Tampa Cybersecurity Conference

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 are increasingly targeting 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 for emerging risks like quantum-driven cryptographic disruption.

Ransomware and cybercrime have become top-tier threats to organizations in every industry. Securing endpoints, buying cyber insurance, even paying ransom—none of these options can prevent a business-ending attack. One step that is key to operational and business resilience? A dedicated, identity-first cybersecurity plan.

In this session, Chris Ingle (Senior Solutions Architect, Semperis) explains why the ability to protect and quickly recover your core identity systems—Microsoft Active Directory (AD) and Entra ID, for most enterprise organizations—is vital to successful cyber disaster recovery. You’ll learn: