Agenda

Earn up to eight CPE credits with this year's program.

🎓 = CPE Accredited Session

The designation denotes sessions approved through the ASIS Preferred CPE Provider Program and pre-approved for recertification credit. Candidates will need to provide proof of attendance when self-reporting this activity.

Expect Even More

Stay tuned as we announce more sessions and speakers from the world's largest brands.

Monday, March 3

All Times CT

12:00 PM - 2:00 PM

Training and Workshop Registration

Day 1 Training and Workshops

Attendees can choose from one of the training or workshop sessions below. These sessions are included with your Ontic Summit ticket, and you can sign up upon completing your event registration.

Training and workshop registration is required and available on a first-come, first-served basis. Some sessions require prior training or work experience.

1:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Basic Workplace Violence Prevention 🎓

Training

Lea Bauer
Senior Threat Management Consultant at Ontic

This training course qualifies for 3 CPE Credits.

Learn best practices in behavioral threat assessment and threat management — the most proven process for preventing targeted violence and other targeted acts, such as workplace violence, insider threat, stalking, and violence against executives and public officials.

The course includes tabletop exercises to allow participants to apply best-practice procedures in behavioral threat assessment and threat management.

No prior training or experience in threat assessment is required.

This course is ideal for:

Any potential threat assessment team members or stakeholders in organizational safety

Learning objectives

Understanding Threat Assessment: Steps in the threat assessment and threat management process
Developing a Program: Building a threat assessment team or program
Different Types of Violence: Understanding targeted violence and how it can be prevented

Seating is limited. Registration is required.

2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Comprehensive Reporting

Ontic Product Training

Adrienne Galbrecht
Team Lead, Strategic Intelligence Services at Ontic

Colleen Cromie
Senior Manager, Client Education at Ontic

In this interactive product training, Ontic Experts will guide you through incorporating Ontic's latest, high-impact reporting capabilities into your program. From Entity and Incident reporting to robust annual reports for driving business decisions and more, you’ll walk away with various tools to enhance your reports and streamline your workflow through templating and automation.

This course is ideal for:

Ontic users looking to elevate their reporting content and processes with the Ontic Platform
Managers and day-to-day Ontic users who are heavily (or want to be!) involved in various reporting processes

Prerequisite: Before attending, you must complete Ontic’s Reporting course. If you need your organization’s unique access code to sign up for Ontic Academy, reach out to your Success Manager or email academy@ontic.co.

Seating is limited. Registration is required.

End-to-End Case Management

Ontic Product Training

Sarah Corbin
Team Lead, Implementation at Ontic

Luke Netzel
Director of Product Intelligence at Ontic

Halley Bralley
Team Lead, Global Success at Ontic

In this interactive product training, our Ontic Experts will teach you how to best utilize the breadth of our Incident and Investigations capabilities to up-level your case management process. You’ll walk away with the knowledge and resources to configure your Incident and Investigations workflow to improve processes, develop a governance plan, better serve your team, and more.

This course is ideal for:

Managers and Directors who influence their Case Management program process
Senior subject matter experts and Ontic administrators

Pre-requisite: Before attending, you must complete Ontic's Incident and Investigation courses. If you need your organization’s unique access code to sign up for Ontic Academy, reach out to your Success Manager or email academy@ontic.co.

Seating is limited. Registration is required.

Scenario-Based Workplace Violence Prevention 🎓

Training

Tara Conway
Director of Threat Assessment and Management Operations at Ontic

This course qualifies for 2 CPE credits.

This interactive training is designed to facilitate discussion regarding the steps in the threat assessment process, including triaging and screening, information gathering, analyzing/organizing, making an assessment, and case management/intervention.

It is strongly preferred that participants have attended prior Basic Workplace Violence Prevention training and/or have case management experience.

This workshop is ideal for:

Corporate security leaders who are responsible for developing and evolving Workplace Violence Prevention Programs

Learning objectives:

Threat Assessment Program Components: Understand the recommended elements of a threat assessment program
Building/Operationalizing Your Team: Identifying team members and program stakeholders to support program objectives
Operationalize Threat Assessment: Understanding how to leverage available teams and tools to comply with organizational guidelines, best practices, and legislative requirements

Seating is limited. Registration is required.

