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Monday, October 26, 2026
6:30 AM - 8:00 AM
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SC26NS04 - Breakfast
6:30 AM - 8:00 AM
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Breakfast
6:30 AM - 6:00 PM
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SC26N02 - On-Site Registration Hours
6:30 AM - 6:00 PM
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On-Site Registration Hours
8:00 AM - 8:35 AM
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SC2601 - ISC2 Security Congress 2026 Welcome & Opening Address
8:00 AM - 8:35 AM
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ISC2 Security Congress 2026 Welcome & Opening Address
Host:
Brandon Dunlap
– ISC2 Security Congress
Speaker:
Scott Beale, CC
– ISC2
CPE Credits .5
8:00 AM - 5:30 PM
MT
Men's Multi-Faith Room
8:00 AM - 5:30 PM
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Men's Multi-Faith Room
8:00 AM - 5:30 PM
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Swag Bag Space
8:00 AM - 5:30 PM
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Swag Bag Space
8:00 AM - 5:30 PM
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Women's Multi-Faith Room
8:00 AM - 5:30 PM
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Women's Multi-Faith Room
8:35 AM - 9:25 AM
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SC2601A - Opening Keynote: Freakyclown and Dr. Jessica Barker
8:35 AM - 9:25 AM
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Opening Keynote: Freakyclown and Dr. Jessica Barker
Keynote Speaker:
Freakyclown (FC)
– Cygenta
Keynote Speaker:
Dr. Jessica Barker
– Cygenta
CPE Credits 0.75
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
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Emerging Professionals Lounge
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
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Emerging Professionals Lounge
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
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Expo Hall Hours
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
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Expo Hall Hours
9:25 AM - 10:10 AM
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SC26NS5 - Expo Hall Break
9:25 AM - 10:10 AM
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Expo Hall Break
9:35 AM - 10:05 AM
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SC26CC1 - Career Center Forum: Beyond the Skills Gap: The Cybersecurity Hiring Catch-22
9:35 AM - 10:05 AM
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Career Center Forum: Beyond the Skills Gap: The Cybersecurity Hiring Catch-22
Speaker:
Annie Liao
– CAI
Co-Speaker:
Pete Ortega, CISSP
– CAI
Careers
CPE Credits .5
10:10 AM - 11:10 AM
MT
SC2602 - ACTion Room: Setting Standards in a Turbulent Cyber Landscape
10:10 AM - 11:10 AM
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ACTion Room: Setting Standards in a Turbulent Cyber Landscape
ACTion Rooms: Advancing Cybersecurity Together
CPE Credits 1
10:10 AM - 11:10 AM
MT
SC2603 - Behind the Boardroom Door: Evolving the CISO Role in the Age of AI
10:10 AM - 11:10 AM
MT
Behind the Boardroom Door: Evolving the CISO Role in the Age of AI
Moderator:
Debra A. Christofferson, CISSP
– Sapphire-Security Services LLC
Speaker:
Mark Weatherford
– Nvidia
Careers
CPE Credits 1
10:10 AM - 11:10 AM
MT
SC2604 - Beyond the CIA Triad
10:10 AM - 11:10 AM
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Beyond the CIA Triad
Speaker:
Jim E. West, III, ISSAP, ISSEP, ISSMP, CISSP, CGRC, SSCP, CC
– TopCyberPro.com
Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC)
CPE Credits 1
10:10 AM - 11:10 AM
MT
SC2605 - Bright Ideas Roundtable: Lead with Love: Why Passion Powers People and Progress
10:10 AM - 11:10 AM
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Bright Ideas Roundtable: Lead with Love: Why Passion Powers People and Progress
Speaker:
Ron Woerner, CISSP
– Cyber-AAA
Cyber Leadership and Ethics
CPE Credits 1
10:10 AM - 11:10 AM
MT
SC2606 - Detecting and Responding to an Insider Attack at a Fortune 500 Company
10:10 AM - 11:10 AM
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Detecting and Responding to an Insider Attack at a Fortune 500 Company
Speaker:
Collin Sampson, CISSP, CISM
– Expion Health
SecOps and Threat Response
CPE Credits 1
10:10 AM - 11:10 AM
MT
SC2607 - Is Your AI Code Assistant Generating Badly Behaving Code? Strategic Testing Can Help Decide
10:10 AM - 11:10 AM
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Is Your AI Code Assistant Generating Badly Behaving Code? Strategic Testing Can Help Decide
Speaker:
Lyndsi Hughes, CISSP
– Carnegie Mellon University Software Engineering Institute
Software Security
CPE Credits 1
10:10 AM - 11:10 AM
MT
SC2608 - The Special Ops Edge: Applying Military-Grade Decision-Making to Battle-Ready Cyber AI, Agentic and Autonomous Systems
10:10 AM - 11:10 AM
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The Special Ops Edge: Applying Military-Grade Decision-Making to Battle-Ready Cyber AI, Agentic and Autonomous Systems
