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• Business Hall: This year’s Business Hall welcomed more than 440 of the industry’s leading
information security solution providers, showcasing their latest products and technologies to
attendees on-site, both on and off the Business Hall floor. The Business Hall also featured focused
areas for attendee, vendor, and community engagement through Arsenal, Sponsored Sessions,
the Community Lounge, Community Program, Meet & Greet sessions, and the Meetup Lounge.
• Startup Spotlight Competition: The Black Hat Startup Spotlight Competition is a video pitch
contest for cybersecurity startup companies interested in presenting their products and solutions
in front of a live audience at Black Hat USA. During Black Hat USA 2023, the top four finalists
each had the opportunity to pitch the benefits of their respective products and/or solutions to the
panel of judges, and then answer follow-up questions from the judges in real time. Additionally,
all finalists were invited to exhibit at Black Hat USA 2023 and received a 10-minute scheduled
speaking slot and 30-minute call with an Omdia Cybersecurity Analyst. Once all finalists
presented and the judges deliberated, the 2022 winner, Phylum, officially announced Mobb as
the winner for 2023.
• Scholarships: As a way to introduce the next generation of security professionals to the Black
Hat community, Black Hat awarded a total of 306 complimentary Black Hat USA 2023 Briefings
passes. Black Hat holds its own annual Student and Veteran Scholarship programs, partnering
with a variety of associations on additional scholarship opportunities.
• Network Operations Center (NOC): As a key component of Black Hat USA, the Black Hat
Network Operations Center (NOC) provided a high security, high availability network in an
intensely demanding environment. Each year, the hand-selected NOC team meets before Black
Hat USA to incorporate the latest infrastructure and security solutions into a workable network
design. Black Hat attendees may then visit the NOC for a glimpse into this state-of-the-art
network.

Top Partners and Sponsors of Black Hat USA 2023 include:

Titanium Sponsors: CrowdStrike, Darktrace, KnowBe4, Qualys, and SentinelOne; Diamond Sponsors:
Armis, BlackBerry, Cisco, IBM, Palo Alto Networks, Sophos, Tenable, Trellix, Trend Micro, and VMware
Carbon Black; Global Partners: Adaptive Shield, Akamai, Appdome, ARCON, Armis, Binalyze,
Bugcrowd, Contrast Security, Corellium, CYBER RANGES, DataDome, INE, KnowBe4, Kondukto,
ManageEngine, Snyk, Sonar, Swimlane, Synopsys, Veracode, and wolfSSL; Sustaining Partners:
Akamai, Armis, Axonius, Cisco, Claroty, CrowdStrike, IBM, Kandji, KnowBe4, Lacework, ManageEngine,
Microsoft, Mimecast, Pentera, ServiceNow, Snyk, Sysdig, VMware Carbon Black, Wiz, and XM Cyber.

For more information on Black Hat events, please visit https://www.blackhat.com.

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