The UK’s Cyber Community Comes North as CyberFest returns for 2026
Brief
The North East’s biggest cyber security festival returns this October. Now in its ninth year, CyberFest has grown into a major national platform for showcasing the region’s cyber and secure AI excellence.
Taking place across the North East throughout October, the festival will connect businesses, innovators, government and specialist clusters from across the UK, putting the region’s talent, ambition and capability firmly in the spotlight.
CyberFest is organised by CyberNorth, a membership community which brings together people, organisations and ideas from across the North East to drive progress in cyber security, AI, data and quantum technologies.
Although regionally grown, CyberFest is no longer just a regional event says Jon Holden, CEO of CyberNorth, “ CyberFest is about bringing the UK’s cyber community to the North East and showing the country what this region can do.