Name: Unmasking Cybercrime: Trevor Hilligoss on Tackling Infostealers and Ransomware
Start: 2025-05-30T08:01:00Z
End: 2025-05-30T08:01:58.000Z
Location: BrightTALK
Rating: 4.5

Today’s security challenges begin and end with data. In this channel, Forcepoint experts share insights into how organizations can protect sensitive information across cloud, network and on-prem environments while enabling productivity everywhere. 

From uncovering hidden risks with Data Risk Assessments to building stronger compliance strategies, you’ll learn how to put data at the center of your security program. Watch our sessions to discover how Forcepoint is helping CISOs, security leaders and practitioners reduce risk, simplify operations and strengthen trust in the age of AI and cloud transformation. 

AI and cloud have changed the game—traditional security models can’t keep up. CISOs and IT leaders face a critical challenge: securing sensitive data in a decentralized, AI-powered environment.

Join Forcepoint’s Chief Data Strategy Officer, Ronan Murphy, and Liberty University's Director of IT Security, Brian Johnson, for a strategic briefing to learn how forward-thinking organizations are staying ahead and how Data Security Everywhere (DSE) enables adaptive, holistic protection.

What You’ll Learn:

• Why legacy models break in an AI-powered world
• How DSE simplifies compliance and reduces complexity
• Real-world strategies to secure your most valuable asset—data

Data Security Everywhere: Protecting Your Sensitive Data in an AI-Driven World

As governments and organizations worldwide race to regulate artificial intelligence, a key question stands out: how can we protect privacy, ensure transparency, and still innovate responsibly?

Forcepoint hosts Rachael Lyon and Jonathan Knepher are joined by Shane Tews, President of Logan Circle Strategies to discuss today’s most pressing AI policy issues:

- Safeguarding privacy in an era of ever-expanding data
- Digital sovereignty and content moderation
- The delicate balance between fostering innovation and protecting digital trust
- The increasing need for education among lawmakers and tech leaders
- Effects of AI legislation in various nations, and how organizations can get ready for the next phase of regulations

Navigating AI Policy: Challenges in Privacy, Governance, and Regulation

Get hands-on with Forcepoint’s latest innovations transforming Data Security. This session showcases how AI Mesh enables intelligent Data Security Posture Management (DSPM) at scale, how Risk-Adaptive Protection (RAP) dynamically adjusts enforcement based on user behavior, and how Data Detection and Response (DDR) offers continuous threat monitoring and responses to defend against near real-time data breaches. See live demos and learn how Forcepoint delivers new-age security that responds to dynamically changing data sensitivity, user behavior, and risk context.

The Demo Stage: Latest Innovations in Data Security with AI Mesh, DDR, and Risk-Adaptive Protection

Hear how Forcepoint DSPM helps FBD Insurance provide a strong foundation for the Data Protection Office to ensure the principle of least privilege is always enforced for regulated data, no matter where it resides.

Comprehensive Data Access Governance

Learn how Forcepoint delivers real-time data protection purpose-built for enterprises embracing Generative AI and LLM tools, both internal and SaaS. Discover how to prevent unauthorized sharing, prompt injection, and sensitive data exfiltration across AI-powered channels, while maintaining compliance, visibility, and trust in Generative AI workflows.

AI-Native Data Security for GenAI-Ready Enterprises

SaaS adoption introduces compliance blind spots – stale data, ungoverned file sharing, and inconsistent controls across cloud apps. In this session, explore how Forcepoint’s Data Security Everywhere approach enables continuous compliance by automating sensitive data classification, surfacing risks to regulated data such as public exposure, providing remediation workflows, and enforcing data loss controls.

From Audit Headaches to Automated Compliance: Streamlining Data Governance

Explore real-world strategies to combat data sprawl across SaaS apps, GenAI tools, web, email and endpoints. Learn how deep data discovery, AI-driven classification, and unified, risk-aware policies help organizations prevent data loss across all channels and secure digital transformation at scale.

From Sprawl to Control: Regaining Control Over Data in a GenAI World

Forcepoint CEO Ryan Windham wraps Day One by distilling the top takeaways into a clear path forward: see what others miss, adapt faster than threats, and use AI to defend against AI. Walk away with a ready-to-use playbook for protecting sensitive data in the AI era.

