This year's Black Hat conference is expected to attract more than 19,000 security professionals this year, from roughly 90 countries. 

If you're among the thousands currently planning your week in Las Vegas, make sure the following events are on your agenda:

• Mingle with the IBM X-Force Red hackers at our special Border Grill reception on August 7th. You’ll learn about the top threats facing global organizations and inherent weaknesses in their infrastructure that enable such threats to succeed. Click here to register for the reception and learn more.
• Attend Dimitry Snezhkov’s briefing sessions titled: “SSHoRTy: Linux/MacOS Armored SSH Implant Delivery with a Smile”on August 7th at 4:00 p.m. and “Zombie Ant Farming: Practical Tips for Playing Hide and Seek with Linux EDRS” on August 8th at 12:10 p.m.
• Visit IBM Security Lounge #2104, where you can grab a beverage and find out more about our X-Force, QRadar, Guardium, Resilient and i2 solutions.

If you’re planning to stick around for DEF CON 27, which takes place just after Black Hat, here are a few more great events to add to your calendars:

• IBM X-Force Red Global Strategy Lead Cris Thomas’(Space Rogue’s) participation in the simulated crisis management discussion, “Hacking Congress: The Enemy of My Enemy is My Friend.” United States Congressman James Langevin (D-RI), United States Congressman Ted Lieu (D-CA) and former Congresswoman Jane Harman (D-CA) are also scheduled to participate in the panel discussion, on August 9^th at 10:00 a.m. in Track #2.
• JC Vega’s session titled, “How to Level Up: Experiential Learning through Gamification” on August 9^th at 11:45 a.m. in the DEF CON Biohacking Village.
• Daniel Crowley’s and Daniel Pagan’s DEF CON demonstration titled, “Practical Key Search Attacks Against Modern Symmetric Ciphers” on August 9th at 2:00 p.m. in Track #4.
• Dimitry Snezhkov’s demo of his popular “Zombie Ant Farm: Practical Tips for Playing Hide and Seek with Linux EDRs” topic on August 10th at 12:00 Noon in Track #4.

Finally, be sure to follow IBM Security on LinkedIn and Twitter for all of the latest updates.