Opening Ceremony 

8:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. 

Leadership Panel: The Leader's Role in Ensuring Business Resilience

9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. 

Outpaced and Under Fire: Navigating the New Era of Cyber Threats

11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

 As the digital landscape accelerates, so too does the complexity and velocity of cyber threats. This panel dives into the current and emerging threat landscape—from sophisticated threat actors and AI-powered attacks to geopolitical tensions that ripple through cyberspace. With new technologies such as digital twins, autonomous systems, and generative AI introducing novel vulnerabilities and attack surfaces, traditional threat models are being outpaced. Panelists will examine the most credible compromise scenarios today, including those targeting supply chains, critical infrastructure, and data integrity. The discussion will explore digital risks emerging from tech innovation, shifts in the global threat environment, and the evolving tactics of nation-state and financially motivated actors. Most critically, we’ll answer the question: if organizations can no longer outspend or outpace every threat, what combination of strategy, culture, and technology offers the best defense? Attendees will gain actionable insight into prioritizing risk, adapting to threat intelligence, and building resilient cyber programs that can thrive in a world of continuous disruption.  

Securing the Chain: Managing Cyber Risk Across Third Parties and Service Providers

1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. 

As supply chains grow more complex and digitally interconnected, third-party cyber risk has become one of the most critical vulnerabilities in modern enterprise security. This panel explores best practices for protecting the supply chain by building stronger cybersecurity partnerships, implementing effective third-party risk management frameworks, and understanding what "good" looks like in cybersecurity service providers and solutions. Panelists will discuss the essential requirements for assessing and managing supplier risk, the due diligence practices needed during vendor onboarding and contract management, and how to balance business agility with security oversight. Attendees will gain insight into the evolving threat landscape, regulatory expectations, and practical tools for continuous monitoring, risk rating, and incident response coordination with external partners. Whether you're building a supply chain risk strategy or evaluating service providers, this session delivers real-world perspectives on the opportunities and challenges of securing the extended enterprise.

Beyond the Firewall: Securing OT/IoT in the Age of Critical Infrastructure Threats

3:35 p.m. - 4:35 p.m. 

As cyber threats increasingly target the backbone of national economies - energy, manufacturing, utilities, and transportation - securing Operational Technology (OT) and Industrial IoT (IIoT) has become mission-critical. These systems enable essential real-time operations but often rely on legacy infrastructure and are now deeply intertwined with IT networks, creating new vulnerabilities. This session will explore the evolving threat landscape and the consequences of cyberattacks on critical systems that can result in physical and economic disruption. Industry experts will share field-tested strategies to secure SCADA and ICS environments through network segmentation, secure architecture, advanced IIoT threat detection, and red teaming. Attendees will also gain insight into how organizations are balancing system availability with cyber risk mitigation and aligning with regulatory and resilience frameworks to protect national infrastructure. Whether managing pipelines, power grids, or production lines, this session offers practical guidance to build cyber resilience where failure is not an option.

The Human Firewall: Building Cyber Resilience Through Behavior and Workforce Strategy

4:35 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. 

Technology alone cannot safeguard your organization—people must. Yet human behavior remains one of the most underestimated, underleveraged, and increasingly targeted elements in cybersecurity defense. As phishing, social engineering, insider threats, and AI-driven deception grow more sophisticated, the margin for human error shrinks. This panel explores how resilient organizations are shifting from compliance-based awareness to behavior-driven security cultures—tapping into behavioral science, psychological safety, and strategic workforce development to harden the human layer. Learn how to embed secure behavior by design through nudges, gamified learning, cultural interventions, and just-in-time prompts. At the same time, explore how organizations are addressing talent shortages, burnout, and skills gaps by rethinking cyber workforce strategies—upskilling internal staff, forging academic partnerships, diversifying pipelines, and preparing for hybrid human-AI roles. Through real-world case studies and practical insights, this session will bridge the gap between behavioral risk and workforce readiness—equipping leaders with tools to reduce human error, retain critical talent, and build cyber-resilient teams ready for the threats of today and the challenges of tomorrow.