October 19–23
Innovation Week 2026
Join technical experts and defenders for deep dives into the latest in identity and data security
Calendar
Five days of tech & security
Monday, October 19
Why agentic AI matters
10 am ET/ 7am PT | Video interview with Grady Summers, Netwrix CEO and Jeff Warren, Chief Product Officer
Tuesday, October 20
1Secure agentic AI security
10am ET/ 7am PT | Demo by Jeff Warren, Chief Product Officer
Live! SystemOne and AI innovations at Netwrix
Time TBA| Livestream on Twitch and YouTube with Jordan Violet, Jake Mahon, and Jean Perez
Wednesday, October 21
AIHound
10am ET/ 7am PT | Demo by Darryl Baker, Senior Staff Security Researcher
Live! CTF kickoff
2 pm ET / 11 am PT | Livestream on Twitch and YouTube to introduce the game
Expert session on Netwrix PingCastle Time TBA
Time TBA | Demo and tech updates
Live! PingCastle Updates
Time TBA | Livestream on Twitch and YouTube
Thursday, October 22
AI attacks move faster than your SIEM can log them
7am ET/ 4am PT | Video podcast with Sascha Martens, Senior Engineering Manager
How sysadmins get through their day: Infrastructure to support your AI innovations
10am ET/ 7am PT | Video interview with Mike Wetzel, Chief Information Officer
Shadow AI data loss prevention
11am ET/ 8am PT | Video podcast with Ryan Oistacher, Product Marketing Director
Live! Expert panel on identity security in the age of AI
1pm ET/ 10am PT | Livestream on Twitch and YouTube with Netwrix’s Darryl Baker and experts Phillip Wylie, Christina Morillo, and Spencer Alessi. Moderated by CTO Avesta Hojjati.
Friday, October 23
You only need AI tokens to become a hacker
7am ET/ 4am PT | Video podcast with Dan Piazza, Manager, Product Management
Live! Anatomy of a hack
2pm ET/ 11am PT | Livestream on Twitch and YouTube with Tina Shakour, Senior Solutions Engineer
Participate in our CTF
Live kickoff Wednesday, Oct. 21 at 2pm ET/ 11am PT
Challenges
Five challenges, all AI-based. You’ll work by interacting with an AI helpdesk assistant.
Format
The CTF runs for 24 hours, with 12 hours of uptime for participants to complete the challenges.
Prize
The winner gets a free ticket to Black Hat 2027 in Las Vegas.
Content library
Innovation Week content library
Sessions will be published here when they go live
Why agentic AI matters
Interview with Netwrix CEO Grady Summers and Chief Product Officer Jeff Warren · Coming soon
1Secure agentic AI security
Presentation by Chief Product Officer Jeff Warren · Coming soon
SystemOne and AI innovations at Netwrix
Recorded livestream with Jordan Violet, Jake Mahon, and Jean Perez· Coming soon
AIHound
Demonstration by Senior Staff Security Researcher Darryl Baker · Coming soon
CTF kickoff
Recorded livestream · Coming soon
Expert session on Netwrix PingCastle
Video · Coming soon
Netwrix PingCastle Q&A
Recorded livestream · Coming soon
AI attacks move faster than your SIEM can log them
By Senior Engineering Manager Sascha Martens · Coming soon
How sysadmins get through their day: Infrastructure to support your AI innovations
Interview with Chief Information Officer Mike Wetzel · Coming soon
Shadow AI data loss prevention
By Product Marketing Director Ryan Oistacher · Coming soon
Notes from the field: Expert panel on identity security in the age of AI
Recorded livestream with Netwrix’s Darryl Baker and Microsoft MVPs Phillip Wylie, Christina Morillo, and Spencer Alessi. Moderated by CTO Avesta Hojjati · Coming soon
You only need AI tokens to become a hacker
By Manager, Product Management Dan Piazza · Coming soon
Live! Anatomy of a hack
Recorded livestream with Netwrix Senior Solutions Engineer Tina Shakour
