Around 20,000 people will be there. Realistically about 30 of them matter to you, and you will meet six of those by accident. Supermeet finds the rest.
Tell us you’re going to Black Hat USA and we’ll start there.
The problem at this scale
Vendor parties crowd out the conversations practitioners actually want. The useful people are rarely the loudest ones in the room.
attendees, roughly — mostly security researchers, CISOs and vendors. The attendee list is the single most valuable document of the week, and almost nobody reads it.
names is about what one person can realistically prepare for and meet properly over a few days.
people here are genuinely worth your time. Finding them by walking the floor takes longer than the conference lasts.
How to work Black Hat USA
Pick briefings by researcher and approach them with a specific question about the work. Avoid planning your evenings around vendor parties alone.
What we’re building
Live today: see who else is going and get introduced, if you both opt in. Next: eighteen names, ranked, each with one line on why this person and not the 19,982 others.
The Black Hat USA attendee list, speaker page or exhibitor directory — whatever you have access to.
Three questions, ninety seconds. Hiring, raising, selling, learning — the answer changes the entire list.
Drafted in your voice, sent from your address, with a second nudge to anyone who goes quiet. That second message is the one nobody sends.
Questions
Around 20,000, based on recent public figures. Numbers change from year to year, and Black Hat USA usually takes place in August.
Mostly security researchers, CISOs and vendors.
Check the speaker and exhibitor pages first, since those are usually public. On Supermeet you can pick Black Hat USA and see how many others are going. If you both opt in, you can see each other’s name and role. Nobody’s email is ever shown.
Free beta
See who else is going to Black Hat USA right now. The more people fromBlack Hat USA who join, the sooner it gets a full shortlist.
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