May 2026 Quarterly Meeting - AI Offensive & AI Defenses

Event Overview

Join Alamo ISSA for our May Quarterly Meeting focused on AI Offensive & AI Defenses, where cybersecurity professionals come together to explore how artificial intelligence is reshaping both attack strategies and defensive capabilities.

Event Agenda

·  11:30am — Doors Open

·  12:00pm — Announcements / Standing Chapter Business

·  12:15pm — Lunch Served

·  12:30pm — Sponsor Spotlight - Check Point

·  1:00pm — Deborah Snyder, Dropbox

·  1:40pm — Sponsor Spotlight - Zafran

·  1:50pm — 10-minute Break

·  2:00pm — Pete Nicoletti, Check Point

·  2:40pm — 10-minute Break

·  2:50pm — Jeff Reich, Identity Defined Security Alliance

·  3:30pm — 10-minute Break

·  3:40pm — Speaker Panel: Deborah, Pete, Jeff & Loren

·  4:30pm — Closing Remarks and Networking Mixer - RapidAscent

What to Expect

Three expert speakers followed by a dynamic panel discussion exploring AI Offensive & AI Defenses.

This session will cover real-world applications of AI in cybersecurity, including:

• Emerging AI-driven threats and attack techniques

• Defensive strategies and detection capabilities

• Practical insights from industry leaders

• Lessons learned and what’s working in real environments

The event will conclude with a panel discussion, bringing together multiple perspectives to discuss current challenges, future trends, and how organizations can better prepare for the evolving threat landscape.

Speakers

Deborah Snyder

Topic: AI as a Copilot - How DART pairs human authority with a unified AI Tool Agent

Bio: Security engineer with 10+ years focused on threat detection, intelligence, and mitigation—holding advanced degrees, key certifications, and deep experience in Digital Forensics, intel-driven detection, analysis, and ML for advanced threats.

Abstract: DART did not just build another chatbot—we built a governed AI analyst agent that sits in the same tools analysts already use, featuring explicit rules like human checkpoints, attribution, investigation safety, and a single integration surface (MCP) to our SIEM, data platforms, identity, cloud, intel, and Jira—keeping “AI assist” defensive, auditable, and reversible.

Pete Nicoletti

Topic:   “Zero Seconds to a Zero Day:   Mythos and other AI Speed accelerated Threats reviewed: There is only one best way to prevent failure: Continuous Threat Exposure Management.”

Bonus Discussion and Leave Behind:  The most comprehensive AI Framework cross-mapping and countermeasures spreadsheet your team can use immediately. All 11 AI Risk frameworks, the criticality of each risk, and the recommended best practice countermeasures.

Bio: Pete has been involved as an Owner or C-level in IT and Security for over 35 years, with the last 23 years as CISO in two Fortune 100 organizations.  Pete has extensive experience in Pen testing physical and network projects with a 100% success rate.  Pete has been the incident commander of over 120 incidents and his work has been featured in the Verizon Breach report.  He has managed two “clouds” through the FEDRAMP/NIST800-53 process and Gartner had the security of his cloud designs ranked #1 and #2 in the industry.  Pete has been working with Artificial Intelligence for over 10 years, starting with a DARPA-funded project and has written books, and magazine articles and has been interviewed and shown AI demonstrations over 200 times on TV as an AI expert for Good Morning America, Fox Business, BBC and all major networks.

Pete is currently the Global Field CISO for Check Point Software, a leading security provider specializing in the highest-efficacy Firewalls, Endpoints, Cloud, and Email risk reduction tools and strategies.  Pete is a member of the FBI Infragard and Secret Service Electronic Crimes Task Force.

Pete resides in Breckenridge, Colorado and Islamorada Florida….and one of his kids is in Cybersecurity and just attained a CCIE certification!

Jeff Reich

Bio: Jeff Reich has been the Executive Director of the Identity Defined Security Alliance since 2023 and has been actively involved in the security and identity community for five decades. He is a well-known advocate for cybersecurity awareness and education. He joined IDSA from the Cloud Security Alliance. Before CSA, he created and built the security and risk functions at ARCO, CheckFree, Dell, and Rackspace. Jeff did the same at multiple financial services companies and five startups. He has received numerous accolades and certifications as a cybersecurity expert and industry leader, including CISSP certification from ISC2 in 1993, and the ISSA Distinguished Fellow designation in 2011. In 2015, Jeff was inducted into the ISSA Hall of Fame

Topic Title: History of Computing Disruptions and Identify in AI

Summary: A brief history covering the cyclical impact of disruptive technologies and how Identities can help close the AI security gap.

Loren Davis

Discussion Panel Moderator

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