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  • Wednesday, November 4, 2026
    7:30 am
    [PLUS Course] Securing & Enabling AI: Transform Chaos into Competitive Advantage - Part 1
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    vCISO, Cyber Risk Opportunities LLC
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    7:30 am - 9:00 am

    Come join this interactive workshop — think hands-on working groups so you are an active participant…this is not 6 hours of being lectured at.

    Learn how to secure AI while accelerating innovation—not blocking it. Transform from AI Firefighter to Strategic Business Enabler, with a 90-day roadmap for secure AI deployment in your organization.

    Why this course? Imagine your CEO just asked about AI security. Do you have an answer?

    While you’re counting vulnerabilities, your competitors are deploying AI at scale.

    Every Monday, another department launches an AI tool. Marketing uses ChatGPT for campaigns. Sales deploys AI Sales Development Reps. Customer service automates with chatbots.

    And your cybersecurity team? Still writing policies nobody reads.

    You’ll master:
    •  The AIR-MAP Methodology™ — Your proven 90-day roadmap from AI chaos to governance
    •  Executive Translation — Turn technical AI risks into boardroom language
    •  NIST AI RMF Implementation — Practical application, not theory
    •  The $12M Question — Secure against deepfake fraud and AI-enabled attacks
    •  Shadow AI Discovery — Find and govern the AI already in your organization
    •  Business-First Security — Protect value, not just systems
    Who should attend:
    Perfect fit:
    •  CISOs facing board questions about AI
    •  Information Security Directors enabling digital transformation
    •  IT VPs without dedicated security teams
    •  Cybersecurity Consultants serving enterprise clients
    •  Risk Managers governing AI initiatives
    •  Aspiring decision makers and those reporting to one
    Wrong course:
    •  Developers wanting to code AI models
    •  Analysts seeking technical certifications
    •  Anyone looking for hands-on hacking labs
    This workshop is NOT about:
    •  Prompt injection techniques
    •  Model architecture security
    •  Technical vulnerability scanning
    •  Writing 200-page policies
    This workshop IS about:
    •  Speaking profit-and-loss to executives
    •  Enabling your AI transformations
    •  Building cybersecurity into AI from day one
    •  Becoming the trusted AI advisor
    You’ll leave with:
    1. The Complete AIR-MAP Toolkit
    •  90-day implementation roadmap
    •  Discovery templates and workflows
    •  Risk scoring calculators
    •  Executive presentation templates
    2. Ready-to-Deploy Policies
    •  AI Acceptable Use Policy (customize in minutes)
    •  Vendor assessment questionnaires
    •  Incident Response playbooks
    3. 30-Minute Strategy Session
    Complementary private consultation to apply AIR-MAP to your specific situation.
    7:00 am
    Registration open
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    7:00 am - 4:30 pm
    Location / Room: Registration Desk / Lobby

    Come to the Registration desk in the lobby to check-in and get your badge. SecureWorld staff will be available throughout the day if you have any questions.

    8:00 am
    Networking Hall open
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    8:00 am - 4:30 pm
    Location / Room: Networking Hall

    Your opportunity to visit our solution vendor partners, whose sponsorship makes SecureWorld possible, as well as association chapters! Booths have staff ready to answer your questions. Look for participating Dash For Prizes sponsors to be entered to win prizes.

    Also, look for “Cyber Connect” discussions on select topics and join the conversation.

    8:00 am
    Advisory Council Roundtable Breakfast (VIP / Invite only)
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    8:00 am - 8:45 am

    Moderated discussion for SecureWorld Advisory Council members. By invite only.

    8:00 am
    Association Chapter Meetings
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    8:00 am - 8:45 am

    Participating professional associations and details to be announced.

    8:45 am
    Networking Break
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    8:45 am - 9:00 am
    Location / Room: Networking Hall

    Visit the Networking Hall to network with attendees and connect with our vendor sponsors and association partners.

    9:00 am
    [Opening Keynote] Beyond Post-Quantum: QKD, AI Agents, and the Future of Critical Infrastructure Trust
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    CISO & Assistant CTO for Security and Infrastructure, City of Seattle
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    9:00 am - 9:45 am
    Location / Room: Keynote Theater

    Critical infrastructure is entering a multi-decade trust transition that no single technology will solve. Post-quantum cryptography is now a mandatory foundation for long-lived systems, software supply chains, identity platforms, and sensitive data protection. Quantum key distribution is also moving from research into selective critical infrastructure pilots and demonstrations, but it comes with real operational limits that security leaders must understand. At the same time, AI agents and machine identities are changing what authentication, authorization, delegation, and provenance mean inside enterprise, operational, and security environments.

    This keynote separates signal from hype and maps where PQC, QKD, AI agents, machine identity, software provenance, and next-generation cyber operations converge, and where they should not be confused. Attendees will leave with a practical trust map for the next five years: what to inventory, what to modernize, what to ask vendors, and how to prepare critical infrastructure for quantum-era and AI-native security risk without chasing science fiction or vendor checklists.

