All events in October
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8 AM
Authenticate 2026 (FIDO Alliance)
Three-day FIDO Alliance conference on passwordless authentication, passkeys, digital credentials and AI agent identity.
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8:30 AM
Techno Security & Digital Forensics Conference West 2026
Three-day digital forensics and incident response conference with 75+ sessions, labs and CPE-eligible tracks including compliance and AI in DFIR.
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12 to 4 PM
AI in the Fast Lane: San Diego (Netskope)
Netskope field event on securing enterprise AI adoption: shadow AI, agent-to-agent security, GenAI guardrails and AI red teaming, with AWS on panels.
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8:30 to 11 AM
Tech San Diego: AI Worth Stealing, How San Diego Companies Are Putting AI to Work
Morning session where San Diego executives share real AI deployments across marketing, operations, people and governance, including what failed.
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10 to 11:30 AM
(CS)2AI Online Seminar: Cybersecurity Vulnerability Reporting and Remediation
Free online OT/ICS seminar on how a connected medical device vulnerability was found, reported and patched through FDA review.
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8 AM
HIMSS AI in Healthcare Forum San Diego
Two-day HIMSS forum on applying AI in health systems with a stated emphasis on governance, policy, data privacy and cybersecurity risk.
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12 to 1:15 PM
ISACA San Diego October Meeting: Who Authorized the Agent? Cybersecurity Lessons from Deploying Agentic AI
Lunchtime talk by Thomas Caldwell (NXT Robotics, National University) on securing agentic AI: prompt injection, excessive agency, auditing agent actions.
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6 to 10 PM
SD ISSA Fall Outing: San Diego FC Match and Tailgate (Members Only)
Members-only SD ISSA social: tailgate in the Yellow Lot at 6 PM, then San Diego FC vs Seattle Sounders at 7:30 PM. Sponsored by Sublime Security.
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8 AM
UC San Diego Center for Healthcare Cybersecurity Academic Symposium 2026
Three-day academic symposium on healthcare cybersecurity research, hospital resilience and patient safety, hosted by UC San Diego Health.
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5:30 to 7:30 PM
Joint CSA San Diego and ISACA San Diego October Event: The New Identity Problem, Trusting AI Agents at Scale
Evening session co-hosted by CSA San Diego and ISACA San Diego with Eleanor Hayes Meritt on identity and access challenges for AI agents at scale. Arcon sponsors.
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6 to 8 PM
San Diego Cyber Group Meetup (October 2026)
Monthly social for people who work or study in cybersecurity, hosted by David Spark of the CISO Series. Games, guided discussion, food and drinks for the first 80. F5 sponsors.
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12 to 1:15 PM
ISACA San Diego and SecurityStudio Academy Coffee Talk: Why Organizations of All Sizes Need Cybersecurity Leadership
Free Zoom conversation with Evan Francen (FRSecure, SecurityStudio) and John Jordan (BetterWorld Technology) on CISO, vCISO and no-leadership models.
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Everything above, curated down to what's worth your time, with a note from Jerome.