FOUNDERS FORUM
MSSP SOC Automation
Founders and Top vendor technologists
share their point of view
It's often overlooked that at the core of each vendor sits at least one brilliant technologist.
They spend their days contemplating solutions to big problems but with all of the punditry crowding industry discourse we rarely get their perspective.
This forum aims to right that.
Panels are comprised of invited vendor technologists and are hosted by non vendor SMEs.
FILTERS
DATE
HOST
TOPIC
PANELISTS
October
Host:
Richard Stiennon
Chief Research Analyst
IT-Harvest
Assessing Multi-Tenant Telemetry Ingestion & Data Segregation (coverage, tenant isolation, throughput, privacy/compliance)
Panelists:TBA
October
Host:
Ken Huang
Co-Chair AI Safety Working Groups
Cloud Security Alliance
Evaluating Automated Onboarding & Time-to-Value for New Clients (integration speed, connector breadth, configuration drift, onboarding UX)
Panelists:TBA
October
Host:
Jim Reavis
Chief Executive Officer
Cloud Security Alliance
Benchmarking Multi-Client Playbook Orchestration & Policy Propagation (policy consistency, per-client customization, rollback, audit trails)
Panelists:TBA
October
Host:
Chloe Autio
Founder and CEO
Autio Strategies
Measuring Modern Risk & Exposure Management Platforms
Panelists:TBA
October
Host:
Mark Kraynak
Founding Partner
Acrew Capital
Comparing Alert Triage Automation for MSSPs (prioritization accuracy, false-positive reduction, per-client tuning, SLA routing)
Panelists:TBA
October
Host:
Jonathan Litchman
Co-Founder & CEO
The Providence Group
Testing SOAR-as-a-Service Capabilities for Managed Response (playbook fidelity, orchestration reliability, human-in-loop controls, logging)
Panelists:TBA
October
Host:
Zaheer Shaikh
CISO
Al Maryah Community Bank
Benchmarking Post-Mythos Response Solutions
Panelists:TBA
October
Host:
Krista Arndt
Associate CISO
St. Luke's University Health Network
Profiling Managed Detection Architectures for High-Volume Clients (detection quality, scaling, multi-client correlation, cost efficiency)
Panelists:TBA
October
Host:
Ian Schneller
CISO
Health Care Service Corporation
Evaluating Analyst Augmentation & Multi-Tenant Workbench Tools (case handoff UX, collaboration, contextual enrichment, fatigue mitigation)
Panelists:TBA
October
Host:
Meg Anderson
Retired CISO
Retired
Evaluating Vulnerability Management & Response Tools
Panelists:TBA
November
Host:
Frank DePaola
VP & CISO
Enpro
Measuring SLA-Driven Incident Prioritization & Escalation Workflows (SLA enforcement, automated routing, client notifications, auditability)
Panelists:TBA
November
Host:
Namrata Shah
Managing Director - Global Head of Engineering
Nuveen
Comparing Cross-Client Threat Hunting at Scale (hypothesis automation, reuse of detections, evidence packaging, analyst throughput)
Panelists:TBA
November
Host:
Joe Sullivan
CEO
Joe Sullivan Security LLC
Comparing Vulnerability Prioritization Engines
Panelists:TBA
November
Host:
Candy Alexander
Cyber Security Executive Advisor & AI Strategist
Alexander Cyber Advisory Services
Assessing Managed Patch & Remediation Orchestration (remediation success, rollback safety, multi-client scheduling, change windows)
Panelists:TBA
November
Host:
Christopher Crowley
Independent Consultant
Montance
Benchmarking Compliance Reporting & Evidence Packaging for Clients (report automation, regulatory templates, chain-of-custody, export formats)
Panelists:TBA
November
Host:
Rick Doten
CISO
Centene Corporation
Testing False-Positive Tuning & Feedback Loops Across Customer Portfolios (tuning speed, personalization, model drift control, KPI impact)
Panelists:TBA
November
Host:
James Rutt
CISO
The Dana Foundation
Assessing Forensics Construction Platforms
Panelists:TBA
November
Host:
James Rutt
CISO
The Dana Foundation
Evaluating Tenant-Aware Identity & Access Management for MSSPs (RBAC, delegated admin, attestation, least-privilege enforcement)
Panelists:TBA
November
Host:
Merlin Namuth
CISO
City and County of Denver
Comparing Incident Notification & Client Communication Automation (timeliness, template quality, escalation customization, audit trails)
Panelists:TBA
November
Host:
Michael Myint
CISO
AdaptHealth
Validating Exploitability Management Solutions
