ACSAC, Annual Computer Security Applications Conference[7] - oldest information security conference held annually.[8] ASIA or the Annual Symposium on Information Assurance[9] that serves as the academic track for the New York State Cyber Security Conference,[10] an annual information security conference held in Albany, NY usually for two days during June targeted at academic, government, and industry participants. Black Hat, a series of conferences held annually in different cities around the world. Black Hat USA, held in Las Vegas immediately before DEF CON, is one of the largest computer security events in the world.[11] BlueHat Conference, a twice a year, invitation-only Microsoft security conference aimed at bringing Microsoft security professionals and external security researchers together.[12][13][14] Brucon, yearly conference, previously held in Brussels, since 2012 it is held in Ghent.