PRESS RELEASE
LONDON, Dec. 20, 2023 — Black Hat, the cybersecurity trade’s most established and in-depth safety occasion collection, immediately introduced the profitable completion of the in-person part of Black Hat Europe 2023. The occasion welcomed greater than 3,600 distinctive attendees becoming a member of in-person from December 4 to December 7 at ExCeL London.
Safety professionals from 118 nations registered to attend the occasion and expertise firsthand the newest in analysis, growth, and developments in data safety (InfoSec) by way of 40 Briefings presenting the newest analysis and vulnerability disclosures, 4 days of deeply technical hands-on Trainings, over 50 Sponsored Periods, and 54 in-person software demos masking exploitation and moral hacking, malware protection, community assaults, reverse engineering, and extra.
“The ultimate quarter of the 12 months continues to be a busy time for the trade and we’re appreciative of everybody who is ready to attend Black Hat Europe every year,” mentioned Steve Wylie, Vice President, Cybersecurity Market Group at Informa Tech. “We’re happy with the turnout for Black Hat Europe 2023 and sit up for persevering with to develop our occasions alongside our group, Companions, and Sponsors.”
Present highlights for 2023 included:
Keynotes: The 2 Keynotes this 12 months included Ollie Whitehouse, Chief Know-how Officer (CTO) of the UK’s Nationwide Cyber Safety Centre (NCSC), and Joe Sullivan, CEO of Ukraine Mates.
Briefings: Black Hat Briefings passed off on December 6 and December 7, and introduced the newest in data safety dangers, analysis, and developments on matters masking all the pieces from enterprise safety, exploit growth, reverse engineering, and extra.
Trainings: Black Hat Trainings have been held from December 4 to December 7, and included two- and four-day, deeply technical, hands-on programs led by the knowledge safety trade’s high trainers and professionals. Programs coated quite a lot of matters, together with utility safety (AppSec), forensics, penetration testing (pentesting), and extra. This 12 months’s occasion featured 13 in-person lessons and seven digital lessons.
Enterprise Corridor: This 12 months’s Enterprise Corridor showcased the newest merchandise and applied sciences from greater than 110 of the trade’s main data safety answer suppliers. The Enterprise Corridor additionally featured areas for attendee, vendor, and group engagement by way of Arsenal, Sponsored Periods, Exhibitor Cubicles, Bricks & Picks, and extra.
Arsenal: Black Hat Arsenal brings collectively researchers and the cybersecurity group to showcase and display their newest open-source instruments and merchandise in a conversational surroundings the place presenters can work together with the attendees. A key part of Arsenal, the Arsenal Lab, is now featured in any respect regional occasions, and is an interactive, hands-on surroundings designed for hacking fanatics of all ability ranges to find out about specialised instruments and targets which may be troublesome to entry in any other case. This 12 months’s occasion featured 54 in-person software demos and 6 labs.
Omdia Analyst Summit: The second annual Omdia Analyst Summit at Black Hat Europe featured the trade’s main cybersecurity analysts and offered attendees with actionable insights, progressive approaches, and a complete understanding of the elements that affect cybersecurity outcomes for organizations throughout the European panorama.
Group Program: The Group Program included classes that inspired collaboration amongst attendees and presenters by way of discussions of present points impacting the cybersecurity group. Matters coated inclusion, psychological well being, cyber coverage, and extra.
Scholarships: As a strategy to introduce the subsequent technology of safety professionals to the Black Hat group, Black Hat Europe awarded 108 complimentary Briefings passes. Black Hat holds its personal annual Pupil Scholarship packages, and companions with quite a lot of associations on extra scholarship alternatives.
Community Operations Middle (NOC): The Black Hat Community Operations Middle (NOC) offered a excessive safety, excessive availability community in an intensely demanding surroundings. Annually, the hand-selected NOC crew meets earlier than Black Hat Europe to include the newest infrastructure and safety options right into a workable community design. Black Hat attendees could then go to the NOC for a glimpse into this state-of-the-art community.
Prime Sponsors and Companions of Black Hat Europe 2023 embrace:
Diamond Sponsors: Axonius, Bionic, KnowBe4, NCC Group, Snyk, ThreatLocker, and Carbon Black.
Platinum Sponsors: Appdome, Claroty, GitHub, INCIBE, Synopsys, and Upwind Safety.
Sustaining Companions: Armis, Carbon Black, CrowdStrike, KnowBe4, ManageEngine, Qualys, SentinelOne, Sophos, Sysdig, and Development Micro.
World Companions: Adaptive Defend, Akamai, ARCON, Binalyze, Bugcrowd, Carbon Black, Distinction Safety, Corellium, CYBER RANGES, DataDome, INE, KnowBe4, Microsoft, Snyk, Sonar, Swimlane, Synopsys, Varonis, and Veracode.
For extra data on Black Hat occasions, please go to https://www.blackhat.com.
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