Speaker:
Shenny Sheth, CISSP
– Saddle Point®
Cyber Leadership and Ethics
CPE Credits 1
11:20 AM - 12:20 PM
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ACTion Room: Rethinking Workforce Metrics in Cybersecurity
11:20 AM - 12:20 PM
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ACTion Room: Rethinking Workforce Metrics in Cybersecurity
ACTion Rooms: Advancing Cybersecurity Together
CPE Credits 1
11:20 AM - 12:20 PM
MT
Beyond the Bot: An AI-Augmented Approach to Cloud Policy as Code
11:20 AM - 12:20 PM
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Beyond the Bot: An AI-Augmented Approach to Cloud Policy as Code
Speaker:
Saumitra Vilas Raorane, Post Graduate
– Bank of Montreal
Cloud Security
CPE Credits 1
11:20 AM - 12:20 PM
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Conversations With Criminals: What Criminals Taught Us About Incident Response
11:20 AM - 12:20 PM
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Conversations With Criminals: What Criminals Taught Us About Incident Response
Speaker:
William H. Poole
– Strand Intelligence
SecOps and Threat Response
CPE Credits 1
11:20 AM - 12:20 PM
MT
Framework to Function: Moving from Static Compliance to Dynamic Risk Management and Resilience
11:20 AM - 12:20 PM
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Framework to Function: Moving from Static Compliance to Dynamic Risk Management and Resilience
Speaker:
Nakita Albritton, CISSP CISM CISA Lead CCA PMP
– Infortress, LLC
Frameworks, Standards and Guidelines
CPE Credits 1
11:20 AM - 12:20 PM
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Protecting Your Mental Health Against Burnout
11:20 AM - 12:20 PM
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Protecting Your Mental Health Against Burnout
Speaker:
Tracy M. Hickey
– Atlassian
Careers
CPE Credits 1
11:20 AM - 12:20 PM
MT
Tabletop/Gamified: When Approved AI Goes Off-Scope: An Executive Tabletop on Governance Drift and Third-Party Risk
11:20 AM - 12:20 PM
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Tabletop/Gamified: When Approved AI Goes Off-Scope: An Executive Tabletop on Governance Drift and Third-Party Risk
Facilitator:
Andrea Simpson, Master of Science
– SWB Simply Secure LLC
Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC)
CPE Credits 1
11:20 AM - 12:20 PM
MT
When the Supply Chain Bites Back: npm-supply-chain-attack, sha1-hulud, and Why the Old Playbook Breaks in an AI-Native World
11:20 AM - 12:20 PM
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When the Supply Chain Bites Back: npm-supply-chain-attack, sha1-hulud, and Why the Old Playbook Breaks in an AI-Native World
Speaker:
Deepam Kanjani
– Atlassian
Software Security
CPE Credits 1
12:20 PM - 1:35 PM
MT
Expo Hall Break
12:20 PM - 1:35 PM
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Expo Hall Break
12:20 PM - 1:35 PM
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Lunch
12:20 PM - 1:35 PM
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Lunch
1:35 PM - 2:35 PM
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Keynote: Cybersecurity at the Edge of Two Revolutions: Advanced AI and Quantum Computing + ISC2 Global Achievement Awards Announcement
1:35 PM - 2:35 PM
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Keynote: Cybersecurity at the Edge of Two Revolutions: Advanced AI and Quantum Computing + ISC2 Global Achievement Awards Announcement
Keynote Speaker:
Dr. Jaya Baloo
– AISLE
CPE Credits 1
2:45 PM - 3:45 PM
MT
ACTion Room: Code of Professional Conduct in Practice
2:45 PM - 3:45 PM
MT
ACTion Room: Code of Professional Conduct in Practice
ACTion Rooms: Advancing Cybersecurity Together
CPE Credits 1
2:45 PM - 3:45 PM
MT
AI-Driven Cyber Liability: Legal Frameworks Every CISO Must Know
2:45 PM - 3:45 PM
MT
AI-Driven Cyber Liability: Legal Frameworks Every CISO Must Know
Speaker:
Daniel Garrie, JD, MA,
– JAMS
Frameworks, Standards and Guidelines
CPE Credits 1
2:45 PM - 3:45 PM
MT
Bright Ideas Roundtable: A Conceptual Framework for Authentication in Agentic AI Ecosystems: Protocol Analysis and Taxonomy
2:45 PM - 3:45 PM
MT
Bright Ideas Roundtable: A Conceptual Framework for Authentication in Agentic AI Ecosystems: Protocol Analysis and Taxonomy
Speaker:
Badal Bhushan, CISSP, CCSP, CEH, CISM
– Walmart
Software Security
CPE Credits 1
2:45 PM - 3:45 PM
MT
Busting Certification Myths: Build a Career‑Aligned Exam Game Plan That Actually Works
2:45 PM - 3:45 PM
MT
Busting Certification Myths: Build a Career‑Aligned Exam Game Plan That Actually Works
Speaker:
Sudesh Kannan, PhD, CISSP, CISM, CCSP, CGRC,CIPP(US)
– University of Maryland Global Campus
Careers
CPE Credits 1
2:45 PM - 3:45 PM
MT
Implementing Zero Trust to Secure Hybrid and Multi-Cloud Enterprises
2:45 PM - 3:45 PM
MT
Implementing Zero Trust to Secure Hybrid and Multi-Cloud Enterprises
Speaker:
Parul Khanna, CISSP, ISSAP, CCSP, CSSLP, CISA, CISM, CRISC, CDPSE, CCSK
– Manulife
Cloud Security
CPE Credits 1
2:45 PM - 3:45 PM
MT
Your Next Insurance Renewal Is An AI Audit: What do Underwriters Want? What’s Actually Covered?