    9:45 am
    Networking Break & Cyber Connect
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    AI in Cybersecurity: Game-Changer or Growing Threat?
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    9:45 am - 10:10 am
    Location / Room: Networking Hall

    Artificial intelligence rapidly redefines how we defend our networks—and how attackers target them. From threat detection to deepfakes, explore the double-edged nature of AI in cybersecurity and how it’s impacting your daily work.

    Please join us in the Networking Hall to connect with peers over coffee and snacks and share real-world experiences, strategies, and concerns around AI’s growing role in security.

    10:10 am
    From Alert Fatigue to Adaptive Defense: Operationalizing AI in the SOC
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    10:10 am - 10:45 am

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    10:10 am
    Building Incident Response Plans for Highly Distributed Workforces
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    10:10 am - 10:45 am

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    10:10 am
    [Panel] The Double-Edged Sword of AI in Cyber Defense
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    Focus Areas: AI-Powered SecOps; Adversarial AI & Synthetic Media; AI Governance & Assurance
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    10:10 am - 10:45 am

    AI is revolutionizing cybersecurity at all levels, speeding up detection and enabling automated attacks on an unprecedented scale. This session examines AI’s dual role as both a powerful defensive tool and a new threat vector for attackers. Panelists will discuss how AI copilots enhance analyst workflows, triage, and anomaly detection, while also addressing emerging risks such as LLM data leakage, prompt injection, model poisoning, and hallucinations within high-trust SOC processes.

    The discussion will cover AI governance and assurance frameworks, evolving regulatory expectations, and the impact of synthetic content—including deepfakes, audio spoofing, and hyper-personalized phishing—on social engineering defenses. Attendees will leave with a solid understanding of AI’s potential, the safety measures needed for responsible deployment, and practical steps for preparing teams and pipelines for an AI-driven threat environment.

    10:45 am
    Networking Break & Cyber Connect
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    The Human Element in Cybersecurity
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    10:45 am - 11:10 am
    Location / Room: Networking Hall

    Despite all the tools and technology, people remain the most unpredictable variable in security. Whether insider threats, awareness training, or culture-building, human behavior is central to your cyber strategy.

    Please join us in the Networking Hall to connect with peers over coffee and snacks and discuss how organizations are tackling the people side of cybersecurity.

    11:10 am
    API Security: Managing the Fastest-Growing Attack Surface
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    11:10 am - 11:45 am

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    11:10 am
    The Rise of AI Assistants: New Insider Threat and Data Exposure Challenges
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    11:10 am - 11:45 am

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    11:10 am
    [Panel] Navigating the Evolving Digital Battlefield
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    Focus Areas: Identity-First Security; Attack Surface Management; Supply Chain & Fourth-Party Risk
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    11:10 am - 11:45 am

    As organizational footprints expand across cloud, SaaS, OT/IoT, and dispersed workforces, defenders face a more complex and interconnected digital battlefield. This panel brings together experts to explore how today’s threat actors combine automation, social engineering, identity breaches, and software supply-chain attacks into highly coordinated assaults.

    Panelists will examine the expanding importance of identity in the modern SOC, the emergence of AI-driven threats such as automated reconnaissance and deepfake-assisted breaches, and how fourth-party dependencies are changing risk visibility. The discussion also connects these trends to organizational resilience—showing how teams can improve detection, response, and business continuity across an evolving attack surface. This comprehensive session provides practical insights for any security leader seeking clarity amid converging threats.

    11:45 am
    Networking Break
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    11:45 am - 12:00 pm
    Location / Room: Networking Hall

    Visit the Networking Hall to network with attendees and connect with our vendor sponsors and association partners.

    12:00 pm
    [Lunch Keynote] AI-Accelerated Attacks and Defenses: Preparing for Machine-Speed Threats
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    12:00 pm - 12:45 pm
    Location / Room: Keynote Theater

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    12:00 pm
    Advisory Council Roundtable Lunch (VIP / Invite Only)
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    12:00 pm - 12:45 pm

    Moderated discussion for SecureWorld Advisory Council members. By invite only.

    12:45 pm
    Networking Break & Cyber Connect
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    Proactive by Design: Anticipating Threats Before They Strike
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    12:45 pm - 1:10 pm
    Location / Room: Networking Hall

    The days of reacting to alerts are over. From continuous monitoring to threat hunting, organizations are shifting to proactive security models that anticipate and prevent incidents before they happen.

    Please join us in the Networking Hall to connect with peers over coffee and snacks and explore how to make proactive security a reality in your environment.

    1:10 pm
    Burnout in Cybersecurity: Recognizing, Preventing, and Managing Team Fatigue
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    1:10 pm - 1:45 pm

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    1:10 pm
    Identity Security Beyond MFA: Continuous Verification and Risk-Based Controls
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    1:10 pm - 1:45 pm
    Location / Room: Keynote Theater

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    1:10 pm
    [Panel] The Human Layer: Insider Risk, Social Engineering, and Behavioral Analytics
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    Focus Areas: Insider Risk & Behavioral Analytics; Social Engineering & AI Deception; Identity Security & Access Governance
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    1:10 pm - 1:45 pm

    The human element remains the most targeted and least predictable part of every security program—now intensified by AI-powered social engineering. This panel examines how attackers weaponize synthetic voice and video deepfakes, personalized phishing, MFA fatigue, session hijacking, and multi-channel lures across email, mobile, chat, and collaboration apps.

