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Many orgs will face business-led AI failures that security and IT are asked to “bail out.” This panel focuses on real operating models: AI intake + inventory, risk tiering, rapid approvals, training data hygiene, and incident playbooks for AI-driven mishaps. 

Panelists: 

Collin Chapleau
Senior Director, Security & AI Strategy, FCISO at Darktrace

Curt Aubley
Chief Executive Officer at Sevii.ai

Jason Trunk
Field CTO at Island

What does “preemptive” look like beyond marketing? In this panel we'll discuss predictive threat prevention, deception, moving target defense, and exposure management that measurably reduces risk before alerts fire. How leading teams prioritize by attack paths, business impact, and exploitability. We'll discuss operating rhythms: remediation SLAs, asset ownership, exception governance, and “risk burn-down” reporting that boards understand.

Moderator: 

Lawrence Embil
CISSP, CAIO, CCSP, CISM, CISA, PMI-ACP, Manager, Security Architecture, Risk and Compliance, Incident Response at Miami-Dade County 

Panelists: 

Melissa Bischoping
Sr. Director, Security and Product Research at Tanium

Data has become the primary currency of modern cybercrime. Today, the vast majority of ransomware attacks involve data exfiltration, transforming ransomware from a disruption tactic into a powerful tool for extortion. Organizations are no longer just facing system downtime, they’re confronting regulatory exposure, reputational damage, and long-term loss of trust.

At the same time, the threat landscape is expanding beyond traditional cybercriminal activity. Insider threats and Shadow AI, unsanctioned AI tools used by employees to process corporate data, are introducing new and often invisible pathways for sensitive information to leave the organization. As AI-driven productivity tools become widespread, data can move beyond corporate controls without security teams realizing it.

In this evolving environment, attackers share a common objective: extract valuable data before defenses react.

This session explores why data exfiltration now sits at the center of cyber risk, how ransomware tactics have evolved, and why organizations must rethink how they protect sensitive information at the endpoint. Attendees will gain insight into emerging data loss risks, the limitations of detection-only strategies, and why prevention-focused approaches are becoming essential in defending against modern cyberthreats.

Attendees will learn:
-How ransomware has evolved from encryption attacks to data exfiltration and extortion
-How Shadow AI is creating new, often invisible, data exposure risks
-Why endpoints and insider activity remain critical vulnerability points
-The limitations of detection-only security strategies
-Why prevention-focused approaches are becoming essential for protecting sensitive data

Within the modern infrastructure, everything becomes an identity: employees, contractors, service accounts, workloads, agents, APIs. This panel covers modern IAM practice: MFA-resistant phishing, privileged access, identity governance, SaaS sprawl, and third-party access that doesn’t become your next breach headline.

Panelists: 

Antonio Muñoz
CEO & Co-Founder at Zepo Intelligence

Chuck Grindle, Ph.D. 
Executive Advisor, Public Sector at Proofpoint

What IR looks like when ransomware crews move fast and public pressure is high. On this panel, participants will share their point of view on operational essentials: tabletop exercises that matter, log readiness, identity containment, immutable backups, third-party breach coordination, and building a comms/legal playbook that reduces chaos. 

Moderator: 

Kurtis Minder
Principal at Ping Theory

Panelists: 

Chipper Jones
Regional Sales Manager at Stellar Cyber

Juan Escobar
Channel Sales Account Manager at Fortinet

In a landscape defined by chaotic threats—from AI-driven attacks to operational fragility—the industry standard has settled on "resilience": the ability to withstand a hit. But resilience is merely survival. To thrive, we must evolve back to the ultimate power in security and business: Prevention.

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