Join Security Leaders Shaping AI-Ready Data Security at Forcepoint AWARE

Whether your goal is to govern LLM/RAG pipelines or embrace AI without exposing regulated data, there’s a fine line between productivity and data risk. Without a vision for navigating the AI transformation, the rapid pace of change leaves teams reacting instead of leading.

To help, we’ve invited global experts in AI, compliance and data security to Forcepoint AWARE, October 7-8, our virtual AI user conference for security professionals. They’ll share answers and actionable strategies tested in the real world – with less than three weeks to go, there’s still time to save your spot.  

Two-day AWARE agenda

October 7: Keynote Speeches and Panels  

Day One focuses on the bigger picture of how to balance the competing demands of AI innovation, exploding data sprawl and complex global regulations.

Closing the Visibility-Control Gap: Reimagining Data Security for the AI-Driven Future

Forcepoint CEO Ryan Windham explains how to combine real-time visibility with adaptive controls and automated protection to keep sensitive data safe without slowing down the business. Learn to make AI work for you, not against you – and turn data security into an advantage instead of a roadblock.

AI Data Risk: Moving From Infinite Exposure to Informed Control

Stanford professor and former Facebook CSO Alex Stamos exposes the real risks of the AI revolution: not the LLMs, but the immature vendors and shadow integrations plaguing the ecosystem. Hear practical strategies for how CISOs and CIOs can take a more active role in managing data risk and enabling secure AI adoption.  

Ask the Experts: CISO Strategies to Control AI Risk

Data growth, AI adoption and tightening regulations are stretching CISOs and their teams to the limit. Ross Young, creator of the OWASP Threat and Safeguard Matrix, joins Alex Martinez, Director of Solutions Architecture, Global Public Sector Partners at AWS, to discuss proven strategies for connecting visibility, strategy, reporting and board buy-in to counter AI-driven threats. Moderated by Forcepoint CEO Ryan Windham.

A Field Guide to Thwarting Sophisticated AI-Driven Threats

Emirates NBD CISO Darwish Azad joins Forcepoint President of Go-to-Market Rick Hanson for a lesson on how organizations can adapt to detecting and disrupting AI-enabled threats in real time. Learn how to combine visibility, adaptive controls and automation to identify data risk, close the gaps and keep operations moving.

Geopolitical Realities and the Future of AI Innovation and Data Privacy Regulations

Former CISA Director Jen Easterly talks to Ronan Murphy, Chief Data Strategy Officer at Forcepoint, about the maze of global AI regulation and how security leaders can succeed in cross-border compliance. Join to learn how CISOs can safeguard innovation and shape regulation instead of just reacting to it.

The Future of Self-Aware Data Security

In the AI era, self-aware data security means having AI-native intelligence to know where sensitive data lives, along with controls that can adapt in real time – exactly what Forcepoint Chief Product Officer Naveen Palavalli and Forcepoint CTO and Global Head of Engineering Bakshi Kohli explain how to put into practice in this session.  

Closing Comments and Day Two Preview

Forcepoint CEO Ryan Windham distills key takeaways into a clear path forward: see what others miss, adapt faster than threats and use AI to defend against AI. Walk away with a ready-to-use playbook for protecting sensitive data in the AI era.

Register for Forcepoint AWARE today.

October 8: Breakout Sessions

Day Two makes space for conversations and technical sessions showing how to use existing security solutions to stop AI-driven risk.  

From Sprawl to Control: Regaining Control Over Data in a GenAI World

Learn from Forcepoint Product Marketing Manager Tuan Nguyen and Strategic Accounts Director Nick Savvides about how deep data discovery, AI-driven classification and unified, risk-aware policies help prevent data loss and secure digital transformation at scale.

From Audit Headaches to Automated Compliance: Streamlining Data Governance

Forcepoint Chief Legal Officer John Holmes and Senior Product Marketing Manager Corey Kiesewetter explore how the Data Security Everywhere approach enables continuous compliance by automating sensitive data classification, surfacing risks, providing remediation workflows and enforcing data loss controls.

AI-Native Data Security for GenAI-Ready Enterprises

Learn how Forcepoint helps enterprises securely embrace generative AI tools, with insights into preventing unauthorized sharing, prompt injection and sensitive data exfiltration across AI-powered channels. Presented by Forcepoint Vice President of Product Marketing Salah Nasser and Vice President of Product Management Balaji Prasad.

Comprehensive Data Access Governance

FBD Insurance Chief Technology and Operations Officer Enda Kyne explains how Forcepoint helps his Data Protection Office ensure the Principle of Least Privilege is always enforced for regulated data, no matter where it resides; in conversation with Forcepoint Chief Data Strategy Officer Ronan Murphy.

The Demo Stage: Latest Innovations in Data Security with AI Mesh, DDR and Risk-Adaptive Protection

Experience demos of Forcepoint’s latest transformative innovations transforming data security! This session showcases how AI Mesh enables Data Security Posture Management (DSPM) at scale, how Risk-Adaptive Protection (RAP) dynamically adjusts enforcement based on user behavior, and how Data Detection and Response (DDR) offers continuous threat monitoring. Hosted by Forcepoint DSPM Sales Specialist Ujjawal Sharma and Senior Product Marketing Manager, SSE, Neeraj Nayak.

Keep pace with evolving AI-driven threats

CISOs, CIOs and security practitioners will leave AWARE with newfound insight into:  

• Getting visibility and control over data sprawl
• Detecting and managing shadow AI
• Balancing innovation with regulatory realities
• Applying AI-native classification to structured and unstructured data
• Automating compliance globally and at scale

Get in the room with the global security leaders who have witnessed the successes and failures of the AI revolution firsthand. Sign up now to lay the groundwork for building smarter, more adaptive data security strategies that leave innovation intact.