    Experts in insider risk, UEBA, identity security, and DLP will discuss how behavioral analytics detect subtle anomalies while maintaining privacy guardrails for employees. Panelists will also address how privileged access governance is evolving in cloud-heavy environments. Attendees will leave with practical guidance for reducing user friction, improving detection, countering AI-driven lures, and building a resilient workforce that remains the strongest defense against evolving attacker tactics.

    1:50 pm
    Networking Break & Cyber Connect
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    Cyber Talent Crisis: Recruiting, Retaining, and Reskilling Your Team
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    1:50 pm - 2:10 pm
    Location / Room: Networking Hall

    The cybersecurity workforce shortage is real—and growing. From finding skilled talent to reducing burnout and investing in upskilling, leaders are rethinking how to build resilient teams for the future.

    Please join us in the Networking Hall to connect with peers over coffee and snacks and exchange ideas for navigating one of the industry’s most significant ongoing challenges.

    2:10 pm
    Quantum Readiness: Preparing Your Organization for a Post-Quantum Future
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    2:10 pm - 2:45 pm

    Session details to come.

    2:10 pm
    OT/ICS Security: Bridging the Air Gap and Achieving Visibility in Critical Infrastructure
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    2:10 pm - 2:45 pm

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    2:10 pm
    [Panel] Cloud Security & Multi-Cloud Defense: Securing the Modern Enterprise
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    Focus Areas: Multi-Cloud & SaaS Governance; Workload & Data Protection; Zero Trust & Edge Security
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    2:10 pm - 2:45 pm

    Modern enterprises rely on a complex mix of cloud providers, SaaS platforms, APIs, and distributed identities—offering agility but also creating new control gaps. This panel gathers leaders in CSPM, workload protection, cloud identity, API security, and SaaS governance to explore the challenges of securing multi-cloud environments at scale.

    Panelists will discuss AI-driven misconfigurations, rapid SaaS sprawl, and the persistent risk of API-related breaches, as well as how zero trust principles are applied to cloud entitlements and data flows. The conversation also covers DSPM-led visibility, cross-cloud identity governance, and the convergence of network and cloud security through SASE/SSE. Whether you’re cloud-mature or still early in the journey, this session provides strategies for protecting cloud workloads, identities, and data in environments where every misconfiguration can become a breach.

    2:45 pm
    Networking Break & Cyber Connect
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    Ask Me Anything! A Live Conversation with Security Leaders
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    2:45 pm - 3:15 pm
    Location / Room: Networking Hall

    Pull up a chair with security leader(s) for a chat about, well, ANYthing. In this casual interactive session, you set the agenda. Bring your questions on AI, career growth, lessons learned—anything you want to know—and walk away with useful insights from the moderator and your peers.

    3:15 pm
    [Closing Keynote] Building High-Trust Security Cultures in an Era of Constant Disruption
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    3:15 pm - 4:00 pm
    Location / Room: Keynote Theater

    Session details to come.

    4:00 pm
    Happy Hour
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    4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
    Location / Room: Networking Hall

    Join your peers for conversation and complimentary beverages. This is a great opportunity to network with other security professionals from the area and discuss the hot topics from the day.

     

    4:00 pm
    [PLUS Course] Securing & Enabling AI: Transform Chaos into Competitive Advantage - Part 2
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    vCISO, Cyber Risk Opportunities LLC
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    4:00 pm - 5:30 pm

    Come join this interactive workshop — think hands-on working groups so you are an active participant…this is not 6 hours of being lectured at.

    Learn how to secure AI while accelerating innovation—not blocking it. Transform from AI Firefighter to Strategic Business Enabler, with a 90-day roadmap for secure AI deployment in your organization.

    Why this course? Imagine your CEO just asked about AI security. Do you have an answer?

    While you’re counting vulnerabilities, your competitors are deploying AI at scale.

    Every Monday, another department launches an AI tool. Marketing uses ChatGPT for campaigns. Sales deploys AI Sales Development Reps. Customer service automates with chatbots.

    And your cybersecurity team? Still writing policies nobody reads.

