Southern California Summit Unites Technology Leaders to Tackle Artificial Intelligence and Cybersecurity Challenges

The ISSA Los Angeles Security Summit is one of the nation’s leading cybersecurity gatherings, uniting security executives, practitioners, and technology mavens to collaboratively address sector challenges. Attendees can expect to gain actionable strategies to counter AI-driven threats, boost cyber resilience, and develop effective security leadership. This year’s event will take place on October 14, 2026, at the Annenberg Community Beach House in Santa Monica, and they have invited Dr. Eric Cole, a renowned cybersecurity expert, author, speaker, and entrepreneur with over 30 years of experience in the field.

He began his career as a professional hacker for the CIA in the 1990s, later serving as a technical director and program manager. He has held senior roles, including Chief Technology Officer at McAfee and Chief Scientist at Lockheed Martin, and served as a cybersecurity commissioner under President Obama, and has advised Fortune 500 companies, governments, and organizations on risk management and security strategies that drive business value. He is also the founder and CEO of Secure Anchor Consulting and has built multiple successful cybersecurity ventures. A Wall Street Journal bestselling author, his books include “Hackers Beware” (2001), “Advanced Persistent Threat” (2012), “Cyber Crisis” (2021), among others. 

"The threats organizations face today, AI-generated fraud, synthetic identity attacks, deepfake impersonation at scale, are not the product of better technology alone,” said Cole on the current paradigm facing industry leaders. “They are the product of organizations that treated security as a technical function rather than a leadership one. I look forward to joining ISSA Los Angeles to engage with the security community on what it means to build programs that are genuinely prepared for this moment."

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Dr. Cole’s keynote at the event will offer practical insights organizations can immediately leverage to build security systems capable of thwarting AI-enabled threats. Attendees will benefit from learning actionable approaches drawn from Dr. Cole’s Hall of Fame expertise and his experience communicating complex topics to major media outlets like CNN and “60 Minutes,” as well as in corporate settings. Cole holds a doctorate in network security and is known for translating evolving threats into clear takeaways participants can apply.

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