SecureWorld Twin Cities 2026

Come to the Registration desk in the lobby to check-in and get your badge. SecureWorld staff will be available throughout the day if you have any questions.

Your opportunity to visit our solution vendor partners, whose sponsorship makes SecureWorld possible, as well as association chapters! Booths have staff ready to answer your questions. Look for participating Dash For Prizes sponsors to be entered to win prizes.

Also, look for “Cyber Connect” discussions on select topics and join the conversation.

Moderated discussion for SecureWorld Advisory Council members. By invite only.

Participating professional associations and details to be announced.

Session details to come.

Visit the Networking Hall to network with attendees and connect with our supporting solution providers and association partners.

Visit the Networking Hall to network with attendees and connect with our supporting solution providers and association partners.

As cybersecurity continues to evolve, so does the need for professionals who can seamlessly connect security initiatives with business objectives. Enter the Business Information Security Officer (BISO)—a critical yet often misunderstood role.

In this engaging panel discussion, regional BISOs share insights into their responsibilities, challenges, and the strategic impact they have within their organizations. Whether you’re a technical professional looking to advance your career or an executive seeking to understand the business side of cybersecurity, this session helps demystify the BISO role and its importance in today’s security landscape.

Attendees will gain:

• A clear understanding of what a BISO does and how they differ from CISOs and other security leaders
• Insights into how technical professionals can develop the business acumen necessary to transition into leadership roles
• Practical strategies for bridging the gap between security and business priorities

Join us to explore the intersection of business and security and how mastering both can accelerate your career.

Session details to come.

AI is revolutionizing cybersecurity at all levels, speeding up detection and enabling automated attacks on an unprecedented scale. This session examines AI’s dual role as both a powerful defensive tool and a new threat vector for attackers. Panelists will discuss how AI copilots enhance analyst workflows, triage, and anomaly detection, while also addressing emerging risks such as LLM data leakage, prompt injection, model poisoning, and hallucinations within high-trust SOC processes.

The discussion will cover AI governance and assurance frameworks, evolving regulatory expectations, and the impact of synthetic content—including deepfakes, audio spoofing, and hyper-personalized phishing—on social engineering defenses. Attendees will leave with a solid understanding of AI’s potential, the safety measures needed for responsible deployment, and practical steps for preparing teams and pipelines for an AI-driven threat environment.

Visit the Networking Hall to network with attendees and connect with our supporting solution providers and association partners.

Sessions details to come.

Moderated discussion for SecureWorld Advisory Council members. By invite only.

In an era where “black box” security departments are becoming a liability, Winnebago is flipping the script by turning cybersecurity into a high-visibility, collaborative experience. This session takes you behind the scenes of its signature Annual Cyber Resiliency Strategy Event—a high-energy, hands-on day where the barriers between internal teams and external vendor partners vanish.

Discover how they transform a standard training room into a live “security expo,” with interactive stations that demystify the complex tech stacks keeping the company secure. The Winnebago team will break down how this event serves as the cornerstone of their year-round Transparency Strategy. From podcasts and videos to monthly newsletters, learn the specific tactics they use to keep leadership informed, engaged, and invested in the “good” being done by the security team.

Session details to come.

As organizational footprints expand across cloud, SaaS, OT/IoT, and dispersed workforces, defenders face a more complex and interconnected digital battlefield. This panel brings together experts to explore how today’s threat actors combine automation, social engineering, identity breaches, and software supply-chain attacks into highly coordinated assaults.

Panelists will examine the expanding importance of identity in the modern SOC, the emergence of AI-driven threats such as automated reconnaissance and deepfake-assisted breaches, and how fourth-party dependencies are changing risk visibility. The discussion also connects these trends to organizational resilience—showing how teams can improve detection, response, and business continuity across an evolving attack surface. This comprehensive session provides practical insights for any security leader seeking clarity amid converging threats.

Visit the Networking Hall to network with attendees and connect with our supporting solution providers and association partners.

Visit the Networking Hall to network with attendees and connect with our supporting solution providers and association partners.

Session details to come.

Session details to come.

AI is revolutionizing cybersecurity at all levels, speeding up detection and enabling automated attacks on an unprecedented scale. This session examines AI’s dual role as both a powerful defensive tool and a new threat vector for attackers. Panelists will discuss how AI copilots enhance analyst workflows, triage, and anomaly detection, while also addressing emerging risks such as LLM data leakage, prompt injection, model poisoning, and hallucinations within high-trust SOC processes.

The discussion will cover AI governance and assurance frameworks, evolving regulatory expectations, and the impact of synthetic content—including deepfakes, audio spoofing, and hyper-personalized phishing—on social engineering defenses. Attendees will leave with a solid understanding of AI’s potential, the safety measures needed for responsible deployment, and practical steps for preparing teams and pipelines for an AI-driven threat environment.

Visit the Networking Hall to network with attendees and connect with our supporting solution providers and association partners.

Session details to come.

Cybercriminals don’t care how large your business is—they care whether you’re easy to compromise.

This practical session focuses on the 10 cybersecurity practices that provide the greatest reduction in risk for small and mid-sized businesses. Attendees will learn how to defend against ransomware, business email compromise, credential theft, insider threats, and data loss without enterprise-sized budgets or teams.

Leave with a practical roadmap you can begin implementing immediately to strengthen your organization’s cyber resilience. Participants will learn:

• Where SMBs are actually getting attacked today
• Which security investments provide the biggest return
• Techniques for building a cyber program on a limited budget & resources
• How to prepare for the day something goes wrong
• How to build resilience instead of simply buying more technology

People have always been the most targeted layer in any organization’s security posture—but AI is rewriting the rules of engagement. Sophisticated phishing campaigns now arrive personalized at scale, deepfake audio and video are eroding the credibility of internal communications, and MFA fatigue attacks are turning security controls against the users they were designed to protect. The threat surface hasn’t changed, but the speed, precision, and plausibility of attacks targeting it have.

At the same time, defenders are gaining new tools. Behavioral analytics and UEBA platforms are surfacing anomalies that static rules would miss, and AI-assisted policy frameworks are helping organizations govern workforce behavior—including how employees interact with AI tools themselves—without sacrificing productivity. This panel brings together practitioners navigating insider risk, identity-based threats, and the governance questions that arise when the line between human error and AI-augmented deception becomes increasingly hard to draw.

This is your final chance to visit the Networking Hall and get scanned by our participating partners for our Dash for Prizes. You can also turn in your Passport cards at the Registration Desk before we announce our winner!

Join your peers for conversation and complimentary beverages. This is a great opportunity to network with other security professionals from the area and discuss the hot topics from the day.

Participating sponsors will announce their Dash for Prizes winners. Must be present to win.