Black Hat Middle East and Africa (Black Hat MEA) formerly @HACK is a three-day cybersecurity and hacking convention that annually takes place in
Riyadh
Riyadh (, ar, الرياض, 'ar-Riyāḍ, lit.: 'The Gardens' Najdi pronunciation: ), formerly known as Hajr al-Yamamah, is the capital and largest city of Saudi Arabia. It is also the capital of the Riyadh Province and the centre of the R ...
,
Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia, officially the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), is a country in Western Asia. It covers the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula, and has a land area of about , making it the fifth-largest country in Asia, the second-largest in the A ...
, during
Riyadh Season
Riyadh Season () is a state-sponsored annual entertainment and sports festival, part of the larger Saudi Seasons initiative held since 2019 from October to March during winter in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Overview
First unveiled by the General Entert ...
. It is one of the largest conventions in its industry.
It is co-organised by the
Saudi Federation For Cybersecurity, Programming and Drones
The Saudi Federation For Cybersecurity, Programming and Drones (SAFCSP) is a national institution in Saudi Arabia aiming at developing professional skills in the fields of cybersecurity and programming.
Structure
SAFCSP is associated with the S ...
(SAFCSP), and informa tech. The event has been designed in association with the Black Hat Team.
History
The first event was held on 28–30 November 2021 at Riyadh Front Expo Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. It's a part of Riyadh Season. The first edition of the event had over 25,000 attendees, 250 cybersecurity exhibitors, 50 expert ethical hackers, and many Black Hat trainers. The event also held two contests, Capture The Flag and Bug Bounty. Black Hat MEA 2022 is set to take place from 15 to 17 November 2022, and will host 30,000 attendees, 250 exhibitors and 200 speakers.
Speakers and sponsors
Black Hat MEA's first event speakers included many industry experts, such as Jayson E. Street, Jenny Radcliffe,
Bruce Schneier
Bruce Schneier (; born January 15, 1963) is an American cryptographer, computer security professional, privacy specialist, and writer. Schneier is a Lecturer in Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School and a Fellow at the Berkman Klein Cente ...
, and the sponsors included companies like
IBM,
Cisco
Cisco Systems, Inc., commonly known as Cisco, is an American-based multinational digital communications technology conglomerate corporation headquartered in San Jose, California. Cisco develops, manufactures, and sells networking hardware, ...
,
Honeywell
Honeywell International Inc. is an American publicly traded, multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina. It primarily operates in four areas of business: aerospace, building technologies, performance ma ...
,
Fortinet
Fortinet is an American multinational corporation headquartered in Sunnyvale, California. The company develops and sells cybersecurity solutions, such as physical firewalls, antivirus software, intrusion prevention systems, and endpoint secur ...
, and
Kaspersky
Kaspersky Lab (; Russian: Лаборатория Касперского, tr. ''Laboratoriya Kasperskogo'') is a Russian multinational cybersecurity and anti-virus provider headquartered in Moscow, Russia, and operated by a holding company in th ...
. The Black Hat MEA 2022 speakers will include Kurt Sanger, Alissa Abdullah,
Magda Lilia Chelly
Magda Lilia Chelly (born 1983) is a Polish-Tunisian cybersecurity expert and is amongst the first Tunisian women to be on the advisory board of BlackHat Asia Executive Committee. Born in Krakow, Poland, and educated in Tunisia and France, Chel ...
, Caleb Sima, Chris Roberts, Kim Albarella,
and sponsors will include companies like Cisco, IBM, Spire and
Infoblox
Infoblox, formerly (NYSE:BLOX), is a privately held IT automation and security company based in California's Silicon Valley. The company focuses on managing and identifying devices connected to networks—specifically for the Domain Name System ...
.
See also
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Web Summit
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Consumer Electronics Show
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Slush
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