All 2026 Conference Sessions

Discover this year’s tracks and featured sessions, covering emerging trends and key challenges in cybersecurity including navigating NIS2, DORA and the EU AI Act, AI disruption and geopolitical volatility, cloud sovereignty, stopping deepfake identity impersonation attacks, and much more.

2026 Conference Theme

This year’s conference theme is Smarter, Faster, Stronger … Together.

In an environment characterized by an expanding threat landscape, AI, tariffs, global instability and regulations, the cybersecurity community must gain and share insights faster. Together, we are smarter and stronger.

Explore our conference sessions below, all developed with this theme and your top mission-critical priorities in mind.

Hear from VP Analyst Pete Shoard on why you must attend.
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Tuesday, 22 September, 2026

11:00 AM - 11:45 AM BST

Roundtable: Sovereignty Now? Localize AI Infrastructure to Stay Compliant and Secure
Ad Krikke, Sr Executive Partner, Domains, Gartner
Unsanctioned GenAI is a growing compliance risk as regulations tighten by 2028. Join fellow CISOs and security leaders to discuss how to identify and contain shadow GenAI, secure data, and deploy AI security platform. Join this for a peer exchange to future-proof your organization against evolving AI threats, and share best practices and challenges to build resilient edge AI, avoid penalties and protect your brand. ... Show More Show Less

11:00 AM - 11:30 AM BST

What Are the Best Practices to Secure My Cyber Physical System (CPS) Environments?
The adoption of cloud technologies, increased IT/OT alignment, vulnerabilities with aging assets, unsecured remote access mechanisms and the rise of IoT in CPS environments have collectively widened the attack surface, making these environments more susceptible to threats. The session provides cybersecurity leaders with best practices for improving the overall security posture of their environment. ... Show More Show Less

11:00 AM - 12:30 PM BST

Workshop:Don’t Pack Breach Risk: The Cybersecurity Travel Playbook
Deepak Mishra, Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
Learn how to tier controls by region and event risk, implement travel registries, burner protocols, and adaptive endpoint and identity controls to protect staff and data globally.
How It Helps Clients
Gives leaders a replicable five‑step method for travel‑risk governance — embedding MFA, DLP, VDI usage, and intelligence feeds. Reduces exposure at high‑event threat zones by 50%.
Why Must‑Attend
Operationalizes Zero Trust for global mobility —turning a common blind spot into measurable resilience. ... Show More Show Less

12:45 PM - 01:15 PM BST

Drive Down Costs and Improve Security: Your Guide to Successful Vendor Consolidation Projects
Peter Firstbrook, Distinguished VP Analyst, Gartner
As security gets more complex and budgets get tighter, more CISOs are considering security vendor consolidation projects as a way to improve security outcomes and budget bottom lines. This session will explore top practices for achieving a successful security vendor consolidation project. We will also discuss the future of the security solutions market, with an emphasis on how to evaluate emerging security platforms. ... Show More Show Less

01:30 PM - 02:00 PM BST

Cloud Security as a Sovereignty Enabler
Joseph Martinos, Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
With the rise of geopolitical tensions in the world, organizations are increasingly questioning where their data resides, how they can protect it and under which jurisdiction it falls. This session explores the evolving concept of cloud sovereignty and its key pillars and how cloud security can be an enabler. ... Show More Show Less

02:15 PM - 03:00 PM BST

Ask the Analyst: Making the Zero-Trust Maturity Model Work for Your Organization
Odie Adesina, Director Analyst, Gartner
Zero trust is more than a framework; it’s a journey of continuous improvement. In this session, we break down how to move beyond generic templates and tailor the zero-trust maturity model to fit your organization’s unique needs. Learn how to assess your current posture, identify gaps and build a roadmap that drives measurable progress. ... Show More Show Less

02:15 PM - 02:35 PM BST

Magic Quadrant for SASE Platforms
Thomas Lintemuth, VP Analyst, Gartner
This session describes Gartner’s Magic Quadrant and Critical Capabilities for Single-Vendor SASE. Take a look at Gartner’s Magic Quadrant covering SASE platforms. SASE platforms deliver converged network and security capabilities to connect and secure distributed users, devices, and locations to resources in the cloud, edge, and on-premises. ... Show More Show Less

02:15 PM - 03:45 PM BST

Workshop: Technical Insights: Using Reference Architectures to Drive Security Innovation and Modernization
Richard Bartley, VP Analyst, Gartner
Defining reference architectures for security capabilities helps accelerate and deploy often complex layered defenses repeatedly as needed. This workshop takes attendees through a case-study using a capability model which helps define requirements fulfilled by security capabilities in Gartner’s reference architecture briefs and resource center. These resources present leading approaches to security which help clients to identify, innovate and modernize their organization’s future state security approach. ... Show More Show Less

04:15 PM - 04:45 PM BST

Harnessing Reference Architectures to Drive Security Innovation and Modernization
Richard Bartley, VP Analyst, Gartner
Defining reference architectures for security capabilities helps accelerate and deploy often complex layered defenses repeatedly as needed. This session presents a case study using a capability model which helps define requirements fulfilled by security capabilities in Gartner’s reference architecture briefs and resource center.  These resources present leading approaches to security which help clients to identify, innovate and modernize their organization’s future-state security approach. ... Show More Show Less

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