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2026 Defense Readiness Forum

Join fellow enterprise CISOs for an exclusive, closed-door forum to build an actionable blueprint for defense.

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As enterprise AI adoption accelerates, security leaders face unprecedented threats driven by machine-speed attacks.


Key Discussion Themes:

  • Frontline Threat Intelligence: Mandiant and Google frontline observations on adversary AI adoption across scale, speed, and sophistication.
  • Modernizing SecOps: Transitioning from reactive alert fatigue to automated response, reducing mean time to detect (MTTD) and remediate (MTTR).
  • Governance & Secure AI Adoption: Practical blueprints for safeguarding organizational AI workloads while maintaining business agility and compliance.


This event is invite-only. Confirmation emails are required to attend.


Looking for hands-on experience? Your security team is invited to also join our 2026 Security Defense Workshop, a hands-on half-day experience designed for security leaders and practitioners ready to move from AI exploration to real-world application.

Agenda

06:00 PM - 06:30 PM EDT

Arrival & Check In

Trinity Place Bar & Restaurant

06:30 PM - 07:00 PM EDT

Opening: Navigating the Agentic Landscape

Gain actionable threat intelligence from Google and Mandiant on the evolving landscape of AI-driven threats.

07:00 PM - 07:45 PM EDT

Interactive Discussion: AI-Era Defense

Discussion across topics such as:

  • Operational Lessons: Practical insights and architecture blueprints from Google’s own security journey.
  • Strategic Transformation: Evolving operating models, optimizing tooling costs, and scaling teams.
  • Unified Threat Defense: Operationalizing AI-powered defense by integrating frontier reasoning, cloud context, and Google SecOps.

07:45 PM - 07:55 PM EDT

Closing: Scaled Defense & Governance

Connect your cyber operations to business outcomes by translating complex defense strategies into clear, board-level risk management and alignment.

07:55 PM - 10:00 PM EDT

Dinner and Networking

06:00 PM - 06:30 PM EDT

Arrival & Check In

Trinity Place Bar & Restaurant

06:30 PM - 07:00 PM EDT

Opening: Navigating the Agentic Landscape

Gain actionable threat intelligence from Google and Mandiant on the evolving landscape of AI-driven threats.

07:00 PM - 07:45 PM EDT

Interactive Discussion: AI-Era Defense

Discussion across topics such as:

  • Operational Lessons: Practical insights and architecture blueprints from Google’s own security journey.
  • Strategic Transformation: Evolving operating models, optimizing tooling costs, and scaling teams.
  • Unified Threat Defense: Operationalizing AI-powered defense by integrating frontier reasoning, cloud context, and Google SecOps.

07:45 PM - 07:55 PM EDT

Closing: Scaled Defense & Governance

Connect your cyber operations to business outcomes by translating complex defense strategies into clear, board-level risk management and alignment.

07:55 PM - 10:00 PM EDT

Dinner and Networking

05:30 PM - 06:00 PM EDT

Arrival & Check In

Restaurant Toqué

06:00 PM - 06:30 PM EDT

Opening: Navigating the Agentic Landscape

Gain actionable threat intelligence from Google and Mandiant on the evolving landscape of AI-driven threats.

06:30 PM - 07:15 PM EDT

Interactive Discussion: AI-Era Defense

Discussion across topics such as:

  • Operational Lessons: Practical insights and architecture blueprints from Google’s own security journey.
  • Strategic Transformation: Evolving operating models, optimizing tooling costs, and scaling teams.
  • Unified Threat Defense: Operationalizing AI-powered defense by integrating frontier reasoning, cloud context, and Google SecOps.

07:15 PM - 07:25 PM EDT

Closing: Scaled Defense & Governance

Connect your cyber operations to business outcomes by translating complex defense strategies into clear, board-level risk management and alignment.

07:25 PM - 09:30 PM EDT

Dinner and Networking

05:15 PM - 05:30 PM CDT

Arrival & Check In

Steak 48

05:30 PM - 06:00 PM CDT

Opening: Navigating the Agentic Landscape | Dinner Served

Gain actionable threat intelligence from Google and Mandiant on the evolving landscape of AI-driven threats.

06:00 PM - 06:45 PM CDT

Interactive Discussion: AI-Era Defense

Discussion across topics such as:

  • Operational Lessons: Practical insights and architecture blueprints from Google’s own security journey.
  • Strategic Transformation: Evolving operating models, optimizing tooling costs, and scaling teams.
  • Unified Threat Defense: Operationalizing AI-powered defense by integrating frontier reasoning, cloud context, and Google SecOps.

06:45 PM - 06:55 PM CDT

Closing: Scaled Defense & Governance

Connect your cyber operations to business outcomes by translating complex defense strategies into clear, board-level risk management and alignment.

06:55 PM - 09:30 PM CDT

Dinner and Networking

05:15 PM - 05:30 PM EDT

Arrival & Check In

Venetian Marina - Midnight Sun

05:30 PM - 06:00 PM EDT

Dinner Served

06:00 PM - 06:30 PM EDT

Opening: Navigating the Agentic Landscape

Gain actionable threat intelligence from Google and Mandiant on the evolving landscape of AI-driven threats.

06:30 PM - 07:15 PM EDT

Interactive Discussion: AI-Era Defense

Discussion across topics such as:

  • Operational Lessons: Practical insights and architecture blueprints from Google’s own security journey.
  • Strategic Transformation: Evolving operating models, optimizing tooling costs, and scaling teams.
  • Unified Threat Defense: Operationalizing AI-powered defense by integrating frontier reasoning, cloud context, and Google SecOps.

07:15 PM - 07:25 PM EDT

Closing: Scaled Defense & Governance

Connect your cyber operations to business outcomes by translating complex defense strategies into clear, board-level risk management and alignment.

07:25 PM - 09:30 PM EDT

Dinner and Networking | Cigar Roller

05:30 PM - 06:00 PM EDT

Arrival & Check In

Eddie Merlot’s

06:00 PM - 06:30 PM EDT

Opening: Navigating the Agentic Landscape

Gain actionable threat intelligence from Google and Mandiant on the evolving landscape of AI-driven threats.

06:30 PM - 07:15 PM EDT

Interactive Discussion: AI-Era Defense

Discussion across topics such as:

  • Operational Lessons: Practical insights and architecture blueprints from Google’s own security journey.
  • Strategic Transformation: Evolving operating models, optimizing tooling costs, and scaling teams.
  • Unified Threat Defense: Operationalizing AI-powered defense by integrating frontier reasoning, cloud context, and Google SecOps.

07:15 PM - 07:25 PM EDT

Closing: Scaled Defense & Governance

Connect your cyber operations to business outcomes by translating complex defense strategies into clear, board-level risk management and alignment.

07:25 PM - 08:00 PM EDT

Dinner and Networking

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