Building a Threat Assessment/Workplace Violence Prevention Program 🎓

Workshop

Cynthia Marble
Senior Director, Threat Assessment Management at Ontic

This course qualifies for 2 CPE credits.

This interactive workshop will focus on optimizing team makeup, defining what you protect, and aligning workplace violence prevention policies and procedures to meet best practices. Roundtable discussions will focus on how to get executive buy-in and program stakeholder support.

No prior training or experience in threat assessment is required.

This workshop is ideal for:

Corporate security leaders who are responsible for developing, operationalizing, and/or evolving Workplace Violence Prevention Programs
Potential threat assessment team members or stakeholders in organizational safety

Learning objectives:

Threat Assessment Program Components: Understand the recommended elements of a threat assessment program
Building/Operationalizing Your Team: Identifying team members and program stakeholders to support program objectives
Operationalize Threat Assessment: Understanding how to leverage available teams and tools to comply with organizational guidelines, best practices, and legislative requirements

Seating is limited. Registration is required.

How to Build a Sustainable and Scaleable Insider Risk Program 🎓

Workshop

Tim Kirkham
Senior Director, Global Head of Investigations and Insidert Risk at Dell Technologies

This workshop qualifies for 2 CPE credits.

Whether you're just starting or already working on evolving your insider risk program, this workshop is designed to give you a framework for developing a scaleable and sustainable program that will ensure employee cooperation and minimize internal risk for your business.

In this interactive workshop, you’ll learn how to design and implement an effective insider risk program that leverages empathy, awareness training, human behavior insights, and metrics to build trust, foster collaboration, gain buy-in, and turn employees into key allies in mitigating insider risk.

This workshop is ideal for:

Corporate security leaders who are responsible for developing and evolving Insider Risk Programs at their organizations

Learning objectives

Design a Culturally Appropriate Insider Risk Program: Learn how to effectively name and brand your insider risk program so that it aligns with your organization's culture and avoids making employees feel untrusted or targeted.
Leverage Employee Awareness to Mitigate Risk: Develop and implement awareness campaigns that educate employees on insider risk, encourage proactive behavior, and foster a culture of shared responsibility and trust.
Develop and Track Value-Added Metrics: Use the right metrics to showcase your program’s success and inform your strategic plans so that you can build a scalable and sustainable program for your company.

Seating is limited. Registration is required.

3:00 PM - 5:00 PM

General Registration

6:00 PM - 9:00 PM

Welcome Reception

Tuesday, March 4

All Times CT

7:00 AM - 7:45 AM

Run Club

8:00 AM - 8:50 AM

Breakfast

9:00 AM - 9:30 AM

Security’s New Era: Driving Business Success

Opening Keynote

Lukas Quanstrom
CEO and Co-founder of Ontic

Arnaud Vaissié
Co-founder, Chairman, and CEO of International SOS

Join Ontic’s CEO Lukas Quanstrom to discover how to transform your team’s role into a strategic business asset. Learn about key market trends and practical strategies to showcase your team’s impact on business success and elevate security’s perception within your organization.

9:30 AM - 10:30 AM

Transforming Security: The Power of a Well-Architected Framework

Ontic Platform Keynote

Manish Mehta
Chief Product Officer at Ontic

Join Ontic’s Chief Product Officer Manish Mehta to learn how designing a connected security grid makes a common operating picture possible across your complete landscape of threats and risks. See how the right framework narrows information gaps across business functions and creates measurable value for your organization.

11:00 AM - 11:45 PM

Breakout Sessions, Workshops, and Networking

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Best Practices for Structuring and Executing Site Assessments to Reduce Risk 🎓

Breakout Session

Bill Davis
Senior Director of Physical Security, Ally Bank

100% of enterprise organizations are required to do site risk assessments, but doing them well is challenging. Join this session to learn how to structure your site risk assessments and implement effective mitigation measures to reduce risk. You’ll leave with specific takeaways on what your assessments should include and best practices to take throughout the process to enhance safety and security across business operations.