See Everything Everywhere – Full visibility into sensitive data flows
Adapt Without Delay – Rapidly evolve controls with changing threats
Fight AI Smart – Use AI-native defenses against AI-driven risks
Secure and Enable – Protect data without slowing the business
Act on Insight – Turn today’s lessons into immediate action

Forcepoint AWARE - Closing Comments and Day Two Preview

You’ve heard why self-aware data security matters. Now it’s where the proof meets the pudding: making it real in environments with millions or billions of records, files, sprawling databases, and AI touching sensitive data at every turn.

In this fireside chat, Chief Product and Marketing Officer Naveen Palavalli teams up with CTO and Global Head of Engineering Bakshi Kohli to dig into how to start closing the Visibility-Control Gap — without adding complexity. 

They’ll share how to pick your starting point, align teams, and put controls in place that can adapt to AI-driven risk in real time.

The goal: visibility into what matters, adapting to risk, and scaling protection to pave the way to a simpler path for compliance and security.

Session Takeaways: 
- How to choose a practical starting point for securing AI-driven data flows 
- What adaptive protection looks like in action, from endpoint to cloud 
- Customer-tested ways to unify policies and reduce tool fatigue

The Future of Self-Aware Data Security

AI has changed the tempo of cyberattacks along with the margin for error. In this session, Darwish Azad, CISO at Emirates NBD, shares how organizations could adapt to detecting and disrupting AI-enabled threats in real time, using a blend of visibility, adaptive controls and automation.

Moderated by Rick Hanson, President of Go-to-Market at Forcepoint, here is an unfiltered account of what happens when a security team meets a fast-moving, AI-powered attack. You’ll learn how they identified the risk, closed the gaps and kept operations moving – and how you can apply the same tactics to your own environment.

Session Takeaways:
- Lessons to stop AI-driven data exfiltration
- How to adapt controls on the fly without breaking workflows
- Steps to build resilience against fast-changing threats

A Field Guide to Thwarting Sophisticated AI-Driven Threats

Data growth, AI adoption and tightening regulations are stretching CISOs and their teams to the limit.

Managing tools is one thing. The hardest part is making sure your teams align defenses to real, material threats, especially for AI, proving it to the board and keeping pace with how fast risk is changing in the cloud.

Ross Young, creator of the OWASP Threat and Safeguard Matrix, joins Alex Martinez, Director Solutions Architecture, Global Public Sector Partners at AWS, to share what they’re seeing inside security programs right now. From cloud transformation risks to AI-powered attack methods, they’ll walk through proven ways to connect visibility, strategy, and reporting.

Session Takeaways:
- Build a defensible strategy that maps directly to real AI-driven threats
- Anticipate and address cloud transformation risks before they escalate
- Communicate security priorities so boards and execs stay aligned

Ask The Experts: CISO Strategies to Control AI Risk

AI isn’t “on the way.” It’s already inside the workflows, tools, and cloud apps moving your data. And too often, that data is leaving your control before you even know it’s gone.

The real challenge goes beyond just seeing the risk. It’s acting in time to stop it. That’s the Visibility-Control Gap — and in an AI-driven world, it’s widening fast. 

In his welcome remarks, Ryan Windham shares what it takes to close that gap. You’ll hear how teams are combining real-time visibility with adaptive controls and automated protection to keep sensitive data safe without slowing down the business. This is about making AI work for you, not against you — and turning data security into an advantage instead of a roadblock. 

Session Takeaways: 
- Greater visibility alone isn’t solving today’s risk 
- The “Visibility-Control Gap” is becoming a new attack surface 
- AI is helping security teams recognize vulnerabilities and adapt fast

Closing the Visibility-Control Gap: Reimagining Data Security for the AI-Driven Future

Forcepoint hosts Rachael Lyon and Jonathan Knepher welcome Chris Hurst, CTO and Co-Founder of Blackwired, for a deep dive into the fast-evolving world of supply chain attacks, credential theft, and the future of cyber defense. With a background in military-grade intelligence and leadership in developing key security frameworks for the UK government, Chris brings firsthand insights and compelling stories from the front lines—revealing the hidden threats that quietly undermine critical industries.

Join this conversation as Chris breaks down the anatomy of recent supply chain breaches and challenges the status quo in threat intelligence and cyber resilience; why the prevailing “whack-a-mole” approach to cybersecurity is no longer effective.

