What’s Next in Converged Cyber/Physical Technology
July 22, 2026
1:00 PM ET / 12:00 PM CT / 10:00 AM PT / 6:00 PM GMT
Duration: 1 hour
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Summary
As global enterprises confront increasingly complex threats, security leaders are navigating a rapidly shifting landscape where digital and physical risks are no longer separate. This live panel will explore how organizations are evolving from traditional Zero Trust principles toward AI-first security models that can operate at the speed and scale of modern adversaries. With attackers leveraging automation, supply-chain infiltration, and blended cyber-physical exploits, the security arms race is accelerating—and defenders must adapt just as quickly.
Our expert panel will unpack how artificial intelligence, automation, and unified security architectures are transforming the future of enterprise protection. Attendees will gain practical insight into designing resilient, cross-domain defenses; managing the expanded attack surface created by IoT, cloud video, and connected access systems; and aligning emerging technologies with measurable business outcomes. Whether you're shaping strategy or operating mission-critical environments, this session will equip you with forward-looking guidance for the next era of cyber-physical security.
Topics for discussion:
- The shift from Zero Trust frameworks to AI-driven security operations
- Managing cyber-physical convergence and new blended threat vectors
- Securing supply chains, third-party ecosystems, and distributed infrastructures
- Operationalizing AI for autonomous detection, response, and resilience
Speakers
Joseph Zaki
Founder and CEO
Kronowave
Joseph Zaki is the Founder and CEO of Kronowave, a company building the release authority and proof layer for AI-enabled security workflows. His work focuses at the point where AI outputs become operational reliance: what evidence supports the output, whether it is authorized for use, who is allowed to act on it, and what proof record survives afterward. Prior to Kronowave, Joseph founded Loko AI and spent nearly 30 years in advanced visual systems, spanning computer vision, VFX, VR, and high-consequence workflows across government and Academy Award winning commercial environments.
Maria Sumnicht
National Cybersecurity Director for Critical Infrastructure
Task Force on Homeland Security
Sumnicht advises government agencies, critical infrastructure operators, and industry leaders on securing operational technology (OT), industrial control systems (ICS), Internet of Things (IoT), and converged physical and cyber environments. She is widely recognized as a leading authority on protecting critical infrastructure from emerging cyber threats, particularly those affecting transportation, utilities, public safety, and smart city ecosystems.
Sumnicht brings more than three decades of experience spanning cybersecurity, physical security, networking, and critical infrastructure engineering. She began her career at NASA Ames Research Center, where she participated in one of the first incident response efforts during the 1988 Morris Worm attack—an experience that helped shape her lifelong focus on cybersecurity. She has since held technical and leadership positions with organizations including Lockheed Martin, Cisco Systems, and numerous public-sector agencies. Prior to her current role, Sumnicht served as Chief Urban Technology Architect for New York City Cyber Command. There, she led cybersecurity initiatives for the city's industrial control systems and IoT infrastructure, overseeing the ICS/OT Simulation and Testing Laboratory and the IoT Penetration Testing Laboratory.
Steven Brown
Vice President for Strategy & Business Development
Prometheus Security Group Global (PSG)
Steven Brown is Vice President for Strategy & Business Development at Prometheus Security Group Global (PSG). He is a critical infrastructure security expert and USAF veteran with 23+ years of operations, strategy, policy, design, and implementation experience securing critical infrastructure and strategic assets worldwide.
PSG provides unified security solutions specializing in software and hardware for video surveillance, access control, intrusion detection, and cyber security. PSG’s open architecture, zerotrust, scalable, reliable security solutions are entrusted to protect the United States’ most sensitive strategic assets along with critical missions, facilities, and people around the world.
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