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The Cipher Brief’s premier events draw leaders from the public and private sectors together to innovate and drive solutions for national security problems. Our in-person and virtual events are collaborative, high-level conversations driven by experts. We are proud to offer free virtual events year round, including access to private events for our Subscriber+ Members.

  • 2025 Threat Conference
  • Honors Dinner
  • NatSecEDGE

2025 Threat Conference

October 19-22, 2025 | Sea Island, GA

The Cipher Brief’s Threat Conference is the premier national security event in the country where current serving leaders from the public and private sectors speak, network, and collaborate on the biggest national security problems. This unique, invite-only event curates important conversations, bridging the gap between the public and private sectors through interactive exercises, panel discussion, rapid-fire live action op-eds, and intimate fireside chats.

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Honors Dinner

April 18, 2025 | Washington, DC

The Cipher Brief HONORS Dinner recognizes professionals who have made significant contributions to the national and global security dialogue across a range of areas including government, the private sector, journalism, and entertainment. The award is given to those who have challenged us to think differently, those who have fought for transparency and inspired innovation and investment in future national and global security.

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NatSecEDGE

June 5-6, 2025 | Austin, TX

NatSecEDGE is a unique event that convenes influential voices in cutting-edge fields—artificial intelligence, space technology, quantum encryption, and unmanned systems—to discuss the future of security in an increasingly interconnected world.

Join leaders from intelligence, defense, private industry, and investment as they explore the innovations shaping tomorrow’s world.

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Live Events

The Cipher Brief 2025 Honors Dinner

Join us for the second annual Cipher Brief Honors Dinner, the evening of Friday April 18, 2025. This Black-Tie event is invite only, please apply […] More

Upcoming: April 18th, 2025

Exclusive Virtual Events

Welcome to the Gray Zone

It used to be something of a national security secret: identifying the ways in which U.S. adversaries are working to undermine U.S. stability, sow chaos […] More

Previous Event: January 22nd, 2025

Taiwan’s Cross-Strait Crisis

SUBSCRIBER+ VIRTUAL BRIEFING – Join us Friday, June 28 for an Exclusive Briefing on the mounting crisis between Taiwan and China. Cipher Brief Experts Amb. […] More

Previous Event: June 28th, 2024

Who Attends Cipher Brief Events?

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Innovation requires us to be open and non-specific for as long as we possibly can to open up the aperture for the possibility of innovating.
Susan M. Gordon
The Hon. Susan M. Gordon – 2023 Threat Conference Former Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence
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There is no other location that brings together so many voices.

Norman T. Roule
Norm Roule — 2023 Threat Conference Former National Intelligence Manager for Iran, ODNI
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You’ll find those in leadership positions across government and industry, really wanting to sit down at the table and have hard conversations that you just don’t have anywhere else.

Matt Hayden– 2023 Threat Conference Former Assistant Secretary for Cyber, Infrastructure, Risk and Resilience Policy, DHS
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The Cipher Brief really provides that community of deep experts as well as people who are broad.

Beth Sanner — 2023 Threat Conference Former Deputy Director for National Intelligence, ODNI

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