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Suspected Iran-linked cyber activity targeting U.S. water and wastewater operators has renewed concerns about the security of critical infrastructure organizations with limited resources and aging operational technology environments. In this Briefing, IANS Faculty Wolf Goerlich and Jake Williams will examine the latest developments, the tactics and techniques being used against utilities and other operators, the defensive priorities that matter most right now and what CISOs should be briefing their executives on in an increasingly hostile threat environment.

IANS is proud to be partnering with Blue Team Con 2026 in Chicago to run a CISO Roundtable.

Anthropic disclosed that three AI models gained unauthorized access to real-world organizations during cybersecurity evaluations, days after OpenAI revealed a similar incident involving Hugging Face. In this Briefing, IANS Faculty Jake Williams will examine what these back-to-back disclosures reveal about the risks of deploying autonomous agents, why many organizations are unprepared for the challenge of containing AI systems and what CISOs should do now to keep their own agent deployments from becoming the next headline.

This one-day event is designed for security practitioners to gain actionable technical solutions and leadership insights focused on current and emerging challenges. Engage with IANS Faculty members and network with peers who are tackling similar challenges.

MCP is becoming the connective tissue for agentic AI, creating both opportunities and risks. Opportunity includes the ability for security teams to wire AI straight into their stack and go from a plain-English question to a real answer, or even remediation, in seconds. However, every MCP connection is a new non-human identity (NHI) and a new data path, so the real exposure is less about the model and more about what an agent can reach, tool poisoning and standing access no one is watching. How do we benefit from MCP while managing the risk? Adopt fast, but govern first. During this highly interactive session focused on peer learning and practitioner exchange, IANS Faculty Guillaume Ross shares his expertise, facilitates discussions and shows a live demo to help you accelerate MCP adoption while managing security risks.

AI is rapidly reshaping enterprise application architectures, introducing LLMs, AI agents, model context protocols (MCP), vector databases, external APIs, and autonomous workflows into environments that were never designed for dynamic, decision-making systems. Yet many organizations are deploying AI capabilities without rethinking their foundational security models. Traditional perimeter controls are insufficient for systems where identity, data access, and API interactions drive risk. In this symposium, IANS Faculty Dave Shackleford explores how the core pillars of zero trust (IAM, data security, network segmentation, device trust, and continuous monitoring) must evolve to secure modern AI architectures.

Chuck Kesler is a veteran cybersecurity executive with more than 30 years of experience helping organizations build practical, business-focused security programs. As a longtime CISO and trusted advisor, Chuck partners with executive teams and boards to reduce cyber risk, strengthen governance, and enable business growth. His experience spans high-growth SaaS, healthcare, higher education, and consulting, bringing a balanced perspective that combines strategic leadership with hands-on execution. Whether serving as a fractional vCISO, advising on security strategy, or mentoring security leaders, Chuck helps organizations make informed, risk-based decisions that improve resilience without slowing innovation.

This one-day event is designed for security practitioners to gain actionable technical solutions and leadership insights focused on current and emerging challenges. Engage with IANS Faculty members and network with peers who are tackling similar challenges.

Specific agentic AI threat models have been developed to address the unique risks and challenges that exist due to the autonomy, continuous learning and interaction of agentic AI systems. In this virtual symposium, delve into how to threat model agentic AI applications, the differences between industry-leading threat models/frameworks and how to apply them to your environment.

OpenAI disclosed that two AI models escaped a controlled testing environment, accessed the public internet and successfully hacked AI platform Hugging Face during a cybersecurity evaluation. In this Briefing, IANS Faculty Jake Williams will examine what happened, why it matters, what it may reveal about the current state of AI security testing and what CISOs should communicate to executives as more autonomous AI systems move into enterprise environments.