When and where is it-sa Expo&Congress 2026?

27–29 October 2026 at the Exhibition Centre Nuremberg (NürnbergMesse), Messezentrum 1, 90471 Nürnberg. Congress@it-sa runs 26–29 October.

What are the opening hours?

Tuesday 27 and Wednesday 28 October: 09:00–18:00. Thursday 29 October: 09:00–17:00.

How much are tickets?

1-day ticket EUR 72 and permanent (all-days) ticket EUR 120, including VAT; parking ticket EUR 14. Tickets include a KombiTicket for public transport in the Nürnberg-Fürth-Stein-Oberasbach-Zirndorf zones (100/200) on the day of the event.

The fair is exclusively for visitors from the cybersecurity sector; no proof of industry affiliation is required, and there are no sales to end consumers.

Can I get a visa invitation letter?

Yes, the organiser offers a visa application and invitation letter service for international visitors.

Security · Trade Show

it-sa Expo&Congress 2026

Name: it-sa Expo&Congress 2026
Start: 2026-10-27T09:00:00+00:00
End: 2026-10-29T17:00:00+00:00
Location: NürnbergMesse

Europe's largest IT security trade fair, where security vendors, distributors and start-ups meet CISOs and IT decision-makers.

27–29 October 2026 · Tue 9am – Thu 5pm GMT+1
NürnbergMesse · Nuremberg, Germany
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About this event

it-sa Expo&Congress, run by NürnbergMesse, is Europe's largest trade fair dedicated to IT security. For three days, security vendors, distributors and start-ups present solutions for protecting data, processes and IT infrastructure to an audience from the cybersecurity sector, while the accompanying Congress@it-sa programme starts a day earlier with in-depth technical sessions.

Who attends

The fair is designed exclusively for exhibition visitors from the cybersecurity sector, although visitors don't have to prove industry affiliation. As at other trade fairs, there are no sales to end consumers. Typical visitors are IT security managers, CISOs, IT leaders, consultants and solution buyers.

Programme

Open forums on the show floor and a separate congress in the NCC Ost centre make up the knowledge programme.

it-sa insights: product-neutral lectures on industries, trends, legal and special topics
Special Keynote on the last day of the fair
Congress@it-sa in NCC Ost from Monday 26 October, largely free topic blocks from associations and exhibitors
Start-up special area and the ATHENE Startup Award UP26@it-sa
eco Internet Security Days @ it-sa 2026

Key figures

The 2025 edition set records with 993 exhibitors in 5 halls and 28,267 trade visitors from 64 countries; 98% of 2025 visitors said they were satisfied with their visit overall.

Tickets & passes

1-day ticket — EUR 72: Incl. VAT and public transport KombiTicket
Permanent ticket — EUR 120: All three days; incl. VAT
Parking ticket — EUR 14

it-sa Expo&Congress 2026 was a Security event that took place 27-29 Oct 2026 at NürnbergMesse, Nuremberg, Germany.

Event recap

it-sa Expo&Congress 2026 took place from 27 to 29 October 2026 at NürnbergMesse in Nuremberg, organized by NürnbergMesse. The IT security fair reported about 33,000 trade visitors from more than 70 countries, nearly 20 percent more than the previous year, and a record 1,005 exhibitors. The programme ran across six open forums and included a new Cyber Thought Leaders Dialogue on the first day. Fuzzware from Bochum won the start-up award, ahead of Complioty and RedCastle. The organizer plans to add a further hall at future editions.