--- title: 5 key priorities for your Black Hat agenda — and what to... description: A guide for cybersecurity professionals attending Black Hat, recommending they skip vendor floors and focus on five high-value topics: agentic AI framework... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/5-key-priorities-for-your-black-hat-agenda-and-what-to-avoid-7g8047iya twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: 5 key priorities for your Black Hat agenda — and what to avoid | daily.dev og:description: A guide for cybersecurity professionals attending Black Hat, recommending they skip vendor floors and focus on five high-value topics: agentic AI framework... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/5-key-priorities-for-your-black-hat-agenda-and-what-to-avoid-7g8047iya og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/7g8047iya.png og:image:alt: 5 key priorities for your Black Hat agenda — and what to avoid og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # 5 key priorities for your Black Hat agenda — and what to avoid **[CSO Online](https://daily.dev/sources/csoonline)** · 6 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A guide for cybersecurity professionals attending Black Hat, recommending they skip vendor floors and focus on five high-value topics: agentic AI framework exploitation, advanced APT infrastructure and threat intelligence, automated vulnerability discovery and AI-powered exploitation, threat hunting in the AI era, and real adversary use of AI. The piece also covers Black Hat's history and identity challenges since its 2005 acquisition, and advises practitioners to seek substantive technical content over corporate pitches. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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