PBC Agentic AI Security Conference (w/ The AI Collective)
Agentic AI Security Conference
October 21–22, 2026
9:00–11:30 AM PT | Virtual
AI agents are moving from experimentation into production — and security teams are being forced to rethink how they govern, build, monitor, and defend increasingly autonomous systems.
Join the Purple Book Community for a two-day virtual conference bringing together CISOs, security leaders, AI practitioners, board members, and technology executives to explore what security looks like in the age of agentic AI.
Across two mornings of keynotes, executive conversations, and practitioner-led sessions, attendees will hear directly from security leaders at organizations including Anthropic, Visa, PayPal, TIAA, Instacart, Cardinal Health, Gilead Sciences, KPMG, Ford, Semgrep, ArmorCode, The AI Collective, and more.
What We'll Explore
The conference will focus on the rapidly evolving intersection of AI, cybersecurity, governance, and software development, including:
Security strategy for an agentic world
AI governance from the CISO perspective
Board-level AI risk and governance
Building and securing AI agents
Agentic security control planes
AI exposure management
Scaling vulnerability remediation with AI agents
Secure vibe coding
Changing security budgets in the AI era
Operationalizing AI security at enterprise scale
The role of community in secure AI adoption
Secure development at the speed of AI
Featured Speakers
The speaker lineup includes:
Jason Clinton — Deputy CISO, Anthropic
Phil Venables — Partner, Ballistic Ventures; Former CISO, Google Cloud and Goldman Sachs
Subra Kumaraswamy — CISO, Visa
Shaun Khalfan — SVP & CISO, PayPal
John Donovan — Lead Independent Director, Palo Alto Networks; Former CEO, AT&T Communications
Upendra Mardikar — EVP & CISO, TIAA
Mrityunjay Gautam — CISO, Instacart
Tami Hudson — CISO, Cardinal Health
Isaac Evans — CEO, Semgrep
Nikhil Gupta — Founder & CEO, ArmorCode
Vijay Jajoo — Partner, KPMG
AJ Green — President & Executive Director, The AI Collective
...alongside security and technology leaders from Ford Motor Company, Gilead Sciences, Intuitive Surgical, Stifel, KPMG US, Everpure, Escape, ArmorCode, and other leading organizations.
Agenda
October 21
9:00–9:30 AM PT
Opening Keynote: Security in the Agentic World — Setting the Strategic Agenda
9:30–10:00 AM PT
AI Governance: CISO Perspectives
10:00–10:30 AM PT
Board Perspectives on AI Risk and Governance
10:00–10:30 AM PT
Vulnerability Remediation in the AI World — Case Studies
10:30–11:00 AM PT
Changing Budget Dynamics in the AI Era
10:30–11:00 AM PT
Scaling Vulnerability Remediation with an Agentic Workforce
October 22
9:00–9:30 AM PT
Building Secure Agents in Heterogeneous Environments
9:30–10:00 AM PT
Deploying an Agentic Control Plane at AI Speed and Scale
9:30–10:00 AM PT
Operationalizing AI Security with an Agentic Harness
10:00–10:30 AM PT
The Role of Community in Secure AI Adoption
10:30–11:00 AM PT
Secure Vibe Coding for Non-Developers
10:30–11:00 AM PT
AI Exposure Management
11:00–11:30 AM PT
Closing Keynote: Secure Development at the Speed of AI
Who Should Attend
This conference is built for CISOs, security executives, application security teams, AI security practitioners, engineering leaders, developers, governance teams, board members, and anyone responsible for deploying AI securely inside the enterprise.
As autonomous AI systems become a larger part of how software is built and businesses operate, the security conversation is changing quickly.
Come learn from the practitioners working through those challenges today — and help shape the security practices that come next.
Please be advised: Unfortunately, space is very limited at these community events and we can not always accept everyone we would like to. If you are not accepted to this event, please keep applying! We appreciate your application tremendously and we are looking forward to seeing you at a future event very soon!
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