Observations From Black Hat 2025: The Human Toll Behind The Headlines
Cloud Native Now
After spending a few days walking around Mandalay Bay for Black Hat 2025, one theme stood out more than the others: the widening gap between the security industry's innovations and the well-being of its people.
Yes, this year's conference was once again dominated by discussions about AI, threat intelligence, ransomware, cloud security, and identity. And yes, vendors are buzzing with new product announcements. But the conversations that stuck with me - the ones that felt urgent - were from the people talking about burnout, about broken job pipelines, and about the increasingly frustrating search for meaningful, stable employment in security.