# Cocktails and Codebreakers **Entity class:** Recurring cryptologic history and networking event **Co-hosts:** [[wiki/National Cryptologic Foundation|National Cryptologic Foundation]] and [[wiki/Intelligence and National Security Foundation|Intelligence and National Security Foundation]] **As of:** 2026-09-23 ## Definition **Cocktails and Codebreakers** is a recurring program combining cryptologic history with professional networking. The National Cryptologic Foundation describes the format as “part living history, part networking,” creating a bridge among cryptologic veterans, current practitioners, government, industry, and the next generation of the field. ## Relationships - **anniversary edition:** [[wiki/Decoding 30|Decoding 30]]. - **parent route:** [[wiki/National Cryptologic Foundation Anniversary Events|National Cryptologic Foundation Anniversary Events]]. - **event ecosystem:** [[wiki/Intelligence and Defense Conferences|Intelligence and Defense Conferences]]. - **collection route:** [[collections/Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and the Intelligence Environment|Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and the Intelligence Environment]]. ## Sources / Provenance - [National Cryptologic Foundation — Cocktails and Codebreakers](https://cryptologicfoundation.org/programs/cocktails-codebreakers/)