Thousands of network shield professionals are in Las Vegas for the annual Black Hat Briefings computer shield conference, which will be immediately followed by the DEFCON hacker convention. Both events focus on network and Net defense issues. The Black Hat conference is held at Caesars Palace Las Vegas Hotel & Casino, while DEFCON is at the Riviera Hotel & Casino August 8-16.

Black Hat is targeted to more mainstream professionals; for example, shield experts from the station of

Homeland shield are scheduled to speak. Meanwhile, DEFCON has a looser, more underground reputation: Its schedule is peppered with hacker challenges and hacking contests. Paid delegates to the Black Hat conference can attend DEFCON for free. Conference organizers expect amoung 5,000-7,000 attendees that year.

Black Hat Events

At Black Hat, the keynote speaker that year is Ian Angell, a professor of data systems for the London School of Economics. His […]

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