November 10-11, 2026 | 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET – Register
The much awaited CISO Forum 2026 Virtual Summit begins today, November 10, and ends tomorrow, November 11. Designed exclusively for senior cybersecurity leaders, this two-day immersive virtual event is your premier destination to discuss, share and learn the most innovative risk management and defense strategies that define the modern enterprise.
If you haven’t reserved your virtual seat yet, there’s still time to register and join thousands of enterprise security leaders navigating the complexities of the AI-driven threat landscape on virtual.cisoforum.com.
Summit Value
This year’s agenda addresses the most pressing challenges facing CISOs. The integration of artificial intelligence into enterprise environments has moved from a novelty to an enabling infrastructure, bringing incredible new capabilities as well as unprecedented vulnerabilities. Summit sessions focus on actionable strategies, moving beyond the hype to provide practical frameworks for AI governance, third-party risk management, and vital team resilience.
Day 1 Highlights: Navigating the Age of AI and Human Risk (Tuesday, November 10)
Day One takes a deep dive into the realities of modern enterprise security, exploring everything from runtime identity threats to the very human element of cyber defense.
- Securing GenAI: a 30-60-90 day framework (11:00 a.m. ET) – Josh Goldfarb (Field CISO at F5) and Louise Scully (AI Security and Threat Intelligence at F5) present a plan for creating a repeatable AI security program that scales with your organization’s AI ambitions.
- Staying Ahead of Threats in the Age of AI (11:45 a.m. ET) – Andrew Northern, senior security researcher at Censys, will analyze the evolution of threat vectors driven by artificial intelligence.
- Is the business compromised? Runtime Identity Security in the Age of AI (12:15 p.m. ET) – John Laliberte, CEO and founder of ClearVector, discusses new paradigms for securing human and machine identities.
- Managing cyber risks at machine speed (1:30 p.m. ET) – Maril Vernon, Senior Technical Evangelist at Horizon3, will share strategies for providing evidence-based metrics for executive and board decisions.
- Burnout is a safety risk (2:00 p.m. ET) – Patrick Kelley, CISO and founder of Critical Path Security, will provide an essential playbook for measuring and mitigating team fatigue before it leads to a security incident.
Day 2 Highlights: AI Agents, Accountability and Global Threats (Wednesday, November 11)
Day two (November 11) focuses on the autonomous future of cybersecurity, supply chain defense, and hard-won lessons from the global front lines.
- Securing AI in Production (11:00 a.m. ET) Mani Ganesan (VP of Product Management, AI Security at F5)
- I said AI was just a faster clock. Then the clock took over (11:30 a.m. ET) Said Syed (Field CISO and Snyk Government CISO at Snyk) shares a new model for evaluating potential attack paths instead of individual bugs.
- AI Has Changed the Attack Chain: A New Playbook for Supply Chain Defense (12:00 p.m. ET) – Garrett Calpouzos of Sonatype Research Labs will explore how AI is redefining vulnerabilities in the software supply chain.
- Who owns the agent? A CISO’s Framework for AI Accountability (1:15 p.m. ET) – Stephen Garcia, CISO at BreachRx, will discuss accountability frameworks as autonomous AI agents manage increasingly complex tasks.
- Alert fatigue in a war zone (1:45 p.m. ET) – Pavlo Chernikov, former acting director of the Kyiv Municipal Cybersecurity Enterprise, will share a powerful case study on how context reduces false positives by 90% in a high-stakes environment.
- When the agent goes wild (2:15 p.m. ET) – Healthcare CISO Jason Elrod explains why containment is the ultimate security check for the AI you already have.
Engage, Learn and Lead
Beyond the exceptional speaker lineup, the CISO Forum Virtual Summit offers dynamic networking opportunities and interactive panels. Attendees will gain practical advice on implementing AI governance, navigating changing regulations such as the Cyber Resilience Act, and empowering their workforce to innovate securely.
Don’t miss your chance to elevate your security strategy.
Join the conversation today and tomorrow. Register now to access live streams and on-demand sessions on virtual.cisoforum.com.
