Wednesday, March 4 2026
The Fatal Silo: Why Separating Identity and Data Security Is Your Next Breach Waiting to Happen
5:30pm - 8:00pm CT | Dallas, TX
Event Overview
The perimeter is dead, and the firewall has become irrelevant to the modern attacker. Yet, most organizations continue to treat Identity and Access Management and Data Security as distant cousins, operating in isolated silos with separate tools and strategies. This disconnect creates the ultimate blind spot for the enterprise: “Shadow Access” to “Shadow Data.”
In this session, we confront the uncomfortable reality that while you are busy watching the network gate, attackers are already inside, using valid credentials to exploit data you didn’t even know was exposed.
Among the discussion topics:
- Why the most dangerous threat today is the over-permissioned user – human or machine – with seamless, unmonitored access to your organization’s crown jewels.
- The tactical intersection of Data Security Posture Management and Identity Security Posture Management.
- How to operationalize the “Cybersecurity Mesh” and provide actionable steps to build a context-aware security fabric.
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Moderator
James Deluccia
Consulting Editor and Chief Product
Security Officer
ISMG
James Bonifield
CEO
Anthropic Identity
Speakers
Guided by Thales IAM 360 insights and Anthropic Identity’s expertise, register the session to explore the executive blueprint for a unified, identity-first security strategy.
This session will be:
- Chatham house rule
- Peer driven
- Pitch free
Subject matter expert
Bob Gilbert
Vice President, GTM Strategy and Chief Evangelist
Netskope
Damian Chung is a cybersecurity leader with over 25 years of security and IT experience.As VP of Cyber Defense, Damian oversees the global SOC, Threat and Vulnerability Management, and Operational Threat Intelligence/Detection. He also leads the Netskope Customer Zero program. He is working on deeper AI integrations for many security operational tasks to improve response and remediation metrics, reduce risk, and stay ahead of attackers.Before Netskope, Chung was head of Cybersecurity Engineering/Architecture at Dignity Health, where he implemented multiple cybersecurity controls and helped mature their security program by developing a healthcare-focused security roadmap. Additionally, Damian has held the role of VP of IT, Cloud Security & Compliance for a healthcare technology company where he built a HIPAA-compliant cloud service. Damian has an MSc from Arizona State.
Subject matter expert
Justin Rowe
Managing Director
Deloitte
Aaron works with large financial institutions in North America, Europe, and the UK to ensure they are able to safely and securely use Google Cloud for their critical workloads. Aaron has significant experience in the implementation and configuration of Google Cloud security products, and leads the development of technical solutions to meet stringent customer requirements. Aaron has been at Google for 7 years, beginning in the Professional Services Organization, specializing in security. Prior to Google, Aaron worked as a data scientist in Cyber Risk at Deloitte.
Aaron also holds a PhD in experimental condensed matter physics from the University of Toronto, in Toronto, Ontario, and a Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering Physics from Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario.
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Venue
The Hampton Social - Dallas
1520 Main St, Dallas, TX 75201
Underwritten by
Thales is a global leader in cybersecurity, helping the most trusted organizations protect critical identity, data, applications and software anywhere, at scale. Through Thales’ integrated platforms, customers achieve better visibility of risks, defend against cyber threats, close compliance gaps, and deliver trusted digital experiences for billions of consumers every day.
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