Black Hat Middle East and Africa, the cyber industry’s fastest-growing event, is on the move. This November’s second edition is relocating to the Riyadh Exhibition and Convention Centre, as it looks to record huge growth in floor space, exhibitors, national and industry pavilions, and speakers.
Running from November 14-16, this year’s event will take place under the tagline Infosec on the Edge. Organised by Tahaluf, an Informa Business in partnership with the Saudi Federation for Cybersecurity, Programming and Drones, SAFCSP, Black Hat MEA will be 41 per cent bigger than its 2022 launch edition and has already seen a 119 per cent uplift in early day visitor registrations.
This year’s edition will see members of Black Hat MEA’s exclusive CISO Club invited to join the inaugural CISO Chapter, wherein over 500 end user CISO’s from across the region and beyond will receive various insights up to the event as well as, among other benefits, access to lounges, boardrooms, and brainstorming workshops aimed at helping overcome industry challenges.
Also new is Black Hat Campus, a bespoke matchmaking area aimed both at investors and startups and that will feature podcast and webinar sessions dedicated to cybersecurity investment. It will also host three special investor panels live on stage, as well as the launch of the first Black Hat MEA 966 Chapter, which is set to mastermind social activities and meet-ups for the Kingdom’s ethical hackers and security network.
Meanwhile, CyberSeed is Black Hat MEA’s ground-breaking startup pitch competition and will be expanded this year with more awards, prizes, and cybersecurity champions. From an application pool numbering in the hundreds, 20 startups will be selected by a judging panel of high-powered investors and industry experts to compete on-site in the CyberSeed Semi-Finals.
Black Hat MEA 2023 will be a knowledge-sharing platform with a speaker cast of more than 300 international experts.
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