Black Hat USA 2024: Recap and Takeaways from Our Week in Las Vegas
Black Hat brings together the security community like no other conference. So much more than just the exhibitions and sessions, the many off-site events and meetings are amazing opportunities to network.
For our first-ever Black Hat exhibition, our team spent a week in Las Vegas and made the most of their time on the ground sharing the Onyxia vision with many security leaders. Whether it was with face-to-face meetings with advisors Chris Roberts, Rinki Sethi, and Lucas Moody, our sponsored C-Vision and CISO Society cocktail event, or demoing our new Custom Frameworks and Security Stack Budget View features at the Startup City, it was truly great connecting with friends.
Now to the show, cybersecurity professionals got to indulge in innovation and experience a truly invaluable event. Trends like the role of AI in security and the ongoing challenges of operational efficiency, took center stage, revealing a path to improved resilience and defense. Here is a recap of what we thought to be the most interesting discussions of this year’s Black Hat USA 2024.
Sharing the Responsibility
The diversity in attendees demonstrated how widespread the reach of cybersecurity is. This shared responsibility among security, engineering, IT, infrastructure, and technology leaders was acknowledged by the attendance alone. Additionally, there were plenty of cross-functional initiatives and a focus on reducing risk in a way that improves operational efficiency. This is a testament to the collaboration and awareness that is crucial for cybersecurity programs to be successful. With the inclusion of departments outside of the immediate, concentrated cybersecurity specialists, security measures are easier to integrate. For security teams to operate effectively they need to see to have the ability to see the whole picture and not be siloed in their respective departments.
An AI Perspective Shift
The conversation has matured. Finding practical use cases and employing a pragmatic attitude towards AI were a large part of the discussion at Black Hat. AI graduated from the exploration stage and joined the security landscape in full force. AI being incorporated into platforms and solutions allows users to analyze vast sets of information in minutes and gain valuable insights into their security data fabric. We are now seeing the growing importance of combating AI-based attacks with AI-powered predictive insights.
Identity and Access Management (IAM)
The growing demands of the cloud era were brought to the forefront of security leaders’ minds at Black Hat along with the need for a shift towards IAM. Credential compromise and identity-related attacks have exacerbated this transition. It is now invariably recognizable that having metrics to measure the IAM domain of your organization and IAM practices is necessary for building comprehensive/complete cybersecurity programs.
Resiliency and Data Security
Discussions at Black Hat stressed ways to withstand and recover from attacks with an air of resiliency including having more advanced incident response planning and better infrastructure. External data repositories are necessary for AI adoption which is a popular choice of direction for organizations, meaning that the platforms used to store the data externally are receiving a growing amount of sensitive data to store. New stricter regulations and disclosure rules, put the emphasis on having benchmarking data and the ability to prove you took the correct steps to safeguard your organization and clients.
The insights that we gained from Black Hat this year gave us great inspiration for our future product development and provided valuable guidance for security executives’ strategic priorities. We had an incredible time meeting with you — our valued customers, partners, advisors, and cybersecurity community — and we look forward to seeing you again at the next conference!
