Cybersecurity Conferences
Conferences in the Philippines that matter for cybersecurity practitioners.
2026
2026 August
BSides Manila
August 30, 2026 - BSides Manila - an afternoon of conversations, fresh perspectives, and meaningful connections with fellow cybersecurity enthusiasts, professionals, students, and career shifters - https://www.facebook.com/people/BSides-Manila/61578335940089/
2026 September
💥 RootCon 20
September 23, 24 & 25 - Rootcon continues to be the most important and accessible cybersecurity practitioner conference in the Philippines and draws highly respected participants from across the APAC region - https://www.rootcon.org/
2025
2025 September
💥 RootCon 19
September 25, 26 & 27 - Rootcon is the most important and most accessible cybersecurity practitioner conference in the Philippines and draws highly respected participants from across the APAC region - https://www.rootcon.org/
2025 April
DiCyFor Security Summit
April 02 - DiCyFor (Digital Cyber Forensics) managed by UK-based company Nimat Media is an APAC centered conference aimed at cybersecurity practitioners. This will be the second year the conference runs in Manila with this years edition to be held at the Grand Hyatt in BGC - https://www.dicyfor.com/manila2025
2025 March
💡 Empowering Cyber Resilience
March 05 & 06 - The Cyber Resilience Summit by Customized Training Solutions Pte. Ltd. is part-two of their inaugural cybersecurity conference with 40+ speakers planned - https://www.ctsolutionsglobal.com/cyber-resilience-summit
🐍 PyCon APAC (Python Conference)
March 01 & 02 - not a cybersecurity conference, but the team at PythonPH are fantastic and we believe Python developers make awesome cybersecurity practitioners that are easier to find than unicorn cybersecurity-engineers - https://pycon-apac.python.ph/
2024
2024 November
💡 Empowering Cyber Resilience
November 05 & 06 (Virtual) - The Cyber Resilience Summit by Customized Training Solutions Pte. Ltd. is their inaugural cybersecurity conference with 40+ speakers planned - https://www.ctsolutionsglobal.com/cyber-resilience-summit
2024 September
💥 RootCon 18
September 25, 26 & 27 - Without doubt the most important (and most accessible) cybersecurity conference of the year in the Philippines. RootCon is highly respected in the APAC region - https://www.rootcon.org/
2024 July
💰 PhilSec
July 02 & 03 - PhilSec is a sponsor-speaker pays corporate conference managed by Tradepass LLP taking place at the Manila Marriott Hotel this year - https://philsecsummit.com/
2024 February
🐍 Python Conference
February 25 & 26 - not a cybersecurity conference, but we love the team at PythonPH and Python developers are great at adapting DevSecOps practices that are essential in well-functioning cybersecurity teams - https://pycon-2024.python.ph/
2024 January
💰 CyberSecPhil Conference
January 24 & 25 - CyberSecPhil is a sponsor-speaker pays corporate conference managed by Escom Events under the brand CyberSecAsia - https://cybersecasia.org/philippines
2023
2023 December
😎 ASEAN Battle of Hackers (ABOH) 2023
ASEAN Battle of Hackers (ABOH) 2023 event held at the Asia Pacific University of Technology and Innovation in Malaysia. A nice little github repo of materials from ABOH-2023 that includes a handful of the CTF questions - https://github.com/ChaiChengXun2/ABOH-2023