    You’ll master:
    •  The AIR-MAP Methodology™ — Your proven 90-day roadmap from AI chaos to governance
    •  Executive Translation — Turn technical AI risks into boardroom language
    •  NIST AI RMF Implementation — Practical application, not theory
    •  The $12M Question — Secure against deepfake fraud and AI-enabled attacks
    •  Shadow AI Discovery — Find and govern the AI already in your organization
    •  Business-First Security — Protect value, not just systems
    Who should attend:
    Perfect fit:
    •  CISOs facing board questions about AI
    •  Information Security Directors enabling digital transformation
    •  IT VPs without dedicated security teams
    •  Cybersecurity Consultants serving enterprise clients
    •  Risk Managers governing AI initiatives
    •  Aspiring decision makers and those reporting to one
    Wrong course:
    •  Developers wanting to code AI models
    •  Analysts seeking technical certifications
    •  Anyone looking for hands-on hacking labs
    This workshop is NOT about:
    •  Prompt injection techniques
    •  Model architecture security
    •  Technical vulnerability scanning
    •  Writing 200-page policies
    This workshop IS about:
    •  Speaking profit-and-loss to executives
    •  Enabling your AI transformations
    •  Building cybersecurity into AI from day one
    •  Becoming the trusted AI advisor
    You’ll leave with:
    1. The Complete AIR-MAP Toolkit
    •  90-day implementation roadmap
    •  Discovery templates and workflows
    •  Risk scoring calculators
    •  Executive presentation templates
    2. Ready-to-Deploy Policies
    •  AI Acceptable Use Policy (customize in minutes)
    •  Vendor assessment questionnaires
    •  Incident Response playbooks
    3. 30-Minute Strategy Session
    Complementary private consultation to apply AIR-MAP to your specific situation.
  • Thursday, November 5, 2026
    7:00 am
    Registration open
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    7:00 am - 4:15 pm
    Location / Room: Registration Desk / Lobby

    Come to the Registration desk in the lobby to check-in and get your badge. SecureWorld staff will be available throughout the day if you have any questions.

    7:30 am
    [PLUS Course] Securing & Enabling AI: Transform Chaos into Competitive Advantage - Part 3
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    vCISO, Cyber Risk Opportunities LLC
    Registration Level:
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    7:30 am - 9:00 am

    Come join this interactive workshop — think hands-on working groups so you are an active participant…this is not 6 hours of being lectured at.

    Learn how to secure AI while accelerating innovation—not blocking it. Transform from AI Firefighter to Strategic Business Enabler, with a 90-day roadmap for secure AI deployment in your organization.

    Why this course? Imagine your CEO just asked about AI security. Do you have an answer?

    While you’re counting vulnerabilities, your competitors are deploying AI at scale.

    Every Monday, another department launches an AI tool. Marketing uses ChatGPT for campaigns. Sales deploys AI Sales Development Reps. Customer service automates with chatbots.

    And your cybersecurity team? Still writing policies nobody reads.

    You’ll master:
    •  The AIR-MAP Methodology™ — Your proven 90-day roadmap from AI chaos to governance
    •  Executive Translation — Turn technical AI risks into boardroom language
    •  NIST AI RMF Implementation — Practical application, not theory
    •  The $12M Question — Secure against deepfake fraud and AI-enabled attacks
    •  Shadow AI Discovery — Find and govern the AI already in your organization
    •  Business-First Security — Protect value, not just systems
    Who should attend:
    Perfect fit:
    •  CISOs facing board questions about AI
    •  Information Security Directors enabling digital transformation
    •  IT VPs without dedicated security teams
    •  Cybersecurity Consultants serving enterprise clients
    •  Risk Managers governing AI initiatives
    •  Aspiring decision makers and those reporting to one
    Wrong course:
    •  Developers wanting to code AI models
    •  Analysts seeking technical certifications
    •  Anyone looking for hands-on hacking labs
    This workshop is NOT about:
    •  Prompt injection techniques
    •  Model architecture security
    •  Technical vulnerability scanning
    •  Writing 200-page policies
    This workshop IS about:
    •  Speaking profit-and-loss to executives
    •  Enabling your AI transformations
    •  Building cybersecurity into AI from day one
    •  Becoming the trusted AI advisor
    You’ll leave with:
    1. The Complete AIR-MAP Toolkit
    •  90-day implementation roadmap
    •  Discovery templates and workflows
    •  Risk scoring calculators
    •  Executive presentation templates
    2. Ready-to-Deploy Policies
    •  AI Acceptable Use Policy (customize in minutes)
    •  Vendor assessment questionnaires
    •  Incident Response playbooks
    3. 30-Minute Strategy Session
    Complementary private consultation to apply AIR-MAP to your specific situation.
    8:00 am
    Networking Hall open
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    8:00 am - 4:45 pm
    Location / Room: Networking Hall

    Your opportunity to visit our solution vendor partners, whose sponsorship makes SecureWorld possible, as well as association chapters! Booths have staff ready to answer your questions. Look for participating Dash For Prizes sponsors to be entered to win prizes.

    Also, look for “Cyber Connect” discussions on select topics and join the conversation.

    8:00 am
    Advisory Council Roundtable Breakfast (VIP / Invite only)
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    8:00 am - 8:45 am

    Moderated discussion for SecureWorld Advisory Council members. By invite only.

    8:00 am
    Association Chapter Meetings
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    8:00 am - 8:45 am

    Participating professional associations and details to be announced.

    8:45 am
    Networking Break
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    8:45 am - 9:00 am
    Location / Room: Networking Hall

    Visit the Networking Hall to network with attendees and connect with our vendor sponsors and association partners.

    9:00 am
    [Opening Keynote] The Death of the Perimeter and Rise of the Federated Identity Fabric
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    9:00 am - 9:45 am
    Location / Room: Keynote Theater

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    9:45 am
    Networking Break & Cyber Connect
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    Meet the SecureWorld Advisory Council
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    9:45 am - 10:10 am
    Location / Room: Networking Hall

    Following lunch, join us in the Networking Lounge for coffee, conversation, and connections. Members of the SecureWorld Advisory Council will be walking the floor, giving you the chance to meet and engage directly with local cybersecurity leaders. This is a unique opportunity to expand your network, exchange ideas, and build relationships with experts who are helping shape the regional security community.

