Registration and Call for Papers Now Open for Black Hat USA 2014

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 18, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Black Hat, the world's leading family of information security events, opens Registration and Call for Papers (CFP) for Black Hat USA 2014. [Tweet This] Returning to Las Vegas for the 17^th year, Black Hat will continue to celebrate the very latest in information security research, development and trends. This year's show will run August 2–7 at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center.

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What's new this year?

The Highlights:

Registration is now open. Be sure to take advantage of early registration prices by June 2, 2014.

Call for Papers is now open. Black Hat is seeking groundbreaking vendor-neutral research for this year's Briefings, the heart and soul of each annual show. The deadline for submissions is April 4, 2014.

Giving Back: Black Hat has always been driven by the needs of the security community – from the up-and-coming academics to the distinguished researchers, industry enthusiasts, InfoSec execs and everyone in between. Continuing this history, we're pleased to announce that for every Briefing accepted for Black Hat USA 2014, we will provide two student passes, including full access to Black Hat USA's Briefings free of charge, for that session's speakers to distribute to qualified students.

Read more about the happenings of Black Hat USA 2014 in the latest Intel Post.

To register or get your submission started, please visit: http://blackhat.com/us-14/.

Sponsors of Black Hat USA 2014 include Diamond Sponsors: Microsoft, Qualys and RSA; Platinum Plus Sponsors: Blue Coat Systems, Cisco, FireEye, Juniper Networks and Lieberman Software; Platinum Sponsors: Accuvant LABS, AlienVault, Core Security Technology, LogRhythm, Tenable Network Security and IBM.

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