Vendor-neutral · Free for practitioners
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SecPeers is a free, vetted community for IT practitioners, security leaders and VPs of IT at companies with 200 to 5,000 employees. Compare tools, prices and plans with peers. No vendors in the member space, and no sales calls.
A person reviews every application.
Starting in four markets
For companies with 200 to 5,000 employees. Free for practitioners, and every application is reviewed by a person.
Peer Tables
A dinner with peers. Paid for, and off the record.
Members host. We book the room, fill the table with 10 to 12 people who run IT or security, and pay the bill. Sponsors fund the evening and sit in to listen. They don't present, they don't pick the topic, and they never get the guest list.
News
Every story comes with one line on why it matters to buyers.
Events
Full calendar →Leadership jobs
All roles →Senior IT and security leadership roles only.
Resources
Guides and templates members use when they evaluate, buy and budget.
Founding members
25 founding seats in each market.
Southern California, Dallas–Fort Worth, South Florida and New York / New Jersey each open with 25 founding members. They help pick the first dinner topics, review the guidelines and get a seat at the launch dinner in their market.
News
Daily Security News
Today's security and IT news, with one line on what to do about it.
Peer Picks
The stories that matter most to IT and security leaders, each with what to do about it. Summaries are drafted with AI from the linked sources.
What leaders are talking about
Themes from public discussions among security and IT practitioners on Reddit, summarized in our own words. Links go to the original threads.
Latest headlines
Headlines link to the original publisher. Picked stories are summarized in our own words.
Events
Where leaders meet.
Chapter meetings, summits and conferences in the US and major cities worldwide, plus live online sessions with CPE credits. Every listing links to the organizer.
Webinars, virtual summits and online chapter meetings from ISC2, ISACA, SANS, IAPP, CSA and other organizers, with the CPE credits each one offers. Hybrid events, held at a venue with a live online option, appear here and under In person. Vendor-hosted sessions are hidden unless you ask for them.
Times and CPE credits are as published by each organizer, whose registration page is the final word. Credits count toward ISC2, ISACA and similar certifications under each body's own rules.
Host a Peer Table
Off-the-record dinners hosted by members in their own city. You invite a few peers; we find the venue, fill the table, run the evening and cover the bill.
Intel
Breach & Threat Intelligence
What was breached, what attackers are exploiting right now, and what security leaders should take from it. Every item links to the original source.
The day's most significant newly disclosed incidents, checked against company statements, SEC filings and regulator records, each with what security leaders can learn. Updated every morning.
Vulnerabilities CISA has confirmed attackers are exploiting, newest first. If you run the product, patch by CISA's deadline or sooner.
Source: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Refreshed hourly.
Breach, ransomware and incident reporting from security news outlets over the last 14 days. Early reports can change; check the confirmed status in the breach brief.
Public companies must file an 8-K under Item 1.05 within four business days of deciding a cybersecurity incident is material. These are the most recent Item 1.05 filings, newest first.
Source: SEC EDGAR full-text search. An 8-K/A updates an earlier disclosure. Open the filing for the company's own description.
Alerts and advisories from CISA, the UK's National Cyber Security Centre and the Canadian Centre for Cyber Security, last 30 days.
Threat research from security labs on attacker campaigns and techniques, last 30 days. These labs belong to security vendors; we link to their research because it is often the first detailed account.
Victims claimed on ransomware groups' leak sites in the last 7 days, counted by group, sector and country. Claims are not proof of a breach, and we don't list victim names.
Source: ransomware.live. Refreshed hourly.
Vendor & Pricing
Know the price before you negotiate.
Published prices for the security tools mid-size companies buy most, what buyers report actually paying, and the contract terms to watch. Every price links to its source.
What buyers report paying
Contract terms to watch
Quote only
These don't publish prices. Ask peers what they pay, and get at least two competing quotes.
Regulations
The rules and deadlines that affect you.
Cybersecurity, privacy and AI rules across the US, EU, UK, Canada and Australia: who they cover, what they require and what is due next. Each one links to the official source.
Coming up in the next 12 months
All rules
Cyber Insurance
Know the market before your renewal.
Where cyber insurance prices are heading, the controls underwriters ask about, what the policy terms mean and what has changed lately. Every item links to its source.
Market pulse
What underwriters ask about
Controls carriers commonly check before they quote or renew. Missing ones can raise your price, shrink your coverage or end the conversation.
Policy terms in plain English
Claims, exclusions and market news
Peer Tables
You host. We handle the rest.
