Unfortunately, not many of us have figured out how to do that. But you’ll probably want to consider budgeting for some of the top security conferences that are coming up in 2013. Here are some that will be held in the U.S.:
SANS Security East 2013, January 16 – 23, New Orleans LA:
http://www.sans.org/event/security-east-2013
Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) Innovation Conference ‘13, January 24, Santa Clara CA:
https://cloudsecurityalliance.org/events/csa-innovation-conference-2013/
RSA USA 2013, February 25 – March 1, San Francisco CA:
http://www.rsaconference.com/events/2013/usa/index.htm
InfoSec World Conference/Expo, April 15 – 16, Orlando FL:
http://www.misti.com/default.asp?page=65&Return=70&ProductID=5539&LS=infosecworld
SANS Security West 2013, May 7 – 16, San Diego CA:
http://www.sans.org/event/security-west-2013
Security Development Conference, May 14-15, San Francisco CA:
http://www.securitydevelopmentconference.com/
CEIC (Computer and Enterprise Investigations Conference) 2013, Orlando FL:
http://www.ceicconference.com/
Gartner Security and Risk Management Summit, June 10-13, National Harbor MD:
http://www.gartner.com/technology/summits/na/security/
Black Hat USA 2013, July 27 – August 1, Las Vegas NV:
http://www.blackhat.com/us-13/
In a later blog post, I’ll post some of the upcoming security conferences that will be held outside the United States.