Day 1: Tuesday, October 20th, 2026
8:00 am - 9:00 am Conference Breakfast
Breakfast Sponsored
8:00 am - 4:00 pm Check-In/Information Desk Open
9:00 am - 4:00 pm Top 25 InfoSec Innovators Solutions Showcase is Open
9:00 am - 9:30 am CISO Speaker
9:40 am - 10:10 am CISO Speaker
10:15 am - 10:25 am Guest Speaker (Breakfast Sponsor)
10:30 am - 11:00 am Live "Whale Tank" Innovator Pitches to All CISOs - voting live
11:10 am - 11:20 pm Guest Speaker (Lunch Sponsor)
11:30 am - 12:00 pm Guest Speaker (Keynote Sponsor)
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Lunch
Lunch Sponsored
1:00 pm - 2:30 pm InfoSec Innovators Showcase
2:45 pm - 3:45 pm CISO Roundtables/Coffee Break + Showcase
Coffee Sponsored
3:55 pm - 4:00 pm Guest Speaker (Panel Sponsor)
4:00 pm - 4:45 pm CISO Expert Panel:
CISO Expert Panelist
CISO Expert Panelist
CISO Expert Panelist
CISO Expert Panelist
Moderated
4:50 pm - 5:05 pm Guest Speaker (Cocktail Sponsor)
5:10 pm - 5:30 pm Guest Speaker (Dinner Sponsor)
5:30 pm - 6:30 pm Cocktail Reception/Showcase
Cocktails Sponsored
6:30 pm - 8:30 pm Conference Dinner
Dinner Sponsored
Day 2: Wednesday, October 21st, 2026
8:00 am - 9:00 am Conference Breakfast
Breakfast Sponsored
8:00 am - 4:00 pm Check-In/Information Desk Open
9:00 am - 4:00 pm Top 25 InfoSec Innovators Solutions Showcase is Open
9:00 am - 9:30 am CISO Speaker
9:40 am - 10:10 am CISO Speaker
10:15 am - 10:25 am Guest Speaker (Breakfast Sponsor)
10:30 am - 11:00 am Live "Whale Tank" Innovator Pitches to All CISOs - voting live
11:10 am - 11:40 am Guest Speaker (Keynote Sponsor)
11:50 am - 12:00 pm Guest Speaker (Lunch Sponsor)
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Lunch
Lunch Sponsored
1:00 pm - 2:30 pm InfoSec Innovators Showcase
2:30 pm - 3:30 pm CISO Roundtables/Coffee Break + Showcase
Coffee Sponsored
3:30 pm - 3:45 pm Guest Speaker (Cocktail Sponsor)
3:55 pm - 4:00 pm Guest Speaker (Panel Sponsor)
4:00 pm - 4:45 pm CISO Expert Panel:
CISO Expert Panelist
CISO Expert Panelist
CISO Expert Panelist
CISO Expert Panelist
Moderated
5:00 pm - 6:00 pm Cocktail Reception/Showcase
Cocktails Sponsored
Autonomous SOCs & AI-Driven Threat Response
How CISOs are preparing for fully automated detection, triage, and containment.
AI Safety, Model Security & Emerging Regulations
Preparing for global AI governance frameworks, “AI Bills of Materials,” and model-risk audits.
Securing AI Supply Chains: Training Data, Models & Inferencing Risks
The new attack surface: poisoning, model theft, LLM jailbreaks, and malicious model updates.
Quantum Readiness & Post-Quantum Cryptography Roadmaps
What boards expect by 2030 and how to actually make a migration plan.
Synthetic Identity & AI-Augmented Fraud Prevention
How criminals are weaponizing generative identities and voice cloning.
Multi-Cloud Resilience: Failure Modes, Backups & Interoperability
Avoiding a catastrophic cloud provider outage or regional cloud collapse.
Container, Kubernetes & Microservices Security at Scale
Emerging attack patterns in ephemeral and serverless environments.
Edge Computing, 5G, and Distributed Enterprise Security
Managing risk when compute moves out of the data center and closer to the user.
