september 16, 2026
Executive Track (8:15 AM - 1:00 PM)
8:15 AM – 9:00 AM
Arrival, Registration, & Networking Breakfast
9:00 AM – 9:05 AM
Executive Track: Welcome & Opening Remarks
9:05 AM – 9:45 AM
The Evolution of Cybersecurity and the Emerging 2026 Cyberthreat Landscape
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- Evolution from isolated viruses to organized crime, nation-states, and cybersecurity-as-a-service models
- The modern threat landscape of automated social engineering, deepfakes, and AI-driven attacks
- Where IT responsibility ends and cybersecurity accountability begins
- Government guidance, industry data, and the new reality of cybersecurity risk
9:45 AM – 10:50 AM
Building a Resilient Organization: Cybersecurity Insurance, Governance, Risk, and Compliance Alignment
- Panel of professionals from insurance, banking, and legal industries
- Third-party perspectives on why cybersecurity is now a core business requirement
- How cybersecurity risk impacts insurance coverage, banking relationships, and financial exposure
- Why governance and risk alignment matter for organizations of all sizes and industries
- What business leaders must understand to build long-term operational resilience
10:50 AM – 11:00 AM
Break
11:00 AM – 11:45 AM
Preparing for the Inevitable: Building Cybersecurity Resilience Before a Crisis
- Why resilience, not prevention alone, defines successful organizations
- What breaks down most often during real cybersecurity incidents
- Leadership decisions that determine the speed of recovery and overall impact
- How preparation reduces financial, operational, and reputational damage
11:45 AM – 12:00 PM
Executive Track Wrap-Up: From Awareness to Action
- Translating cybersecurity risk awareness into executive-level action
- Establishing clear ownership, governance, and accountability
- Prioritizing next steps without technical complexity
- What effective leadership looks like in today's cybersecurity risk environment
Networking Lunch (Executive & Technical Track Attendees)
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
Technical Track (11:45 AM - 4:00 PM)
11:45 AM – 12:30 PM
Arrival and Registration
1:00 PM – 1:45 PM
Anatomy of a Breach: The ATT&CK Storyline
- Walk through a real-world breach using the MITRE ATT&CK® framework
- Demonstrate the full attack lifecycle from initial access to impact
- Highlight where security controls fail or are misconfigured
- Map detection, response, and validation to ATT&CK stages
1:45 PM – 2:30 PM
From Alerting to SOC Action: Turning Telemetry into Outcomes
- Convert endpoint telemetry into actionable SOC investigations
- Correlate signals to reduce noise and speed triage
- Apply repeatable playbooks to drive consistent response actions
- Improve detection accuracy and operational efficiency through integrated workflows
2:30 PM – 2:40 PM
Break
2:40 PM – 3:45 PM
Building a Resilient Organization: A Healthy Mix of People, Process, and Technology
- Practitioner panel spanning endpoint protection, vCISO services, open XDR, and autonomous penetration testing
- Building security programs that scale without burning out your team
- Where automation, AI, and human judgement each belong in the modern SOC
- Continuous validation: moving from point-in-time assessments to always-on resilience
- Aligning tools, talent, and process to close gaps before adversaries find them
3:45 PM – 4:00 PM
Technical Track Wrap-Up: From Insight to Action
- Key lessons learned from attacker behavior, detection, and response
- What effective security operations look like in practice
- Where organizations should focus on improving readiness
- How to translate today's insights into action
