it-sa Expo&Congress 2026

it sa Expo and Congress is Europe's largest trade fair dedicated purely to IT security, held every October in Nuremberg. More than 28,000 trade visitors and over 900 exhibitors from 28 or more countries are expected, covering cloud security, network defence, data protection, and compliance. An accompanying congress programme runs alongside the exhibition floor for deeper technical sessions and panel discussions. Exhibitors expected to attend include Bitdefender, ESET, Fortinet, Cisco, and Check Point.