Two Days. Six Tracks. One Forum.
A carefully curated program spanning keynotes, deep-dive sessions, workshops, and networking — designed for both students and seasoned professionals.
NOV 9, 2026
Threats, Privacy & the Legal Landscape
Registration & Morning Coffee
Check in, collect your badge, and connect with fellow attendees over coffee.
Welcome & Opening Remarks
Official welcome from University of Georgia leadership and the Forum organizing committee.
Securing the Financial Grid: Lessons from the Front Lines
An inside look at how the Federal Reserve Bank defends against nation-state adversaries targeting financial infrastructure — and what every organization can learn from it.
Networking Break
The Adversary Landscape: Nation-State Threats in 2026
A classified-to-unclassified briefing on the current threat actor ecosystem — who is targeting U.S. organizations, how, and what defenders need to know.
TBA
TBA
Lunch & Networking
Catered lunch with open networking. Roundtable discussions facilitated by track leads.
Threat Hunting: From Indicators to Adversary Behavior
Moving beyond IOCs to behavioral analytics — how leading threat hunters are changing the detection paradigm.
GDPR vs. ADPPA: A Compliance Deep Dive
Hands-on workshop comparing European and U.S. privacy frameworks with practical compliance mapping exercises.
Afternoon Break
Ransomware Economics: Why Attacks Keep Working
An FBI perspective on the ransomware ecosystem — from initial access brokers to cryptocurrency laundering — and what defenders can do to break the chain.
Student Spotlight: UGA Research in Cybersecurity
UGA's own researchers present cutting-edge work in network security, cryptography, and privacy-preserving computation.
Evening Reception & Networking
Cocktail reception with light fare. Open to all in-person attendees. An opportunity to connect with speakers and fellow professionals in a relaxed setting.
NOV 10, 2026
AI, Identity & the Future of Defense
Morning Coffee & Networking
Open networking before the day's sessions begin.
AI as Defender and Attacker: The Double-Edged Sword
How AI is simultaneously the most powerful tool in the defender's arsenal and the most dangerous capability in the attacker's hands — and what that means for the next five years.
Networking Break
Zero Trust at Billion-User Scale: Identity in the Modern Enterprise
How Google engineers zero-trust identity infrastructure for billions of users — and the principles that apply to organizations of any size.
LLM Security: Prompt Injection, Data Exfiltration & Defense
A technical deep dive into the attack surface of large language models — from prompt injection to training data extraction — and emerging defensive techniques.
Incident Response at Scale: Military Doctrine for the Private Sector
Battle-tested incident response frameworks from U.S. Army Cyber Command — adapted for enterprise environments where speed, communication, and command structure determine outcomes.
Tabletop Exercise: Responding to a Ransomware Attack
A live tabletop exercise simulating a ransomware attack on a mid-size organization. Participants work through detection, containment, communication, and recovery decisions in real time.
Lunch & Career Fair
Catered lunch with a concurrent career fair featuring cybersecurity employers recruiting UGA students and recent graduates.
The Future of Cybersecurity Education
How universities are preparing the next generation of cyber defenders — curriculum innovation, hands-on labs, and the skills gap that still needs closing.
Final Break
Closing Keynote & Forum Wrap-Up
A closing conversation between all keynote speakers — reflecting on the forum's key themes and looking ahead to the challenges and opportunities defining cybersecurity's next chapter.
Closing Reception
Final networking opportunity. Certificates of attendance distributed. Virtual attendees join via live stream for a moderated Q&A with speakers.
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