I from June 2 – 4 2026 at ExCeL London, has announced the first wave of keynote speakers for its 2026 conference programme, including former Special Boat Service( SBS) Sergeant and SAS: Who Dares Wins star, Jason Fox. tactics and anticipate threat actor behaviour. Kaiser will also participate in the event’ s Women in Cybersecurity panel session.
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Infosecurity Europe announces first wave of keynote speakers for 2026
Former FBI cyberleader Cynthia Kaiser will discuss ransomware tactics, while Rugby World Cup winner Maggie Alphonsi will share insights on leadership and performance.
nfosecurity Europe, the information security event running
I from June 2 – 4 2026 at ExCeL London, has announced the first wave of keynote speakers for its 2026 conference programme, including former Special Boat Service( SBS) Sergeant and SAS: Who Dares Wins star, Jason Fox. tactics and anticipate threat actor behaviour. Kaiser will also participate in the event’ s Women in Cybersecurity panel session.
Former England Rugby World Cup winner Maggie Alphonsi will deliver a keynote on Wednesday June 3 focused on leadership and high performance. Having built a career breaking barriers in elite sport, Alphonsi now works with organisations globally to help teams unlock their potential. Her keynote will focus on developing a winning mindset and encouraging leaders to step outside their comfort zones, embrace strengths and build confidence in high-performing environments.
Bringing together expertise from cybersecurity, law enforcement, elite sport and the military, the keynote line-up will explore leadership, resilience and innovation and how these principles apply to the cybersecurity industry.
Jason Fox has spent his career operating in some of the world’ s most hostile environments as part of the UK Special Forces. On Thursday June 4 June from 10:05 – 10:45, he will translate the principles that underpin elite military teams into the digital domain, exploring how cybersecurity professionals can adopt Special Forces approaches to resilience, decision-making and leadership under pressure.
Drawing on real-world operational experience, Fox will share practical mental models and strategies designed to help cyberleaders and teams maintain clarity, build trust and perform effectively when navigating complex and high-stakes environments.
The conference programme will also feature a keynote session on Tuesday June 2 from 13:50 – 14:20 by Ron Leizrowice, AI Researcher at Wiz. Titled‘ The Infosec Big Fat Cloud Update of the Year’, the session will examine how rapid adoption of Artificial Intelligence is transforming the cloud security landscape. Leizrowice will outline how AI is compressing the window between misconfiguration and exploitation while expanding the attack surface across cloud control planes, identities and automated workflows.
On Wednesday June 3 from 11:00 – 11:35, Rik Ferguson, Vice President of Security Intelligence at Forescout and an Infosecurity Hall of Fame inductee, will present‘ Quantum is still far off, we can wait – can’ t we?’ The session will examine why organisations should begin preparing for post-quantum cryptography and explore the risks posed by crypto-fragile components within existing systems.
Cybersecurity entrepreneur Shlomo Kramer will take the stage on Tuesday June 2. As a founder and investor behind companies including Check Point, Palo Alto Networks, Imperva, Cato Networks and Sumo Logic, Kramer has played a significant role in shaping the modern cybersecurity landscape. Kramer will join a keynote fireside chat to share his perspective on technology trends, investment dynamics and innovation cycles shaping the future of cybersecurity. He will also serve as a judge for Infosecurity Europe’ s‘ Dragons’ Den’- style cyber start-up competition.
Also on Tuesday June 2, Cynthia Kaiser, former Deputy Assistant Director of the FBI’ s Cyber Division and now leading ransomware research at Halcyon, will offer an insider perspective on the cybercriminal economy. Drawing on years of experience investigating sophisticated cybercrime operations, Kaiser will explore how analysing activity across the dark web and wider cybercriminal ecosystem can help organisations understand emerging ransomware
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