When and where is AVAR 2026?

On 2-4 December 2026 at Trident, Hyderabad, HITEC City, near Cyber Towers, Madhapur, Hyderabad 500081.

How much does registration cost in India?

Regular rates (excluding taxes): conference-only pass INR 10,000; member pass with social events INR 18,000; non-member pass with social events INR 20,000. Early-bird rates run until 20 October 2026.

What are the international rates?

Regular rates are USD 1,075 for members and USD 1,475 for non-members, both including the Social Events Pack.

No. Fees are non-refundable, but a registered attendee may nominate a representative.

Security · Conference

AVAR 2026 Cyber Security Conference

Name: AVAR 2026 Cyber Security Conference
Start: 2026-12-02T09:00:00+00:00
End: 2026-12-04T18:00:00+00:00
Location: Trident

Asia's long-running cyber threat research conference, bringing malware researchers, security vendors and CISOs together.

2–4 December 2026 · Wed – Fri
Trident · Hyderabad, India
Registration open · on events.aavar.org

About this event

AVAR's annual cyber security conference, now in its 29th edition, gathers global threat researchers, anti-malware vendors, CERTs and enterprise security leaders. The 2026 edition comes to Hyderabad's HITEC City under the theme 'Evolving Cyber Defence in the AI Era', with research talks, a CISO Connect track and an awards night.

Research programme

Expert speakers from security companies and CERTs present research on real-world threats, including speakers from ESET, Gen Digital, Sophos, Cisco Talos, CrowdStrike, Palo Alto Networks, SentinelOne, Check Point, Group-IB, K7 Computing, NEC and JPCERT/CC.

CISO Connect

A dedicated CISO Connect track brings security leaders from CERT-In, Tata Group, State Bank of India, Barclays, HSBC, Deloitte, IDRBT, Novartis, Oracle and ISB to discuss enterprise defence.

Format

Delegate passes cover the full two-day conference with meals; the Social Events Pack adds welcome drinks and the Awards Night & Gala Dinner. An optional AVAR Day Tour runs on 5 December 2026.

Tickets & passes

Conference Only Pass — INR 10,000: Two-day conference with meals; INR 8,000 early-bird until 20 Oct 2026; excl. taxes
Member (incl. Social Events Pack) — INR 18,000: INR 16,000 early-bird; excl. taxes
Non-Member (incl. Social Events Pack) — INR 20,000: INR 18,000 early-bird; excl. taxes
Regular Member (international) — USD 1,075: Includes Social Events Pack; USD 875 early-bird
Non-Member (international) — USD 1,475: Includes Social Events Pack; USD 1,200 early-bird

AVAR 2026 Cyber Security Conference is a Security event taking place 2-4 Dec 2026 at Trident, Hyderabad, India.