Cybersecurity

RSA Conference, Black Hat, DEF CON, regional security summits.

Security conferences split roughly into two camps: the industry side, led by the RSA Conference in San Francisco, where vendors and enterprises set budget and policy direction; and the research side, led by DEF CON and Black Hat in Las Vegas, where independent researchers present live exploits and vulnerability disclosures. Regional security summits fill the calendar between the big US events, often tied to a specific industry such as finance or critical infrastructure. Coverage ranges from nation-state threat research to the live hacking demonstrations DEF CON is known for.