The Agentic Frontier. AI-powered. AI-protected
Cisco Keynote
When: Monday, March 23 | 4:15 - 4:35 pm PDT
Where: Mainstage - Moscone West
While AI-enabled applications boost productivity, enhance customer experiences, and drive innovation, they also introduce complex new safety and security challenges that traditional solutions struggle to address. Join Jeetu Patel, EVP and Chief Product Officer at Cisco, as he explores the barriers to building and managing an increasingly AI-empowered workforce.
Jeetu Patel
President and Chief Product Officer
Cisco
Lessons From the Agentic Frontier: How the SOC is Winning in the AI Era
Splunk Keynote
When: Tuesday, March 24 | 3:35 - 3:55 pm PDT
Where: Mainstage - Moscone West
Agentic AI has pushed SecOps to a new frontier, where machines don't just assist; they decide, interact, and adapt at machine speed. The same agents that power innovation are now being weaponized, amplifying social engineering, data poisoning, and autonomous intrusion. Defenders are stuck in the middle: drowning in alerts, short on talent, and accountable for business resilience in a world where “normal” changes every hour.
From the vantage point of a leading SecOps provider embedded in thousands of real SOCs, this keynote distills what we're seeing: the emergence of the Agentic SOC; human-led, machine-accelerated, and driven by automation at scale. We will explore how real defenders are rebalancing work between people and agents: agents that grind so defenders can hunt, investigate, and out-think adversaries. This is a vision for a future where unified, agentic security finally bends time back in favor of defenders.
John Morgan
Senior Vice President and General Manager, Security
Splunk
Fred Fray
Director, Software Engineering
Splunk
From chatbots to change agents: Securing agentic AI
Cisco Partner Perspective Track Session
When: Monday, March 23 | 2:20-3:10 pm PDT
Where: TBA
As organizations race to deploy agentic AI, a new security paradox emerges: The autonomy that makes these agents powerful also makes them impossible to secure with traditional human-centric controls. AI agents are having an identity crisis—and it needs to be solve. This session will explore how identity-centric security, zero trust, and SASE come together to secure agentic AI.
Kevin Kennedy
VP, Product Marketing
Cisco
Matt Caulfield
VP, Identity
Cisco
Building an Agentic SOC: Practical Ways Defenders Win With AI
Splunk Sponsored Session
When: Tuesday, March 24 | 9:40 - 10:30 am PDT
Where: TBA
Agentic AI has pushed SecOps to a new frontier, where machines do not just assist; they decide, interact, and adapt at machine speed. The same agents that power innovation are now being weaponized, amplifying social engineering, data poisoning, and autonomous intrusion. Defenders are stuck in the middle: drowning in alerts, short on talent, and accountable for business resilience in a world where “normal” changes every hour.
This session translates that macro shift into concrete lessons from real SOCs. From the vantage point of a leading SecOps provider embedded in thousands of environments, we will walk through what is working now: where to trust automation, where to keep humans firmly in the loop, and how to redesign workflows so agents grind and defenders hunt. Attendees will leave with practical patterns for an Agentic SOC, including how to prioritize use cases, measure impact, and safely scale AI-driven defenses without losing human judgment.
David Dalling
GVP Global Security Solutions
Splunk
Ashwin Rajendra
Cybersecurity Detection and Automation Engineering
Kimberly-Clark
When AI steals your patch window: Beating the clock with runtime defense
Cisco Partner Perspective Track Session
When: Tuesday, March 24 | 1:15 - 2:05 pm PDT
Where: TBA
AI is collapsing exploitation timelines from weeks to hours—mining vulnerabilities, automating exploits, and mapping lateral attack paths before patches exist. Traditional patch cycles can't keep pace. This session delivers practical examples of runtime exploit shielding, East-West traffic controls that block lateral movement, and Attack Path Analysis that surgically hardens your critical assets.
Dan Wendlandt
VP of Product Management
Cisco
Supply chain under siege: Strategic defense in a regulated world
Cisco Session
When: Wednesday, March 25 | 1:15 - 2:05 pm PDT
Where: TBA
This panel will explore how increasingly strict global regulations and rising supply chain attacks are reshaping supply chain security strategy. Experts will share legal, technical, and operational insights to help CISOs and risk managers build resilient, compliant supply chain defense programs in a new era of legal mandates for supply chain security.
Christopher Hale
Senior Director, Cyber and National Security Law
Cisco
Kate Growley
Partner & Senior Director
Crowell & Moring LLP & Crowell Global Advisors
Cassie Crossley
CEO & Co-founder
VulNow
Katherine McDaniel
Director, Cyber Legal
T-Mobile
Beyond Jericho: Salvaging zero trust from Buzzword Bingo
Cisco Session
When: Wednesday, March 25 | 1:15 - 2:05 pm PDT
Where: TBA
Despite years of enthusiasm since the Jericho Forum and Google's BeyondCorp, many still struggle to implement zero trust. The principles are known, but operationalizing ZTA stalls. Have CISOs been gaslit? The disconnect between promise and reality is painful. This session will deliver a practical framework for turning buzzwords into building blocks for successful programs.
Wolfgang Goerlich
CISO
Oakland County
Helen Patton
Cybersecurity Advisor
Cisco
