Thursday, April 30th 2026
MDR in an AI World: Attaining the Critical Capabilities
4:00 - 5:30PM ET | Virtual
Event Overview
From the quantity and sophistication of attacks to the coordination and speed of defenses, AI has been cybersecurity’s biggest game-changer. How does AI also change what you need from your Managed Detection and Response provider?
In the AI era, the MDR market has evolved from basic outsourced monitoring into a diverse ecosystem of providers offering vastly different approaches and value propositions. The challenge isn’t finding MDR options – it’s understanding which capabilities truly matter.
What are the critical capabilities that separate reactive monitoring from strategic security partnership? Register now for this exclusive session, where you will join subject matter experts and peers in a deep discussion about the evolution of MDR in the AI era.
Among the discussion points:
- MDR Historically – What has been your past experience – and results – with MDR?
- MDR Today – How have your detection and response needs evolved, and what do you require from an MDR provider today?
- What to Seek – What questions do you need to be asking upfront to ensure your MDR provider can deliver what it’s promised and improve your security posture over time?
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Moderator
Sean D. Mack
Managing Director
ISMG
Chad Cragle
CISO
Deepwatch
Speakers
Join ISMG’s Sean D. Mack for a moderated discussion that will feature insights from Chad Cragle.
This 2-hour roundtable discussion over dinner will be:
- Chatham house rule
- Peer driven
- Pitch free
Subject matter expert
Ant Ducker
Global Security Technologist
Cisco
With over 20 years of hands-on experience in network security engineering and implementation And has developed network security platforms for some of the biggest names from the service provider, finance, advertising, government, and education verticals. In addition to network security engineering, Ant spends a great deal of time thinking about proactive and reactive cyber defence, leveraging both manual, automated and AI Augmented threat hunting workflows to enhance security posture, and how to manage hyper distributed environments with an integrated security platform.
Subject matter expert
Dennen Monks
Field Tech Strategist
CrowdStrike
Monks has 20 years of cybersecurity experience across network, data, cloud and applications. He helps
companies achieve streamlined operational states across people, process and technology. Monks
previously spent 10 years in professional services, five years at Skyhigh Networks in sales engineering,
and served as lead solution architect at Bionic.
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Venue
New York, NY
Venue to be announced
Underwritten by
Optiv is the cyber advisory and solutions leader, delivering strategic and technical expertise to nearly 6,000 companies across every major industry. We partner with organizations to advise, deploy and operate complete cybersecurity programs from strategy and managed security services to risk, integration and technology solutions. With clients at the center of our unmatched ecosystem of people, products, partners and programs, we accelerate business progress like no other company can. At Optiv, we manage cyber risk so you can secure your full potential
Rules of Engagement
By taking part in this discussion you agree that:
- These events follow Chatham House Rule. Nothing shared will be recorded or distributed anywhere online.
- If for any reason you need to cancel your reservation, we ask you to let us know 48 hours prior to the event commencing so we can open your seat up to someone else.
- These are interactive discussions, so we ask that all attendees participate in the discussion. If this is a virtual event, we ask all attendees to join via video.