Richard Stiennon
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IT-Harvest
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Your definitive source for staying abreast of rapidly evolving topics within the cybersecurity industry. Through broadcast-quality video content featuring leading analysts and top experts in panels, analyst roundtables, and other formats — we give you the latest word on all salient topics, at no cost.
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01Flagship
AI Tech Forum Hub
Core AI security — model integrity, agent authorization, guardrails, runtime defense.
Sessions · Vendors
02Autonomous
SOC Automation Hub
Modern SIEM, SOAR and autonomous response — the platforms rewriting day-to-day SecOps.
Sessions · Vendors
03Symposium index
Cybersymposiums Agendas
Every Cybersymposiums agenda — every category, panel, and demo room in one index.
Agendas · Demo rooms
04Deep program
Founders Forum
Every discipline tracked — from AppSec and Code Scanning to NHI, Identity and Deepfake Defense.
Full program · On-demand
· 02 · The Desk · Updated daily ·
All articles →Cybersecurity desk.
AI SecurityThere Is No 'Security Meter' for AI — Schneier Makes the Case for Assurance
In a recent essay, Bruce Schneier argues that benchmarks cannot tell you whether an AI system is secure, because they miss the emergent, systemic behavior that actually matters. His prescription borrows from three decades of software security: build mature assurance processes instead of chasing a single score.
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Threat IntelFeaturedShinyHunters Turn an Unpatched PeopleSoft Flaw Into a University Data Heist
A pre-authentication remote code execution bug in Oracle PeopleSoft, CVE-2026-35273, was exploited as a zero-day for two weeks before a patch existed. The extortion crew Mandiant tracks as UNC6240 used it to breach universities, with one UK institution losing the records of roughly 455,000 people.
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AI SecurityGoogle Discloses First Confirmed AI-Authored Zero-Day, a 2FA Bypass Used for Mass Exploitation
Google's threat intel team says an unknown actor used a large language model to find and weaponise a zero-day 2FA bypass in a web admin tool. The Python exploit shipped with hallucinated CVSS scores and educational docstrings — the smoking gun that an LLM, not a human, wrote it.
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VulnerabilitiesFeaturedOn-Prem Exchange Hit: CVE-2026-42897 Lets a Crafted Email Run Code in OWA
Microsoft confirms active exploitation of an XSS spoofing flaw in on-prem Exchange Server. A crafted email opened in Outlook Web Access is enough to execute attacker-supplied JavaScript in the victim's browser context, and CISA has set a federal KEV deadline for May 29.
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AI SecurityUK AI Security Institute Finds GPT-5.5 Matches Claude Mythos at Vulnerability Discovery
A new evaluation from the UK's AI Security Institute concludes that OpenAI's generally-available GPT-5.5 performs on par with Anthropic's restricted Claude Mythos at finding software vulnerabilities — and that a smaller model with the right prompting scaffolding gets close enough to matter.
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Code SecurityFeaturedAn 18-Year-Old NGINX Bug Reopens One of the Internet's Most-Reached Code Paths
A heap buffer overflow in NGINX's rewrite module, undisclosed since 2008, can be triggered by a single crafted HTTP request and reaches unauthenticated RCE on hosts running with ASLR disabled. F5 has shipped patches for Open Source, Plus, and every derivative.
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01 · The Shift
AI Transforms theCybersecurity Landscape
AI is revolutionizing how we detect, prevent, and respond to cyber threats. From automated threat detection to predictive defense systems, artificial intelligence is becoming the cornerstone of modern cybersecurity strategy — enabling organizations to stay ahead of evolving digital risks.
Read the manifestoWhat You Get
- 01Technology DemosHands-on vendor capability walkthroughs, recorded and on-demand.
- 02PanelsMulti-vendor + practitioner debates on real-world adoption.
- 03Analyst BriefingsIndependent analysis from IT-Harvest, Forrester-caliber researchers.
- 04Expert Q&A“CISOs Only Hour” + open practitioner dialogue sessions.
The Program
All tracksPractitioner-first tracks. No marketing noise.
01 · Flagship
AI Security Forum
Core AI security — model integrity, agent authorization, guardrails, runtime defense, and the adversarial edge.
“At the core of each vendor sits at least one brilliant technologist — we put their perspective on the record.”
Sessions · Vendors · On-demand
02 · Autonomous
SOC Automation
Modern SIEM, SOAR, autonomous response — the platforms rewriting day-to-day SecOps.
SOC deep-dives · Live demos
03 · Identity
NHI Showcase
Non-human identity, machine credentials, secrets governance, service-account security.
Panels · Deep-dive
04 · Live
Vendor Demo Rooms
Every participating vendor runs a live, interactive demo room on cybersymposiums.com — covering SOC Automation, App Security, NHI, Cloud, Identity and more. Every one curated, every one verified.
Live Demo Rooms
· 06 · Security Champions Panels
All tracks →Panels on building champion programs. Watch on demand.
From ROI to behavioural science to the contrarian views — the full panel set that launched the Security Champions track.
· Contributors · Panelists ·
126 Program Hosts. Every discipline represented.
CISOs, analysts, AI researchers, policy leaders and the founders of the tools you'll see demoed. Every contributor on the program.
126 total
Anton Chuvakin
Security Advisor
Google Cloud
Jim Reavis
Co-Founder & CEO
Cloud Security Alliance
John Kindervag
Creator of Zero Trust
On2IT Cybersecurity
Chase Cunningham
Chief Strategy Officer
Ericom Software
Jason Clinton
CISO
Anthropic
Ken Huang
Co-Chair AI Safety Working Groups
Cloud Security Alliance
Steve Wilson
CPO
Exabeam
Bobi Gilburd
Chief Innovation Officer
Team8
David Gold
VP Solutions Engineering & Americas Field CTO
SentinelOne
Martin Stanley
AI and Cybersecurity Researcher
NIST
Christina Liaghati
Trustworthy & Secure AI Department Manager
MITRE
Mark Kraynak
Founding Partner
Acrew Capital
Michelle Dennedy
Chief Data Strategy Officer
Abaxx Technologies
Michael Myint
CISO
AdaptHealth
Alex Polyakov
Co-Founder & CEO
Adversa AI
Zaheer Shaikh
CISO
Al Maryah Community Bank
Willian Yang Wang
Founder & CEO
Alpha Design AI
Kevin McDonald
CISO
Alvaka
Seyi Feyisetan
Principal Scientist
Amazon
Don Cox
CISO
American Public Education
Jason Haddix
CEO, CISO & Hacker
Arcanum Information Security
Moinul Khan
CEO
Aurascape.ai
Chloe Autio
CEO
Autio Strategies
Mateo Rojas
Founder and Chief Scientist
Lakera
Andy Chun
Founder
B9AI
Derek Melber
Identity Security Expert · Worldwide Keynote Speaker
BrainCore.Net
Timothy Amerson
Founder / CEO / CISO
CASMO
Rick Doten
VP Information Security
Centene Corporation
Jonathan Spring
Cybersecurity Specialist
CISA
Hyrum Anderson
CTO (acquired by Cisco)
Cisco
Merlin Namuth
CISO
City & County of Denver
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