Off-the-record dinners for security and IT leaders, hosted by members in their own city. SecPeers finds the venue, fills the table, runs the evening and covers the bill.
The rules at every table
- Leaders first. 10 to 12 practitioners at Director level and above, from companies that buy and run security.
- Sponsors listen. Two to four sponsors fund each table, one seat each, one company per category. No presentations and no pitches. Sponsors introduce themselves at the close.
- The host decides. The host approves every sponsor and can say no to any of them.
- Off the record. Chatham House rule. Nothing said is attributed to a person or company.
- Your details stay yours. Sponsors never get the guest list. Follow-up happens only if a guest asks for it.
- Every sponsor is named. The invitation and the recap list who funded the evening.
For sponsors
Sponsor a Peer Table
Sit at the table with 10 to 12 security and IT leaders in a city you sell into, hear what they are working on, and be the company that made the evening happen.
Pricing on request. Sponsors agree to the table rules, including no presentations and no access to the guest list.
Careers
The Job Board Built for Security Leaders
Where leaders find their next CISO, Deputy CISO, CIO, Head of Security, VP of IT and Director of IT roles across 20+ countries, with new roles added every day.
Post a role
Hiring a security or IT leader? Listings are free during launch. We review each one to keep the board senior and vendor-neutral.
What security and IT leaders are paid
From published salary guides and compensation surveys by recruiters, executive search firms and research groups. Every figure links to its source. We update it when a new edition comes out.
Certifications that matter for the next step
What each certification is for, what it takes, what it costs and how to keep it, from each certifying body's own site.
Markets
SecPeers Index
How public cyber stocks, cyber ETFs and private security companies are priced. Useful context when a vendor tells you about their roadmap, their runway or their next acquisition.
Cyber ETFs vs the market
Price return through the Oct 6, 2026 close · best in each column outlinedMarket indices shown through their ETFs: SPY (S&P 500), QQQ (Nasdaq-100), DIA (Dow), IWM (Russell 2000). Returns exclude dividends, which add roughly 1–1.5 points a year for SPY, DIA and IWM and under 1 point for the cyber ETFs.
Public cyber · Q3 performance
Equal-size tiles grouped by subsector, colored by Q3 return. Cyber pure-plays only. A white dot marks SecPeers Index (SPI) members. Tap a tile for details.
Q3 leaderboard
Cyber stocks, benchmarks and Big TechSubsector performance
Equal-weighted Q3Big Tech with cyber
Reference onlyThese four sell major security products, but their stock moves mostly on cloud, AI, ads and networking. They stay out of the cyber averages, breadth and heatmap.
Screener
Click a column to sortPre-IPO watch
Private cyber companies by last priced valuation · as of Oct 7, 2026Left the private market
Recent deals and listings that set the price barPrivate company board
Resources
Templates and guides, ready to use.
Templates, study guides and the frameworks leaders use most, for buying, budgeting and reporting. Use them as is.
Frameworks
The frameworks IT and security leaders use most, in plain English: what each is for, who needs it and where to get the official version.
Summaries are ours. Each link goes to the framework owner. Free to use means public and reusable with credit; Free to read means free on the owner's site; Licensed means the owner sells or licenses the full text.
Members
Find a peer who has solved it before.
The directory opens to members once the founding cohort is in. Search by role, industry or city.
No profiles yet. The first 25 founding members appear here first.
Founding member program
- A seat at the first peer dinner in your market
- A say in the guidelines and the first discussion topics
- A Founding Member mark on your profile, permanently
Peer Q&A threads and member vendor reviews. We hold them until there are enough members to keep them useful.
The Inner Room
Up to fifteen sitting CISOs. Nothing attributed.
Half-day closed sessions on the decisions you can't discuss in public. Membership is by invitation, and seats are limited in each market.
Join
Apply to SecPeers
Free for people who run, build or buy IT and security inside their own organization, from hands-on engineers to CISOs. A person reviews every application to keep vendors out. It takes about two minutes.
Members get the Tuesday Briefing, the templates and guides, and first invitations to Peer Tables in their market. After you apply: you'll see a confirmation here, a reviewer checks your role, and we email you once you're approved.
About
How SecPeers works
A peer community for the people who run and buy IT and security. Free for members, funded by labeled sponsorships and events.
Contact
Contact SecPeers
Questions about membership, a listing, sponsoring a Peer Table, or your data. A person reads every message.
See also our privacy policy and terms.
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