Security Innovations Forum

AI-Driven Cybersecurity

Date

September 29, 2026

Location

Sunnyvale, CA

Community

CISO

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Agenda

September 29, 2026
All times Pacific Time
9:00 AM-9:30 AM
Registration
9:30 AM-10:00 AM
Breakfast & Morning Networking
10:00 AM-10:15 AM
Opening Remarks
10:15 AM-10:45 AM
Keynote
Securing the Agentic Enterprise: AI-Native Defense at Machine Speed

As threat actors increasingly weaponize AI to discover and exploit vulnerabilities at unprecedented machine speed, traditional human-speed patching and manual security operations can no longer keep pace. In this opening keynote, Francis deSouza details how Google Cloud is shifting the enterprise paradigm toward continuous, autonomous defense. Discover how Google Cloud and our premier security ecosystem partners are leveraging Gemini to transition from isolated, reactive tools to a unified, proactive defensive posture. Francis deSouza will showcase how enterprises are utilizing the newly introduced Agent Marketplace and Gemini Enterprise to deploy specialized, autonomous AI security agents that predict attack paths, automate deep code remediation, and continuously safeguard multi-cloud environments. Learn how these breakthroughs power Google AI Threat Defense, Google's newly announced, always-on security program designed to ensure your organization outpaces modern threats and achieves true cyber resilience in the AI era.

Speaker
Francis de Souza
Francis deSouza

COO Google Cloud & President, Security Products

Google Cloud

10:45 AM-11:30 AM
Keynote Panel
Co-Innovating the Future of Cybersecurity: A C-Suite Perspective

Building a truly interactive, agentic security product requires moving beyond basic text-based chatbots and raw foundational models. It requires an enterprise platform capable of executing complex, multi-step reasoning while presenting data via structured, interactive user experiences.

Join Satish Thomas and a panel of C-suite technology leaders from leading security companies as they discuss how they are leveraging the Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform to build advanced, agentic security solutions. The panel will explore how these partners construct sophisticated tool-use and autonomous workflows to handle intricate threat detection, investigation, and remediations. 

Crucially, the discussion will highlight how these technical breakthroughs are delivered. By embedding these security agents directly into the Gemini Enterprise App via the Google Cloud Marketplace, customers can bypass complex deployment hurdles. This allows enterprise defenders to activate partner security expertise natively inside their primary AI workspace, while providing an immediate, friction-free route to scale security innovations across global enterprise markets.

 

Panelist
Satish Thomas
Satish Thomas

VP, Business Agents and Platform Ecosystem

Google Cloud

11:30 AM-12:15 PM
Networking Break
12:15 PM-1:00 PM
Panel
Production-Ready AI Agents in Action

Move past the hype and see real, production-ready AI agents executing high-stakes tasks in real-time. This fast-paced demonstration session highlights the breakthroughs emerging from Google Cloud’s Agent Factory. Top security software vendors will take the stage to show how their agents leverage the Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform and UX/UI controls (A2UI) to go far beyond basic text chat. Witness live workflows demonstrating automated incident remediation, interactive threat hunting builders, and cross-platform actions that dramatically reduce Mean Time to Respond (MTTR) while keeping human analysts safely in the loop.

1:00 PM-2:00 PM
Lunch & Networking
2:00 PM-2:45 PM
Panel
The 2026 Threat Landscape: Mandiant M-Trends & AI Incident Response

Distilled from hundreds of thousands of hours of real-world incident investigations, this session delivers a gritty, frontline look at modern adversary behavior. Mandiant’s elite incident responders unpack critical metrics from the landmark M-Trends 2026 Report, detailing the exact initial infection vectors and cascading risks threatening today's enterprise environments. Crucially, the panel will break down the mechanics of AI Incident Response: how attackers are weaponizing non-human identities, and how defenders can deploy Google Threat Intelligence and automated playbook execution to disrupt active threat actors at machine-speed.

Panelists
Brice Daniels
Brice Daniels

Head of Northeast Offensive Security Services, Mandiant Consulting

Mandiant (now part of Google Cloud)

Josh Madeley
Josh Madeley

Incident Response Practice Lead

Mandiant (now part of Google Cloud)

Muhammad Muneer
Muhammad Muneer

Principal Consultant

Mandiant (now part of Google Cloud)

3:20 PM-4:05 PM
Panel
Peer Perspectives: Driving Resilience in the Era of AI

As threat actors weaponize AI to accelerate exploit cycles and automate sophisticated attacks, enterprise defenders face a critical inflection point: human-speed operations can no longer keep pace with machine-speed threats.

In this interactive roundtable, leading CISOs and Security leaders share how they are fighting AI with AI. Panelists will discuss their strategic playbooks for deploying advanced AI and agentic frameworks to transform their defense posture, streamline vulnerability management, and outpace modern adversaries.

Panelist
Chris Betz
Chris Betz

CISO

Google Cloud

4:15 PM-4:30 PM
Closing Remarks
4:30 PM-5:30 PM
Cocktail Reception

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