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Kevin Schmidt
Sr Director Analyst
Gartner
Speaker Topics
- Cloud Security
- Incident Response
- Managing Threats, Vulnerabilities and Exposures
Speaker Bio
Kevin supports the GTP Secure Infrastructure team in Security Operations (SOC, monitoring, and vulnerability assessment). He also researches AI (Generative AI, LLMs, etc.) and their usage in security operations.
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Sessions
Wednesday, 22 July, 2026 03:00 PM - 03:30 PM JST
Outlook for SOC: The Ultimate Cybersecurity Remix
Kevin Schmidt,
Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
The era of the siloed SOC is over. To handle modern threats, security leaders must integrate Incident Response, Threat Hunting, and Exposure Management into a single, synchronized ecosystem. This session will outline the strategic roadmap to the "Ultimate Cybersecurity Remix," where diverse security areas work together to extract maximum value from existing investments.
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Thursday, 23 July, 2026 11:00 AM - 11:30 AM JST
Technical Insights: Four Strategies for SIEM Cost Reduction
Kevin Schmidt,
Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
Are soaring SIEM costs forcing you to choose between visibility, retention and budget? With exploding log volumes and ingestion-based pricing, SOCs face tough trade-offs. This session covers four practical strategies — selective use case design, detection at the edge, advanced ETL pipelines and affordable storage — to help you optimize SIEM spend.
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Friday, 24 July, 2026 11:00 AM - 11:30 AM JST
Mitigating the Top 5 Microsoft 365 Copilot Security Risks
Kevin Schmidt,
Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
Is your company rolling out Microsoft 365 Copilot, but you don't know what are the top security risks? Heard about overpermission or oversharing being the biggest security risk and not sure how to deal with it? Do you know RCE is being redefined as remote Copilot execution? Join this session to hear about the top five security risks of Microsoft 365 Copilot and how to mitigate them.
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