Panelists:TBA
November
Host:
Michelle Dennedy
Chief Data Strategy Officer
Abaxx Technologies
Profiling Multi-Client Forensics & Cross-Tenant Correlation (data linking, attribution confidence, evidence isolation, legal readiness)
Panelists:TBA
December
Host:
Martin Stanley
AI and Cybersecurity Researcher
NIST
Assessing Health Monitoring & SLA Telemetry for Managed SOC Operations (uptime, alert latency, capacity planning, proactive remediation)
Panelists:TBA
December
Host:
Christina Liaghati
AI Department Manager
MITRE
Auditing Reachability Analysis Tools
Panelists:TBA
December
Host:
Walker Dimon
AI for Cyber Group Leader
MITRE
Benchmarking MSSP Controls for RAG & Retrieval Abuse Across Clients (retrieval filtering, provenance, poisoning detection, cross-tenant isolation)
Panelists:TBA
December
Host:
James Rutt
CISO
The Dana Foundation
Measuring Chargeback & Usage Metering for SOC Automation Services (metric accuracy, granularity, billing automation, client transparency)
Panelists:TBA
December
Host:
James Rutt
CISO
The Dana Foundation
Testing White-Labeling & Multi-Brand Dashboards for MSSPs (branding flexibility, role scopes, client self-service, widget performance)
Panelists:TBA
December
Host:
J. Michael Daniel
President & CEO
Cyber Threat Alliance
Testing Controls Assurance Platforms
Panelists:TBA
December
Host:
Jim Reavis
Chief Executive Officer
Cloud Security Alliance
Evaluating Third-Party Integration Ecosystems for MSSP Platforms (connector freshness, vendor management, resilience, interoperability)
Panelists:TBA
December
Host:
Chloe Autio
Founder and CEO
Autio Strategies
Comparing PTaaS & Simulated Attack Services for MSSP Validation (scenario realism, remediation gap discovery, reporting fidelity, cost)
Panelists:TBA
December
Host:
Michelle Dennedy
Chief Data Strategy Officer
Abaxx Technologies
Reviewing AI Teammate/Agent Execution Frameworks
Panelists:TBA
December
Host:
Mark Kraynak
Founding Partner
Acrew Capital
Benchmarking Agent Management & Fleet Orchestration for Managed Clients (deployment, rollback, telemetry fidelity, resource overhead)
Panelists:TBA
January
Host:
Jonathan Litchman
Co-Founder & CEO
The Providence Group
Assessing Threat Intelligence Enrichment & Per-Client Contextualization (feed relevance, correlation to assets, false signal filtering, automation)
Panelists:TBA
January
Host:
Zaheer Shaikh
CISO
Al Maryah Community Bank
Gauging AI-Native Discovery & PenTesting Services
Panelists:TBA
January
Host:
Krista Arndt
Associate CISO
St. Luke's University Health Network
Evaluating Playbook Marketplaces & Reusable Automation Libraries (template quality, customization ease, testing rigor, versioning)
Panelists:TBA
January
Host:
Ian Schneller
CISO
Health Care Service Corporation
Measuring Legal & Privacy Controls for Cross-Client Incident Handling (data minimization, consent models, cross-border controls, audit logs)
Panelists:TBA
January
Host:
Meg Anderson
Retired CISO
Retired
Testing Resilience & Business Continuity for MSSP SOC Automation (failover, disaster recovery, multi-region support, degraded-mode operations)
Panelists:TBA
January
Host:
Frank DePaola
VP & CISO
Enpro
Scoring Automated Security Controls Assessment Tools
Panelists:TBA
January
Host:
Namrata Shah
Managing Director - Global Head of Engineering
Nuveen
Benchmarking MSSP Defenses Against Multi-LLM Adversaries (real-time detection, provenance, cross-tenant impact, mitigation automation)
Panelists:TBA
January
Host:
Joe Sullivan
CEO
Joe Sullivan Security LLC
Assessing AI Supply-Chain Risk & Guardrail Integrity (provenance, backdoor detection, SBOMs, vendor vetting)
Panelists:TBA
January
Host:
Candy Alexander
Cyber Security Executive Advisor & AI Strategist
Alexander Cyber Advisory Services
Examining Multi-Endpoint Policy Construction & Enforcement
Panelists:TBA
January
Host:
Christopher Crowley
Independent Consultant
Montance
Evaluating MSSP Evolution: From Tool Aggregator to AI-Native Platform (integration, multi-tenant policy, automation, TCO)
Panelists:TBA
January
Host:
Rick Doten
CISO
Centene Corporation
Benchmarking Prompt-Injection Defenses in SOC Workflows (detection, sanitization, context isolation, human-in-loop)
Panelists:TBA