المملكة: Launching today… 45 thousand participants from 140 countries in "Black Hat 2025"
hosted by Riyadh Today, Tuesday, is the new session of the event "Black Hat" Middle East and Africa 2025, organized by Saudi Federation for Cybersecurity, Programming and Drones, and Tahaluf Company, a joint venture between the Federation, the Events Investment Fund, and Informa International, during the period from December 2 to 4, at the Riyadh Convention and Exhibition Center (Milham).
The event attracts more than 45 thousand participants, in addition to more than 450 exhibitors, representing more than 140 countries, to discuss future requirements for digital protection, in light of the escalation of threats related to artificial intelligence. And tightening regulations globally.
Basic axes
The event this year discusses several axes, the most prominent of which are: independent security operations, threat information analysis, digital trust, and readiness for post-quantum computing, in addition to the risks of operational systems and the Internet of Things, cybersecurity files and escalating digital conflicts.
The program also includes the executive summit, the financial summit, Black Hat briefings, and sessions. "Deep Dive" And a program "Camps" And initiative "Women in the spotlight".
In addition to workshops for heads of information security and laboratories "Arsenal"With the aim of providing practical insights that contribute to enhancing defense and response capabilities and raising the efficiency of institutions’ digital structures.
An elite group of global leaders and experts
An elite group of global leaders and experts participate in the event sessions, including: Dr. Rumman Chowdhury, Devon Bryan, Charles Forte, Margarita Rivera, Jerrick Bisson, Tim Earhart, Trina Ford, Timothy Lee, Dr. Chenxi Wang discusses the reality of cyber threats and the regulatory and geopolitical shifts affecting the sector.
Global technology companies, including Fortinet, Zescaler, Sentinel One, Cisco, Dragos, Huawei, Thales, Trend Micro, Google Cloud Security, and Tenable, showcase future cybersecurity trends.
While startups and researchers present the latest testing and protection methodologies in real-world environments.
Contest "Capture the flag"
The event will witness the organization of a competition "Capture the flag" Which is considered one of the most prominent competitions of the event, and offers prizes amounting to one million Saudi riyals, in areas including decryption, reverse engineering, and attack development, within interactive platforms that bring together specialists to test their practical capabilities.
The organization comes "Black Hat" Middle East and Africa 2025 in support of the Kingdom’s efforts to build an advanced cyber sector and enhance the competitiveness of national competencies, in line with the objectives of Saudi Vision 2030 aimed at developing digital infrastructure and consolidating Riyadh’s position as a global center for innovation and cyber resilience.
Those wishing to register and view the conference program can visit the Black Hat Middle East and Africa website.
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