FutureCon Phoenix on Thursday, and a busy week for the Valley

Sent 2026-10-25. FutureCon's CISO panel and 10 CPE on Thursday, OptivCon the same day, and November summits ahead.

The week of October 26 to November 1 · 3 events in Phoenix · Read online

A busy week in Phoenix. The one I would show up for is FutureCon on Thursday at the Marriott Phoenix Airport, a full day with a CISO panel and up to 10 CPE, and you can attend in person or online. OptivCon is the same day in Scottsdale and Darktrace LIVE runs Tuesday, so pick based on whose partners you want to hear from.

Further out, the Evanta CISO summit is November 4 and the Scottsdale Cybersecurity Summit is November 20, both worth getting on the calendar now.

Worth your evening

FutureCon Phoenix 2026 Thursday 8 AM to 5 PM · FutureCon

This week

27 Tuesday October

Darktrace LIVE Phoenix 2026

3 to 7:30 PM · Darktrace · The Global Ambassador

Darktrace LIVE half day event for security leaders and practitioners with sessions on AI driven cyber defense and networking.

29 Thursday October

FutureCon Phoenix 2026

8 AM to 5 PM · FutureCon · Marriott Phoenix Airport · $50 to $100 · 10 CPE

Hybrid one day conference with keynotes, a CISO panel and a vendor expo, with up to 10 CPE for the full day.

OptivCon Phoenix 2026

8 AM to 4:30 PM · Optiv · Fairmont Scottsdale Princess · Free

Optiv's regional security leadership conference with partner sessions and a keynote program.

CPE from your desk

Live online sessions this week with credit hours, times in Arizona. See all virtual sessions.

Mon 7:30 to 8:30 AM Hiring Your First AI Security Agent: Evaluating Agents Like You Hire People · SANS · 1 CPE

Tue 9 to 9:30 AM AI vs AI? That's Not How This Ends. · CSA · CPE

Tue 11 AM to 12 PM The New Priorities for Critical Infrastructure Preparedness · SANS · 1 CPE

Tue 11 AM to 12 PM Behind the Tabletop: What a Hospital Ransomware Exercise Can Teach Us About SOC Readiness · WiCyS (Women in CyberSecurity) · CPE

Tue 3 to 4 PM SANS Miami 2026, SANS@Night: The Evolution of Vulnerability Management · SANS · 1 CPE

Coming up, register early

Nov 4 Phoenix CISO Community Executive Summit (Evanta) · Evanta

Nov 9 CISO Society Dinner: Phoenix · CISO Society

Nov 20 Cybersecurity Summit: Scottsdale 2026 · Official Cybersecurity Summit

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