MDS 9th Annual Cybersecurity Conference

Secure the AI Era

The threat landscape just changed. Again.

Join Maureen Data Systems, Microsoft, and the industry’s top security minds for a one-day executive-level conference on securing AI, closing compliance gaps, and building the resilient enterprise your organization needs right now.

DateTuesday, October 27, 2026

Time8 AM to 5 PM EST

VenueMicrosoft Office, Times Square, NYC

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Secure the AI Era

The AI era doesn’t wait for your security team to catch up.

Every organization using AI, copilots, agents, automation, is opening new doors. Some of those doors lead to opportunity. Others lead directly to your most sensitive data.

This conference brings CIOs, CISOs, and enterprise leaders together for the conversations that move the needle: practical strategies, expert led sessions, and peer level dialogue on what it actually takes to stay ahead.

DateTuesday, October 27, 2026
Time8 AM to 5 PM EST
VenueMicrosoft Office, Times Square, NYC

Join the waitlist →

Executive panel at a past MDS Cybersecurity Conference

What you’ll take away

Leave with more than slides.

Every session is designed to give security and IT leaders something they can act on immediately.

Know your AI exposure

See exactly where Copilot, agents, and automation are creating blind spots in your defenses.

Close the gaps first

Pinpoint your highest-risk vulnerabilities across identity, data, cloud, and endpoints.

Govern AI with confidence

Frameworks that let your teams adopt AI fast without trading away compliance or control.

Strategies that actually work

Real-world playbooks from Microsoft, MDS, and security leaders who’ve been in the trenches.

Your next 10 connections

Structured networking with CIOs, CISOs, compliance leads, and vendors tackling the exact same challenges as you.

Agenda

The day at a glance.

Registration opens at 9:00 AM. The program begins promptly at 10:00 AM.

MDS & MicrosoftSponsor sessionPanel

9:00 AMto 10:00 AM
Check-In, Registration & Breakfast
Breakfast & Networking
10:00 AMto 10:20 AM

Welcome & Opening Remarks

Welcome Remarks & Keynote

Setting the day around secure AI adoption, cyber resilience, and practical innovation.

Maureen LandePresident & CEO, MDS
Ashenafi “Ash” MarcosCISO, MDS
Zachary RiffleSecurity Architect, Microsoft
10:25 AMto 11:10 AM
Platinum Sponsor Keynote: TD SYNNEX

Copilot and Securing Your Organization for AI

How to prepare your organization for Copilot and AI by connecting security, compliance, identity, and data governance to measurable business value.
- Securing for AIThe security and compliance foundations to have in place before AI rolls out.
- Copilot readinessThe identity, data, and governance controls to put in place before you scale.
- A phased pathFrom readiness assessment and pilot use cases to controlled scale.
John Petersen
11:10 AMto 11:20 AM
Morning Break
Refreshments & Sponsor Connections
11:25 AMto 11:55 AM

Gold Sponsor Spotlight: Meter

Secure, Scalable Networking for the AI Era

Zero-trust network design, segmentation, automation, visibility, and multi-site resilience for the modern enterprise.

Lee Rebelo
Francisco Tello
Michelle Aspis
12:00 PMto 12:30 PM

Sponsor Panel Session

Building Cyber Resilience Through Data Protection and AI-Driven Security Operations

Ransomware readiness, recoverability, managed protection, and where automation should begin in the SOC.

Joshua Berger
Danny Tejeda
Jaison Bailley
Cody Cornell
12:30 PMto 1:30 PM
Lunch
Lunch, Executive Networking & Sponsor Roundtables
1:35 PMto 2:05 PM

Panel Session

Agents Out of Control: The Next Enterprise Risk

Patrick HallApplied Innovation Practice Lead, MDS
John Petersen
Dhani Abey
Jay Sen
2:10 PMto 2:40 PM

MDS Data & Analytics Presentation

How Microsoft Fabric, Databricks & Data Governance Prepare Your Enterprise for the AI Era

Choosing between Microsoft Fabric and Azure Databricks, modernizing analytics, and preparing enterprise data for Copilot and agents.

Moises SalumData & Analytics Practice Lead, MDS
Matthew MaloneyMicrosoft Practice Lead, MDS
2:40 PMto 3:20 PM
Final Break
Sponsor Demos, Executive Meetings
3:25 PMto 3:55 PM

MDS & Microsoft Security Briefing

Building a Unified Cybersecurity Posture

Connecting Microsoft Defender, Sentinel, Entra, and Purview across identity, endpoint, cloud, data, detection, and response.

Jorge ManceraSecurity Engineer, MDS
Zachary RiffleSecurity Architect, Microsoft
Ashenafi “Ash” MarcosCISO, MDS
4:00 PMto 5:00 PM
Closing Remarks + Reception
Partner Networking
6:00 PMto 10:00 PM

Afterparty
Electric Shuffle
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Agenda subject to change. Confirmed attendees receive speaker and session updates before they’re made public.

A message from our CEO

Maureen Lande

Every year, I’m struck by how much the conversation shifts. A few years ago, we were talking about cloud security. Then ransomware. Now it’s AI, and it changes everything.

The organizations that will come out ahead aren’t just the ones with the best tools. They’re the ones where leadership understands the risk, makes the hard calls, and builds a culture of security from the top.

That’s why we built this conference, and why I hope you’ll join us on October 27.

Maureen LandeCEO, Maureen Data Systems

A look back

Inside the MDS Cybersecurity Experience

See highlights from past MDS Cybersecurity Conferences and get a glimpse of the expert insights, meaningful conversations, and executive-level networking that make this event one to attend.