Black Hat Europe 2026

Black Hat Europe brings the Black Hat format to ExCeL London for four days: specialised cybersecurity Trainings, one-day Summits and a two-day main conference of vendor-neutral, peer-reviewed Briefings. Security researchers present new vulnerabilities, exploits and defensive techniques to security practitioners, CISOs and their teams.

Programme

The week opens with two- and four-day Trainings for all skill levels. Tuesday 8 December is given to focused one-day Summits, followed by the main conference on 9 and 10 December with Briefings, keynotes, Arsenal open-source tool demos, a Business Hall and networking events.

2026 Briefings themes

This year's Briefings are organised around four themes reflecting where attacks and defences are heading.

• AI and autonomous threats
• Cyber conflict and live operations
• Systems under stress: engineering resilience
• Identity, trust and control

Who attends

Security researchers, penetration testers, security engineers and architects, SOC and incident-response teams, CISOs and security leaders, along with vendors exhibiting in the Business Hall. Briefings passes include on-demand recordings and CPE credit eligibility.

Tickets & passes

• Business Pass — Free: Free until 20 November (then £50); Business Hall, keynotes, Arsenal
• Summit Pass — GBP 579: Excl. VAT; one selected Summit plus Business Hall and keynotes
• Briefings Pass — GBP 1,899: Excl. VAT, regular rate to 20 November; 2 days of Briefings, recordings, CPE eligibility
• Briefings + Summit Pass Bundle — GBP 2,299: Excl. VAT, regular rate
• Training Pass: Price varies by course