Beyond the Hype: Critical Takeaways From BlackHat and Defcon

For security practitioners, BlackHat and Defcon provide the ultimate one-two punch of the industry. At BlackHat, you get to see the full vendor marketing budgets on display — we’re talking steak dinners, helicopter rides, cigar nights, nightclubs and everything in between (shoutout to Corgea’s blowouts, though). At Defcon, you get to see the amazing research that drives the industry forward, from hacking cars to bus passes, the real exploits that get practitioners excited.

These environments create an almost impossible environment for…