Black Hat USA 2026 returned for its 29th year, covering the latest in infosec for CISOs, technical experts, thought leaders, innovative vendors and cybersecurity pros. 

The two-day main event, which took place August 5-6 at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, featured more than 200 sessions on topics from cyber-resilience and malware to detection engineering, security culture, privacy, supply chain security and cryptography. And, of course, AI security, LLMs, prompt engineering, promptware, autonomous exploits and AI agents.

Four days of specialized trainings, August 1-4, covered incident response, third-party risk management, AI security for executives, red teaming, adversary tactics and more. This year also marked the return of the CISO Summit, Financial Threat Summit, Innovators & Investors Summit, Omdia Analyst Summit and AI Summit, as well as the inaugural Healthcare Summit, in partnership with HIMSS.

Informa TechTarget's editorial team was on-site, reporting from the conference floor. This guide gathers articles from our reporters on TechTarget Cybersecurity, Dark Reading and Cybersecurity Dive.