2:45 PM - 3:45 PM
MT
Your Next Insurance Renewal Is An AI Audit: What do Underwriters Want? What’s Actually Covered?
Co-Speaker:
Sean Scranton, CISSP, AIGP, CPCU, RPLU+, CISM
– Willis Towers Watson
Co-Speaker:
Jonathan J. Davies, CCISO CISSP CCSP AIGP
– Willis Towers Watson
Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC)
CPE Credits 1
3:45 PM - 4:30 PM
MT
Expo Hall Break
3:45 PM - 4:30 PM
MT
Expo Hall Break
3:55 PM - 4:25 PM
MT
Career Center Forum: Should I Stay or Should I Go: Using the MOVE Framework for Career Decisions
3:55 PM - 4:25 PM
MT
Career Center Forum: Should I Stay or Should I Go: Using the MOVE Framework for Career Decisions
Speaker:
Lora Vaughn
– Vaughn Cyber Group
Careers
CPE Credits .5
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM
MT
A Quantum Cybersecurity Platform to Protect Organizations that You Can Use Today
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM
MT
A Quantum Cybersecurity platform to protect organizations that you can use today
Co-Speaker:
Mary Cotrupi
– Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Co-Speaker:
Brian R. Callahan, PhD, ISSMP, CISSP, CCSP, SSCP, CC, CISM
– Monmouth University
Cyber Leadership and Ethics
CPE Credits 1
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM
MT
ACTion Room: Connecting the Dots to Shape the Profession: Portfolio, Practice, and the Path to Influence
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM
MT
ACTion Room: Connecting the Dots to Shape the Profession: Portfolio, Practice, and the Path to Influence
ACTion Rooms: Advancing Cybersecurity Together
CPE Credits 1
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM
MT
AI Pentesting: Reimagining the DevSecOps Stack
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM
MT
AI Pentesting: Reimagining the DevSecOps stack
Speaker:
Alex Haynes, CISSP
– IBS Software
Software Security
CPE Credits 1
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM
MT
Continuous Threat Exposure Management:(CTEM) - Replacing the Scan-and-Patch Mentality
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM
MT
Continuous Threat Exposure Management:(CTEM) - Replacing the Scan-and-Patch Mentality
Speaker:
Sivakumar Sundaramoorthy, CISSP
– Microsoft
SecOps and Threat Response
CPE Credits 1
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM
MT
Emerging Professionals Mixer
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM
MT
Emerging Professionals Mixer
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM
MT
Tabletop/Gamified: From Intent to Enforcement: Agentic Kubernetes Guardrails with Quarantine Mode
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM
MT
Tabletop/Gamified: From Intent to Enforcement: Agentic Kubernetes Guardrails with Quarantine Mode
Speaker:
Milind Gunjan
– Independent
Cloud Security
CPE Credits 1
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM
MT
Twice Redundant, Doubly Resilient: Building the Incident Response Plan for Your Cyber Career
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM
MT
Twice Redundant, Doubly Resilient: Building the Incident Response Plan for Your Cyber Career
Co-Speaker:
James McQuiggan, CISSP
– Apparent Security
Co-Speaker:
Joseph Carson, CISSP
– Segura
Careers
CPE Credits 1
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
MT
Monday Night Reception
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
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Monday Night Reception
