2026 is at our doorstep, and leaders are feeling the pressure to strike the right balance between innovation, trust, and security while maintaining resilience as adoption of AI accelerates. The pace of change driven by AI, shifting regulations, expanding threat landscape, and the looming quantum threat means yesterday’s strategies may no longer carry us forward.
In this exclusive panel, senior leaders from Delinea and IBM will share how they are navigating these challenges today and preparing for what’s next in 2026.
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Join us to hear firsthand how these leaders are perfecting the balancing act, securing today while preparing for the opportunities and risks of tomorrow as things change by the hour.
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Dr. Sridhar Muppidi is IBM Fellow and CTO of IBM Security, architecting enterprise-scale cybersecurity solutions and driving technical innovation for enterprise customers. With nearly 30 years' experience and 60+ patents, he leads AI, agent security, and non-human identity initiatives, translating cutting-edge research into production systems. As a founding member of OCSF and CoSAI, Dr. Muppidi helps shape global cybersecurity standards and mentors’ future technologists as advisor at Texas A&M University.