Speaker
Christopher O’Rourke
Senior Director, Cloudforce One CloudflareChristopher O’Rourke leads Cloudflare’s Cloudforce One REACT team, the company’s elite front-line unit for incident response, penetration testing, and threat hunting. A 20-year veteran and former U.S. government ethical hacker, he brings a rare offensive-security mindset to defensive strategy—helping organizations cut through complexity to build security programs that actually work in the real world.
Upcoming and recent events
2026 CSO Cybersecurity Awards & Conference
Location: Blackbird Studio
Executive Roundtable: Prompts, Perimeters, and Pressure: Securing AI Without Slowing the Business
Monday, May 11, 2026
3:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Pre-registration is required. AI adoption is outpacing most organizations’ ability to govern it. What started as experimentation is quickly becoming embedded in core workflows, customer experiences, and security operations. This roundtable brings together security leaders to discuss how to enable AI safely without becoming a bottleneck. We’ll focus on where…
Location: Symphony Ballroom
Security Innovation Panel
Wednesday, May 13, 2026
12:20 pm - 12:50 pm
In this candid panel discussion, leading security experts share how their roles are evolving in response to emerging threats, shifting customer expectations, and the accelerating pace of digital and security modernization.