Speaking & Workshops
Practical briefings and workshops on cybersecurity, AI, technology risk, and resilience.Black Swan Technologies provides practical speaking sessions, workshops, and executive briefings on cybersecurity, technology risk, AI adoption, vendor oversight, and digital resilience.
Sessions are designed for leadership teams, boards, industry groups, credit unions, and organizations that need clear, business-focused guidance on complex technology and risk topics.
Topics can be tailored for executive audiences, technical teams, board education, industry events, and practical working sessions.
The focus is practical: help participants understand risk, clarify priorities, ask better questions, and identify realistic next steps.
Bring practical cybersecurity, AI, technology risk, and resilience guidance to your next board session, leadership meeting, workshop, or industry event.
PAST SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
ISC2 Security Congress 2024 — Las Vegas, NV
October 14–16, 2024
UN Cybersecurity Event — Podgorica, Montenegro
November 7–9, 2017
ISACA CACS Conference — Accra, Ghana
September 11–12, 2017
Nonprofit Risk Management Center Risk Summit
September 17–19, 2017
Credit Union Executive Society
2016
Black Hat Executive Summit — Scottsdale, AZ
2015
Session Highlight: Cybersecurity in the Developing Nation
ISACA CACS Africa 2017 — Accra, Ghana
Cybersecurity in the Developing Nation
Brian Nesgoda, Chief Information Security Officer, Sikorsky Financial Credit Union
Session Highlights:
This session explored how cyber threats and cybercrime affect developing nations, including risks to critical infrastructure, emerging digital economies, government services, healthcare, utilities, transportation, and communications.
The discussion focused on building resilience, developing cybersecurity programs with limited resources, improving risk assessment practices, and understanding how emerging technologies were changing security implementation.
Attendees explored:
- How cyberattacks affect developing nations and critical services
- How to begin developing a practical cybersecurity program
- Why vendor and third-party risk should be included in risk assessment
- How emerging technologies can influence security strategy
Session Highlight: Cloud-Hosted SaaS Solutions
UNDP/FIRST Technical Colloquium 2017 — Podgorica, Montenegro
Brian Nesgoda, Chief Information Security Officer, Sikorsky Financial Credit Union
Session Highlight:
This session examined how cloud-hosted SaaS solutions can support centralized vendor management, reporting, and regulatory compliance.
The discussion also addressed maturing security technologies, including cloud access security brokers and machine learning-enabled tools, and how these capabilities can help organizations strengthen oversight of third-party vendors.
Attendees explored:
- Why vendor management is critical to an effective cybersecurity program
- How to build a practical vendor management framework
- How cloud and security technologies can improve third-party oversight
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Bring practical guidance on cybersecurity, AI, technology risk, vendor oversight, or resilience to your next event or leadership session.