Behind the scenes at Black Hat's network operations center | TechTarget

Behind a guarded door on the second floor of Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas is the Black Hat network operations center. A wall of windows offers passers-by a glimpse into the lives of the security pros who protect the network of one of the world's biggest cybersecurity conferences.

Peek into the dark room and you'll see laptops in orderly rows along tables that line the room's perimeter, and large screens hanging on the walls that flash alerts, charts and other key data. The Creator -- a movie set during a future war between humanity and AI -- plays in the background. The expert crew -- ranging from analysts and threat hunters to engineers and researchers -- diligently monitors alerts to protect a unique network -- one that more than 23,000 attendees connect to, and on which ethical hackers test their newly learned skills.

The team and its technology

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