CIISec LIVE 2026

The Chartered Institute of Information Security brings its annual conference to Manchester for the first time, at Emirates Old Trafford. The main day is Tuesday 24 November, with the programme opening the evening before. CIISec LIVE is the institute's flagship gathering for working security professionals rather than a vendor expo: the audience is largely chartered and registered members, and the agenda runs to practitioner sessions on threat, resilience, skills and the profession itself. Free parking on site. Holding it at Old Trafford rather than London is deliberate, and it puts a national cyber audience in the city for two days. Why go: the North West's cyber cluster rarely gets a national-institute event on its doorstep. Best for security leads, consultants and anyone hiring into security roles in the region.