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The leading global conference for operations, control systems and IT/OT security professionals to connect on SCADA, DCS PLC and field controller cybersecurity.

SecurityWeek’s Industrial Control Systems (ICS) Cyber Security Conference is the largest and longest-running event series focused on industrial cybersecurity. Since 2002, the conference has gathered ICS cyber security stakeholders across various industries and attracts operations and control engineers, IT, government, vendors and academics.

Join Okta, CrowdStrike, Zscaler and Rubrik for an exclusive event at F1 Arcade in Denver, designed for SLED cybersecurity and IT leaders. This interactive session will explore the evolving cyber threat landscape and how a unified approach across identity, endpoint, network and data protection can help organizations strengthen their security posture and better defend against modern attacks. 

Hear directly from security experts and current users as they discuss the challenges facing SLED organizations, lessons learned from emerging threats and how teams are evolving their strategies around Zero Trust, threat protection and cyber resilience.

Topics will include:

• Protecting identity as a critical line of defense
• Advancing Zero Trust access and secure connectivity
• Detecting and responding to evolving threats in real time
• Improving resilience and recovery from ransomware and data loss
• Building a more connected, modern approach to cybersecurity

All of DFIR. One Event.

Digital Forensics | Incident Response | Ransomware | Threat Hunting

The SANS DFIR Summit & Training is back—in a new city, a new season, and with our most in-depth program yet.

This year, the Summit has expanded to tackle today’s most challenging DFIR topics—from core digital forensics and incident response to focused deep dives in threat hunting and ransomware—through expert-led talks, open-source tool sessions, and more hands-on opportunities than ever before.

If staying sharp on the latest research, tools, and investigative tradecraft matters to you, this is where you need to be.

Summit: Oct 15-16 | Training: Oct 17-22

SANS 2026 DFIR Summit Solutions Track delivers a deep technical exploration of the tools, methodologies, and operational models driving next-generation digital forensics and incident response. Sessions focus on advanced evidence acquisition, host and network artifact analysis, memory forensics, cloud-native IR workflows, and the application of machine learning to accelerate triage and attribution. 

 Attendees will learn how to operationalize automation, standardize investigative pipelines, and integrate DFIR technologies into high-scale, distributed environments to improve precision, reduce dwell time, and harden enterprise response capabilities.

 What to Expect

• Technical walkthroughs of emerging DFIR tooling—including endpoint telemetry pipelines, memory forensics frameworks, malware analysis sandboxes, and automated evidence extraction workflows.
• Deep-dive case studies detailing attacker tradecraft, artifact correlation strategies, cross-host timeline reconstruction, and cloud IR techniques across AWS, Azure, and GCP.
• Practical guidance and reference architectures for building scalable DFIR environments with automated triage, standardized enrichment, and integrated SOAR/EDR workflows.

Who Should Attend

• DFIR practitioners, digital forensic examiners, threat hunters, and reverse engineers seeking advanced, tool-focused investigative techniques.
• Incident response leads and SOC engineers responsible for building automated triage pipelines, forensic readiness strategies, and high-throughput investigation environments.
• Security architects and platform engineers integrating DFIR telemetry, EDR/XDR data, and cloud-native artifacts into centralized analysis and response systems.
• Organizations evaluating next-gen DFIR platforms, scaling IR operations, or adopting automation and ML-driven investigative workflows.

NERC, the E-ISAC, and SERC will co-host the 15th annual GridSecCon on October 20 – 23 in Orlando, Florida. This milestone event will bring together cyber security and physical security professionals from industry and government across North America for expert keynotes, focused breakout sessions, and hands-on training. This year’s theme, Unified Resilience, highlights the importance of a coordinated approach to strengthening grid security. 

GridSecCon will be hosted at the Renaissance Orlando at SeaWorld^®, a full-service conference venue designed to support productive meetings and networking. Attendees will benefit from well-appointed meeting spaces, on-site dining options, and amenities that facilitate both formal sessions and informal connections. Additional resources are available to help participants make the most of their time during the conference, enhancing the overall attendee experience.

ManuSec USA Celebrates Its 11th Edition in Chicago on October 21st-22nd 2026

Manufacturing is now the world’s most targeted industry. In the U.S., the threat is even more acute: manufacturers experience more ransomware incidents than the rest of the world combined, while production outages cost an average of $1.9 million per day. As operational and financial risks continue to rise, strengthening IT/OT security has become a business-critical priority.

Under the core theme of “Solidifying OT Security Fundamentals While Building Next-Gen Cyber Resilience,“ the 2026 program moves past simple perimeter defenses to bridge the gap between fundamental cyber hygiene and advanced autonomous defense. By attending, security leaders from America’s Aerospace & Defense, Machinery, Electrical, Food & Beverage, Automotive, Metals, Chemical, Pharma, Transportation Equipment manufacturing industries & more will acquire the tactical frameworks necessary to ensure continuous, minimum viable operations even during an active breach.

Grounded in this urgent reality, the 11th annual ManuSec USA summit brings together 150+ senior manufacturing security leaders, plant managers, and C-level executives to the Hyatt Regency Chicago this October 21-22. This condensed, two-day program provides the definitive playbook for security executives to mitigate financial risk, satisfy strict underwriting audits and defend American manufacturing against new and evolving cyber threats.

Check out the event overview or quick-view agenda to learn more about this years key themes and innovative session formats.

Federal agencies have invested heavily in Zero Trust, yet many environments still rely on one-time validation at login or periodic compliance checks that quickly become outdated. Devices may be trusted in the morning, but by afternoon, unauthorized changes, configuration drift, or policy violations can silently undermine that trust without immediate visibility or response.

