Pittsburgh Cybersecurity Conference
Thursday, May 21, 2026
Pittsburgh Marriott City Center
Hybrid
112 Washington Place, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, 15219
Join Us in Pittsburgh for the Futurecon Cybersecurity Event!
Hear from our esteemed speakers while gaining up to 10 CPE credits. Immerse yourself in the latest cybersecurity developments to gain valuable insights in today’s dynamic threat landscape. Learn how to effectively manage risk, demo the newest technologies from an array of different sponsors, and network with your local community.
Don’t miss our special ceremony recognizing our honorary attendees receiving an Award of Excellence!
Join us live for breakfast, lunch, and a wrap up cocktail happy hour!
Keynote Speaker
“Encrypted but Exposed: How ‘Post‑Quantum Ready’ Enterprises Are Quietly Leaking Their Crown Jewels in Plain Sight.”
Dr. Luis O. Noguerol
Information System Security Officer US Department of Commerce - NOAA - Federal Government
Dr. Luis O. Noguerol is one of the foremost global authorities in cybersecurity and advanced technologies, with over 41 years of leadership as President and Chief Executive Officer of ADITusa, Inc. and as Information System Security Officer at the United States Department of Commerce (Southeast Region). He holds 107 top information technology and cybersecurity certifications, won the gold medal in the 2012 Global Hacker Halted Olympic Competition, placed first in the 2023 Indo Pacific Hacking Competition, and was named Worldwide Chief Information Security Officer of the Year in 2016.
His career combines innovation, leadership, and operational capability in highly complex environments, positioning him as a key voice in shaping digital security, technological sovereignty, and the protection of democracies in the twenty-first century.
He is the author of the books, Cybersecurity Leadership: Sweet Talkers’ Effect, The VPN Insecurity Compendium: Essential Tools, Proven Techniques, and Expert Insights to Uncover Hidden Threats, Digital Safety for Kids and Teens – Seguridad Digital para niños y Adolescentes, and Keyboard Telemetry Is the Missing Layer in Cybersecurity: What Your Systems See, But Your Security Still Misses as well as co-author of Intrusion Detection Guide and Dragon in the Matrix: Technical Realities of Chinese Cyber Operations Targeting the West; all of his books have been Amazon best sellers. His advanced encryption model, which combines Elliptic Curve Cryptography and Lagrange’s Theorem, is used by WhatsApp and major financial institutions worldwide. He has advised governments and senior officials in forty-nine (49) countries on the design of national cybersecurity policies and architectures.
As one of only ten members of the United States Quantum Computer Delegation, a top-ranked information technology leader in the United States East Region, and a key developer for CompTIA and EC Council certifications, he shapes global cybersecurity and technical education, collaborates with Interpol on digital forensic matters, serves in Palo Alto Networks’ elite Unit 42, and is also a Black Belt Third Dan (Sandan rank) recognized by the International Judo Federation, the Panamerican Judo Confederation, and USA Judo.
Dr. Noguerol drives strategic innovation at the intersection of artificial intelligence, quantum computing, and cybersecurity, developing frameworks that enhance predictive defense and autonomous threat response across enterprise and governmental systems. His executive leadership fosters the deployment of resilient technical infrastructures that integrate secure AI models, quantum encryption, and automation to safeguard digital ecosystems and empower next-generation technology leaders worldwide.
CISO/Industry Leader Panel
"Securing the Future: CISO Insights and Industry Leaders Discussing Current Cyber Threats and Strategic Defense Practices"
Jessica Hoffman
Deputy Chief Information Security Officer & HIPAA Security Officer City of Philadelphia
Dr. Luis O. Noguerol
Information System Security Officer US Department of Commerce - NOAA - Federal Government
Christopher Treib
Vice President of Information Technology Geneva College
Tiffany McLee
Sr. Director – Privacy Compliance Ally
Laurie Iacono
Director, Threat Intelligence @ At-Bay Security / Adjunct Professor University of Pittsburgh
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“Cybersecurity is no longer just an IT problem”
FutureCon Events brings high-level Cyber Security Training to C-suite executives and CISOs (chief information security officers).
Join us for a day with multiple illuminating presentations and a panel discussion featuring C-level executives who have effectively mitigated the risk of Cyber Attacks, demo the newest technology, and discover the cutting-edge security approaches to prepare you for the future of the Cyber World.
You will gain the latest knowledge you need to enable applications while keeping your computing environment secure from even the most advanced Cyber Threats. Interact with the world’s security leaders and your peers to gather details on other pressing topics of interest to the information security community.
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Agenda
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Opening Introductions | Check In | Networking
Presentation
Stopping Cyber Threats: What Actually Works
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Breaking down Silos - Operationalizing Exposure Management
Exposure Management is one of the most impactful evolutions you can make in your security program. Vulnerability Management has gone through many evolutions in the past few years. From traditional Vulnerability Management to Risk Based vulnerability Management then Unified vulnerability Management and now Exposure management with a few iterations in-between. Let’s navigate the ambiguity together, talk about what matters most and leave with some calls to action on how to move from VM to EM by breaking down the data silos between sensors and vendors.
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Presentation
AI’s Cybersecurity’s Double Edged Sword
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Presentation
The Missing Layer: Closing the Application Security Gap in Defense-in-Depth
Defense in depth has long been the cornerstone of cybersecurity, layering protections across networks, endpoints, identity, and cloud environments. Yet today’s threat landscape — driven by sophisticated nation-state actors, automated attacks, and increasingly capable adversaries — continues to outpace traditional defenses. As development accelerates from waterfall to Agile, CI/CD, and AI-assisted code generation, attackers increasingly target applications in production, where visibility and prevention are lacking. Many organizations rely on Web Application Firewalls as their primary safeguard, but no single control is infallible, leaving a critical gap in the security stack. This session explores why runtime application protection is the missing layer in modern defense-in-depth strategies and how strengthening it prepares organizations not only for today’s attacks but also for emerging risks like quantum-driven cryptographic disruption.
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Lunch
Keynote
Encrypted but Exposed: How ‘Post‑Quantum Ready’ Enterprises Are Quietly Leaking Their Crown Jewels in Plain Sight.
Dr. Luis O. Noguerol
Information System Security Officer US Department of Commerce - NOAA - Federal Government
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Building a Response Strategy
Presentation
But Our Identity Lives in the Cloud: Understanding Why Cloud Identity Is Easy to Run — and Hard to Recover
Cloud identity platforms make authentication and access seamless, but recovery is far more complex than most organizations realize.
This session explores why AD, Entra ID, and cloud IDPs cannot fully restore identity state, relationships, and cloud-native objects after incidents.
Attendees will learn what actually breaks—and what must be rebuilt—across tenants, SaaS integrations, and MFA during identity recovery.
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AI in Cybersecurity: Friend, Foe, or Both?
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