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IDC IT SECURITY SUMMIT, 2027 SERIES
Partner with IDC’s 2027 IT Security Summit series. 17 summits across 15 countries, built for the CISOs, heads of cyber and SOC leaders who own security budget and vendor selection.
Security has stopped being the line item that gets defended and become the one that gets protected. Across IDC’s spending research it is the single category buyers say they’d cut last.
What’s changed is the question being asked. AI agents are moving into production, sovereignty rules are hardening from guidance into procurement gates, and boards want evidence rather than assurance. The buyer isn’t asking whether to invest — they’re asking who to trust with it.
That’s the conversation the IDC IT Security Summit series is built around: key enterprise priorities set by IT security leaders, in the rooms where the people holding the budget are the ones in the seats.
IDC FutureScapeBy 2028
AI agents will triage 80% of SOC alerts in most SOCs, reshaping what security teams buy, and who they buy from.
Worldwide security spending in 2027, up 12.4% year on year, and on a 12.5% five-year path to $512.9B by 2030.
Spending on securing AI in 2027, compounding at 37.8% a year — the fastest-moving segment in security.
Governments will require sovereign AI for sensitive sectors by 2027, turning data residency into a procurement gate.
of organizations say their current cyber-resilience investment still can’t prevent or mitigate loss.
Source: Source: IDC’s Worldwide Security Spending Guide, 2026; IDC’s Worldwide Artificial Intelligence Security Spending Forecast, 2025–2029; IDC FutureScape: Worldwide Security and Trust 2026 Predictions; IDC’s Future Enterprise Resiliency and Spending Survey, Waves 8 and 9.
Security & Risk Leadership
Security Operations & Architecture
OT, privacy & compliance
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London, 4 March 2027
14 April 2027 · Tokyo
Istanbul, October 7 2027
Looking to design your own custom event?
The 2027 portfolio runs single-sponsored formats too: one partner, one agenda, one audience, built to your specification. You define the theme, the target accounts and the market. IDC brings the research, the analysts, the delegate acquisition and turnkey delivery.
Take the plenary stage with a thought-leadership keynote or a fireside chat. You get an agenda briefing so your session sits inside the event storyline, speaker promotion across IDC newsletters, social, website and email, and your corporate video on screen.
Get into the conversations that move deals. Moderate a client roundtable, host a private breakfast or a networking lunch, and take up IDC-facilitated 1:1 meetings with delegates matched to your targets. Every engagement returns a post-event report with the attendee and lead lists.
Engage with senior tech leaders on the exhibition floor, showcase your expertise onsite plus capture leads for post-event follow-up afterwards.
Sponsorships delivered across regions
Unique sponsors engaged globally
Senior decision-makers worldwide
C-level and senior executives worldwide
Cities where we hosted on-site events
“It’s always a pleasure to take part in events that are so important for the cybersecurity community. A special thank you to all the customers who stopped by to meet us today in Milan. Many thanks to IDC Italy for organizing such an inspiring event.”
“With the proliferation of information and digital technologies, such collaborations are imperative to strengthening innovation in the digital environment. We look forward to more successes together in the future.”
Head of Marketing (CEMEA)
Six reasons the 2027 series is built for partners who need decision-makers, not just an audience.
Engage decision-makers across Europe, APAC, META, Japan and LATAM without the cost of running your own events.
IT security leaders and practitioners, qualified and relevant. The series is invitation-only, with handpicked senior attendees.
Analyst- and peer-led themes aligned to what buyers are actually prioritising — so your credibility borrows from the agenda rather than fighting it.
1:1 meetings, curated roundtables and discussion formats designed to produce sales-ready insight, not business cards.
Invitations tailored to your priority accounts and target segments, inside integrated campaigns that reach buyers at every stage of the journey.
Lead reports, content syndication, sales enablement and analyst recaps, so your thought leadership keeps working long after the summit.