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Defending the Digital Frontier: Securing Critical Infrastructure in an Era of Innovation

Jen Easterly offers audiences a blueprint for safeguarding vital assets and operational technology, drawing from her tenure at the helm of America’s top cyber defense agency. Audiences will gain an actionable framework to protect against escalating cyber threats — laying the groundwork for sustained competitiveness and operational resilience in the face of relentless digital disruption.

The Promise and Peril of Emerging Technology: Operating at the Intersection of Artificial Intelligence and Cybersecurity

In this high-impact keynote, Jen Easterly explores the revolutionary potential of AI to transform industries while revealing the hidden vulnerabilities that could undermine our collective future. Drawing on her tenure as the former Director of CISA, she unpacks how deepfakes corrode trust, how autonomous cyber weapons threaten vital infrastructure, and how an unprepared policy landscape can leave organizations dangerously exposed. With her unique blend of frontline government expertise and private-sector acumen, she provides an actionable roadmap for harnessing AI’s transformative power without sacrificing security and resilience. Attendees will leave with a clear vision of how to effectively drive innovation in an era of unprecedented technological disruption.

The Imagination Coefficient: Leadership and the Art of Building Amazing Teams to Solve Your Toughest Challenges

Drawing from her experiences from West Point to the White House to Wall Street, multiple combat deployments, and her tenure as Director of America’s premiere cyber defense agency, Jen Easterly illustrates how failures of imagination have led to catastrophic events—from 9/11 to cyberattacks—and how imagination, combined with leadership and storytelling, can drive innovation, resilience, and security in the digital age. By blending her experiences in national security, finance, and technology, she imparts actionable guidance on leading in high-stakes environments—ensuring your organization is primed to thrive amid uncertainty, complexity, and technological upheaval.

Transforming Cybersecurity: From Cost Center to Competitive Advantage

In this dynamic and inspiring keynote, Jen Easterly explains in detail how business leaders can turn cybersecurity from a cost center into a competitive advantage. Drawing on lessons from the battlefield in Baghdad to the boardrooms of Wall Street, Easterly illustrates how security builds trust, resilience fuels innovation, and companies that prioritize cybersecurity will be the market leaders of tomorrow. She calls for a shift from blame culture to continuous learning, from prevention to resilience, and from siloed efforts to operational collaboration. In a world where cyber threats are relentless, Easterly delivers a powerful message: organizations that embed security into their DNA will not just survive—they will thrive.

Newsflash: “We Don’t Have a Cybersecurity Problem”

In this provocative and inspiring keynote, Jen Easterly reframes the story of cybersecurity as a tale of villains, victims, vendors—and ultimately, visionaries. She challenges the industry to move beyond glamorizing attackers and blaming victims, and instead confront the real issue: defective software products that have normalized insecurity. Easterly calls for a global movement to demand more secure software, urging technology vendors, policymakers, investors, and customers alike to stop blaming users and start fixing the root cause: insecure products. With rallying cries to challenge the status quo and reimagine a safer digital future, she inspires us all to become the visionaries who will change the story of cybersecurity—for good.