Building Resilient Security Strategies for Modern Supply Chain Threats

Forcepoint hosts Rachael Lyon and Jonathan Knepher are joined by Ed Gaudet, CEO and founder of Censinet, to dive into the rapidly evolving world of third-party risk management—especially in the healthcare sector.

Ed unpacks the new complexities of managing risk in a world where nearly every business process depends on cloud solutions, SaaS vendors, IoT, medical devices, and artificial intelligence. Ed also explores the complex landscape of AI adoption, from ambient listening in clinical settings to the delicate balance of technological innovation and patient safety. 

Hear insights on the exponential growth of attack surfaces in healthcare, the challenges of AI governance, and how organizations can balance the promise of innovation with the pressing need to protect patient safety and data quality.

How AI and Third-Party Risk Are Transforming Healthcare Cybersecurity

In today’s competitive landscape, employee transitions can open the door to serious data security risks. Whether through intentional exfiltration or accidental exposure, your organization’s intellectual property (IP) is vulnerable when staff leave.

Join Forcepoint and Plurilock for a must-attend webinar where top experts will share how to protect your most sensitive data during these critical moments.

What You’ll Learn:
- Common Data Loss Vectors: Understand how IP escapes during off-boarding and what to monitor.
- Insider Threat Tactics Exposed: Hear from Plurilock’s red team on how insiders bypass traditional DLP tools.
- DLP Best Practices: Learn how to configure and optimize your DLP systems for transition periods.
- Early Warning Detection: Discover behavioral indicators that signal potential data theft before it happens.

Data Walks Out the Door: Protecting IP during Staffing Transitions

Betsy Cooper, founding director of the Aspen Policy Academy, joins Forcepoint hosts Jonathan Knepher and Rachael Lyon, to discuss the importance of bridging the gap between technologists and policymakers.

Tune in as the trio explores how AI and cybersecurity are reshaping the threat landscape, what roles individuals and small businesses can play in shaping policy, and why now, more than ever, your voice matters in the digital conversation.

Closing Cybersecurity Blind Spots: Civic Engagement and Policy Innovations

Forcepoint hosts Rachael Lyon and Jonathan Knepher are joined by Walter Haydock, founder and CEO of Stackaware. Walter brings a unique perspective from his time in the Marine Corps and Homeland Security, and now leads the charge in AI governance and risk management.

This session dives deep into the maze of AI regulation, focusing on the newly emerging ISO 42001 standard and what compliance really means for organizations. Walter unpacks the complexities facing companies as they navigate a patchwork of state, national, and international laws—highlighting the challenges and opportunities presented by Colorado’s groundbreaking AI legislation and Europe’s evolving approach.

Navigating the Maze of AI Governance: Insights on ISO 42001 and New Regulations

Forcepoint hosts Rachel Lyon and Jonathan Knepher dive deep into the evolving threat landscape in healthcare cybersecurity with special guest Russell Teague, CSO at Fortified Health Security. With over three decades of experience across sectors like healthcare, pharma, and finance—and as a contributor to the White House National Cybersecurity Healthcare Strategy—Russell brings incredibly valuable insights to the table.

Together, they unpack the most pressing cyber threats facing healthcare organizations today, including ransomware as a service, third-party risks, and the growing impact of AI on both offense and defense. Russell discusses the unique challenges rural and small healthcare providers face, the critical importance of operational resiliency and incident readiness, and why data management remains a top priority in protecting patient information.

The Evolving Cyber Threat Landscape in Healthcare

Rachael Lyon and Jonathan Knepher dive deep into the world of cybercrime with Trevor Hilligoss, the Senior Vice President at SpyCloud Labs, SpyCloud. Trevor brings his expertise to the table, sharing insights into the intricate workings of the criminal underground, from the rise of infostealers to the evolution of cybersecurity adversaries. 

We explore the dynamics of cybercrime enablement services and discuss the role of AI and data protection measures in combating these threats. Prepare to be captivated by Trevor's intriguing journey from the military to becoming a key player in the fight against cybercrime, and learn what it truly means to be on the frontlines of cybersecurity.

Unmasking Cybercrime: Trevor Hilligoss on Tackling Infostealers and Ransomware

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