    10:10 am
    Modern Ransomware: Double Extortion, Data Destruction, and Targeted Campaigns
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    10:10 am - 10:45 am

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    10:10 am
    Beyond the Signature: Advanced Endpoint Detection and Hardening
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    10:10 am - 10:45 am

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    10:10 am
    Data Privacy in 2026: Navigating New Regulations and Compliance Pressures
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    10:10 am - 10:45 am

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    10:45 am
    Networking Break & Cyber Connect
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    What’s Keeping You Up at Night?
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    10:45 am - 11:10 am
    Location / Room: Networking Hall

    Head to the Networking Lounge to connect with peers and sponsors. This open-ended discussion theme invites you to share what’s top of mind in your role—whether it’s emerging threats, resource challenges, or the next big project on your plate. Compare perspectives, swap strategies, and see how others in the community are tackling the same late-night concerns.

    11:10 am
    Leveraging the CTI Ecosystem: Actionable Intelligence for Regional Threats
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    11:10 am - 11:45 am

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    11:10 am
    Securing Cloud-Native Environments: Containers, Kubernetes, and Serverless
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    11:10 am - 11:45 am

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    11:10 am
    [Panel] The Great Consolidation: Rationalizing the Security Stack
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    Focus Areas: Security Stack Consolidation; SecOps Efficiency & ROI; Unified Detection & Response (XDR/SIEM Integration)
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    11:10 am - 11:45 am

    Security teams are under increasing pressure to reduce tool sprawl, streamline SOC workflows, and demonstrate measurable ROI—fueling a wave of consolidation across the industry. This panel explores the shift toward unified detection and response platforms, integrated identity and data controls, AI-enabled SOC copilots that unify telemetry, and architectural simplification that reduces operational drag.

    Panelists from XDR, SIEM, platform security, and MSSP providers will discuss frameworks for evaluating ROI, navigating contract consolidation, avoiding visibility gaps, and deciding where consolidation strengthens or weakens security posture. Ideal for leaders facing budget constraints or platform migrations, this session offers practical guidance for optimizing spending without sacrificing coverage.

    11:45 am
    Networking Break
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    11:45 am - 12:00 pm
    Location / Room: Networking Hall

    Visit the Networking Hall to network with attendees and connect with our vendor sponsors and association partners.

    12:00 pm
    [Lunch Keynote] Resilience over Reaction: Securing Critical Functions in an Age of Systemic Risk
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    12:00 pm - 12:45 pm
    Location / Room: Keynote Theater

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    12:00 pm
    Advisory Council Roundtable Lunch (VIP / Invite Only)
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    12:00 pm - 12:45 pm

    Moderated discussion for SecureWorld Advisory Council members. By invite only.

    12:45 pm
    Networking Break & Cyber Connect
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    Bridging the Gap: The Role of the BISO in Modern Cybersecurity
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    12:45 pm - 1:10 pm
    Location / Room: Networking Hall

    Join this bonus session in the Networking Hall.

    As cybersecurity continues to evolve, so does the need for professionals who can seamlessly connect security initiatives with business objectives. Enter the Business Information Security Officer (BISO), a critical yet often misunderstood role. Come join this informal discussion for BISOs, would-be BISOs, and those who want to learn more about the role.

    Hear what a BISO does, how technical professionals can develop the necessary business acumen to become leaders, and practical strategies for bridging the gap between security and business priorities.

    1:10 pm
    Simple Daily Habits to Strengthen Your Security Posture
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    1:10 pm - 1:45 pm

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    1:10 pm
    Quantifying Security Debt: Communicating Risk and Driving Remediation with the CFO
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    1:10 pm - 1:45 pm

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    1:10 pm
    Securing the SaaS Jungle: Access Control and Shadow Data in the Cloud
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    1:10 pm - 1:45 pm

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    1:45 pm
    Networking Break and Cyber Connect
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    Coffee & Conversations
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    1:45 pm - 2:10 pm
    Location / Room: Networking Hall
    2:10 pm
    The Developer as a Defender: Integrating Security into CI/CD Pipelines
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    2:10 pm - 2:45 pm

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    2:10 pm
    The Talent Multiplier: Automation and Orchestration Strategies for Understaffed Teams
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    Third-Party Risk: Managing Exposure Across Expanding Vendor Ecosystems
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    [PLUS Course] Securing & Enabling AI: Transform Chaos into Competitive Advantage - Part 4
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    vCISO, Cyber Risk Opportunities LLC
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    3:15 pm - 4:45 pm

    Come join this interactive workshop — think hands-on working groups so you are an active participant…this is not 6 hours of being lectured at.

    Learn how to secure AI while accelerating innovation—not blocking it. Transform from AI Firefighter to Strategic Business Enabler, with a 90-day roadmap for secure AI deployment in your organization.

    Why this course? Imagine your CEO just asked about AI security. Do you have an answer?

    While you’re counting vulnerabilities, your competitors are deploying AI at scale.

