2026 Talks
Enabling Highly Autonomous Trusted Agents
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- AI Security & Safety
As AI agents become more autonomous, organizations face both unprecedented opportunities and emerging risks. Organizations need trusted agents not only to drive productivity but also to defend against emerging AI-powered threats.
So why aren’t more agents in production? This panel unpacks the key technical, organizational, and trust barriers, and explains why success requires buy-in beyond security, spanning CIOs, developers, and product teams.
We’ll close with what it takes to run agents safely at scale: governance, monitoring, and controls that build trust in real-world deployments. As AI agents become more autonomous, organizations face both unprecedented opportunities and emerging risks. Organizations need trusted agents not only to drive productivity but also to defend against emerging AI-powered threats.
CISO
Diana Kelley
Noma Security
Diana Kelley is the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at Noma Security, bringing decades of cybersecurity leadership to the role. Her career spans positions as Cybersecurity CTO at Microsoft, Global Executive Security Advisor at IBM Security, GM at Symantec, VP at Burton Group (now Gartner), and CISO at Protect AI, among others.
Diana serves on the boards of WiCyS, the Executive Women's Forum (EWF), InfoSec World, and CyberFuture Foundation, and volunteers with organizations including CompTIA, ACM, and Sightline Security. She is co-author of Practical Cybersecurity Architecture and Cryptographic Libraries for Developers, an instructor on LinkedIn Learning, and a former lecturer in Boston College's cybersecurity master's program.
A sought-after keynote speaker, Diana hosted the #1 BrightTALK original series The (Security) Balancing Act. Her recognition includes the 2023 Global Cyber Security Hall of Fame, AuditBoard's Top 25 Resilient CISOs (2024), EWF 2020 Executive of the Year, SCMedia Power Player, and a spot on Cybersecurity Ventures' 100 Fascinating Females Fighting Cybercrime. She is also a Founding Member of OWASP AIVSS and has served as EWF Conference Chair since 2021.
CEO
Feross Aboukhadijeh
Socket
Feross is the founder and CEO at Socket, a developer-first security platform. Feross has worked in open source software for 10+ years writing some of the most-downloaded JavaScript packages. Feross is a lecturer at Stanford where he teaches CS 253 Web Security. Socket makes a developer-first security platform that prevents vulnerable and malicious open source dependencies from infiltrating your software supply chain. Thousands of organizations in every industry use Socket to safely discover, audit, and manage OSS at scale.
CISO
Heather Ceylan
Box
Heather Ceylan is the Chief Information Security Officer at Box, where she leads the global information security program and strategy. With over 15 years of experience, she has built and led high-performing security teams across technology, healthcare, and financial services—industries with some of the most rigorous regulatory environments. Prior to Box, she served as Deputy CISO at Zoom, where she helped scale the company’s security posture during a period of rapid global growth. She also held previous roles as the VP of Security, Privacy, and Compliance at Collective Health and a Director in PwC's cybersecurity practice where she advised Fortune 500 companies on complex security and privacy programs.
Heather is recognized for bringing an AI-driven approach to modern security programs, with a focus on securing AI systems and enabling secure and responsible AI adoption across the enterprise. A thought leader in AI security, she helps shape industry perspectives on how to balance innovation with risk in the era of intelligent systems. Named the 2024 Women in Cybersecurity Leader of the Year, she is known for building pragmatic, forward-looking programs that safeguard trust while accelerating innovation.
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