Event Schedule

Day 1:  Tuesday, October 28th, 2025


8:00 am - 9:00 am Conference Breakfast

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 Jim Motes, CISO of Ryan

9:45 am - 10:15 am CISO Speaker

10:30 am - 11:00 am CISO Speaker

11:15 am - 11:45 am **Guest Speaker

11:50 am - 12:00 pm DropZone AI Guest Speaker

12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Lunch

1:00 pm - 2:30 pm InfoSec Innovators Showcase

2:45 pm - 3:45 pm CISO Roundtables/Coffee Break + Showcase

Coffee Sponsored by

3:50 pm - 3:55 pm Kodem Security Guest Speaker 

4:00 pm - 4:45 pm CISO Expert Panel:

CISO Expert Panelist, Rich Latayan of AAA

CISO Expert Panelist, Tammy Klotz of Trinseo

CISO Expert Panelist, Jake Bernardes of Anecdodes

CISO Expert Panelist, Aradhna Chetal of TIAA

Moderated by Kodem Security

5:00 pm - 5:15 pm Guest Speaker 

5:15 pm - 5:30 pm  Guest Speaker 

5:30 pm - 7:00 pm Cocktail Reception/Showcase

Cocktails Sponsored by 

7:00 pm - 8:30 pm Conference Dinner

Dinner sponsored by



Day 2: Wednesday, October 29th, 2025


8:00 am - 9:00 am Conference Breakfast

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

9:45 am - 10:15 am InfoSec Innovators Showcase

10:30 am - 11:00 am *Guest Speaker

11:15 am - 11:45 am Rick Doten, CISO of Centene

11:50 am - 12:00 pm Guest Speaker

12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Lunch

1:00 pm - 2:00 pm InfoSec Innovators Showcase

2:00 pm - 3:00 pm CISO Roundtables/Coffee Break + Showcase

Coffee Sponsored by

3:15 pm - 3:30 pm Guest Speaker

3:35 pm - 3:40 pm Optery Guest Speaker

3:45 pm - 4:30 pm CISO Expert Panel:

CISO Expert Panelist

CISO Expert Panelist

CISO Expert Panelist

CISO Expert Panelist

Moderated by Optery

4:30 pm - 6:30 pm Cocktail Reception/Showcase

Cocktails Sponsored by 


Subject to change at any time.

Roundtables

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
Identity and Access Management
Next Generation Email Security
Operational Technology (OT) Cybersecurity
Offensive Cybersecurity & Threat Hunting
Policies, Standards and Procedures
Security Awareness and Education
Supply Chain Cybersecurity
Securing The Cloud
Security Operations and Metrics
Zero-Trust Journey

and much more…

Subject to change at any time.

Call for CISO speakers, panelists and round table leaders for 2025

CyberDefenseCon 2025 formally announces a call for speaker proposals to present to our Top Global CISO audience for this conference, taking place October 28 - 29, 2025 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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