Black Hat 2017: Insightful, but too much hype

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Like many others in the cybersecurity community, I attended Black Hat in Las Vegas last week. Here are a few of my thoughts on the show:

1. This was the 20th edition of Black Hat, and it was absolutely packed. I’ve heard that attendance was up from last year, and I know that 2016 attendance set a record. Not to be crass, but you had to wait 10 minutes just to use the bathrooms between meetings.

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