The AI Security Summit at Black Hat Asia brings together two of the most rapidly evolving fronts in cybersecurity—AI security and financial services defense—into one integrated, high‑impact program. Held at Marina Bay Sands on Wednesday, April 22, this expanded summit unites experts who are shaping how organizations secure AI systems, protect critical financial infrastructure, and navigate the new realities of an AI‑accelerated threat landscape.
Through deep dives, fireside conversations, sector‑specific case studies, and collaborative panels, the Summit offers security leaders a rare opportunity to explore how AI‑driven risks intersect with the operational, regulatory, and resilience challenges facing financial institutions and other high‑value targets. Attendees will hear from trusted voices across industry, research, and government as they unpack emerging attack techniques, defensive innovations, and the governance frameworks needed to secure both AI and the financial systems that increasingly depend on it.
From AI‑enabled fraud and model manipulation to cloud‑scale resilience, third‑party exposure, and evolving regulatory expectations, the Summit delivers the insights practitioners need to stay ahead of adversaries and strengthen security in a rapidly shifting digital economy. This is the essential gathering for anyone responsible for safeguarding AI, financial platforms, or the broader ecosystems that connect them.
The AI Security Summit at Black Hat Asia brings together two of the most rapidly evolving fronts in cybersecurity AI security and financial services defense into one integrated, high‑impact program. Held at Marina Bay Sands on Wednesday, April 22, this expanded summit unites the experts shaping how organizations secure frontier AI systems as they become embedded in payments, identity, cloud platforms, and critical financial infrastructure. Through deep dives, fireside conversations, sector‑specific case studies, and collaborative panels, attendees gain a rare opportunity to examine how AI‑driven risks intersect with real‑world operational pressure, regulatory scrutiny, and adversaries moving at machine speed, delivering the insights needed to secure AI systems that now underpin the digital economy.
Dave Lewis has 30 years of industry experience. He has extensive experience in IT security operations and management. Dave is the Global Advisory CISO for 1Password.
He is the founder of the security site Liquidmatrix Security Digest & podcast. He was a member of the board of directors for BSides Las Vegas for 8 years. He currently serves on the advisory board of Byos.io. Dave has previously worked in critical infrastructure for 9 years as well as for companies such as Duo Security, Akamai, Cisco, AMD and IBM. Previously he served on the board of directors for (ISC)2 as well as being a founder of the BSides Toronto conference.
Dave was a DEF CON speaker operations goon for 13 years. Lewis also serves on the advisory board for the SecTor Security Conference in Canada (a Black Hat event) and the CFP review board for 44CON in the UK. Dave has previously written columns for Forbes, CSO Online, Huffington Post, The Daily Swig and others.
For fun he is a curator of small mammals (his kids), plays bass guitar, grills and is part owner of a whisky distillery and a soccer team.
XBOW is an autonomous offensive security company that uses AI reasoning and adversarial workflows based on real attack techniques to test applications for flaws. As AI changes the threat landscape and accelerates attack speed and scale, manual testing no longer scales. XBOW executes targeted attacks autonomously, allowing teams to explore deeper paths than traditional testing allows.
Varonis is the leader in data security, fighting a different battle than conventional cybersecurity companies.
Our cloud-native Data Security Platform continuously discovers and classifies critical data, removes exposures, and detects advanced threats with AI-powered automation.
Varonis protects data first, not last.
Learn more at www.varonis.com.
Snyk accelerates secure, AI-driven development. The Snyk AI Trust Platform integrates AI-powered workflows for development and security stakeholders, leveraging agentic and assistant-based AI for automation, efficiency, and innovation.
With proactive, AI-powered security, Snyk enhances its foundation of the fastest, most accurate, and most comprehensive application security testing engines.
The AI Security Summit at Black Hat Asia 2026 brings together decision-makers, technical implementers, researchers, and business leaders who are actively involved in AI security strategy, investment, development, and deployment across enterprise, startup, academic, and consulting environments. Focusing on the evolving AI threat landscape, what decision-makers are seeking in AI security innovations, and how organizations should position their AI-driven cybersecurity solutions for funding and implementation. This summit offers the unique insights necessary to seize the opportunity to connect and influence this highly-engaged audience.
Limited sponsorship opportunities are available.
Discover the OpportunitiesThose who are certified through ISC2 can earn 5 Continuing Professional Education (CPE) credits for attending the AI Security Summit.
Black Hat does not maintain records of earned CPE credits. However, we will report your credits to ISC2 on your behalf within 30 days following the event. Please provide your ISC2 member number when registering for the event.
For questions about credits for attending AI Security Summit, e-mail summits@blackhat.com.