    Every Monday, another department launches an AI tool. Marketing uses ChatGPT for campaigns. Sales deploys AI Sales Development Reps. Customer service automates with chatbots.

    And your cybersecurity team? Still writing policies nobody reads.

    You’ll master:
    •  The AIR-MAP Methodology™ — Your proven 90-day roadmap from AI chaos to governance
    •  Executive Translation — Turn technical AI risks into boardroom language
    •  NIST AI RMF Implementation — Practical application, not theory
    •  The $12M Question — Secure against deepfake fraud and AI-enabled attacks
    •  Shadow AI Discovery — Find and govern the AI already in your organization
    •  Business-First Security — Protect value, not just systems
    Who should attend:
    Perfect fit:
    •  CISOs facing board questions about AI
    •  Information Security Directors enabling digital transformation
    •  IT VPs without dedicated security teams
    •  Cybersecurity Consultants serving enterprise clients
    •  Risk Managers governing AI initiatives
    •  Aspiring decision makers and those reporting to one
    Wrong course:
    •  Developers wanting to code AI models
    •  Analysts seeking technical certifications
    •  Anyone looking for hands-on hacking labs
    This workshop is NOT about:
    •  Prompt injection techniques
    •  Model architecture security
    •  Technical vulnerability scanning
    •  Writing 200-page policies
    This workshop IS about:
    •  Speaking profit-and-loss to executives
    •  Enabling your AI transformations
    •  Building cybersecurity into AI from day one
    •  Becoming the trusted AI advisor
    You’ll leave with:
    1. The Complete AIR-MAP Toolkit
    •  90-day implementation roadmap
    •  Discovery templates and workflows
    •  Risk scoring calculators
    •  Executive presentation templates
    2. Ready-to-Deploy Policies
    •  AI Acceptable Use Policy (customize in minutes)
    •  Vendor assessment questionnaires
    •  Incident Response playbooks
    3. 30-Minute Strategy Session
    Complementary private consultation to apply AIR-MAP to your specific situation.
Exhibitors
  • C1
    Booth: TBD

    C1’s Cybersecurity Solutions deliver advanced protection across networks, users, applications, endpoints, and cloud environments. Designed to ease the burden on IT teams, our services simplify security management, enhance efficiency, and proactively defend against emerging threats, ensuring your enterprise remains resilient and secure. C1 collaborates with most of the Fortune 100 companies along with other key global industry partners to deliver solutions with a total lifecycle approach. C1 holds more than 5,600 technical certifications across thousands of engineers throughout North America, including three Customer Success Centers.

  • Canary Trap
    Booth: TBD

    Canary Trap is a recognized industry leader in offensive security, security advisory and assessment services. Founded by ethical hackers and certified security experts who share in the common goal of protecting organizations from becoming a victim of the next cyber-attack.

    Canary Trap combines human expertise with sophisticated tools and, where appropriate, threat intelligence to ensure a thorough, in-depth approach to all security testing and assessments.

  • Cohesity, Inc
    Booth: TBD

    We believe that simplicity is the foundation of modern data management. Our mission is to radically simplify how organizations manage their data and unlock limitless value. The company develops software that allows IT professionals to backup, manage, and gain insights from their data across multiple systems or cloud providers.

  • Concentric AI
    Booth: TBD

    Concentric AI is intelligent data security made easy. Its Semantic Intelligence™ platform uses context-aware AI to discover sensitive data, monitor risks, automate remediation, simplify compliance, and accelerate investigations. It delivers smart, targeted protection by understanding how data is used, shared, and exposed. Concentric AI also offers managed services to keep security programs lean, scalable, and effective. This end-to-end platform protects data at rest, data in motion, and all the GenAI tools users interact with—so organizations can stay compliant, reduce exposure, and safeguard critical information wherever it lives and however it travels.

  • Cyberhaven
    Booth: TBD

    When the DLP market first emerged 20 years ago, the goal was to protect confidential information in on-premises databases, file servers, application servers, other data repositories, and endpoints. Today millions of sensitive documents, files, and other data are being exfiltrated in violation of corporate data policies every day because DLP is completely ineffective in the era of cloud-first applications and Zero Trust security. These data breaches result in stolen IP, damaged brands, and significant financial penalties. Let’s face it, DLP in its current form is nothing more than a compliance checkbox. Cyberhaven is transforming the DLP market and helping organizations secure all of the high-value data they must protect in order to compete and thrive in the digital economy. It’s a big hairy problem, and we are up to the challenge.

  • Dropzone AI
    Booth: TBD

    Dropzone AI weaponizes LLMs for cyber defenders, delivering the Agentic SOC: AI agents that collaborate 24/7 to beat attackers at scale. Dropzone is ready to go on Day 1 and integrates into your existing tools. AI agents start work immediately to investigate alerts, respond to emerging threats, and proactively hunt attackers. Autonomously and infinitely scalable, with no hidden humans in the critical path. Dropzone works with enterprises and MSSPs including ECS, Avalara, UiPath, and Zapier, and is actively protecting over 300 companies. Learn more at www.dropzone.ai.

