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 - 11:30 AM BST

3 Things You Need to Do Today to Enable Postquantum Cryptography
Sarah Almond, Director Analyst, Gartner
The move to postquantum cryptography will be a companywide effort that will affect every part of data security, cloud management, I&O, IAM and most other systems. But, with a problem so large, where should you begin? In this session, we will go over the three initial steps that will form a solid foundation for ongoing efforts in the transition, promoting a scalable, smooth process over the next two years. ... Show More Show Less

11:00 AM - 11:30 AM BST

Outlook for Data Security: Going from Reactive to Resilient
Paulo Aresta, Sr Principal Analyst, Gartner
Many organizations find it challenging to move beyond reactive data security measures despite increasing threats and regulatory pressures. This session outlines a strategic approach to maturing toward a posture of resilience through data-centric security, leveraging AI-driven adaptive controls and strengthening incident response and business continuity. ... Show More Show Less

12:45 PM - 01:30 PM BST

Roundtable: Effective Strategies to Identify and Address Shadow IT
Derek Taylor, Executive Partner, Domains, Gartner
Join fellow end-user clients for an expert-led roundtable focused on uncovering and managing shadow IT. Through shared experiences, challenges, and success stories, we’ll explore practical strategies to identify unofficial IT usage and build effective policies ... Show More Show Less

01:30 PM - 02:00 PM BST

Fast-Track Your Data Classification Efforts in 3 Steps
Chiara Girardi, Director Analyst, Gartner
As GenAI becomes increasingly widespread, data classification remains a critical process to secure data that powers models. However, its success if often hindered by perceptions that classifying all organizational data is impractical, and that data owners are either unable or unwilling take on the task. Come to this session to learn how CISOs can address these perceived barriers and accelerate their classification initiatives by leveraging user education, automation and risk-based approaches? ... Show More Show Less

02:15 PM - 02:45 PM BST

Outlook for Application Security: Elevating Maturity Amidst AI Disruption
Dionisio Zumerle, VP Analyst, Gartner
Application security maturity remains low despite its critical role in data breaches. As organization race to harness AI in development and applications, they face a rapidly evolving risk landscape, while trying to mature their application security programs. This session provides an overview of the most important elements of an application security strategy. ... Show More Show Less

02:15 PM - 02:45 PM BST

The Revolution Will Not Be Televised: Adapting Agentic AI Into Your Application Security Practice
Mark Horvath, VP Analyst, Gartner
AI is everywhere and in seemingly in everything. What impact is it having in application security? Can I finally forget about AppSec and just let AI do all the work? Short answer: No, but there are a number of ways Agentic AI is showing up in AppSec that you can leverage today. In this session we'll go over some of the current uses of AI in AppSec, what is on the horizon, and how IT leaders can evaluate and leverage this today. ... Show More Show Less

04:15 PM - 04:35 PM BST

Magic Quadrant for Application Security Testing
Dionisio Zumerle, VP Analyst, Gartner
Generative AI is reshaping software development, accelerating the introduction of insecure code and creating new classes of risk. How are application security testing (AST) market offerings evolving to help organizations meet these challenges? Join us for a market overview and learn how AST providers were evaluated for Gartner's 2025 Magic Quadrant for Application Security Testing. ... Show More Show Less

04:15 PM - 04:45 PM BST

Modernizing Data Security: AI-Driven DLP for the Enterprise
Andrew Bales, Director Analyst, Gartner
Learn how AI and automation enable real-time data loss prevention across SaaS, endpoints and AI workflows. Discover practical architectures that use machine learning and behavioral analytics to reduce false positives, adapt policies, and close data exfiltration gaps, without impacting productivity. ... Show More Show Less

04:15 PM - 05:00 PM BST

Roundtable: What AI Security Startups and Controls Are You Experimenting With or Having Success With?
Derek Taylor, Executive Partner, Domains, Gartner
Join this session to learn from your peers about which AI security startups they are experimenting with, conducting proof of value or proof of concept projects with, or have successfully deployed and are seeing tangible benefits from. Share your own experiences, including key learnings and areas where expectations were not met, to help others navigate the evolving landscape of AI security solutions. ... Show More Show Less

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