The Black Hat event network has been called one of the most hostile in the world. At Palo Alto Networks, we’ve been involved in operating and securing this network since 2017. In 2025, we decided to share a behind the scenes insight into what it’s like working, around the clock, to keep one of the world’s most infamous network secure. NOC-umentary: Inside the Black Hat NOC
As promised during my talk at OWASP Birmingham on 5th December 2024, here’s some extra resources if you want to know more about the Black Hat conference infrastructure and the stories from it. Video from Asia 2024 Video from USA 2024 Palo Alto Networks blog from USA 2024 My blog on infrastructure automation My blog on security operations automation Longer format talk from one of the NOC Leads, Grifter Details of the NOC for the 2024 Europe event in London NOC livestream for 2024 Europe event
As promised during my talk for School of Code on 9th September 2024, here’s the links I used and some extra resources if you want to know more. Cybersecurity Industry and Careers: Infographic - World’s Biggest Data Breaches Huge Map of CyberSecurity Vendors, Products, etc CyberSecurity Career Framework “Coolest Careers in Cyber” Black Hat: My blog on infrastructure automation My blog on security operations automation Longer format talk from one of the NOC Leads, Grifter Black Hat Europe 2024 in London Details of the NOC for the 2023 London event
As promised during my talk at Fusion Meetup on 23rd November 2023, here’s some extra resources if you want to know more about the Black Hat conference infrastructure and the stories from it. My blog on infrastructure automation My blog on security operations automation Longer format talk from one of the NOC Leads, Grifter Details of the NOC for the 2023 London event NOC livestream for 6th and 7th December 2023