Black Hat USA 2027
Jul 31 to Aug 5, 2027 in Las Vegas, US
Cybersecurity research·Mandalay Bay Convention Center·Tickets from $2,495
About
The definitive peer-reviewed cybersecurity conference, where unpublished vulnerability research is presented first. 23,000+ verified security professionals gather annually at Mandalay Bay for technical trainings, Briefings, and Arsenal tool demonstrations.
Who goes
Security researchers, red teamers, CISOs, offensive practitioners, security VCs
Tickets and cost
Prices as of Aug 2026
- Standard$2,495
- Early bird$2,195
- Trainings max$5,500
- Trainings min$3,000
- Typical total with travel$3,600
Our verdict
Scored 73 out of 100
Black Hat USA is the definitive venue for offensive security research. The Briefings track presents unpublished CVEs, exploit chains, and attack research before it circulates publicly, and the Arsenal showcase lets researchers demo tools in a hands-on setting. The Business Hall is a standard vendor expo with aggressive lead-scanning, but seasoned attendees skip large portions of it. Worth attending for practitioners whose work is shaped by current threat research; training courses run $3,000-5,500 and are genuinely rigorous.
Worth it for
- Briefings track presents peer-reviewed vulnerability research that is not published anywhere else at the time of the talk, including zero-day disclosures
- Arsenal showcase features 200+ open-source security tools demonstrated live by their authors
- 23,000+ verified security professionals in one venue for five days, with high density of offensive researchers and tool builders
- AI security dominated the 2026 agenda; the Hugging Face breach chain case study drew record session attendance and set practitioner discourse for months
Watch out for
- Briefings slides and recordings are published post-conference, reducing the live-attendance premium for budget-constrained teams
- Business Hall vendor density is high; attendee reports say aggressive badge-scanning and cold LinkedIn outreach follows the event for weeks
- Training courses are the most expensive per-day investment in security education at any conference, at $3,000-5,500 for 2-4 day courses