  • Flare
    Booth: TBD

    Flare Systems enables financial institutions to prevent financial crime. Using AI and over 10 years of criminology research, it extracts actionable intelligence from millions of data points from the dark, deep and clear web in real time.

  • Fortinet
    Booth: TBD

    Fortinet (NASDAQ: FTNT) secures the largest enterprise, service provider, and government organizations around the world. Fortinet empowers its customers with intelligent, seamless protection across the expanding attack surface and the power to take on ever-increasing performance requirements of the borderless network—today and into the future. Only the Fortinet Security Fabric architecture can deliver security without compromise to address the most critical security challenges, whether in networked, application, cloud, or mobile environments. Fortinet ranks number one in the most security appliances shipped worldwide and more than 500,000 customers trust Fortinet to protect their businesses.

  • Gambit Security
    Booth: TBD

    Gambit’s Balens is the AI native resilience platform that ensures digital continuity never expires.

    Designed to bridge the fragmented nature of recovery operations, Gambit provides a unified governance and control plane across cloud, backups, security tools, and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) to reconcile intent with live reality.

    By mapping applications, identifying resilience gaps, and validating recovery paths in real-time, Gambit turns resilience assumptions into business certainty—before an incident ever occurs.

    Already trusted by global enterprises to minimize disruption and automate compliance, Gambit enables organizations to stay ahead of ransomware attacks, innovate at speed while proving their recoverability on demand.

  • Google Cloud Security
    Booth: TBD

    Google Cloud Security provides organizations with leading infrastructure, platform capabilities and industry solutions to help them solve their most critical business problems. Google Cloud Security helps customers protect their global operations with solutions such as zero trust security, application and data protection, fraud prevention, and threat detection and response.

  • Harness
    Booth: TBD

    Harness is a rapidly growing startup that is disrupting the software delivery market. The Harness Software Delivery Platform includes product modules for every aspect of software delivery, including: Continuous Integration, Continuous Delivery, Feature Flags, Cloud Cost Management, Service Reliability Management, Security Testing Orchestration, Chaos Engineering, Software Engineering Insights, Continuous Error Tracking, Code Repository, Internal Developer Portal, Software Supply Chain Assurance, Infrastructure as Code Management and AI/ML infused throughout with AI Development Assistant (AIDA). The platform is designed to help companies accelerate their cloud initiatives as well as their adoption of containers and orchestration tools like Kubernetes and Amazon ECS and make software delivery easier, giving devs their nights and weekends back.

  • Novacoast
    Booth: TBD

    A uniquely positioned IT services and solutions company, Novacoast is less defined by our broad range of expertise and services than by a perspective rooted in our cooperative environment of adaptable problem solving.

    Beyond security specialists, software developers or network engineers, we are guides, allies, and problem solvers.

    From implementation services, license fulfillment and technical training to software development, staffing services and custom or emerging solutions, Novacoast is an experienced and comprehensive IT business resource empowered on every level by our flexible and fearless perspective.

  • Rapid7
    Booth: TBD

    Rapid7 transforms data into insight, empowering IT and security professionals to progress and protect their organizations. How? Our solutions are powered by advanced analytics and an unmatched understanding of the attacker mindset. This makes it easy to collect data, transform it into prioritized and actionable insight, and get it to the people who can act on it—all in an instant.

  • Robert Half
    Booth: TBD

    Robert Half, the world’s first and largest specialized talent solutions firm, connects opportunities at great companies with highly skilled job seekers. We offer contract, temporary and permanent placement solutions for roles in finance and accounting, technology, marketing and creative, legal, and administrative and customer support. Named to Fortune’s World’s Most Admired Companies and 100 Best Companies to Work For® lists and a Forbes Best Employer for Diversity, Robert Half is the parent company of Protiviti®. Robert Half is traded on the New York Stock Exchange (symbol: RHI) and is a member of the S&P 500 index.

  • SecureFlag
    Booth: TBD

    SecureFlag is a Secure Coding Training platform for Developers and DevOps engineers to learn secure coding through hands-on exercises.

    Forget boring slideshows and ineffective quizzes that “teach” developers to just take tests–and are forgotten faster than they can say “security breach.”

    Enterprises can effectively augment their Secure Coding Training program with SecureFlag’s on-demand, 100% practical training. Through our platform, developers learn how to identify and remediate real security issues using familiar tools and technologies, in an authentic development environment accessed through the web browser.

    SecureFlag delivers on-demand “Adaptive AppSec Learning” through individualized learning paths, real-time feedback, and content tailored to the needs of each learner. Our metrics dashboard highlights areas of improvement at individual, team, and organizational levels to clarify competency, risks, and remedial actions.

  • Semperis
    Booth: TBD

    For security teams charged with defending hybrid and multi-cloud environments, Semperis ensures the integrity and availability of critical enterprise directory services at every step in the cyber kill chain and cuts recovery time by 90%. Purpose-built for securing hybrid Active Directory environments, Semperis’ patented technology protects more than 50 million identities from cyberattacks, data breaches, and operational errors. The world’s leading organizations trust Semperis to spot directory vulnerabilities, intercept cyberattacks in progress, and quickly recover from ransomware and other data integrity emergencies.

