Security and risk leaders no longer need convincing that AI will reshape their organizations. The challenge now is figuring out where to start, what controls need to be in place, and how to adopt AI without creating new risks.

As AI agents take on more responsibility, security teams are revisiting governance models, data controls, operating procedures, and workforce plans. The conversation has shifted from whether to adopt AI to how to deploy it safely and effectively.

That’s the focus of the workshop program at Security & Risk Forum 2026. These hands-on sessions are built for leaders who need to make decisions, solve real implementation challenges, and leave with clear next steps.

Whether you’re exploring agentic AI in the security operations center (SOC), strengthening governance, improving data classification, or preparing your workforce for AI-assisted operations, the workshops are designed to help you move from discussion to execution.

Build The Right Foundation For Agentic Security Operations

AI agents and agentic systems are rapidly moving from experimentation to implementation. Security operations teams are increasingly exploring how AI can support activities ranging from vulnerability management to incident response and remediation.

But successfully deploying agentic security capabilities requires more than simply introducing new technology. Organizations must establish the right foundation of data, automation, and operational processes to ensure that AI systems deliver meaningful outcomes and can be trusted to support critical security functions.

In the workshop Build The Right Foundation To Leverage AI Agents And Agentic Systems In The SOC, attendees will explore established and emerging use cases for AI agents in security operations, learn how to structure security teams to take advantage of agentic capabilities, and examine the foundational elements needed to support long-term success.

Attendees will learn:

  • Established and emerging use cases for AI agents and agentic systems in security operations
  • How to structure security operations teams to deploy and derive value from agentic AI
  • How to build the right foundation across data, automation, and operational processes to support AI-driven security workflows

For leaders evaluating where AI can deliver SOC value, this session provides a practical starting point.

Put AI Governance Into Practice With AEGIS

Many organizations recognize the need for guardrails as agentic AI becomes more prevalent. What remains less clear is how to operationalize those guardrails across existing security architectures, processes, and governance programs.

The workshop Implementing AEGIS takes a deeper look at Forrester’s Agentic AI Enterprise Guardrails For Information Security (AEGIS) framework to help organizations safely deploy and manage AI agents, ensuring that they do what they are supposed to do, access only the data they need, follow company policies and regulations, don’t create security risks, and can be monitored and controlled.

Attendees will examine AEGIS’s three core principles and six domains, explore how the framework aligns with established cybersecurity practices, and gain insights into incorporating AEGIS into existing processes and architectures. The workshop also addresses how applying the framework can support compliance across multiple regulatory requirements.

Attendees will learn:

  • The three core principles of AEGIS and how they align with existing cybersecurity frameworks and practices
  • Key activities and outcomes across the six AEGIS domains and how to incorporate them into existing architectures and processes
  • How applying AEGIS can support compliance across multiple regulatory requirements

For leaders responsible for AI governance and risk management, this session offers practical guidance for turning principles into action.

Advance Data Classification For The AI Era

As AI systems gain access to increasing volumes of enterprise information, effective data governance becomes even more important. Yet many organizations continue to struggle with data classification initiatives. Programs often stall before reaching broad adoption, leaving leaders with policies that look good on paper but fail to drive consistent behavior across the organization.

The workshop Advance Your Data Classification Program takes a hands-on approach to addressing this challenge. Through structured peer discussions, participants will work through real data classification issues, exchange ideas with practitioners facing similar obstacles, and leave with practical actions they can implement immediately.

Attendees will learn:

  • How peers are solving data classification challenges at similar levels of program maturity
  • Practical approaches to overcoming specific classification and adoption obstacles
  • One concrete action they can take in the next two weeks to advance their program

Rather than focusing solely on theory, the workshop is designed to help attendees make measurable progress on current data governance initiatives.

Upskill Security Teams For Secure AI Use

Technology transformation requires workforce transformation. Generative AI and agentic systems are already changing how cybersecurity teams work, the skills that they need, and how experience is developed over time. Security leaders must begin preparing their organizations for operating models in which practitioners increasingly work alongside AI-assisted tools and decision support systems.

The workshop Reskilling Cybersecurity Teams For The Agentic Era examines how leaders can rethink skills development, career progression, and role design to support this transition. Attendees will explore the cybersecurity skills that matter most in AI-augmented environments, discuss how career paths may evolve as AI changes the way practitioners gain experience, and learn strategies for building a reskilling approach that supports accountability, resilience, and effective oversight.

Attendees will learn:

  • The cybersecurity skills that will matter most in AI-augmented operating models
  • How career paths and professional development may need to evolve as AI changes how practitioners build experience and judgment
  • Strategies for creating a reskilling program that supports accountability, resilience, and effective oversight

For leaders planning the future of their security organizations, workforce readiness may prove just as important as technology readiness.

Leave With A Plan, Not Just Ideas

The most successful organizations in the AI era won’t simply understand the implications of agentic AI. They’ll know how to operationalize governance, strengthen data controls, modernize security operations, and prepare their teams for the future. That’s what makes the workshop program at Security & Risk Forum different.

These highly interactive sessions are designed to help attendees translate ideas into action, offering opportunities to learn from peers, pressure-test approaches, and develop practical next steps for their organizations. By the end of the event, participants will not only have a better understanding of AI-driven security and risk challenges but will leave with concrete frameworks, actionable guidance, and a clearer path toward building resilient, trustworthy, and effective security programs for the AI era.

Join us November 9–10 in Washington, DC and take the next step from strategy to execution at Security & Risk Forum 2026. Because workshop seating is limited to support active participation, we encourage you to register early to ensure access to the workshop of your choice.

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