Secure Digital Transformation & Technical Debt Eradication
How CISOs reduce inherited risks while modernizing legacy infrastructure.
Identity Fabric & Unified Access Control for Distributed Workforces
Moving beyond IAM silos toward a single enterprise identity strategy.
Deepfakes, Voice Cloning & Social Engineering 3.0
Protecting executive teams, PR, and brand reputation in an era of perfect AI mimicry.
Advanced Persistent Manipulation (APM): The New Hybrid Attack Pattern
Attacks that combine cyber, misinformation, extortion, and psychological operations.
AI-Accelerated Malware & Autonomous Offensive Threats
Preparing for malware that learns, adapts, and updates itself faster than human defenders.
Cross-Border Cyber Warfare & Global Cyber Sanctions
How geopolitics and national security pressures affect enterprise risk.
CISO Liability, Insurance Shifts & Personal Risk Mitigation
Navigating increasing laws that hold CISOs personally accountable.
Security Budget Optimization in an AI-Economized Future
Where budgets shift as AI replaces human-heavy processes.
Cybersecurity Workforce 2030: Upskilling, Automation & Talent Strategy
How AI, automation and new roles reshape staffing strategies.
Board-Level Cyber Resilience: Communicating Risk in the Age of AI
What directors expect from CISOs in 2026 and beyond.
Fourth-Party & Nth-Party Risk: Mapping the Hidden Supply Chain
Moving past vendor management into the ecosystem you don’t control.
Digital Resilience & Crisis Simulations for AI-Enhanced Incidents
Preparing for fast-moving crises with playbooks that adapt in real time.
Subject to change at any time.
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Day 1: Tuesday, October 28th, 2025
8:00 am - 9:00 am Conference Breakfast
Breakfast Sponsored by Cyber Defense Magazine
8:00 am - 4:00 pm Check-In/Information Desk Open
9:00 am - 4:00 pm Solutions Showcase is Open
9:00 am - 9:30 am Post-Human Defense: How LLMs Are Rewriting the Cyber Playbook
Jim Motes, CISO of Ryan
9:40 am - 10:10 am The Human Algorithm: Building Cyber-Resilient Cultures in the Age of AI
Priya Mouli, CISO, Sheridan College
10:15 am - 10:25 am Coffee/Tea Break
10:30 am - 11:00 am The Quantum Time Bomb: How Soon Will Encryption Explode?
Pete Green, CISO, Anvil Works Security
11:10 am - 11:25 pm Guest Speaker, Edward Wu, Founder & CEO, Dropzone AI
11:30 am - 12:00 pm InfoSec Innovators Demos and Networking
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Lunch
Lunch Sponsored by Dropzone AI
1:00 pm - 2:30 pm InfoSec Innovators Showcase
2:45 pm - 3:45 pm CISO Roundtables/Coffee Break + Showcase
A.I. and Machine Learning in Cybersecurity
API Security and Governance
Asset and Vulnerability Management
Board Engagement, Comms and Budgets
Business Continuity and Incident Response
Critical Infrastructure Protection
Data Security: Minimizing Attack Surface & Impact
Fraud Prevention in the Age of Deepfakes
Governance Risk and Compliance (GRC) Best Practices
Next Generation Ransomware and Endpoint Defenses
Coffee Sponsored by Eventus Security
3:55 pm - 4:00 pm Guest Speaker, Aviv Mussinger, CEO, Kodem Security
4:00 pm - 4:45 pm CISO Expert Panel:
CISO Expert Panelist, Rich Latayan, CISO of AAA
CISO Expert Panelist, Tammy Klotz, CISO of Trinseo
Cybersecurity Expert Panelist, Aradhna Chetal of TIAA
CISO Expert Panelist, Ferris Adi of Trans Americas Fiber System
Moderated by Aviv Mussinger, CEO, Kodem Security
4:50 pm - 5:05 pm Guest Speaker Ariel Zamir, Co-Founder & CEO, Ray Security
5:10 pm - 5:30 pm Guest Speaker,Lane Sullivan, Chief Information Security & Strategy Officer, Concentric.ai
5:30 pm - 7:00 pm Cocktail Reception/Showcase
Cocktails Sponsored by Ray Security
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm Conference Dinner
Dinner sponsored by Concentric.ai
Day 2: Wednesday, October 29th, 2025
8:00 am - 9:00 am Conference Breakfast
Breakfast Sponsored by Seceon
8:00 am - 4:00 pm Check-In/Information Desk Open
9:00 am - 4:00 pm Solutions Showcase is Open
9:00 am - 9:30 am The Silent Killers in Your Supply Chain: Surviving the Third-Party Risk Apocalypse
Mark Dunkerley, CISO of Coca-Cola Bottlers’ Sales & Services
9:40 am - 10:10 am Cyber Resilience Through Business Alignment: Turning Risk into Competitive Advantage.
