The Black Hat conference series is a favorite among infosec professionals for its technical emphasis. Black Hat USA, for example, has been in operation for the past 21 years; each of its iterations promotes a vendor-neutral environment and offers up top research that’s selected by a board of the industry’s most esteemed infosec professionals. This year’s Black Hat USA will take place on August 1-6, 2020 at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.

Black Hat is series of information security conferences held in Las Vegas, Washington DC, and Europe. Black Hat is a targeted toward a corporate audience with registration fees in the $1000-2000 range: https://www.blackhat.com/

Another answer to this question is confusing Black Hat with Defcon. Defcon is a different conference geared toward hackers. It’s cheaper and less technical in nature. Both Defcon and Black Hat were founded by the same person and are held in succession in Las Vegas, so the confusion is not surprising.

The Black Hat conference series is a favorite among infosec professionals for its technical emphasis. Black Hat USA, for example, has been in operation for the past 21 years; each of its iterations promotes a vendor-neutral environment and offers up top research that’s selected by a board of the industry’s most esteemed infosec professionals

Mark Johnson