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CMP Acquires Black Hat

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the too-many-hats dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Tradeshow and publishing behemoth CMP Media just acquired Black Hat for $10m.. It's ironic timing, because CMP also runs the Computer Security Institute tradeshow which wraps up in Washington DC today. There couldn't be a larger difference between a boring, institutional show like CSI and a small, independent event like Black Hat Briefings. Hopefully the corporate approach of CSI won't crush the life out of Black Hat."

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  1. Re:Protection of larger corporate umbrella by yamamushi · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Or perhaps this same corporate umbrella could prohibit a lot of what would otherwise be published. It could go both ways.

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  2. Hopefully the submitter will RTFA by winkydink · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Hopefully the corporate approach of CSI won't crush the life out of Black Hat.

    From TFA:

    Black Hat and CSI will remain separate entities within CMP; both will report to Chris Keating.

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  3. Nice, unbiased summary by sczimme · · Score: 4, Insightful


    There couldn't be a larger difference between a boring, institutional show like CSI and a small, independent event like Black Hat Briefings. Hopefully the corporate approach of CSI won't crush the life out of Black Hat.

    Well, there is a nice, unbiased summary. Oh, that's right: Black Hat is a cool, hip, and edgy conference that is sponsored by such rockin' organizations as Ernst & Young and Microsoft. w00t.

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  4. Re:Protection of larger corporate umbrella by jcr · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Or perhaps this same corporate umbrella could prohibit a lot of what would otherwise be published. It could go both ways.

    So, someone starts another conference. No biggie.

    -jcr

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  5. Buz zzz zzz zzt! Wrong Answer! by GeneralEmergency · · Score: 2, Insightful



    The bigger they are, the more risk averse they are.

    Careers will be trashed/squashed/snuffed and you will never even hear about it.

    Hmmm...I wonder which of my vitamins is making me more pessimistic?

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    GeneralEmergency
  6. Prejudice? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I'm typing from my desk in the Marriott Wardman fresh from attending the CSI conference. I have to say that the characterization of the differences between Blackhat and CSI is a bit overdone by the original poster. Defcon and CSI perhaps would be a better comparison for this statement. I have been to both CSI and Blackhat and both offer pertinent information for Information Security professionals in a similar format. In fact, I appreciate the corporate focus of CSI. Maybe I'm just getting old (I'm 28).

    I hate to be a troll, but I'm coming to expect this type of attitude more and more from Slashdot. It's unfortunate.