Forrester Unveils Agenda For Its 2026 Security & Risk Forum

The Forum will empower security and risk leaders to govern AI-driven autonomy, safeguard against emerging risks, and build trust at scale

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Forrester (Nasdaq: FORR) today announced the full conference agenda for its Security & Risk Forum, taking place in Washington, DC, November 9–10, 2026. This year’s theme, “The Security Singularity,” explores how AI is disrupting traditional security, risk, and trust practices at an unprecedented speed. With AI becoming integral to enterprise decision-making and being used to power both attacks and defenses, security and risk leaders are entering a new era where legacy security models no longer scale and static risk assessments cannot keep pace. To manage risks proactively, leaders must strike the right balance between operationalizing AI at speed while ensuring that AI-fueled solutions are trustworthy, explainable, auditable, and resilient.

At the event, attendees will learn how to implement security measures that address real-time vulnerabilities, govern AI intent while overseeing fleets of agents, and use AI to strengthen detection, response, and threat intelligence. Through a combination of analyst-led sessions, workshops, and peer networking opportunities, leaders will gain pragmatic approaches to managing AI-driven risk, advancing trust and assurance, and operationalizing AI securely.

Key sessions include:

• Trusted Autonomy Starts With Securing Intent: This keynote will provide security leaders a new model for classifying agent behavior, proving trust, and controlling autonomy to manage risk.

• Identity Context Is King: This keynote details how organizations can use dynamic identity context to ensure that agent actions are trusted, governed, and secure while scaling agentic AI across the enterprise.

• Forge The Trusted Future: Through the lens of Forrester’s Agentic AI Enterprise Guardrails For Information Security (AEGIS) Framework, this session explores how organizations can govern autonomous systems through continuous risk management.

• Advancing Data Controls To Secure Agentic AI: Join this session to learn how organizations can apply the most impactful data security, privacy, and governance controls to reduce AI-related risk while strengthening trust and resilience.

“Organizations are rapidly embracing AI agents and autonomous systems, but trust cannot be an afterthought,” said Stephanie Balaouras, VP and group research director at Forrester. “As AI compresses decision cycles and expands organizational risk, security leaders must move beyond protecting systems and data to governing intent, proving trust, and ensuring that autonomous outcomes remain secure, explainable, and resilient. At the Security & Risk Forum, we’ll help leaders navigate the security singularity and build the foundations for trusted AI at scale.”

At the Forum, Forrester will also recognize the recipient of its 2026 Security & Risk Enterprise Leadership Award, which honors organizations that demonstrate excellence in building trust with customers, employees, and partners. Attendees will also have access to specialized programs, including the Forrester Women’s Leadership Program and an AI security certification.

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