Black Hat MEA comes back to the Riyadh Exhibition & Convention Center in Malham from December 1 to 3. More than 40,000 attendees and over 330 speakers are expected, which makes it the largest cybersecurity event in the Middle East.
The program mixes technical briefings, live hacking and capture-the-flag competitions with a big expo floor of security vendors. The CTF side draws hackers and students from across the region, and it’s where a lot of the event’s energy is.
The context matters. Gulf governments are spending heavily on digital infrastructure, data centers and AI, and every one of those projects needs securing. Black Hat MEA is where buyers, vendors and talent from that build-out meet.
If you sell security into the Gulf, or want to understand how fast the region’s cyber market is growing, this is the event to attend.