MSSP Alert Live

3:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Registration
4:15 PM - 5:00 PM
Change in the Channel: Where Partners Should Focus for the Future	Dustin Bolander , Founder , Beltex Insurance Sharon Florentine , Editorial Director, Channel Brands , CyberRisk Alliance Joe Morin , Founder & CEO , CyFlare Wilfredo Santiago , Chief Security & Trust Officer , Blackpoint Cyber
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Welcome Reception

7:00 AM - 8:15 AM
Continental Breakfast
7:00 AM - 7:00 PM
Registration
8:15 AM - 8:30 AM
Welcome Remarks	Sharon Florentine , Editorial Director, Channel Brands , CyberRisk Alliance
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM
AI Security at Scale for Managed Providers	Caroline Wong , Director of Cybersecurity , Teradata
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM
The Democratization of Cybersecurity	Cade Stephens , VP - GSI & MSSP Sales , Sophos
9:40 AM - 10:25 AM
From Shortage to Strength: Leveraging Intelligence to Empower the Workforce	Harun Seker , Technical Account Manager , SOCradar Ali Uzun , Solutions Engineer Team Lead , SOCRadar
Unlocking MSSP Growth - AI Innovation Meets Channel Strategy	Jeff Hill , Global, Senior Director MSSP and Service Providers , Stellar Cyber
You are the Biggest Risk: Insuring MSSPs and Your Clients	Dustin Bolander , Founder , Beltex Insurance
10:25 AM - 11:00 AM
Morning Break
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Techniques to Move the Cybersecurity Needle in 2025	Kevin A. 'KAM' McGrail , Cloud Fellow & Principal Evangelist , DitoWeb.com
Chaos to Control: Building a Resilient, AI-Augmented SOC Without Breaking the Bank	Trevor Smith , Executive Vice President , Brite
FedRAMP & CMMC Mastery for MSSPs in the Age of AI	Ajay Chandhok , CEO , Stratus Cyber Reed Rising , Director of Cloud and Security Engineering , Stratus Cyber
11:35 AM - 12:20 PM
Asset Intelligence - The Missing Link to Driving Profitable Growth in Managed Services	Joe Alapat , Founder and Chief Strategy Officer (CISSP) , Liongard
The Strategic Risk Advantage: Turning Complex Risk Management Into Clear Business Value	Andrew Scott , Field CISO , Todyl
Unified Security Posture: Illuminating the Blind Spots Where Adversaries Thrive	Wilfredo Santiago , Chief Security & Trust Officer , Blackpoint Cyber
12:20 PM - 1:30 PM
Lunch
1:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Securing a Nation at Speed: Cyber Leadership at the Intersection of Innovation & Risk	Valerie Cofield , Executive Director , Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology (ICIT) Brandon Wales , Vice President for Cybersecurity Strategy , SentinelOne
2:05 PM - 2:20 PM
The Business Resilience Mindset: Shifting from Recovery to Strategic Advantage	Rob Zegarra , Managing Director , Disaster Recovery Institute
Media Mastery: How MSPs Can Drive Growth with Podcasts, Video, and Beyond	Joseph Pannone , CEO \ President , ForzaDash \| MSPInfluencer
Enterprise Browsers: What Every MSSP Needs to Know for 2026	Jason Makevich , CEO & Founder , Port1
2:25 PM - 2:55 PM
The Art of Defense: Strategic Thinking for Cyber Threats	Nick DeMeo , Chief Information Officer , Vista Clinical Laboratory
Behind the Scenes in Making Generative AI Work for SOC	Payman Faed , SVP, Sales North America , Databahn
When Tier 1 Is Gone: Filling the SOC Talent Pipeline in the Age of AI	Andrew Jerry , SOC Automation Lead , Dropzone AI
2:55 PM - 3:25 PM
Afternoon Break
3:25 PM - 4:10 PM
The Building Blocks of CMMC	Tobias Musser , Co-CEO , MNSG Acquisition Company LLC Fernando Machado , Managing Principal, CISO , Cybersec Investments Brian Hubbard , President , Evolved Cyber
Compliance as a Catalyst: Turning Frameworks into Fuel for Growth in MSP/MSSP Sales	Raffaele Mautone , CEO , Judy Security
Values-Driven Cybersecurity for MSPs: Nerdy Fanatic to Empathic Pragmatist	Reg Harnish , CEO , OrbitalFire Cybersecurity
4:15 PM - 5:00 PM
Machine vs Machine: Winning the New Security Arms Race	Josh Kamdjou , Founder and CEO , Sublime Security
Developing a Scalable and Sustainable Staffing Model for MSSPs	Mike Saylor , CEO , Blackswan Cybersecurity
The Business Benefits of AI in the SOC	Stephen Morrow , Chief Solution Officer , AirMDR
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
Reception
6:30 PM - 9:00 PM
MSSP 250 Celebration Party

7:00 AM - 8:15 AM
Continental Breakfast
7:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Registration
8:15 AM - 8:25 AM
Welcome Remarks
8:25 AM - 9:00 AM
Threat Landscape 2026: What Managed Providers Must Prepare For Now	Rex Guo , CEO & Co-Founder , Culminate Mike Saylor , CEO , Blackswan Cybersecurity Kris Tanaka , VP Event Programming , CyberRisk Alliance
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM
From Entertainment to Action: Storytelling as Cyber Strategy for MSSPs and MSPs	Tony Sager , Senior Vice President & Chief Evangelist , Center for Internet Security
9:40 AM - 10:25 AM
Escaping the Scale Trap: How MSSPs Can Grow Without Breaking Their SOC	Edward Wu , Founder/CEO , Dropzone AI
Outcomes First: The AI Advantage Helping MSSPs Scale Profitably	Rahul Bakshi , Chief Product Officer , Apptega Joshua Neil , Co-Founder , Alpha Level
Working Smarter, Not Harder: Building and Strengthening Your MSSP Business Strategies	Jessica Reece , Head of MSSP Americas , Check Point
10:25 AM - 11:00 AM
Morning Break
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Harnessing DNS: A Core Weapon in MSSP Cyber Defense and Incident Response	Chris Usserman , Global Public Sector Chief Technology Officer , Infoblox
Continuous Threat Exposure Management As a Growth Opportunity for MSSPs	Andy Scutt , Channel Account Manager , Searchlight Cyber
The AI Evolution: Reshaping SecOps Across People, Process, and Technology	Tony Pietrocola , Co-Founder & President , AgileBlue
11:35 AM - 12:20 PM
Simplifying Cybersecurity	Ryan Bowman , VP Of Solutions Engineer , ThreatLocker
Left of Boom: The New Cyber Battleground	Joe Morin , Founder & CEO , CyFlare
LLM Induced Psychosis and Business Illusions	Lewis Pope , Head Nerd , N-able
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
Lunch
1:30 PM - 2:15 PM
From Risk to Resilience: How MSPs Can Master Security and Compliance	Gene Kim , Vice President, Managed Service Providers , Absolute Security
Using AI to Augment the Efficiency and Effectiveness of Security Operations Centers	Jonathan Krasner , VP Security Services , Blue Team Alpha
Unlock New Revenue Streams with Preemptive Cybersecurity	Andy Scutt , Channel Account Manager , Searchlight Cyber
2:20 PM - 3:05 PM
Women in Tech Panel: Leading with Vision and Impact	Valerie Cofield , Executive Director , Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology (ICIT) Lynn Dohm , Executive Director , WiCyS Vanessa Toves , Microsoft 365 Solutions Architect , Druva Caroline Wong , Director of Cybersecurity , Teradata Kris Tanaka , VP Event Programming , CyberRisk Alliance