Black Hat, the producer of the cybersecurity industry’s most established and in-depth security announced the launch of its Sustainability Pledge.
This Pledge outlines the initiatives Black Hat will be prioritizing across all of its events, as part of its commitment to positively impact the cybersecurity community and planet, continue to deliver a responsible and inclusive event, and also plan to become a net zero carbon business by 2030.
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“As the event series where the best minds in security come together, we recognize our responsibility in ensuring our community feels represented and knowledgeable of how Black Hat is delivering sustainable events,” said Steve Wylie, Vice President, Cybersecurity Market Group at Informa Tech. “In publishing our Sustainability Pledge, we hope that those who attend our events, along with all partners who make our events possible, will reflect and find ways they can each continue to contribute in helping our team make Black Hat events the best they can be.”
The initiatives of Black Hat’s Sustainability Pledge include:
Inspiring Sustainable Development
To inspire sustainable development and help address the wide range of sustainability, diversity, and inclusivity topics in the cybersecurity community, Black Hat USA 2023 is featuring Briefings, a Community Lounge, and Community Program to increase awareness, amplify new purposeful partnerships, and strengthen access to the cybersecurity industry.
Highlights include:
- Briefings:
- Diversity Microtalks: Perspectives on Creating Change – Held by cybersecurity industry leaders, this Briefing will include three practical microtalks: Reducing Your Team’s Energy Costs: An Inclusion Microtalk; Breaking Barriers: a Data-Centric Approach; and Microaggressions and Turnover: Three Ways to Reduce Quiet Quitting.
- Community Lounge: To provide a platform to discuss current issues around diversity and inclusion in the cybersecurity industry, one of Black Hat’s newest additions, the Community Lounge, will focus on a range of sessions, covering topics such as women in cybersecurity, including distinct issues women commonly face in this industry, as well as solutions to how the industry can continue to strive for a more diverse and inclusive community.
- Community Program:
- Climate Change and Cybersecurity: Building a Resilient Future – This session will explore the relationship between climate change, cybersecurity, and information security (InfoSec) in promoting environmental sustainability, and feature topics including the carbon footprint of InfoSec, reducing energy consumption, sustainable procurement, protecting critical infrastructure, and supporting renewable energy systems.
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To expand accessibility to Black Hat’s events, Black Hat is hosting its annual Student and Veteran Scholarship programs, and partnering with the following organizations on additional scholarship opportunities: Black Girls Hack; The Diana Initiative; Executive Women’s Forum; Women in Security and Privacy; and Women’s Society of Cyberjutsu.
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