RVAsec 15: Full Schedule

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11:00am EDT

Empathy, Not Telepathy: How Embedded Engineering Teams Scale Cyber Response

Tuesday June 9, 2026 11:00am - 11:50am EDT

The real issue of AI isn't just the speed of the adversary, but the unprecedented noise they’ve created which makes finding the signal through traditional means nearly impossible. This talk explores how embedding engineers into the cyber lifecycle helps drown out the noise and empowers analysts to focus on high-leverage response at scale.

Speakers

Kyle Flaherty

Head of Cyber Intelligence Engineering, Capital One

Kyle is based out of Richmond and leads the Cyber Intelligence Engineering function at Capital One, where his teams work directly with Cyber Intelligence Analysts to empower them to respond at scale.

Kyle has spent 7 years at Capital One and has prior security work with the U.S. Navy and NSA. His interest in Cyber is rooted in service: a love for technology combined with a desire to serve, inspired by growing up in a military family. Kyle holds a degree in Computer Science from... Read More →

Tuesday June 9, 2026 11:00am - 11:50am EDT
Upstairs, Grand Ballroom D/E

Business

1:00pm EDT

Secure by Design, Trusted Through Compliance

Tuesday June 9, 2026 1:00pm - 1:50pm EDT

Upstairs, Grand Ballroom D/E

This talk will challenge listeners to redefine the traditional technical vs compliance mindset and thing of security as risk management. Whether it's technical or contractual risk we should all be focused on the same goal of reducing material impacts to our organizations. It will walk through a model in which compliance is built upon strong technical foundations and becomes a mechanism for communicating trust to your organization, customers, and regulators

Speakers

Michael Darling

Principal Consultant, Solstice Security

As CEO of Solstice Security, Michael Darling delivers exceptional results with 25+ years of leadership across federal government, military, and private sectors As CISO at Venable LLP, one of the biggest law firms in the world, he built and executed a $15M+ comprehensive security... Read More →

Tuesday June 9, 2026 1:00pm - 1:50pm EDT
Upstairs, Grand Ballroom D/E

Business

2:00pm EDT

No Breach Required: $52 Million in Cybersecurity Fraud Settlements Built on Paperwork, Not Incidents

Tuesday June 9, 2026 2:00pm - 2:50pm EDT

Upstairs, Grand Ballroom D/E

We present original research quantifying the gap between what federal contractors certify about their security posture and what vulnerability telemetry actually shows, combining data science with False Claims Act enforcement analysis to estimate the real FCA exposure across the defense industrial base. We then ask whether the industry's own risk-scoring tools, built to make triage rational, are inadvertently building the evidentiary record that makes fraud prosecution easier.

Speakers

Max Voldman

Partner, Whistleblower Partners LLP

Max Voldman is a partner at Whistleblower Partners LLP, in Washington DC. Max’s practice is focused on representing whistleblowers under the federal False Claims Act and numerous state law equivalents, and the whistleblower programs of the Securities and Exchange Commission. Max... Read More →

Michael Roytman

Chief Technology Officer, Empirical Security

Michael Roytman is the CTO of Empirical Security. Previously, he was the Chief Data Scientist of Kenna Security, and a Distinguished Engineer at Cisco. He served on boards for the Society of Information Risk Analysts, Cryptomove, and Social Capital. He was the co-founder and executive... Read More →

Tuesday June 9, 2026 2:00pm - 2:50pm EDT
Upstairs, Grand Ballroom D/E

Business

3:00pm EDT

Gigawatts and Governance: The Data Security Crisis No One Is Talking About

Tuesday June 9, 2026 3:00pm - 3:50pm EDT

Upstairs, Grand Ballroom D/E

Gigawatts of power. Trillions in investment. A data security crisis hiding in plain sight. The explosive growth of AI data centers has created an infrastructure layer most security frameworks were never designed to govern. When ownership of that infrastructure determines who truly controls the data inside it, conventional perimeter thinking is not enough. This session makes the case that infrastructure governance is the defining data security challenge of our generation.

Speakers

Nancy Coblenz

President, Stellenium

Nancy Coblenz is President of Stellenium Corporation and Co-Founder of Family Office Group. Her work sits at the intersection of AI infrastructure, national digital policy, and full-stack systems deployment across emerging markets.

With over 15 years in technology strategy and large-scale systems implementation, Nancy previously served as CEO of MyBrand AI, an enterprise AI strategy and implementation firm. Prior to that, she held executive leadership roles in private equity and a multibillion-dollar global... Read More →

Tuesday June 9, 2026 3:00pm - 3:50pm EDT
Upstairs, Grand Ballroom D/E

Business

RVAsec 15

11:00am EDT

Kyle Flaherty

1:00pm EDT

Michael Darling

2:00pm EDT

Max Voldman

Michael Roytman

3:00pm EDT

Nancy Coblenz

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