In this joint webinar, Cimcor and Zscaler demonstrate how agencies can evolve from static security validation to continuous trust enforcement through a modern Comply-to-Connect (C2C) approach. By combining continuous integrity validation, ongoing compliance assessment and dynamic access enforcement, agencies can continuously verify that systems remain trusted, compliant and mission-ready, not just at the moment of authentication, but throughout the entire session lifecycle.

Attendees will learn how Federal organizations can:

• Move beyond “trust once” security models
• Continuously validate device integrity and security posture
• Enforce compliance with CIS Benchmarks and DISA STIGs in real time
• Automatically restrict or restore access based on system trustworthiness
• Reduce operational risk while improving resiliency and cyber readiness
• Strengthen Zero Trust initiatives through continuous enforcement rather than periodic assessment

Rather than focusing on more alerts or additional security tools, this session focuses on how agencies can operationalize continuous trust as a living process that supports mission assurance, compliance and resilience.

As adversaries increasingly weaponize AI to accelerate and scale cyberattacks, federal agencies must evolve their cyber operations to defend networks, cloud environments, and critical missions in real time. This webinar will explore how AI is enhancing threat intelligence, accelerating threat detection and response, and strengthening zero-trust enforcement across the federal enterprise.

Subject Matter Experts from three of the leading cyber security solution providers will discuss the policies, architectural changes, and data readiness needed to support AI-driven cyber operations. Attendees will gain practical insights into building a more resilient, adaptive, and AI-powered cyber posture capable of keeping pace with today’s rapidly evolving threat landscape.

The need for this summit has never been more urgent. Four major Chinese state-sponsored APT groups—Volt Typhoon, Salt Typhoon, Flax Typhoon, and Brass Typhoon—are already targeting and embedding themselves inside U.S. critical infrastructure networks. With over 80% of critical infrastructure privately owned, cyber threats in these sectors pose national risks, and defending them requires unified, real-time collaboration between sectors, private companies and federal, state, and local governments.

Billington will once again bring together the most senior leaders across government, industry, and investment to discuss ways to strengthen defenses, build resilience, and deter adversaries who fully understand how a single weakness can cascade across the entire economy.

When and where will the Billington Critical Infrastructure CyberSecurity Summit take place?

November 17–18, 2026
Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center
900 E. Market Street
San Antonio, Texas 78205

San Antonio—home to Sixteenth Air Force (Air Forces Cyber), NSA Texas, the landmark Texas Cyber Command, and a growing ecosystem of critical infrastructure innovators—provides the ideal backdrop for this high-stakes gathering.

What is the theme/purpose of the event?

Securing Lifeline Sectors
Energy • Communications • Transport • Water

The interdependencies of these four sectors shape the stability of every government agency, industry, and community. A disruption in any one sector, likewise, can produce cascading effects across the entire critical infrastructure ecosystem.

This summit is designed for those who refuse to wait for that moment to arrive.

Who should attend?

• High Level CI Industry Practitioners: CISOs, CIOs, CTOs, CSOs, OT Leaders, Analysts, Engineers, etc.
• Solutions Providers and Industry Partners: CISOs, CIOs, Public Sector Leaders, CI Sector BD Leaders
• Federal Government Senior Practitioners: CISOs, CIOs, CTOs, CSOs, etc.
• Military Senior Leaders: Local and National military cyber command leadership
• State and Local Senior Practitioners: CISOs, CIOs, CTOs, CSOs, etc.
• Media: Mainstream outlets, Cyber and CI trade press
• Academia and Other

Are there citizenship requirements for Summit registration?

Yes. Billington CyberSecurity Summits are only open to citizens of the United States and citizens of US Allied Nations. Confirmation of citizenship status is required during registration and corresponding government-issued photo identification will be required onsite prior to entry. Please visit our Citizenship Requirements page for details.

AFCEA DC is pleased to bring you our 50th Annual Winter Gala, which will be hosted again at the iconic National Building Museum in Washington, D.C.

We have an exciting lineup of experiences featuring the beautiful colors and ambiance of the Northern Lights planned at this year’s event. Join the who’s who in the federal IT community in enjoying all-new immersive experiences and sensory delights for your eyes, ears, and taste buds.

Combining classic elegance with modern luxury, the Winter Gala brings together more than 1,400 senior leaders from the Department of War, Intelligence Agencies, Federal IT community, and Industry together to network and welcome the holiday season in style—all while giving back to the community. We hope you will join us!

Registration is not yet available. Check back in the Fall of 2026.

Sea Service leaders today confront profound and rapidly changing threats in a landscape of increasingly complex challenges. Join us and engage with leaders from the Navy, Marine Corps and the Coast Guard as well as industry and academia experts in this extraordinary opportunity to explore the depths of the unique issues they confront. Engage in discussions, network with peers and be a part of devising the needed solutions to enhance operational capabilities that overcome evolving threats. Gain knowledge and forge connections while discovering the latest platforms, cutting-edge technologies and advanced capabilities crucial to supporting maritime operations.

With assistance from the U.S. Army Cyber Center of Excellence, Augusta University, and industry, this three-day conference is designed to open the lines of communication between the military and commercial sector and provide a space where government, academia, and industry professionals can discuss issues and share solutions surrounding cyber electromagnetic activities and unified land operations.

With a focus on enhanced warfighting outcomes, TechNet Augusta 2027 will explore how to accelerate the delivery of innovative and interoperable systems, which are crucial for decisive action in joint operational environments. We will deepen the military and private sector partnerships required to deliver advanced C2 and counter-C2 capabilities to our warfighters with unprecedented speed and efficiency.