Breaking Models at Hacker Dojo and a full November ahead

Sent 2026-10-25. Sunday's hands on AI security session at Hacker Dojo, plus ACM PQQS and IEEE TPS early in November.

The week of October 26 to November 1 · 4 events in San Jose · Read online

A lighter week on the Peninsula. The one I would show up for is Sunday's Breaking Models session at Hacker Dojo, a hands on look at one OWASP LLM Top 10 category followed by a group design exercise. Earlier in the week Cyera brings its AI agent lunch to Nobu Palo Alto, and Expel's invite only SOC Series features Chris Krebs.

November fills quickly, with ACM PQQS on post quantum security starting November 2 and IEEE TPS on November 4.

Worth your evening

Breaking Models: AI Security (Hacker Dojo) Sunday 2:30 to 4 PM · AI Security Research Meetup

This week

27 Tuesday October

Agent Guardian Roadshow: Palo Alto

11:30 AM to 1:30 PM · Cyera (DataSecAI) · Nobu Palo Alto

Cyera lunch session on mapping AI agents to the data they can reach and governing them in real time.

The SOC Series: The Evolution of SecOps in the AI Era (Palo Alto)

2 to 5 PM · Expel · El Prado Hotel Palo Alto

Invite only afternoon of sessions, panels and networking on the AI era SOC with Chris Krebs and Expel CEO Dave Merkel, for SOC and security leaders.

1 Sunday November

Breaking Models: AI Security (Hacker Dojo)

2:30 to 4 PM · AI Security Research Meetup · Hacker Dojo · Free

A hands on AI security session at Hacker Dojo: one OWASP LLM Top 10 category explained, then a group design exercise on building a secure agentic system. Beginners welcome, no vendor pitches.

Breaking Models 🚨AI Security

3 to 4:30 PM · AI Security Research Meetup · Hacker Dojo

The Bay Area AI Security Research Meetup picks up where we left off on OWASP LLM03:2026 Excessive Agency.

CPE from your desk

Live online sessions this week with credit hours, times in Pacific. 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 2 ACM PQQS 2026: Post-Quantum and Quantum-based Security · ACM SIGSAC

Nov 3 Forcepoint AI Data Security Tour: Menlo Park · Forcepoint

Nov 4 IEEE TPS 2026: Trust, Privacy and Security in Intelligent Systems · IEEE CS

Nov 5 CIOMeet San Jose 2026 · CIOMeet

Nov 12 CISO X San Francisco 2026 (held at Hayes Mansion, San Jose) · CISO X

Nov 17 Infosec Anti-Summit Bay Area (The CISO Society) · CISO Society

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