ISC2 Silicon Valley Chapter | February 2026
🔐 From Noise to Proof — and From Cost to Growth
Modern security teams are drowning in data—vulnerability dashboards, risk scores, fraud alerts—yet attackers and fraud rings continue to succeed by exploiting what actually works.
This two-part ISC2 Silicon Valley Chapter session brings clarity by grounding security decisions in proof, not theory, and economics, not fear.
Session 1: From Noise to Proof — Reinventing Vulnerability Management
Joshua Knox, Principal Cybersecurity Strategist at Horizon3.ai, opens the evening by showing how real attackers exploit identity weaknesses, misconfigurations, and trust relationships to create real-world impact.
Through attacker-validated, agentic security testing, Joshua will demonstrate how true attack paths emerge across cloud, identity, endpoints, and networks—enabling organizations to prioritize remediation based on actual exploitability, not theoretical severity or CVSS noise.
Session 2: Security as a Profit Center — Balancing Transaction Fraud Vectors with Business Growth
Fraud and security teams are often perceived as “business blockers”—necessary safeguards that introduce friction and suppress revenue. But as fraud evolves from simple credential abuse to complex synthetic identity networks, binary “allow vs. deny” decisioning is no longer enough.
In this session, Millo Khundrakpam, a seasoned risk and product leader with over 20 years of experience in credit card strategy, fraud, and enterprise risk, reframes security as a strategic growth lever.
Millo will explore how organizations can dismantle the silo between fraud prevention and profitability by moving beyond static rules and embracing profitability-based decisioning—weighing fraud probability, transaction value, and operational friction to make smarter, revenue-aware security decisions.
Backed by deep experience at the intersection of data science, risk, and product strategy—and academic training spanning engineering, mathematics, and business—this session equips leaders to transform security from a cost center into a competitive advantage.
🚀 Why Attend?
See how attackers and fraud rings actually create impact
Learn how to validate risk with evidence, not assumptions
Rethink fraud controls through a business and growth lens
Connect cybersecurity, fraud, and executive decision-making
Network with Silicon Valley security and risk professionals
📅 Event Details
📅 Date: February 10, 2026
⏰ Time: 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM PT
📍 Format: In-person
🎓 Education: CPE-eligible
🍽️ Food: Light refreshments provided
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