Name: Opening Keynote: It's Over. You can No Longer Carry Security Debt. The Bill Is Due Today.
Start: 2026-10-13T10:00:00-0700
End: 2026-10-13T10:45:00-0700

Opening Keynote: It's Over. You can No Longer Carry Security Debt. The Bill Is Due Today.

Tuesday October 13, 2026 10:00am - 10:45am PDT

Sand and Sea Room

Hugging Face and the rash of hacking from the frontier models was just the beginning. Your adversaries are already deploying agents to help plan and execute attacks. HuggingFace taught us that AI agents can pursue a goal and stop at nothing, including escaping a sandbox and justifying breaking through guardrails. Imagine powerful models directed by bad actors. Not only has this happened in a well orchestrated attack on Taiwan in July, but there will be others. Too many organizations have benefited from the internet, cloud, and mobile, without the investment to secure themselves. Ransomware demonstrated this. But AI is next level.

Speakers

Richard Stiennon

Chief Research Analyst, IT-Harvest

Richard Stiennon is Chief Research Analyst and founder of IT-Harvest, reinventing the industry analyst business by building one of the most comprehensive datasets on the cybersecurity industry, tracking more than 4,000 vendors worldwide. Not relying on vendor briefings... Read More →

Tuesday October 13, 2026 10:00am - 10:45am PDT
Sand and Sea Room 415 Pacific Coast Hwy, Santa Monica, CA 90402, USA

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ISSA-LA 2026 CISO Forum

Richard Stiennon

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ISSA-LA 2026 CISO Forum

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