RVAsec

RVAsec June 9-10, 2026
RVAsec is Virginia’s top security conference uniting top speakers, vendors & attendees from the mid-Atlantic and beyond. https://rvasec.com/

06/05/2026

4 days until RVAsec 15.

Sponsor Spotlight: Infoblox

This conversation with Bart Leonards from Infoblox is all about moving security earlier in the attack chain.

Instead of waiting for the payload, the phishing page, or the incident, Bart talks about using DNS and threat intelligence to identify adversarial infrastructure before it reaches users, devices, systems, or applications.

That shift matters because attackers are moving fast.

Cybercrime is more industrialized. Campaigns are more automated. Phishing sites can appear, target a small group of victims, and disappear within hours. If security teams wait for “patient zero,” they may already be behind.

The idea that stood out: move beyond reactive detection and response. Get closer to anticipation and prevention.

Infoblox will be part of RVAsec 15, June 9-10 in Richmond, VA.

Next week is all about the RVAsec experience: sharp talks, packed sponsor conversations, hands-on challenges, lockpicking, prizes, food, coffee, and a community that shows up ready to connect.

06/05/2026

4 days until RVAsec 15.

Sponsor Spotlight: Delinea

This conversation with Shawn McCabe from Delinea is about identity security, privilege, and why AI identities need to be treated seriously.

Shawn talks about privileged access management, continuous discovery, zero standing privilege, just-in-time access, vaulting secrets, and reducing blast radius.

One point that stood out: AI agents use identity too. They access data, use secrets, and operate at scale, so they need the same discipline security teams apply to privileged users, admins, machines, and service accounts.

RVAsec 15 is almost here: keynotes, speakers, expo hall, CTF, lockpick village, swag, sponsor prizes, after party, food, coffee, and community.

Watch Interview 18:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0k9q2DaG9Yw

06/05/2026

4 days until RVAsec 15.

Sponsor Spotlight: TBL Networks

This conversation with Patrick Treadway from TBL Networks gets into the emerging economics of attack.

AI is changing the math for attackers. It can make phishing, impersonation, and other campaigns cheaper, faster, and easier to scale. When the cost of attack gets close to zero, attackers do not need a high success rate for it to be worth it.

Patrick’s point: defenders need to change the equation.

One idea that stood out was proximity. Not just MFA. Not just location rules. The user, the key, and the resource should be tied together in a way that makes stolen access harder to use from anywhere in the world.

RVAsec 15 is almost here: keynotes, speakers, expo hall, CTF, lockpick village, swag, sponsor prizes, after party, food, coffee, and community.

Watch Interview 17:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBDQ7eFacgM

06/05/2026

4 days until RVAsec 15.

Sponsor Spotlight: BlinkOps

This conversation with John Abina from BlinkOps gets into one of the biggest questions around AI in security right now:

Where should agents help, and where should humans still make the call?

John talks about security orchestration, automation, deterministic workflows, alert triage, enrichment, summarization, and using agentic reasoning where it actually makes sense.

The part that stood out: not everything needs an agent. Some work should stay repeatable and rule-based. Agents are best when reasoning is needed, and humans still need to stay involved for higher-impact decisions.

RVAsec 15 is almost here: keynotes, speakers, expo hall, CTF, lockpick village, swag, sponsor prizes, after party, food, coffee, and community.

Watch Interview 16:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWhhvUgeERY

06/04/2026

5 days until RVAsec 15.

Sponsor Spotlight: Airlock Digital

This conversation with Shawn Barry from Airlock Digital is all about preventing untrusted apps, AI extensions, scripts, files, and other things from running where they should not be running.

One point that stood out: with AI agents, browser extensions, PowerShell, living-off-the-land attacks, and supply chain issues moving so fast, sometimes the smartest move is to slow things down.

Airlock’s approach: if it is not explicitly trusted, it does not run.

RVAsec 15 is almost here: keynotes, speakers, expo hall, CTF, lockpick village, swag, sponsor prizes, after party, food, coffee, and community.

Watch Interview 14:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=spEpi50O6Gg

06/04/2026

5 days until RVAsec 15.

Sponsor Spotlight: Armis / ServiceNow

This conversation with Sarah Osen from Armis is about visibility, CTEM, and making security actually work in the real world.

Sarah talks about why teams need to know what matters to the business, what is connected to the environment, and what needs to be prioritized first.

That matters even more now with connected devices, IoT, OT, AI, and security teams dealing with too many tools and too many alerts.

RVAsec 15 is almost here: keynotes, speakers, expo hall, CTF, lockpick village, swag, sponsor prizes, after party, food, coffee, and community.

06/04/2026

5 days until RVAsec 15.

Sponsor Spotlight: Expel

This conversation with Dave Merkel from Expel is a great one for anyone thinking about the future of security operations.

Dave talks about the human + AI SOC partnership and why AI should not just be another tool bolted onto a crowded security stack.

The part that stood out: use technology to move faster, but keep humans involved where they matter most: judgment, relationships, and the serious moments when an organization is under attack.

RVAsec 15 is almost here: keynotes, speakers, expo hall, CTF, lockpick village, swag, sponsor prizes, after party, post-con reception, food, coffee, and community.

Watch Interview 12:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9_wOcMSsSU

06/04/2026

5 days until RVAsec 15.

Sponsor Spotlight: Abnormal

The excitement is building for RVAsec next week.

Austin from Abnormal joined us to talk about behavioral AI, email security, and how today’s attacks can look less like malware and more like normal business.

A dangerous email does not always come with a bad link or obvious attachment anymore. Sometimes it looks like a clean message from a vendor, executive, or someone your team already knows.

That is exactly why conversations like this matter.

RVAsec 15 is almost here: keynotes, speakers, expo hall, CTF, lockpick village, swag, sponsor prizes, after party, post-con reception, food, coffee, and the RVAsec community.

06/03/2026

5 days until RVAsec 15.

Sponsor Spotlight: Varonis

This conversation with Daniela Lulli from Varonis gets into one of the biggest AI security issues teams are dealing with right now.

AI is not creating the data security problem from scratch. It is exposing problems that were already there.

Before AI, a user might have access to sensitive data they should not have, but they may never find it. Now, AI tools and agents can surface that data instantly with a single prompt.

Daniela’s takeaway: know what AI can access, reduce unnecessary exposure, and monitor how it is being used.

Varonis will be part of RVAsec 15, June 9-10 in Richmond, VA.

Watch Interview 10:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UiVkjPH6_0w

06/03/2026

6 days until RVAsec 15.

Sponsor Spotlight: Cyberhaven

This was a good conversation.

Cole Padula from Cyberhaven joined us to talk about securing data as AI tools, agents, and sensitive information keep moving faster across organizations.

One point that really stood out: it is not just about where data ends up. It is about knowing the whole story. Where did it come from? Who touched it? How did it move? Was that normal, or risky?

Cole describes Cyberhaven like a “flight recorder” for data, helping teams see data movement, insider risk, AI guardrails, and real-time activity around sensitive information.

Cyberhaven will be in the RVAsec 15 expo hall June 9-10 in Richmond, VA.

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