You Think There's Time—Until There Isn't

The 2026 Cybersecurity Conference Season Is Coming—And Coverage Spots Are Limited And Moving Fast.

For over 10 years, ITSPmagazine has been on the ground at the industry's most important events. These conferences are where we reconnect with our community, where the conversations that matter happen, and where the future of cybersecurity takes shape.

Our coverage goes deep: daily recaps, editorial opinion pieces, extensive photo documentation, and conversations with the experts we've known for years alongside the new voices shaping what comes next.

Three Major Events in 2026:

📍 RSAC Conference | San Francisco | March 23–26

📍 Infosecurity Europe | London | June 3–5

📍 Black Hat USA | Las Vegas | August 1–6

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View Our Coverage Pages:

RSAC: https://www.itspmagazine.com/rsac-2026-conference-san-francisco-usa-cybersecurity-event-infosec-conference-coverage

Infosecurity Europe: https://www.itspmagazine.com/infosecurity-europe-2026-infosec-london-cybersecurity-event-coverage

Black Hat USA: https://www.itspmagazine.com/black-hat-usa-2026-cybersecurity-event-coverage-in-las-vegas

See all our event coverage: https://www.itspmagazine.com/technology-and-cybersecurity-conference-coverage

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Marco Ciappelli & Sean Martin, CISSP

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"We're Becoming Dumb and Numb": Why #BlackHat 2025's AI Hype Is Killing Cybersecurity -- And Our Ability to Think 🤔 💭

Random and Unscripted Podcast On ITSPmagazine

The Weekly Update with Sean Martin, CISSP and Marco Ciappelli

Picture this: You walk into Black Hat USA 2025, and every vendor booth is screaming "agentic AI." Different companies, different products—but they all taste like the same #marketing milkshake.

Sean and I witnessed the echo chamber firsthand. When everyone claims their AI is autonomous and perfect, how do CISOs tell them apart?

How do you even know what you're buying?

But this goes deeper than marketing noise. We're talking about the real danger of surrendering critical thinking to black-box systems we don't fully understand.

Marco introduces the ancient Greek myth of Talos—a bronze AI guardian who seemed invincible until one fatal flaw destroyed everything. Sound familiar?

"Do you really wanna trust the weapon to just go and shoot everybody?"

The questions we explored:

Are we creating a "lowest common denominator" reality where AI defines success?

What happens when we stop thinking and just hit the "easy button"?

Are we trapped in "circular knowledge learning" where #AI creates the questions AND answers?

Our solution isn't abandoning AI—it's getting honest about limitations. Stop selling perfection. Share your gaps. Because CISOs aren't stupid, and the truth always comes out.

In an industry built on protecting against deception, maybe it's time we stop deceiving ourselves.

Click below to read, listen or watch this conversation - and access the mentioned articles. Do not worry, nothing is gated, and all is free!

👉 https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/were-becoming-dumb-numb-why-black-hat-2025s-ai-hype-killing-v8ztc

What's your take? Are we becoming too dependent on AI decision-making?

#cybersecurity #artificialintelligence #blackhat2025 #ciso #technology #leadership #genAI #technology #society #cybersecuritymarketing

What's in the news this #weekend? This is! 😉

The #AgenticAI Myth in #Cybersecurity and the #Humanity We Risk When We Stop Deciding for Ourselves

Reflections from #BlackHat USA 2025 on the Latest #Tech Salvation Narrative

🤖 What happens to a society that delegates its judgment to machines?

Walking Black Hat this year, I was struck not by the #technology itself, but by the #mythology we're building around it. Agentic #AI promises to think for us, decide for us, act for us. The #marketing speaks of liberation from human fallibility.

But here's what the ancient Greeks understood that we seem to have forgotten: every artificial creation carries within it the seeds of its own limitations—and ours.

We're not just automating workflows. We're reshaping the fundamental social structures that define human competence and authority. When we delegate judgment itself to artificial agents, we risk creating social systems where human thinking becomes an anomaly rather than the norm.

E.M. Forster saw this coming in 1909. In "The Machine Stops," humanity becomes so dependent on automated systems that when the machine finally breaks down, civilization collapses because no one remembers how to function without it.

The question isn't whether these artificial agents can replace human decision-making—it's whether we want to live in a society where they do.

👉 Read my full article below and please share your opinions in the comments!

Are we evolving our humanity or automating it away? What's your take?

But wait—there's more. My next #BlackHat2025 piece is going to tackle something that's been eating at me for years: the absurd theater of #cybersecuritymarketing. The superhero costumes, the merch, the promises, the puppies, the cappuccino -- wait, that's actually ok! 😬 -- and the lies told with such confidence that you'd think #CISOs were born yesterday.

Spoiler alert: they weren't. And they're not buying it. 🤔

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You don't want to miss what's coming next. 🎯

ITSPmagazine Sean Martin, CISSP

🎶 “You don’t have to go home, but you cannot stay here.”

— Closing Time, Semisonic

🎯 How to Lose a CISO in 10 Words (or Less) | Straight Talk, Not Spin: Black Hat’s Hard Truths | On Location Coverage with Sean Martin, CISSP and Marco Ciappelli

#BlackHat USA 2025 has officially wrapped.

The lights are dimmed. The expo floor is empty.

But Sean and I are still here — standing in front of the iconic Black Hat sign, recording one last session while the hum of the week fades behind us.

This isn’t just a recap. It’s a reflection.

After countless conversations with #CISOs, vendors, and industry leaders, one message stood out:

👉 They’re done with buzzwords.

👉 They’re craving clarity.

👉 They want real solutions — not spin.

In this final podcast (which is also the first we publish so stay tune for all of them next week,) we break down what we heard, what we felt, and what it all means for vendors, marketers, and the #cybersecurity industry at large. We also look ahead to what’s next — including our new Transatlantic Broadcast series ( Rob Black ) and future stops around the world.

The booths are gone. The buzz has quieted. But the stories?

We’re just getting started.

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A kind reminder…

Content Marketing? 🤔

90% Content. ✍️
10% Marketing. 📣

This is the way. 🏜️

#branding #contentmarketing #brandmarketing #advertising #digitalmarketing #marketing #cybersecurity #technology #infosec #cybersecuritymarketing

(allow me another moment of unapologetic self-promotion. I'm excited about this!)

Oops, I did it again!
Invented a game,
to help you talk good.

(With apologies to Ms. Spears. 😎)

I figured if I could create a card game (or "tabletop facilitation and training tool") to assist CISOs and other infosec executives in communicating their cyber risks, doing the same for marketing should be just as easy.

It took five years, but I hold in my hands the prototype for my new MessageDeck workshop tool, a system of 150 cards with prompts and techniques to help your team get to the bottom of your first-principles messaging and begin nailing your marketing.

🤖 Looking to help your technical team be a little more ... human?

🚀 Need to accelerate how your marketing agency supports clients?

🤓 Just looking to be a nerd that talks good?

That's why I built the MessageDeck. Coming soon, but here's a sneak peek.

Want more? Drop me a DM. I'll be setting up early access workshops for an exclusive set of hand-selected teams (perfect for founders and small tech teams).

#marketing #infosec #cyber #startups #founders #CybersecurityMarketing #CardGames #workshop #FacilitationTools #BritneySpears

We'll be at #RSA this year doing live videos also available later on demand with #BrightTALK. Ping us if you're interested in being in our shows.

#RSA #thoughtleadership #cybersecuritymarketing #EnterpriseStrategyGroup #RSAC