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October 13-15 | Austin
The next evolution of QSC, where the brightest minds in cybersecurity unite to chart the future of proactive cyber risk management for the Frontier AI era
Who Should Attend
ROCon Americas brings together the full security team — from strategy to execution:
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Join us in person to see how today's security leaders are moving from enumerating risk to eliminating it.
The next evolution of QSC, where the brightest minds in cybersecurity unite to chart the future of proactive cyber risk management for the Frontier AI era.
The only conference focused on proactive cyber risk management for the Frontier AI era. It’s built to address a simple question: how do you run a security program when exposures occur faster than your team can respond?
This is your biggest opportunity to completely modernize your exposure management program and be ready for the Frontier AI era.
A new CVE drops, and somewhere an attacker already has a working exploit for it. Your scan window, your ticket queue, and your patch cycle weren't built for that pace — most weren't built for any pace at all.
ROCon is built around an operational framework: the AI-Powered Risk Operations Center, or AI ROC. AI ROC operationalizes AI-speed detection, Hyper-prioritization, and Zero-day Remediation with agentic AI to achieve autonomous remediation with operational resiliency. Enabling you to address risks faster than these can be exploited, while meeting compliance obligations.
This is the forum where you see that program built, session by session, by the people building it, taking with you new learnings and ideas on how to enable this for your organization.
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Keynote Speakers
Cynthia Kaiser
Former FBI Cyber Deputy Director, SVP, Head of Halcyon Ransomware Research Center
Saeed Abbasi
Head of Qualys Threat Research Unit (TRU)
Cynthia Kaiser
Former FBI Cyber Deputy Director, SVP, Head of Halcyon Ransomware Research Center
Saeed Abbasi
Head of Qualys Threat Research Unit (TRU)
Featured Speakers
Haydur Agha
Vice President, Global Cyber Security
Brad Brooks
Former Chief Executive Officer
Gregory Eskins
Head, Global Cyber Insurance Center
Pop Sorin Gabriel
Technical Cybersecurity Program Lead
Christopher Hetner
Chief Cyber Advisor
Rasool Irfan
Director, Cognizant Cyber Services
Steve Januario
Chief Information Officer
Cherisa Jerez
Enterprise Account Executive
Delonte Johnson
Cybersecurity Director
Rebecca Ma
Senior Manager Information Security
Rami Mazid
Chief Information Officer
Anders Norremo
Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
Vinicius Novaes
Vulnerability Management Specialist
Lamont Orange
Chief Trust Officer
Pathik Patel
Cybersecurity Executive
Todd Perrault
SVP, Client Solutions
Aslam A Rahim
BISO - Data & AI
Tim Randolph
Senior Cyber Engineer
Venkat Rayapudi
Director Product Manager, GTM
Joel Scambray
Senior Vice President, Technical Assurance Services NA
Tom Scheffler
Cyber Security Manager
Jeff Schiess
Executive Managing Director
Johnny Shaieb
Exposure Management, Global Delivery Manager & Chief Architect
Sid Sharma
Co-Founder & CTO
Nathan Shock
Global Director Risk Based VM Services
Jatinder Singh
Product Security, Risk, Compliance and Privacy
Beatrice Sirchis
Head of Application Security
Eric Dresdale
Co-Founder and President
Scott Stransky
Managing Director, Head of the Cyber Risk Intelligence Center
Josh Treichel
VP Partnerships
Jonathan Trull
Global Head of Defense
Siva VRS
VP, Cyber Security Services
Miikka Tahtinen
Global IT Infrastructure & Operations
Benjamin Walker
SVP, Cyber & Tech E&O Underwriting
Ashley Womack
Former CEO and CFO
Vivek Bhandari
VP, Product GTM and Marketing Strategies
Courtney Burr
Senior Security Solutions Architect
Nate Cain
Major Accounts Solutions Architect, Federal
Sumedh Inamdar
Director of Product Management
Yash Jhunjhunwala
Lead SME Cloud Security Solutions
Carlton Jones
Vice President GTM & Advance Risk Operations Solutions
Kimberly Manibusan
Global Technology Alliances Director & Cyber Insurance Partnerships
Joyce Rancani
Global Chief Technology Security Officer (CTSO)
Abhishek Singh
Vice President of Product Management
Cade Stephens
Vice President, Global Channels & Strategic Alliances
Bhagyashree Thorat
Manager, ETM Product Management
Tim White
Sr. Director of Product Management
Asma Zubair
Director, Product Management, AppSec, API & Web App Security
Haydur Agha
Vice President, Global Cyber Security
Brad Brooks
Former Chief Executive Officer
Gregory Eskins
Head, Global Cyber Insurance Center
Pop Sorin Gabriel
Technical Cybersecurity Program Lead
Christopher Hetner
Chief Cyber Advisor
Rasool Irfan
Director, Cognizant Cyber Services
Steve Januario
Chief Information Officer
Cherisa Jerez
Enterprise Account Executive
Delonte Johnson
Cybersecurity Director
Rebecca Ma
Senior Manager Information Security
Rami Mazid
Chief Information Officer
Anders Norremo
Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
Vinicius Novaes
Vulnerability Management Specialist
Lamont Orange
Chief Trust Officer
Pathik Patel
Cybersecurity Executive
Todd Perrault
SVP, Client Solutions
Aslam A Rahim
BISO - Data & AI
Tim Randolph
