AI Security Summit 2026: Leadership Track
About the Event
AI is moving quickly, and security leaders are being asked to make important decisions around risk, governance, investment, and how AI is deployed across the business.
Join senior technology and security leaders at the AI Security Summit 2026 in San Francisco for a day focused on the real challenges organizations are facing as they build, buy, and secure AI systems. The Leadership Track is designed for the people responsible for AI risk at the organizational level, including setting budgets, approving vendors, and building governance strategies.
During the event, you’ll explore:
- AI risk, governance, and board-level decision making
- How to evaluate AI models and vendors and identify hidden areas of exposure
- Lessons from real AI security incidents and the decisions made in response
- How leading organizations are approaching AI security strategy and investment
- Practical ways to balance faster AI adoption with stronger security and oversight
The AI Security Summit brings together leaders, practitioners, researchers, and AI experts to share real experiences and practical lessons, not generic discussions about the AI threat landscape. Attendees will leave with ideas they can apply as their organizations continue to expand their use of AI.
Full-Day Agenda
9:30 AM
10:00 AM30 min
The AI Hurricane Is Here: Cut Through the Opera. Build for the Storm.
Manoj Nair · Snyk
10:25 AM25 min
How to Build Trusted Delivery by the Software Factory
Guy Podjarny · Tessl
10:50 AM25 min
Open Source at the Inflection Point: A Fireside Chat with Anthropic on AI-Powered Defense
Punit Shah · AnthropicLiran Tal · Snyk
11:00 AM
11:25 AM25 min
How Enterprise Leaders Are Sequencing AI Investment and Weighing Risk
Adrian Guevara · Telus DigitalManoj Nair · Snyk
11:50 AM25 min
The Criticality of Open Models Has Never Been More Relevant
Faisal Tameesh · NVIDIA
12:15 PM25 min
Investor Panel: What Investors Are Actually Seeing in AI Security
Ed Sim · boldstart venturesTony Kim · BlackRockKen Mac
1:15 PM
1:50 PM35 min
AAuth: Moving Beyond OAuth
Jared Hanson · KeycardKarl McGuinness · KeycardDick Hardt · hello.coAllie Howe · Insecure Agents
2:20 PM30 min
Cyber Autonomy: When Attacks Move at Machine Speed
Vyas Sekar · Carnegie MellonMax Baader
2:45 PM25 min
The Last Mile of Agentic AI: Securing Where Agents Actually Touch Your Data
Jason Clark · CyeraJason Trunk · IslandChris Suen
3:00 PM
3:25 PM25 min
The Agent Baseline: Where Should You Start?
Ian Livingstone · KeycardEli Aleyner · Docker
3:50 PM25 min
The Attack That Only Works Sometimes: Reproducing Probabilistic Prompt Injection
Aparna Dhinakaran · Arize AI
4:30 PM40 min
CISO Debate
Speakers to be announced
5:30 PM1 hr
Happy Hour
Networking before the official AISS after-party.
8:30 PM3 hr
Official AISS After-Party: AAuth Night
111 Minna Gallery, 111 Minna St, San Francisco, CA 94105. Free. Separate registration required on Luma.
Location
The Westin St. Francis
Located in the heart of Union Square, The Westin St. Francis offers a landmark San Francisco setting for the AI Security Summit. The historic property combines classic architecture with modern meeting spaces and convenient access to the city’s business, dining, and transportation hubs.