Toronto Cybersecurity Conference

Learn how even novice cybercriminals can execute devastating attacks in mere minutes. A live demonstration will showcase the rapid pace at which attacks are staged, launched, and executed, highlighting the urgency of proactive defense strategies. You’ll learn about common vulnerabilities exploited by attackers and how poor security practices can accelerate breaches. The discussion will highlight the importance of early detection, strong defenses, and swift incident response to mitigate risks and stay ahead in the ever-evolving threat landscape

Application and API security are stuck in a spin cycle that AI can’t save. The prevailing approach relies on developers to fix vulnerabilities while holding SecOps teams accountable for breaches, creating an unsustainable dynamic. It’s time to rethink the strategy: by detecting and responding to both attacks and vulnerabilities directly in production. Join us to see how you can evolve your security program with Application Detection and Response (ADR) to achieve more effective, efficient security.

As SaaS applications like O365, Google workspace, Salesforce, Slack, Atlassian, cloud platforms like AWS, Azure, and Gen AI tools like ChatGPT, Copilot dominate modern workflows, they also introduce complex security challenges for CISOs, security leaders, engineers, and practitioners. These include expanding attack surfaces, misconfigured systems, and sensitive data exposures, all of which demand innovative solutions beyond traditional security tools.

In this session, we’ll dive into:

• Emerging risks in SaaS, cloud, and Gen AI environments, including real-world examples of breaches and misconfigurations.

• Actionable strategies to gain full visibility into sensitive data, enforce compliance, and protect against insider and external threats.

• Case studies highlighting successful approaches to securing sensitive data in Gen AI workflows and SaaS platforms.

• Future trends such as Zero Trust principles and AI-driven security automation that will reshape how we protect organizational data.

Designed for CISOs and security practitioners, this talk offers practical takeaways to enhance your data security posture while balancing productivity and compliance in a SaaS-first, AI-driven era.

Organizations often miss the forest for the trees, getting bogged down in projects that, while important and valuable, aren’t the most important and valuable.  This can lead to significant vulnerabilities and eventually incidents/breaches, in spite of the fact that cybersecurity teams are working overtime, being productive, and even making good progress.
We’ll share examples of some high-profile and some less known breaches that could have been avoided with better prioritization.  We’ll also offer simple, practical advise on how you and your organization can avoid a similar fate – better utilizing the resources you already have.

AI is transforming cybersecurity—supercharging threat detection, but also creating new risks. This talk explores the “entropy” AI introduces: the growing unpredictability and complexity in digital defenses. We’ll look at how innovation and automation can both protect and endanger, and why striking a balance between progress and precaution is critical in today’s evolving threat landscape.

DoD ZeroTrust, PCI, HIPAA, DORA – These are all frameworks focused on risk and compliance. Balancing security operations vs practical operational controls is an ongoing challenge for many organizations. We will examine the tech stack to understand why security will never be “done” and ways to ensure guardrails the frameworks require are in place.  Using your own AI on technology and assets you already have we will look at some practical ways to help reduce operating cost, risk, by examining network telemetry – The bottom end of the tech stack. A wealth of information can be found there.. If you know how to read it. If you don’t you now have AI

Securing modern work across users, devices, applications, networks, and clouds has never been more complicated. In a recent Forrester Consulting study, 39% of IT and security respondents admitted that their organizations have lost control over their digital environments due to complexity challenges. Lost digital control can have consequences on customer experiences, employee productivity, time to market, risk profile, and more. A new approach is needed to address this critical business challenge and help organizations avoid these pitfalls and restore control. In this presentation, guest speaker, Mayur Mohan Kaura, Senior Solutions Engineer, Cloudflare, will present on the landscape of digital complexity as well as how modern connectivity cloud approach can help manage and secure the chaos