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Lone Star Cyber Summit 2026

Lone Star Cyber Summit 2026 is a two-day forum held in Austin dedicated to bringing together over 100 executive IT security leaders from a range of industries. With the theme 'Resilience Blueprint: Navigating the Next Era of Cyber Risk', the event features high-impact presentations focused on tactical foresight, framework deployment, and collaborative proble…

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28Speakers
8Sponsors
69On the bill · sessions
32Companies · in total
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Speakers

Programmed at Lone, in alphabetical order.
Alexanne Collison
Director of Information Security, Surface Area Management · Cargill
Carlos Renteria
CISO · Southside Bank
David Morgan
Deputy CISO · Texas Department of Public Safety
Doug Rinehart
SVP – CISO · Marigold
Dr. Vianney Chimezie
Director, Information Security, AI Governance, Cyber Risk & Data Protection · Centric Brand
Eric Mims
Executive Director, IT Security · University of Houston System
Ernesto Ballesteros
Cybersecurity State Coordinator of Texas · Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)
James Brake
Director, Cyber Security · LCRA
Jeremiah Clifton
CISO · City of Austin
Joe Carroll
CIO & Head of Cybersecurity · CITGO Petroleum
John Green
Security Management Incident Response Manager – Cyber Security Officer · Texas Workforce Commission
Joshua Knox
Principal Cybersecurity Strategist · Horizon3.ai
Khamonte Johnson
CISO · Oak Compliance and VP, Cloud Security Alliance – Austin Chapter
Landon Blum
CISO/CSO · First National Bank of Bastrop
Linda Bough White
Director Information Security · Axiom Medical
Mahesh Todkar
CISO · Wilsonart
Michael Smith
Solutions Engineer · CoreView
Ravindra Varma Lakamraju
Sr.Director Cyber Security Operations · LCRA
Sean Mack
CIO, CISO & Managing Director · Information Security Media Group (ISMG)
Senior Expert
Dispel
Solomon Ugah
Director of Governance, Risk and Compliance · Rockwell Automation
Stephen Coty
Director Information Security · Waste Connections
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Sponsors

The houses behind the program. Tiers as disclosed.
Adaptive Security
Atakama
CoreView
Dispel
Rubrik
ThreatLocker
TrendAI Security
Trenda Security
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Agenda

Selected from 69 sessions on the bill.
  • 08:50

    Opening Address

  • 09:00

    Governance in Action: Translating Regulation and Frameworks into Cybersecurity

    Translating complex regulatory mandates into everyday cybersecurity operations is a critical challenge for the modern enterprise. Compliance is not a standalone checkbox; it must b…

  • 09:00

    Securing the Lone Star State: CISA’s Blueprint for Texas Infrastructure Resilience

    As threat actors increasingly target local governments, school districts, and municipal utilities, defending the state’s digital perimeter requires a unified front. In this keynote…

  • 09:40

    Decoding NIST CSF 2.0: Strategy, Compliance, and Execution

    The launch of the NIST CSF 2.0 expands the gold standard of security beyond critical infrastructure to all organizations, introducing the pivotal “Govern” function. Transitioning t…

  • 09:45

    The Velocity Shift: Outpacing Adversaries via AI-Driven Operations

    To survive today’s modern cyber attacks, organizations must move beyond human-scale processing and embrace the Velocity Shift. In this session, we examine the transition from human…

  • 10:50

    Unlocking Secure Operations: Implementing IAM into Your Environment

    With hybrid workforces and cloud adoption running apace, security begins and ends with identity. In this case study presentation, we explore a real-world enterprise journey of succ…

  • 11:05

    From Noise to Proof - Reinventing Vulnerability Management

    Most security programs measure effort - not outcomes. CISOs patch thousands of vulnerabilities and deploy countless tools, yet real resilience depends on proving defenses actually …

  • 11:05

    The New Rules of Engagement: Defending the Enterprise Against Weaponized AI

    As cybercriminals shift from automated scripts to weaponized, self-learning AI, traditional perimeter defenses are crumbling. This presentation exposes how attackers use generative…

  • 11:20

    Balancing Innovation and Risk: A Blueprint for Enterprise Application Security

    While speed to market is important, rapid software deployment shouldn’t come at the expense of robust security. This session provides security leaders with a strategic roadmap to b…

Intermission
Part the Second · For the Buyer

What does it mean when 32 companies show up, and 2 bet on three roles at once?

32 companies. two are betting more than once.

The numbers below are derived from the speakers, sponsors, and exhibitors on this page, cross-referenced into one ledger. They are the only thing here that 10times.com cannot tell you.

Who's in the room
2All threespeak · spons · exh
6Sponsoringsponsor only
24Companies Speakingspeaker only

The Triple-Threat

CoreView·Dispel

Speakers by seniority

79% of the speakers carry senior titles: C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.

  • C-suite1139%
  • Director / Head of1139%
  • Manager / Lead27%
  • Engineer · IC14%
  • Other roles311%

Of 28 on the bill · classified by free-text title

Most-represented companies
  1. 01CoreViewSp1V
  2. 02DispelSp1V
  3. 03Adaptive SecuritySp
  4. 04AtakamaSp
  5. 05RubrikSp
  6. 06ThreatLockerSp
  7. 07TrendAI SecuritySp
  8. 08Trenda SecuritySp
  9. 09LCRA2V
  10. 10Axiom Medical1V
  11. 11Cargill1V
  12. 12Centric Brand1V
  13. 13CITGO Petroleum1V
  14. 14City of Austin1V
Sponsors by tier
unspecified8
100% of 8
At peer events but not here

These companies sponsored two or more peer events recently, but aren't on this program. For an organizer, that's a list of warm prospects.

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