By Jessica (Bair) Oppenheimer,
Publication Date: 2026-09-07 15:00:00
Cisco was proud to return to Black Hat USA as the Official Security Cloud Provider and the longest-standing partner of the Black Hat Network Operations Center (NOC) and Security Operations Center (SOC). In 2026, we completed our 11th year helping protect the Black Hat network, working side by side with the Black Hat NOC leaders and official technology partners: Palo Alto Networks, Arista, Corelight, Jamf and Lumen.
The first mission of the NOC/SOC is straight forward: keep the conference network operating safely and reliably. Black Hat is a unique environment. It brings together trainings, briefings, security researchers, vendors, partners, press, attendees, and a wide range of personal and managed devices. Activity that would be alarming on a corporate network is expected in a training room, while real threats can still appear in the same telemetry. That is what makes the Black Hat NOC/SOC such a powerful proving ground for security operations.
This year, the Cisco and Splunk…