Risk Awareness Now: Year in Review β Attacks, Breaches & Data Leaks (US & North America)
βRisk Awareness Now: Year in Review β Attacks, Breaches & Data Leaks
βUS & North America Edition
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Saturday, March 7, 2026
β° 10:00 AM β 2:15 PM Pacific Time
π YouTube Live
π° Free
π― Hosted by GeoCyber Systems LLC
βThis edition is designed for US and North American security, cloud, and risk leaders.
βAbout This Event
βCyber risk did not slow down in 2025. It accelerated.
βAcross the US and North America, organizations faced AI-enabled scams, identity compromise, SaaS and supply-chain failures, and large-scale data leaks with direct operational, financial, and regulatory impact. Many incidents were not isolated technical failures but compounding breakdowns across identity, cloud access, third-party exposure, and recovery readiness.
βRisk Awareness Now 2026: US & North America Edition brings together security, cloud, and risk leaders to examine what actually happened in 2025 and what must change as teams move into 2026.
βAcross five focused sessions, this virtual summit reviews the yearβs most consequential incidents, the role of AI and identity in modern attacks, and the defensive practices, playbooks, and continuity strategies that proved effective in real environments.
βYouβll leave with a clear, practical 90-day action framework you can take back to your team, your executives, and your board.
βWho Should Attend
βCISOs and security leaders
βCloud, SaaS, and identity owners
βRisk, resilience, BCDR, and GRC professionals
βCybersecurity practitioners focused on modern defense
βFounders and technology leaders accountable for continuity and resilience
βWhether youβre refining your 2026 strategy, responding to board-level pressure, or translating last yearβs incidents into action, this event is designed for you.
βWhat Youβll Learn
βFailure patterns from major 2025 breaches affecting US and global organizations
βHow AI, identity abuse, and SaaS reshaped attacker scale and speed
βWhich detection, containment, and recovery practices worked in North American environments
βHow to build a 90-day action plan aligned with operational and business expectations
βEvent Playlist: https://bit.ly/YIR_Playlist
βAgenda
βπ Opening Plenary β 30 Minutes
β2025: The Year in Attacks, Breaches & Data Leaks
π 10:00 AM PT | 1:00 PM ET
βPhilippa Burgess, Sherry Duncan, Dirce Hernandez, John McNicholas, Frank Unpingco III
βJoin us on YouTube: https://bit.ly/YIR_Open
βWelcome and meet the speakers
βEstablish a shared threat landscape for 2025
βReview the most consequential attacks and breaches
βExamine AI-driven attack scale and identity as a primary failure surface
βHighlight regulatory and insurance pressure
βFrame why 2026 will accelerate and amplify these realities, forcing continued adaptation and upskilling
βπ΅ Session 1 β 45 Minutes
βAI-Enabled Attacks: From Novelty to Default Tactic
π₯ 10:30 AM PT | 1:30 PM ET
βJoin us on YouTube: https://bit.ly/YIR_1
β2025 AI-generated phishing and deepfake fraud cases
βAutomated reconnaissance and scaled targeting
βWhere traditional controls failed
βImplications for 2026 threat modeling and monitoring
βπ’ Session 2 β 45 Minutes
βIdentity Was the Breach: IAM, Cloud Access, and Privilege Abuse
π¦ 11:15 AM PT | 2:15 PM ET
βJoin us on YouTube: https://bit.ly/YIR_2
βIdentity compromise patterns across cloud and SaaS
βToken theft, OAuth abuse, and privilege escalation
βWhy MFA alone failed
βWhat identity-first security must look like in 2026
βπ‘ Session 3 β 45 Minutes
βWhen People Became the Breach: Social Engineering, MFA Bypass & Identity Workflow Abuse
βπ 12:00 PM PT | 3:00 PM ET
βJoin us on YouTube: https://bit.ly/YIR_3
β2025 incidents where attackers abused help desks, support portals, and identity reset workflows to log in instead of break in
βAI-generated voice and video impersonation, MFA fatigue attacks, and device-code/OAuth tricks that bypassed strong technical controls
βHow privacy gaps and oversharing amplified identity compromise and account takeover risk across regions
βPractical 2026 upgrades to verification, identity reset, approval, and recovery workflows for global security and IAM teams
βπ Session 4 β 45 Minutes
βDefense That Worked: Detection, Containment, and Recovery Wins
βπ§ 12:45 PM PT | 3:45 PM ET
βJoin Us on YouTube: https://bit.ly/YIR_4
βEarly detection and reduced blast radius examples
βSOC workflows that cut dwell time
βIdentity containment, segmentation, and recovery in practice
βRepeatable playbooks and tabletop approaches
βπ£ Session 5 β 45 Minutes
βPreparing for 2026: Threat Forecasts and the First 90 Days
βπ 1:30 PM PT | 4:30 PM ET
βJoin us on YouTube: https://bit.ly/YIR_5
βLikely attacker behavior and pressure points in 2026
βContinued evolution of AI-enabled threats and SaaS blast radius
βWhat to stop, start, and reinforce immediately
βA concrete 90-day action frame for security and risk leaders
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βEvent Playlist: https://bit.ly/YIR_Playlist