AI Defense Stack Day · September 2026
Five security companies presented to a registration roster that included senior cyber leaders, then received targeted follow-through and a lasting library of their own presentation and panel clips.
A clean, reviewed roster and measured follow-through gave each participating team something concrete to act on after the show.
The roster also included 32 founders, owners or other executives, 22 VP or head titles, and 15 director titles.
Role examples are generalized to protect registrants' identities.
A stricter enterprise-security shortlist contained 30 cyber professionals at employers reporting 1,000+ staff, including 10 cyber executives. That is a subset of the roster, not the total leadership count.
All three views use the full clean registration roster as the denominator. Missing source data stays visible rather than being assigned a likely category.
278 usable titles: 269 corroborated profiles and 9 registration titles.
| C-level / CxO-related | 37 · 10% |
|---|---|
| Founder / owner / other executive | 32 · 8% |
| VP / head | 22 · 6% |
| Director | 15 · 4% |
| Manager / lead | 33 · 9% |
| Professional / specialist | 96 · 25% |
| Other stated title | 43 · 11% |
| Title unavailable | 106 · 28% |
229 people had a high-confidence employer industry.
| Software | 51 · 13% |
|---|---|
| IT services | 46 · 12% |
| Cybersecurity | 41 · 11% |
| Higher education | 15 · 4% |
| Financial services | 11 · 3% |
| Management consulting | 9 · 2% |
| Other verified industries | 56 · 15% |
| Industry unavailable | 155 · 40% |
272 locations: 263 profile locations and 9 signup countries.
| North America | 157 · 41% |
|---|---|
| Asia-Pacific | 34 · 9% |
| Israel & Middle East | 33 · 9% |
| Europe | 32 · 8% |
| Africa, Latin America & other | 16 · 4% |
| Location unavailable | 112 · 29% |
Seniority is based on current title where corroborated, then a reported registration title. It includes founders and vendor-side roles, so it is not a count of enterprise buyers. Industry and location come from high-confidence profiles, with signup country used for nine additional locations. Small geographic groups are combined for privacy. Percentages are rounded against 384.
The show gave companies a focused presentation, then put their ideas under live panel questioning. The questions were specific enough to be useful in later follow-up.
Each presenter had a dedicated segment and a separate panel discussion, giving viewers a clear story and a chance to hear the hard questions.
The panels pressed on identity integration, cloud security decisions, continuous testing, and how teams evaluate AI-based security approaches.
Participating teams received ranked registration lists, source-aware enrichment, connection records, panel Q&A summaries, and 11 replay choices: the full show plus five presentations and five panel cuts.
These examples are anonymized. They show how a sponsor's specific goals were tracked alongside the event-wide results.
For one company, two people from its desired-contact list appeared on the reviewed registration roster. One external signup came after the list was supplied; the other person had been enrolled earlier.
The same company also wanted its founder in front of a strategic industry contact. The founder and a representative of that company took part in the same panel discussion.
Risk Takers combined an editorial format with targeted outreach, individualized reporting and reusable video. The result was a clearer path from one live event to relevant relationships and informed sponsor follow-up.
Risk Takers