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At this year's Black Hat USA 2020 computer security conference, some of the top trends expected to surface include ransomware, election security and how to protect a remote workforce.
Young continued, "At Black Hat 2020 I expect we'll hear most about XDR as threats have learned to not set off the known obvious alarms and blocking and are more stealthy as they move between traditional security silos. Related to that will be protecting a remote workforce, and the Mitre ATT&CK framework and more complex threat-hunting. Although the talks won't likely be labeled as such, cyber resilience will be a consistent thread reflecting the transformation that businesses and governments of all sizes had to undergo during the first half of this year."
Erez Yalon, head of security research at Checkmarx, said, "With almost 100 talks scheduled, we can expect many topics to be covered, but I think we'll see bigger trends like election security and security concerns related to 4G/5G networks take center stage. Other current technology trends discussed will range from software composition security, AI, as well as everything in the vast field of Cloud-Native computing like containers, clouds, Everything-as-a-Service, and other infrastructure topics."
Samantha Humphries, security strategist, Exabeam, said, "We expect conversations at Black Hat to center around the ethics and regulation of contact tracing around the globe, and of course, election security - particularly in light of President Trump's statements around mail-in ballot fraud concerns this week, the recent OmniBallot vulnerability discovery and last year's DEF CON research that showed virtually every type of voting machine can be compromised. 2020 marks the fourth year that DEF CON will host a dedicated Voting Machine Hacking Village, so there could be new discoveries ahead of this year's presidential election."
Jaime Blasco, head of Alien Labs at AT&T Cybersecurity, said, "COVID-19 changed the security threats organizations needed to defend against, as we observed. The conversation at Black Hat USA should focus on these changes, and the impact they will have on security culture, remote work, the power of automation, and the industry's response to continued cyber attacks, including threat sharing and community collaboration. This year's virtual event features sessions that will center upon this theme, and highlight the power of timely threat intelligence in helping organizations to detect and respond to evolving threats."