The speed of cyber risk is changing and the gap between what happens in the threat landscape and what organizations know about it is becoming increasingly consequential. New vulnerabilities, attack techniques, and threat intelligence can emerge in minutes, while security processes are often designed around hours, days, or even weeks.
This Cyber Risk Series brings together industry experts and thought leaders to explore what it means to detect risk at the speed of disclosure and why traditional approaches to security visibility may no longer be enough. Across multiple sessions, we’ll examine the growing gap between when new risk emerges and when organizations recognize, understand, and act on it—and how security leaders can rethink detection in an era defined by AI-driven acceleration.
The conversation will go beyond tools and technology to consider a bigger question: When the threat landscape can change in an instant, how quickly does your organization need to know?
September 23, 2026
9:00 AM PT – 12:00 PM PT
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Featuring
Sean Martin
Journalist, Technologist
ITSP Magazine
Theresa Lanowitz
Principal Analyst, Cybersecurity
Omdia
Jeff Crume PhD
Adjunct Professor
NC State University
Alex Pinto
Associate Director, Threat Intelligence
Verizon
Andrey Lukashenkov
Chief Product & Growth Officer
Vulners
Sumedh Thakar
President and CEO
Qualys
Saeed Abbasi
Head of Qualys Threat Research Unit
Himanshu Kathpal
VP Product Management
Qualys
Agenda
9:00 AM PT
Welcome to Cyber Risk Series:
Mind the Gap: From Disclosure to Detection.
Sean Martin
Journalist, Technologist
ITSP Magazine
9:15 AM PT
The New Speed of Cyber Risk: From Knowing to Acting
Cyber risk is moving at a speed traditional security processes were never designed to match. As AI accelerates both the threat landscape and business adoption, security leaders need to rethink how quickly they detect, prioritize, and act on risk. In this keynote, Sumedh explores why closing the gap between exposure and action is becoming a business imperative—and what it takes to build a security operation that can keep pace.
Sumedh Thakar
President and CEO
Qualys
9:30 AM PT
Change the Conversation from Vulnerabilities to Business Risk
Vulnerabilities are only half of the risk equation but are the topic of almost every security conversation. As new disclosures arrive in minutes and the gap between what is happening in the threat landscape and what the business knows about it widens, security teams need to reposition themselves from a reactive and defensive team to proactive risk management focused on business outcomes.
As a trusted partner aligned with the line of business, security teams can prioritize action based on business impact, continuously monitor the attack surface across every vector, and have complete visibility of all assets. AI is the technology fueling a new way of working, and security teams are executing the blueprint on how to close the gap and keep the business running safely and at scale.
Theresa Lanowitz
Principal Analyst, Cybersecurity
Omdia
10:00 AM PT
The Clock is Ticking. Defending at AI Speed
The business is adopting AI faster, attackers are moving faster, and security teams are expected to keep up. This session examines the three clocks shaping cyber risk today—and why the defender’s clock must accelerate. Explore how AI-driven detection, risk-based prioritization, and automated response can help security teams move from periodic assessment to continuous awareness, shorten the path from detection to action, and reduce the window of exposure.
Jeff Crume PhD
Adjunct Professor
NC State University
10:30 AM PT
More CVEs, More Risk? What AI Is Really Changing
The business is adopting AI faster, attackers are moving faster, and security teams are expected to keep up. This session examines the three clocks shaping cyber risk today—and why the defender’s clock must accelerate. Explore how AI-driven detection, risk-based prioritization, and automated response can help security teams move from periodic assessment to continuous awareness, shorten the path from detection to action, and reduce the window of exposure.
Alex Pinto
Associate Director, Threat Intelligence
Verizon
Saeed Abbasi
Head of Qualys Threat Research Unit
11:00 AM PT
CVE Printer Just Going Brrrr… Now What?
CVE publication is running at more than 400 a day, roughly four times last year’s rate. The instinct is to scan faster and patch harder.
This session takes a different route and argues it from data rather than opinion. First, what the curve is actually made of. Then, whether the signals we prioritise with can carry the weight we put on them.
Not a reassuring talk. Not a call to work faster.
Andrey Lukashenkov
Chief Product & Growth Officer
Vulners
11:30 AM PT
AI-Speed Detections for AI-Led Vulnerability Surge
AI is accelerating vulnerability discovery and shrinking the window defenders have to respond, but many vulnerability programs still operate on scan cycles and severity-based triage. The challenge is no longer simply finding vulnerabilities—it is knowing immediately where they matter and whether they can be exploited. This session explores how continuous detection and machine-speed validation can transform vulnerability response, moving organizations from waiting for scans to acting on timely, evidence-backed risk.
Himanshu Kathpal
VP Product Management
Qualys