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Conclusion

One negative point against the Black Hat conference is that some of the talks are so popular that attendees must stand in line for up to 30 minutes with no guarantee of making it inside the room. Thankfully, every attendee gets a CD with all the presentations in PDF format.

But besides the crow factor, Black Hat conference talks are all very technical and most of the speakers are very engaging. You are exposed to cutting edge exploits and tools. In addition, you definitely won't go hungry at Black Hat as they feed you very well with great lunches, dinners, coffee and ice cream. Finally, several attendees told me that the main reason for going to Black Hat was to network with other computer security professionals. Several companies were on hand to recruit people.

Is it worth it to go to the Black Hat computer security conference? It depends on if you can con... I mean convince your boss to pay for the convention. At $995 - $1500 a head, Black Hat sounds expensive, but the fee is average compared to other computer security gatherings. If someone else is footing the bill, then you will by all means want to attend.