it-sa Expo visitors walk towards the central entrance of NürnbergMesse,

That was it-sa Expo&Congress 2025

We look back on three successful days at the trade fair – impressions and memories that make us look forward to the next meeting of the IT security industry on 27-29 Oktober 2026.

Facts & Figures Highlights Impressions

Review in pictures & figures

From October 7 to 9, 2025, it-sa Expo&Congress was the "Home of IT Security" for 28,267 trade visitors from 64 countries and 993 exhibitors. – A new exhibitor record and over 9% more trade visitors than last year underscore the importance of the trade fair.

In more than 400 forum presentations across six open forums and over 70 sessions and workshops at the accompanying Congress@it-sa focused on current trends and topics in IT security, knowledge transfer and networking.

Highlights of the supporting programme included a special keynote speech by Dr Jean-Marc Rickli and the presentation of the ATHENE Startup Award UP25@it-sa to the startup Infrafon from Freiburg.

For more information, please also read the closing report for it-sa 2025.

To the closing report

it-sa Expo&Congress 2024 sets new records

25,830 trade visitors

from 65 countries and 33 percent more trade visitors than in the previous year

897 exhibitors

A new exhibitor record

97% Target Group Accuracy

exhibitors reached their most important target groups

98% Satisfaction

from visitors with the presented products and services

“it-sa Expo&Congress is further expanding its role as a central meeting place for personal exchange among IT security experts in Europe. The increase in visitor numbers of more than nine percent and the rise in international participation of over 22 percent show how important it-sa has become for international dialogue on cyber security. This is where the cyber security community meets to jointly address the cross-border challenges of digital security.”

Thimo Holst, NürnbergMesse’s Exhibition Director of it-sa

Highlights in the 2025 forum programme

More than 400 forum posts in six open forums were once again real crowd pullers this year.
The special keynote on ‘Security and the geopolitical impact of new technologies’ was given by Jean-Marc Rickli, Head of Global and Emerging Risks at the Geneva Centre for Security Policy.
Infrafon was the winner of the ATHENE Startup Award UP25@it-sa in 2025. The young company from Freiburg presented its credit card-sized smart badges with ePaper touchscreens, which were developed specifically for hospitals and other regulated areas.

For registered users of it-sa 365, all contributions to the open forums will soon be available on demand.

Mark T. Hoffmann gives a special keynote at it-sa Expo&Congress while a large audience listens attentively

Presentation of the year-round offer of the dialogue platform it-sa 365 with reference to the annual it-sa Expo&Congress.

Successful digital offerings in 2025

it-sa 365 connects the IT security community 365 days a year.

While it-sa Expo&Congress marks the highlight of the industry year, it-sa 365 in 2025 offered numerous recurring information offerings such as the IT Security Talks, the it-sa Preview Day before the trade fair, and it-sa@home, the hybrid Expo channel.

The number of registered users is rising continuously and in November 2025 was over 16,400.

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Impressions of it-sa Expo&Congress 2025

Speaker Jean-Marc Rickli during his special keynote speech at it-sa 2025

The winners of the ATHENE Startup Award stand on stage with trophies in their hands

Speaker at the open forums of the it-sa Expo&Congress in front of an audience

Visitor flow at the central entrance and Save the Date