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🧠⚡ Chase Cunningham – “Dr. Zero Trust” will share his observations on how AI impacts Zero Trust, defense in depth, and the overall cyber landscape
🤖⚙️ Josh Woodruff – author or “Agentic AI + Zero Trust“, addressing the “ROI gap” leaders face and foundational ZT principles that accelerate AI adoption
📚🔥 Richard Stiennon – author of “Guardians of the Machine Age” [a canonical depiction of the very current AI + Cyber Solutions Landscape] (+11 other books!!)
🎖️🇺🇸 Gary Barlet, Lt. Col USAF (Ret), Former CIO, US Postal Service Office of the Inspector General & current Federal CTO, Illumio talks operationalizing ZT segmentation in environments that can’t afford to get it wrong.
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