Arlenee Lopez-Ferguson, SVP & CISO, PENDULUM®
10:15 am - 10:25 am Guest Speaker Chandra Pandey, CEO, Seceon
10:30 am - 10:45 am Guest Speaker, Rod Schultz, CEO, Bolster AI
10:45 am - 11:10 am Coffee/Tea Break/Innovator Demos
11:15 am - 11:45 am Leveraging Agentic AI for Automated Vulnerability Remediation
Rick Doten, VP, Information Security at Centene Corporation,
CISO Carolina Complete Health
11:50 am - 12:00 pm Guest Speaker Jason Kaplan, CEO, SixMap
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Lunch
Lunch Sponsored by SixMap
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm InfoSec Innovators Showcase
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm CISO Roundtables/Coffee Break + Showcase
A.I.-based Identity and Access Management
Data-focused Third-party Risk Management
Modern Data Security in the Generative A.I. Era
Next Generation Email Security
Offensive Cybersecurity & Threat Hunting
Operational Technology (OT) Cybersecurity
Policies, Security and Compliance
Securing The Cloud
Security Operations and Metrics
Zero-Trust Architecture and Implementation
Coffee Sponsored by Eventus Security
3:00 pm - 3:30 pm Coffee Break and Innovator Demos
3:35 pm - 3:40 pm Guest Speaker, Paul Mander, General Manager, Optery
3:45 pm - 4:30 pm CISO Expert Panel:
CISO Expert Panelist, Arlenee Lopez-Ferguson, SVP & CISO, PENDULUM®
CISO Expert Panelist,Jana Moore, Global CISO, Belron International
CISO Expert Panelist, Jason Stockinger – CISO, Cambium Learning Group
CISO Expert Panelist, Jake Bernardes – CISO, Anecdotes
Moderated by Optery
4:30 pm - 6:30 pm Cocktail Reception/Showcase
Cocktails Sponsored by Bolster AI
Subject to change at any time.
Roundtable topics hosted by award winning infosec innovator experts:
A.I. and Machine Learning
API Security
Asset and Vulnerability Management
Board Engagement, Comms and Budgets
Business Continuity and Incident Response
Critical Infrastructure Protection
Data Security: Minimizing Attack Surface & Impact
Governance Risk and Compliance (GRC) Best Practices
Next Generation Ransomware and Endpoint Defenses
Fraud Prevention Tools and Techniques
A.I.-based Identity and Access Management
Modern Data Security in the Generative A.I. Era
Next Generation Email Security
Operational Technology (OT) Cybersecurity
Offensive Cybersecurity & Threat Hunting
Policies, Security & Compliance
Data-focused Third-party Risk Management
Securing The Cloud
Security Operations and Metrics
Zero-Trust Journey
and much more…
Subject to change at any time.
CyberDefenseCon 2026 formally announces a call for speaker proposals to present to our Top Global CISO audience for this conference, taking place October 2026 in The Ritz-Carlton, Orlando, Florida, USA. Speakers should be willing to lead CISO roundtable sessions during the conference, as well as participate in CISO panel discussions, if so requested. Click here to fill out the call for speakers form.
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