A recap: Expel’s 2024 Black Hat experience

A concise recap of Black Hat/DEFCON highlighting key themes for security leaders: election infrastructure as critical infrastructure and the sociopolitical risks around election integrity; AI’s evolving role as both a defensive and enabling tool for threat actors; ongoing focus on vulnerability management and prioritization (including EPSS and sessions on AWS AssumeRole and Outlook RCE); and Expel’s new ebook on combating cybersecurity burnout with survey-backed benefits of MDR. The document is a high-level event summary and vendor announcement, not a technical incident report.