Black Hat security conference
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The Black Hat security conference is a leading global event where cybersecurity professionals, researchers, and hackers gather to present cutting-edge security research, vulnerabilities, and defensive techniques.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Black Hat security conference canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7482268 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Black Hat security conference Context triple: [Jon Oberheide, hasGivenTalkAt, Black Hat security conference]
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A.
OSCON open source convention
OSCON (Open Source Convention) is a major annual technology conference focused on open source software, drawing developers, technologists, and business leaders for talks, tutorials, and community collaboration.
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B.
Blackhat
Blackhat is a 2015 cyber-thriller film directed by Michael Mann that follows a convicted hacker recruited to help track down a high-level cybercrime network.
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C.
BarCamp
BarCamp is an open, participatory “unconference” format where attendees collaboratively set the agenda and share knowledge through informal sessions.
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D.
SACMAT
SACMAT is an annual ACM conference focused on research and advances in access control, security, and trust management in computer systems.
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E.
IDG World Expo
IDG World Expo is a trade show and conference organizer known for producing major technology events and exhibitions worldwide.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Black Hat security conference Target entity description: The Black Hat security conference is a leading global event where cybersecurity professionals, researchers, and hackers gather to present cutting-edge security research, vulnerabilities, and defensive techniques.
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A.
OSCON open source convention
OSCON (Open Source Convention) is a major annual technology conference focused on open source software, drawing developers, technologists, and business leaders for talks, tutorials, and community collaboration.
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B.
Blackhat
Blackhat is a 2015 cyber-thriller film directed by Michael Mann that follows a convicted hacker recruited to help track down a high-level cybercrime network.
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C.
BarCamp
BarCamp is an open, participatory “unconference” format where attendees collaboratively set the agenda and share knowledge through informal sessions.
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D.
SACMAT
SACMAT is an annual ACM conference focused on research and advances in access control, security, and trust management in computer systems.
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E.
IDG World Expo
IDG World Expo is a trade show and conference organizer known for producing major technology events and exhibitions worldwide.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
annual event
ⓘ
computer security conference ⓘ hacker conference ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Black Hat
NERFINISHED
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Black Hat Briefings NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| attendeeType |
CISOs
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government security professionals ⓘ penetration testers ⓘ security engineers ⓘ security researchers ⓘ security vendors ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| field | cybersecurity ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
application security
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defensive security techniques ⓘ exploit development ⓘ information security ⓘ network security ⓘ vulnerability research ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Jeff Moss NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| frequency | annual ⓘ |
| hasEdition |
Black Hat Asia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Black Hat Europe NERFINISHED ⓘ Black Hat Middle East and Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ Black Hat USA NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPart |
arsenal
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briefings ⓘ business hall ⓘ trainings ⓘ |
| inception | 1997 ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| location | Las Vegas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
disclosure of new software and hardware vulnerabilities
ⓘ
high-profile security talks ⓘ presentation of cutting-edge security research ⓘ |
| organizer | Informa Tech NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| predecessor | DEF CON (as earlier conference by same founder) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| previousOrganizer | UBM Tech NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| targetAudience | professional security community ⓘ |
| topic |
cloud security
ⓘ
cryptography ⓘ incident response ⓘ industrial control systems security ⓘ malware analysis ⓘ mobile security ⓘ reverse engineering ⓘ threat intelligence ⓘ web application security ⓘ zero-day vulnerabilities ⓘ |
| website | https://www.blackhat.com/ ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Black Hat security conference Description of subject: The Black Hat security conference is a leading global event where cybersecurity professionals, researchers, and hackers gather to present cutting-edge security research, vulnerabilities, and defensive techniques.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.