Case Study: Black Hat achieves real-time network visibility and scalable event security with Gigamon's GigaSECURE

Black Hat Securing the World’s Premier Cybersecurity Conferences

Black Hat, organizer of major global cybersecurity conferences, must stand up a full‑scale, secure enterprise network in just days while hosting thousands of skilled attendees who probe for vulnerabilities. Before working with Gigamon, the NOC relied on overloaded SPAN ports and limited monitoring, forcing tool port contention and leaving gaps in visibility and situational awareness.

Black Hat deployed Gigamon’s GigaSECURE Security Delivery Platform (GigaVUE‑HC2 visibility nodes, GigaSMART traffic‑intelligence, NetFlow/metadata generation and inline bypass) alongside RSA NetWitness and Plixer Scrutinizer. The solution delivered pervasive visibility across physical, virtual and cloud traffic, eliminated port oversubscription, improved forensic analysis and dramatically reduced time‑to‑resolution while easily handling the event’s voluminous traffic.

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Neil R. “Grifter” Wyler

Network Operations Center Lead