ChiBrrCon 2027

Security leaders have long struggled to balance speed with rigor: CISOs must make rapid calls on investments, incident response, and program direction, then justify those decisions to executives, boards, and regulators. Artificial Intelligence promises not just faster answers but defensible ones. In this presentation, drawing on experience as a penetration tester, auditor, regulator, and program leader, we will explore how AI can serve as a “second brain” for security decision-making tapping in various sources of information. We’ll show how AI-driven analysis can cut through noise, reveal where risk is actually reduced, and help translate technical data into financial and operational terms. Beyond the hype, we’ll address practical realities: What works today? Where are the pitfalls? Attendees will walk away with strategies to use AI not only for efficiency, but as a force multiplier for risk accountability and executive alignment.


Key Takeaways are:
- How AI can accelerate and defend security program decisions 
- Lessons from real-world use cases (metrics, risk quantification, regulatory oversight) 
- Governance practices for responsible AI adoption in security programs


Participants will hear concrete examples of AI applied in action: how AI-driven analytics can cut through noise to highlight latest threat information, how machine learning models are improving speed of evaluating relevance, and how automation is reducing the burden on security teams facing information overload and response time pressure.