CISO New York  2026
Presentations

Keynote: The Human Layer: Why Cybersecurity Is Still a People Problem

• How to build a resilient security culture across the organization
• What is driving risky employee behavior in modern workplaces
• Insight into fatigue, trust, and security adoption challenges
• Exploring human decision-making during cyber incidents
• How to create security ownership beyond the security team

Shawn Campbell, Chief Information Security Officer, OUTTEN & GOLDEN LLP

Panel Discussion: Cyber Breach Response Under Fire: What CISOs, Legal Leaders, and Boards Get Wrong in the First 72 Hours

• What is the single most important decision a leadership team makes in the first 24 hours
• Has the threat of personal liability changed how security leaders operate?
• How much should organizations rely on vendor-provided forensic findings?
• Where do Security and Legal teams most commonly misalign during a crisis?
• Will AI give defenders an advantage, or are attackers winning the race?

Corey Dennis, Chief Privacy Officer & Assistant General Counsel, LEGEND BIOTECH

Jim Rutt, Chief Information Officer, DANA FOUNDATION

Shivani Suresh, Assistant Vice President, Information Security Engineer, SYNCHRONY

Donna Ross, Chief Information Security Officer, RADIAN

Stephen Garcia, Chief Information Security Officer, BREACHRX

Spotlight Session: Inside the Criminal Underground: Post-Authentication Identity Threats

Identity security has long focused on the moment of login. But criminals have moved to what happens after authentication, using phishing-as-a-service kits and malware infections to harvest live sessions and tokens instead of passwords, giving them access that bypasses MFA entirely. For employees, contractors, and suppliers alike, this means the identity attack surface now extends well past credentials, into access that traditional controls were never built to see.

In this session, we’ll explore how SpyCloud’s insight into the criminal underground reveals this shift from credential theft to session hijacking, and share practical guidance on closing the exposure gap it creates, so you can advance your identity security program to match how criminals attack in 2026.

Geff Ambrose, Senior Solutions Engineer – Enterprise, SPYCLOUD

Keynote: Trust Under Attack: Leading Through the Age of AI Deception

• What AI-powered deception means for executive trust, business operations, and cyber risk management
• How to prepare for deepfake-driven fraud, executive impersonation, and increasingly sophisticated social engineering attacks
• Insights into the controls, processes, and cultural shifts organizations are adopting to verify what is real in an AI-driven world

Liron Golan, Group Chief Information Security Officer, LASER DIGITAL (Nomura Group)