Senior Cyber Engineer
Venkat Rayapudi
Director Product Manager, GTM
Joel Scambray
Senior Vice President, Technical Assurance Services NA
Tom Scheffler
Cyber Security Manager
Jeff Schiess
Executive Managing Director
Johnny Shaieb
Exposure Management, Global Delivery Manager & Chief Architect
Sid Sharma
Co-Founder & CTO
Nathan Shock
Global Director Risk Based VM Services
Jatinder Singh
Product Security, Risk, Compliance and Privacy
Beatrice Sirchis
Head of Application Security
Eric Dresdale
Co-Founder and President
Scott Stransky
Managing Director, Head of the Cyber Risk Intelligence Center
Josh Treichel
VP Partnerships
Jonathan Trull
Global Head of Defense
Siva VRS
VP, Cyber Security Services
Miikka Tahtinen
Global IT Infrastructure & Operations
Benjamin Walker
SVP, Cyber & Tech E&O Underwriting
Ashley Womack
Former CEO and CFO
Vivek Bhandari
VP, Product GTM and Marketing Strategies
Courtney Burr
Senior Security Solutions Architect
Nate Cain
Major Accounts Solutions Architect, Federal
Sumedh Inamdar
Director of Product Management
Yash Jhunjhunwala
Lead SME Cloud Security Solutions
Carlton Jones
Vice President GTM & Advance Risk Operations Solutions
Kimberly Manibusan
Global Technology Alliances Director & Cyber Insurance Partnerships
Joyce Rancani
Global Chief Technology Security Officer (CTSO)
Abhishek Singh
Vice President of Product Management
Cade Stephens
Vice President, Global Channels & Strategic Alliances
Bhagyashree Thorat
Manager, ETM Product Management
Tim White
Sr. Director of Product Management
Asma Zubair
Director, Product Management, AppSec, API & Web App Security
Conference Highlights
Go beyond enumerating risk
Simply calculating the vulnerabilities that cyber risk poses to your business is no longer enough. See the latest strategies and innovations leading security experts are implementing to quantify the impact of cyber risk on their businesses so they can focus on the vulnerabilities that matter most.
Get inspired
Engage with Qualys’ customer-facing teams and your peers around best practices and user case studies for applying security automation to real-world challenges.
Sharpen your expertise
Two day of free training covers forward-looking strategies, best practices to improve effectiveness and productivity, and core and expanded product features to up-level your security program.
Event Venue
Fairmont Austin
Austin, Texas · October 13-15, 2026
101 Red River St, Austin, TX 78701
Hotel Accommodations
If the Fairmont Austin is unavailable for your dates, you can find other hotels near the venue below.
Attendance & Cost
ROCon is complimentary and includes all general sessions, breakfast, lunch, and breaks. Travel and hotel accommodations are not included for ROCon or pre-conference training.
FAQs
This year’s ROCON will be on October 13-15, 2026 at the Fairmont Austin – 101 Red River Street, Austin, TX 78701.
Yes, we will have the training on Tuesday, October 13th. This year’s ROCON and training are live events.
Yes, we will be recording some sessions and they will be available on-demand on our ROCON website after the event.
Be sure to check back here regularly for the latest on breakout sessions, speakers, and activities. You can also sign up to receive regular email updates.
The attire for ROCON is business casual. The meeting space can get cold, so please bring a jacket or sweater for your comfort.
Attendance to the training and ROCON is free.
Qualys does not include the cost of flights, hotels, or transportation, but we do have some tools to help you plan your trip. Breakfast, lunch, and snacks during breaks are included during the event.Â
We are happy to announce that we’ve negotiated a special ROCON Americas rate of $339 per night.
Please send your request to [email protected]
You can earn CPE credits by attending the training and/or ROCON. If you included your (ISC)2 membership number when registering, Qualys will forward your attendance hours to (ISC)2 after the conference. If you didn’t provide us with your (ISC)2 number during registration, email [email protected] using the email address you used to register, and we will add it for you. Please note that it often takes several weeks before CPE credits appear on your member account.
Got questions about one of our products or want a demo? Come to our Q&A; Bar, where you’ll be able to schedule a 1:1 meeting with a Qualys product expert. For all other questions or concerns not covered on this FAQ, please reach out to [email protected]. We look forward to seeing you in Austin!
Qualys is committed to providing a safe and healthy experience for all ROCon participants
As part of our efforts to make ROCon Americas a successful and productive event, Qualys is committed to providing a safe, professional and welcoming environment for all participants. To that end, we require everyone to follow our Code of Conduct.
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If you still have questions, please call us at +1 (650) 801 6100 or email us at [email protected]
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Join us to learn how to effectively secure your hybrid IT environment, streamline your security and compliance initiatives and enable digital transformation.
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