Security News > 2021 > August > Black Hat: Let’s All Help Cyber-Immunize Each Other

LAS VEGAS - The in-person Black Hat USA 2021 cybersecurity conference is back, after a pandemic-forced, year-long hiatus, with attendance notably down but spirts up among attendees eager to get back to networking, learning and returning to some normalcy.

Event founder Jeff Moss kicked off Wednesday's keynote with a nod to those lost to COVID-19 and others such as Philippe Courtot and Dan Kaminsky, who have passed since Black Hat's last 2019 in-person event.

In his address, Moss asked the audience to consider how participants can work together to help address today's most pressing cybersecurity problems in the same way that present-day doctors, healthcare policymakers and individuals can help mitigate COVID-19.

"Is there a way to sort of confirm immunity on a network, if you take care of your own equipment?" Moss asked.

Moss described three modes of immunity within the fights of COVID-19 and cybersecurity.

"From a software supply chain standpoint, we all rely on the software supply chain. We are building tools and systems based on. We are hoping people we trust in the supply chain, are in that third state and they are doing things to help everybody else in the supply chain," Moss said.

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