Agenda

Our job is to make the software more secure. It’s not to find all the bugs. It’s not to deploy tools. It’s not to spend money or write checks. It’s not to be frustrated with developers. It’s not to be “right.” It only matters if we reduce organizational risk. If we are not doing that, regularly and consistently, we are failing.

When HR and security teams understand their respective roles, value each other, and have an open, productive partnership, life is good. They can help each other be more effective and complement each other’s functions. Unfortunately, that symbiotic state can be hard to achieve. For security teams, HR folks can be hard to understand. Sometimes they seem like a great advocate for security, and at other times they can seem more like a blocker of our efforts to better secure the organization.

For HR professionals, dealing with the security team can be a challenge. For example, the security team might send out an emotionally-triggering simulated phish to everyone in the organization, causing numerous employee complaints that HR has to manage. So what can you do if you don’t have the best relationship with the HR team?

This talk, based on years of experience navigating the relationship between HR and security teams, will cover the issues that cause the biggest disconnects between HR and security. We’ll look at the issues from both sides and cover proposed solutions for each. Improving the relationships for both departments can lead to happier HR and security professionals who are more effective in their roles, and a company that’s better protected and prepared against cyber threats.

It’s an unfortunate reality: cybersecurity professionals face threats they often can’t see. From unmonitored assets to incomplete telemetry, blind spots in your security infrastructure can open dangerous vulnerabilities.

In this presentation, Tim Bandos, Field CISO at Critical Start, shares insights into the most common security gaps and actionable strategies for closing them. Learn how to ensure full visibility across your IT and OT environments, monitor for log ingestion failures, and adopt automated asset discovery to reduce the risk of unseen threats.

Key Takeaways:

• Understanding the Invisible Threats: Explore how missed signals, shadow IT, and unmonitored assets can undermine your security efforts.
• Mitigating Security Gaps: Learn tactics such as comprehensive tooling audits, continuous log monitoring, and automated asset management to close these gaps.
• Optimizing Detection and Response: Discover how asset visibility can enhance SOC and MDR effectiveness and lead to faster threat detection and response.
• Real-World Case Studies: See how organizations improved their detection rates and SOC capabilities by closing critical security gaps.

If you're looking to strengthen your threat detection and response capabilities, this is a can't-miss session!

The quantum revolution is coming, and it will profoundly impact the cybersecurity landscape. This session cuts through the hype to deliver five essential takeaways about quantum technology and its implications for protecting digital assets. Learn about:

1. Quantum Computing’s Power: Understand how quantum computers can break current encryption algorithms and render widely used security protocols obsolete.
2. The Post-Quantum Cryptography Race: Explore the ongoing development of new cryptographic algorithms designed to withstand quantum attacks.
3. Threat Timeline & Preparedness: Get a realistic assessment of when quantum threats are likely to materialize and how to prepare your organization.
4. Quantum-Resistant Security Strategies: Discover practical steps you can take today to mitigate future risks, including adopting hybrid classical-post quantum approaches.
5. Beyond Cryptography: Explore other cybersecurity applications of quantum technology, such as quantum key distribution and quantum-resistant blockchain.

This session is vital for CISOs, security architects, cryptography specialists, and anyone responsible for long-term cybersecurity strategy.

Visit the Exhibitor Hall to network with attendees and connect with our vendor sponsors and association partners.