Dallas Executive Security Leaders Dinner

​​We’re excited to bring security leaders together for a casual dinner and networking session in Dallas. Come meet your peers, discuss emerging security challenges in the agentic AI era, and enjoy some great conversation.

​​This session will be hosted by Francis Odum, Founder and Chief Cybersecurity Analyst at Software Analyst Cyber Research, and Aqsa Taylor, Chief Research Officer.

​​We’ll also be joined by Lawrence Pingree as our guest speaker, sharing his research and insights from our upcoming Unified Agentic Defense Platforms report and opening up a discussion on why cloud runtime is becoming a core focus for security teams. Lawrence has 25+ years of experience in security and technology. He spent more than a decade at Gartner, where he worked across global teams studying how emerging technologies influence security strategy.

​The dinner will center on the future of Cloud and SecOps at runtime and how security teams are adapting as environments become more agentic. We’ll dig into what it means when runtime becomes the live control plane for context, prioritization, and response, and why traditional, static approaches continue to fall short as cloud operations and security operations converge.

​What we’ll cover:
1/ How to close visibility and response gaps between cloud environments and SOC operations
2/ Turning cloud runtime signals into actionable, high-fidelity intelligence
3/ Building a resilient defense strategy for today’s cloud native and AI-driven threat landscape

​And yes, the best part: this is also a chance to enjoy a delicious three-course dinner and real face-to-face time with peers. Come meet other security leaders, talk through emerging security challenges, and enjoy some great conversation.

​​​We look forward to seeing you there!