sector Cybersecurity Summit 2026 (Worcester) Thursday 8 AM to 4:30 PM · GovTech

This week

29 Thursday October

IANS Boston Forum

7:30 AM to 5:30 PM · IANS Research · Omni Boston Hotel at the Seaport

One day IANS forum for security practitioners with keynotes, breakouts, IANS Faculty insights and peer networking.

Massachusetts Public Sector Cybersecurity Summit 2026 (Worcester)

8 AM to 4:30 PM · GovTech · DCU Center · Free

A free one day summit for state and municipal security teams in Worcester: AI governance, audit readiness, identity, critical infrastructure.

Fraud, ERM and Root Cause Training

12 to 5 PM · IIA Greater Boston Chapter · Plainridge Park Casino · 2.50 CPE

IIA Greater Boston training day covering fraud, enterprise risk management and root cause analysis for internal auditors

CPE from your desk

Live online sessions this week with credit hours, times in Eastern. See all virtual sessions.

Mon 10:30 to 11:30 AM Hiring Your First AI Security Agent: Evaluating Agents Like You Hire People · SANS · 1 CPE

Tue 12 to 12:30 PM AI vs AI? That's Not How This Ends. · CSA · CPE

Tue 2 to 3 PM The New Priorities for Critical Infrastructure Preparedness · SANS · 1 CPE

Tue 2 to 3 PM Behind the Tabletop: What a Hospital Ransomware Exercise Can Teach Us About SOC Readiness · WiCyS (Women in CyberSecurity) · CPE

Tue 6 to 7 PM SANS Miami 2026, SANS@Night: The Evolution of Vulnerability Management · SANS · 1 CPE

Coming up, register early

Nov 11 Off The Record with 7AI at ICA Boston · 7AI

Nov 12 CISOMeet Boston · CISOMeet

Nov 17 CISO Boston 2026 · Corinium Global Intelligence

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