SecureWV 2026 // Oct 22–23 // Charleston, WV
What Happens
After Closing Time?
The work does not stop when the office goes dark. Neither do the threats. Join West Virginia’s cybersecurity community for two days of practical defense, real conversations, and a watch that runs past 1700.
Choose your watch
Built for the night shift.
A sharper, more deliberate experience for the people protecting West Virginia’s organizations after everyone else has clocked out.
See what’s next.
Keynotes and practical perspectives that surface the threats, tools, and decisions demanding attention now.
↗Stay ready.
Hands-on sessions and real conversations for the teams who must act quickly when the alert is no longer theoretical.
↗Hold the line.
Meet the regional defenders, partners, and leaders who keep the mission moving when it matters most.
↗New // hands-on learning villages
Look closer.
Learn deeper.
SecureWV Villages make the systems, signals, and safeguards around us tangible. Stop in, ask questions, and see security from a different angle.
Lockpick Village
An ethical, hands-on look at how the physical safeguards around us work—and why “locked” does not always mean secure.
Explore the village →
RF & Drone Village
Make invisible signals visible through spectrum awareness, wireless systems, and responsible drone-security exploration.
Explore the village →
CTF Village
Follow the signals, find the flags, and put defensive instincts to work in an after-hours mission built for every skill level.
Enter the CTF mission →Call for sponsors // 2026
Keep the defenders online.
Put your organization alongside the people making cybersecurity stronger across West Virginia — at the conference and after closing time.
Your next move
Bring the signal.
Have an insight worth sharing? Bring it to the room. Have a team worth backing? Bring them with you. SecureWV is the place where the regional security conversation keeps moving after the doors close.
SecureWV 2026 // Sponsor recognition
The organizations
keeping the watch.
Thank you to the partners helping West Virginia’s cybersecurity community stay ready after closing time.
Midnight Guardian // $6,000
Overtime // $1,000
Late Night Lab // Education sponsors
Want your organization on watch with us?
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