Topic: Artificial Intelligence

Seminar Topics

[1 CPE] Driving Successful AI Adoption

  Presented by Hunter Helfgott, Data & AI Consultant, & Hayden Busic, Data & AI Product Manager • Cerium Networks

In this session, we’ll cover the critical steps organizations can take to adopt AI successfully this year, including proven strategies, common pitfalls, and practical frameworks to move from experimentation to enterprise-wide implementation. You’ll leave with actionable guidance to align AI initiatives with business goals, build organizational buy-in, and measure ROI in a way that lasts.

AI adoption is about making AI deliver real business outcomes without creating unnecessary risk, rework, or frustration.

What We’ll Cover

  • The state of AI adoption in mid-2026: key trends and challenges teams are facing
  • Lessons learned: what working, what doesn’t, and what to do differently going forward
  • A practical framework for successful AI adoption: from strategy to execution
  • Measuring success: KPIs, governance, and how to prove value over time

[1 CPE] Building Trust for What’s Next: PKI Modernization & Quantum Readiness

  Presented by Jared Mensinger, Sr Solutions Engineer  • DigiCert

Certificate lifetimes are shrinking. Browser requirements are evolving. Machine identities are growing exponentially. At the same time, organizations are beginning to plan for post-quantum cryptography while supporting new AI-driven systems that depend on trusted digital interactions.

These changes are transforming PKI from a traditional security function into the operational trust layer for modern business.

This session provides a practical roadmap for modernizing PKI, improving visibility into machine identities, automating certificate lifecycle management, and building crypto-agility for future cryptographic transitions. Attendees will leave with actionable steps to reduce operational risk today while preparing for post-quantum security and the next generation of digital trust.

[1 CPE] 30 Years of Applied AI Learnings: Building Secure Enterprise Architecture

  Presented by Greg Hatch, Sr Vice President, Strategic Growth • Gage Technologies

Moving from AI hype to predictable production value requires an infrastructure designed for performance, accountability, From AI hype to predictable production value requires an infrastructure designed for performance, accountability, manageability, and security. This technical session distills 30 years of applied AI experience into a structural roadmap. Learn how to orchestrate next-generation agentic AI and predictive workflows without compromising enterprise safety, data sovereignty, or network performance.

[1 CPE] Copilot: Free Ride or First Class?

  Presented by Chris Watson, Sr Systems Engineer • High Point Networks

Not all Copilot experiences are created equal—so are you getting a free ride, or flying first class?

In this session, Chris Watson cuts through the hype to show what Microsoft Copilot actually delivers at the basic level—and what changes when you move to premium. Through real-world scenarios and practical demonstrations, you’ll see where Copilot saves time, where it falls short, and where premium features unlock real business value across Teams, Outlook, Excel, and security workflows.

Whether you’re evaluating Copilot or already rolling it out, you’ll leave with a clear understanding of what you’re paying for—and how to make it worth it.

[1 CPE] 30 Years of Security Assumptions Broke: Rethinking Security Controls in the Age of AI

  Presented by Pete Petersen, Sales Engineer • Silverfort

Frontier AI has quietly retired a three-decade assumption: that defenders have time to react after an attacker moves. Autonomous models now compress full attack chains into minutes, chaining ordinary misconfigurations at machine speed with no hesitation and no fatigue. Detection becomes forensic instead of preventive. Vulnerability management can’t patch fast enough. Periodic access reviews can’t review fast enough.

The answer requires a fundamental shift: from preset admin-time access rules and too-reactive detection to controls placed at the moment it matters most: runtime. Every identity, human, machine, or AI agent, must authenticate to act. That moment is the only control point capable of operating at machine speed, intervening before lateral movement begins.

This session gives security leaders the framework to drive that shift — examining why traditional controls collapse against AI-powered adversaries, what runtime enforcement looks like in practice, and how to elevate identity to a genuine, autonomous enforcement point at the center of a modern security operating model.

[1 CPE] The Speed of Trust: Why Your AI Strategy is Only as Fast as Your Security Architecture

  Presented by Bradley Mitchell and Olivia Geesen, Prisma SASE Specialists • Palo Alto Networks

In the race for AI dominance, many businesses are hitting the brakes as security struggles to keep up. We’re stuck in a “Fragmentation Tax,” managing endless siloed tools, to protect against prompt injections, shadow AI, and data exfiltration.

Prisma SASE specialists, Bradley Mitchell and Olivia Geesen, will discuss how organizations can approach these challenges including the benefits of a holistic platform strategy.

[1 CPE] The New AI Era in Cybersecurity: What it Means for Your Organization

  Presented by Raymond Neff, Sr Solutions Architect • ESET

This session explores how artificial intelligence is reshaping the modern cyber threat landscape by empowering both attackers and defenders. It examines how adversaries use AI to scale attacks, evade detection, and increase their effectiveness. The presentation also highlights how organizations can leverage AI to build proactive, adaptive defenses that detect and respond to threats more efficiently. Finally, it showcases how ESET applies AI-driven technologies to protect against evolving cyber-attacks and strengthen overall security resilience.

[1 CPE] The New CyberSec Workforce: Leading Through Change, Strengthening Collective Defense

  Presented by Frank J. Grimmelman, President & CEO, and Christian Taillon, Threat Intelligence Director • ACTRA

Cybersecurity is undergoing a fundamental transformation. The traditional security workforce model is being reshaped by automation, AI-driven operations, evolving skill requirements, hybrid work environments, and persistent talent shortages. At the same time, organizations are under increasing pressure to deliver measurable security outcomes faster, with fewer resources and greater accountability.

This session explores how leading organizations are adapting through workforce modernization, process transformation, and smarter operating models that maximize existing talent. It will also examine why collective defense has become an increasingly important force multiplier—enabling organizations to strengthen resilience through trusted collaboration, shared intelligence, and coordinated response.

Attendees will gain practical insights into how modern cybersecurity teams can overcome talent pressures, improve efficiency, and achieve stronger results in today’s rapidly evolving threat environment.

Mr. Frank J. Grimmelmann serves as President & CEO for the Arizona Cyber Threat Response Alliance (ACTRA), a non-profit entity that was developed collaboratively with the Arizona InfraGard Program, the FBI, USDHS and law enforcement, and independently launched in 2013 to enable its private/public sector member organizations across all critical sectors to enable themselves to respond to the escalating national cybersecurity threat.

[1 CPE] New Era of Deception: AI and Deepfakes

  Presented by Morgan Trust, Associate Penetration Tester, Offensive Services • FRSecure

Artificial Intelligence (Al) is significantly transforming social engineering tactics. Join Morgan Trust as he discusses the evolution of Al as a threat factor and how, by leveraging Al, attackers can automate and enhance phishing schemes, creating highly personalized and convincing messages that are more accurate and effective.

[1 CPE] AI Governance in Action: Building Policy, Oversight, and Trust in the Public Sector

  Presented by Matt Weber, Chief Information Security Officer, Pima County, AZ • The INTERFACE Advisory Council

As organizations race to adopt AI, effective governance is becoming essential. Join Matt Weber as he shares how Pima County developed a practical framework for AI governance, including the creation of an AI subcommittee and the implementation of an AI usage policy. Attendees will gain real-world insights, lessons learned, and actionable guidance they can use to establish or strengthen AI governance programs within their own organizations.