    As part of its mission is to be a force for good, Semperis offers a variety of cyber community resources, including the award-winning Hybrid Identity Protection (HIP) ConferenceHIP Podcast and free identity security tools Purple Knight and Forest Druid.

  • Splunk, a Cisco Company
    Booth: TBD

    Splunk helps build a safer and more resilient digital world. Organizations trust Splunk to prevent security, infrastructure and application incidents from becoming major issues, absorb shocks from digital disruptions and accelerate digital transformation.

  • Sublime Security
    Booth: TBD

    Sublime is the new standard for email security. Not just another black box, our AI-powered detection engine detects and prevents email attacks, so security teams can spend less time on email-originated incidents.

  • Sumo Logic
    Booth: TBD

    Sumo Logic was founded in 2010 by experts in log management, scalable systems, big data, and security. Today, our purpose-built, cloud-native service analyzes more than 100 petabytes of data, more than 16 million searches, and delivers 10s of millions of insights daily – positioning Sumo among the most powerful machine data analytics services in the world.

  • Tevora
    Booth: TBD

    Tevora is an enterprise consulting firm specializing in information assurance, governance and compliance services and solutions. We work with some of the world’s leading companies, institutions and governments to ensure the safety of their information and their compliance with applicable regulations. With a distinctive combination of proven products and services, Tevora aids enterprises in protecting their most important assets from external and internal threats. For more information visit https://www.tevora.com.com/.

  • ThreatLocker
    Booth: TBD

    ThreatLocker® is a global cybersecurity leader, providing enterprise-level cybersecurity tools to improve the security of servers and endpoints. ThreatLocker’s combined Application Whitelisting, Ringfencing™, Storage Control, and Privileged Access Management solutions are leading the cybersecurity market towards a more secure approach of blocking unknown application vulnerabilities. To learn more about ThreatLocker visit: www.threatlocker.com

  • Torq
    Booth: TBD

    Torq is your security product’s favorite security product. Torq Hyperautomation unifies and automates the entire security infrastructure to deliver unparalleled protection and productivity.

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Keynote Speakers
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    Kip Boyle, Instructor
    vCISO, Cyber Risk Opportunities LLC

    Kip Boyle is the Virtual Chief Information Security Officer of Cyber Risk Opportunities, whose mission is to help executives become more proficient cyber risk managers. He has over 24 years of cybersecurity experience serving as Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) and in other IT risk management roles for organizations in the financial services, technology, telecom, military, civil engineering, and logistics industries.

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    Jake Hammock
    CISO & Assistant CTO for Security and Infrastructure, City of Seattle

    Jake Hammock is the Chief Information Security Officer, Assistant Chief Technology Officer and Security & Infrastructure Director at the City of Seattle, where he leads the Security & Infrastructure Division delivering citywide cybersecurity, enterprise infrastructure, cloud operations, IT service management, telecom and radio systems, fiber, and network services. He directs programs for incident response, identity and governance, enterprise architecture, and system and network operations, aligning investments to resilience, public safety, and civic administrative priorities across the nation’s 17th largest municipality through This Is Your City programs.

    Jake’s career spans executive roles in government and industry. He served as Director of Trust and Vice President of Information Security at NICE inContact, leading board-level cybersecurity and privacy programs during a period of accelerated high growth. He was the Chief Technology Officer for a top 10 global fintech by peak market cap, patenting and deploying technologies used in production today, and later CTO for an energy-sector solutions provider, where he architected AI-driven cybersecurity platforms and advised enterprise energy and public-sector clients. A former U.S. Army Military Intelligence and Cyber Warfare Officer, he commanded Cyber National Mission Force units and served in national security leadership assignments within the Intelligence Community. He is a combat veteran, holds an M.Sc. in Cybersecurity Technology and patents spanning telecommunications, environmental platforms, and decentralized technologies, and he remains active in advancing secure AI, quantum-resilient encryption, data governance, and critical infrastructure protection.

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    Kip Boyle, Instructor
    vCISO, Cyber Risk Opportunities LLC

    Kip Boyle is the Virtual Chief Information Security Officer of Cyber Risk Opportunities, whose mission is to help executives become more proficient cyber risk managers. He has over 24 years of cybersecurity experience serving as Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) and in other IT risk management roles for organizations in the financial services, technology, telecom, military, civil engineering, and logistics industries.

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    Kip Boyle, Instructor
    vCISO, Cyber Risk Opportunities LLC

    Kip Boyle is the Virtual Chief Information Security Officer of Cyber Risk Opportunities, whose mission is to help executives become more proficient cyber risk managers. He has over 24 years of cybersecurity experience serving as Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) and in other IT risk management roles for organizations in the financial services, technology, telecom, military, civil engineering, and logistics industries.

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    Kip Boyle, Instructor
    vCISO, Cyber Risk Opportunities LLC

    Kip Boyle is the Virtual Chief Information Security Officer of Cyber Risk Opportunities, whose mission is to help executives become more proficient cyber risk managers. He has over 24 years of cybersecurity experience serving as Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) and in other IT risk management roles for organizations in the financial services, technology, telecom, military, civil engineering, and logistics industries.

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