A Visual Summary of SANS Security Awareness & Culture Summit 2026

On Thursday, August 27, and Friday, August 28, 2026, attendees joined us in Las Vegas and online for SANS Security Awareness & Culture Summit 2026. Across two days, practitioners shared real-world approaches to strengthening security culture, reducing human risk, and preparing programs for AI and a changing threat landscape. We invited Ashton Rodenhiser of Mind’s Eye Creative to create graphic recordings of the Summit presentations. If you missed a talk or want to experience the Summit through a visual lens, take a look at the recordings below.

Summit Day 1 - Thursday, August 27 

KEYNOTE | The Human Factor: What Working in Espionage Taught Me About Behavior, Trust, and the People Around You

Shawnee Delaney, CEO at Vaillance Group

Awareness Isn’t the Problem: Why Environment Design Drives Human Cyber Risk

Elodie Bridoux, Cyber Human Risk Management at Schneider Electric

How Security Culture Professionals Stay Relevant in the Age of AI

Cheryl Wong, Cybersecurity Culture and Behavior Change Leader Daisy Wong, Head of Security Awareness at Mediabank

You Can’t Spot What Looks Real: Rethinking Security Awareness in the Age of AI, Deepfakes, and Autonomous Attackers

Dr. Jessica Barker, Co-CEO at Cygenta

Treat People Like Adults: How Trusting Employees Transformed Security Training at Postman

Ashley Savageau, Security Awareness and Training Manager at Postman Inc. Harley Sugarman, Founder and CEO at Anagram Security

Findings of SANS Annual Report

Lance Spitzner, Senior Instructor, Director, Workforce Cybersecurity Training at SANS Institute Rachael Saffer, Global Product Marketing Manager at SANS Institute

Security’s Identity Problem: Why We Fail Our Internal Customers

Lee Richardson, Cybersecurity Consultant at FSP Consulting

The Behavioral Patch: Turning Incident Response Post-Mortems into Insider Risk Mitigation

Grazielle Alessa, Sr. Cybersecurity Lead at Mercado Bitcoin

From Awareness to Intelligence: Brewing a Data Driven Human Risk Capability

Agata Labecka, Security Awareness Specialist & Chapter Lead Security at HEINEKEN Sofia Garcia, Security Awareness Specialist at HEINEKEN

Summit Day 2 - Friday, August 28 PANEL DISCUSSION | Gaining Credibility and Engagement with Key Partners

Ant Davis, Founder at Risky Creative (Moderator)

The Missing Security Program: A Framework for Customer Security Evangelism

Mark Sayewich, Director of Customer Security Evangelism at Guidewire Software

The Impact of Mental Health on Cybersecurity Behavior

Dr. Bob Hausmann, Lead Cognitive Scientist, Human Risk Management at Proofpoint

Beyond the Screen: Engaging the “Unconnected” Workforce in the Age of AI

Gustavo Giovanetti, Head of IT at Engeform Engenharia

Improving Mandatory Security Awareness Training Through Role Relevance and Gamification: Lessons from the Field

Nadine Rose-Smith, Product Manager Secure Behavior Engagement and Training | IT Security & Compliance at Nestlé Global

Stop Training People. Design Safer Moments: Seven Micro-Interventions to Reduce Everyday Data Mistakes

Pooyan Hamidi, Cybersecurity and Data Protection Leader

From a List to a Language: How SebDB Is Becoming a Behavioral Ontology and Answering the Four Questions Your Boss Is About to Ask You

Oz Alashe MBE, CEO and Founder at CybSafe

Solo Campaign: Building Security Culture When You’re the Whole Department

Liz Gore, Director of IT and Operations at Educators for Quality Alternatives