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Call for Presentations Open for 2026 CISO Forum Virtual Summit

SecurityWeek seeks original, vendor-neutral presentations that help cybersecurity leaders navigate emerging threats, strengthen resilience, and address the strategic challenges facing today’s enterprise security programs.

CISO Forum Call for Speakers

The Call for Presentations is now open for SecurityWeek’s 2026 CISO Forum Virtual Summit, taking place online November 11-12, 2026.

With thousands of registered attendees, the virtual summit brings together CISOs, senior cybersecurity executives, practitioners, industry experts, and other security leaders to share practical experience and examine the issues shaping enterprise cybersecurity strategy.

SecurityWeek is seeking original presentations that move beyond high-level observations and offer actionable guidance, real-world lessons, and candid perspectives. Strong representation from end-user cybersecurity leaders is a priority.

Suggested topic areas include, but are not limited to:

  • Security leadership, governance, and enterprise risk
  • Communicating cybersecurity value to boards and executives
  • AI-driven attacks, defenses, governance, and automation
  • Nation-state threats, ransomware, and geopolitical risk
  • Supply-chain and third-party risk management
  • Zero Trust, identity security, and cloud-native security
  • Resilience engineering, business continuity, and crisis management
  • Regulatory, legal, disclosure, and compliance challenges
  • Cybersecurity workforce development and leadership succession
  • Incident-response lessons and real-world breach case studies
  • Industry-specific security challenges

Speakers must be available to present virtually and should have access to a reliable internet connection, a high-quality camera, and a microphone.

Submissions should include a proposed presentation title, an informative abstract, relevant attendee learning objectives, and the speaker’s contact information, biography, and headshot.

Proposals must be educational, original, and completely vendor-neutral. Product pitches and presentations disguised as commercial content will not be considered. Submissions are reviewed on an ongoing basis, so prospective speakers are encouraged to submit early.

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The Call for Presentations closes on October 9, 2026.

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