What to expect during Black Hat USA: Join theCUBE Aug. 5-6

Artificial intelligence has propelled the cybersecurity world into a new phase, driven by startlingly advanced autonomous attacks and an urgent need to adopt technology to defend against them.

This week’s launch of the Open Secure AI Alliance provided further evidence of the tech industry’s focus on securing AI. The initiative’s inaugural partners include Nvidia, IBM, Snowflake, Cisco, Adobe, Salesforce, Red Hat and Databricks, along with dozens more. This will be the backdrop next week for Black Hat USA, an annual industry gathering in Las Vegas that brings together leading cybersecurity researchers and companies.

“This year’s Black Hat reflects that AI is on track to become part of the security team, part of the attack surface and part of the enterprise operating model,” said Krista Case, principal analyst and practice lead for cyber resilience and security at theCUBE Research. “That shift is still early, but it’s already reordering priorities.”

TheCUBE, SiliconANGLE Media’s livestreaming studio, will provide on-the-ground coverage of Black Hat USA from Las Vegas, airing Aug. 5-6. This will include discussions of the latest news and announcements from key players such as Fortinet, Elastic, TENEX.ai, Delinea, Menlo Security and Absolute Security during the event. Tune in for on-site reporting and exclusive interviews as theCUBE examines how security leaders are responding to AI-driven threats, expanding attack surfaces and mounting pressure to protect increasingly complex cloud, application and identity environments. (* Disclosure below.)