Security ROI: Proving the Value of Security Within Your Organization 🎓

Interactive Workshop

Ankur Arora
VP of Product Marketing at Ontic

More than half of senior security leaders view a lack of executive management's understanding of security as their biggest challenge. If this sounds like you, join this interactive session to learn how to communicate the value of your program in terms executives understand, such as increased resiliency, cost savings, risk reduction, and time efficiency. We’ll cover key metrics to track and strategies for executive reporting using real data and practical examples.

This workshop will run three times on Tuesday, March 4. Seating for each session is limited to 24 people. Spaces will be filled on a first-come, first-served basis — no registration is required.

Closing the Gap: How to Leverage the Intelligence Cycle to Strengthen Your Operations 🎓

Breakout Session

Fred Burton
Executive Director of Protective Intelligence at Ontic

Adrienne Galbrecht
Team Lead, Strategic Intelligence Services at Ontic

Every organization faces unique intelligence gaps that can hinder decision-making. In this session, you’ll explore how to apply the intelligence cycle to identify and address your specific gaps. Through interactive activities, you’ll pinpoint these gaps and brainstorm practical solutions. Our experts will also guide you through how use the intelligence cycle to strengthen your intelligence operations and strategic approach.

11:45 PM - 12:50 PM

Lunch

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

Impact Players: Strengthen Your Value to the Organization

Special Guest Keynote

Liz Wiseman
Researcher, Author, and CEO of The Wiseman Group

Unlock the mindset and practices of standout contributors to discover what it takes to drive impactful work. Liz will teach you how to elevate your role as a security professional and turn your contributions into a strategic asset for long-term success. You’ll learn how to apply the five essential Impact Player practices, shift your perspective to view challenges as opportunities, and align your efforts with current organizational priorities — all to maximize your impact and do more meaningful work.

2:30 PM - 3:15 PM

Breakout Sessions, Workshops, and Networking

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From Awareness to Action: Effective Strategies for Insider Risk Education 🎓

Breakout Session

The people in your organization serve as the most effective defense against insider risks. Employees need to know how to recognize potential indicators of risky behavior among their colleagues and be aware of the damage they can cause themselves. However, educating employees on insider risk is a delicate balance. You want to teach people the real dangers of insider incidents without leaning into fear or blame. In this session, you’ll uncover strategies for impactful insider risk education and training.

Elevating Travel Risk Management: Aligning Duty of Care with ISO 31030 Standards 🎓

Breakout Session

Julian Moro
Senior Vice President & Regional Security Director at International SOS

As duty of care responsibilities grow and risks to business travelers increase, companies need innovative approaches to reduce travel-related anxieties while ensuring employee safety. In this session, you’ll learn the best practices for adopting and integrating the ISO's standardized travel risk management (TRM) guidelines, the benefits of technology to gain a full spectrum of traveler protection, and the importance of distributing ownership of TRM across the organization.

Security ROI: Proving the Value of Security Within Your Organization 🎓

Interactive Workshop

Ankur Arora
VP of Product Marketing at Ontic

This workshop will run three times on Tuesday, March 4. Seating for each session is limited to 24 people. Spaces will be filled on a first-come, first-served basis — no registration is required.

3:45 PM - 4:30 PM

Breakout Sessions, Workshops, and Networking

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How to Gain Buy-in for Your Workplace Violence Prevention Program 🎓

Breakout Session

Cindy Marble
Senior Director, Threat Assessment and Management at Ontic

"We must be doing something right because nothing has happened yet." If you've heard this from an executive leader, you're not alone. Gaining buy-in and support to invest in your workplace violence program — beyond mere compliance — often depends on your ability to address misconceptions like this one. In this session, we'll explore the most common forms of pushback from executive leadership and provide actionable steps to help you overcome them.

Security ROI: Proving the Value of Security Within Your Organization 🎓

Interactive Workshop

Ankur AroraVP of Product Marketing at Ontic

This workshop will run three times on Tuesday, March 4. Seating for each session is limited to 24 people. Spaces will be filled on a first-come, first-served basis — no registration is required.

High-Impact Reporting in Ontic

Product Track

Adrienne Galbrecht
Team Lead, Strategic Intelligence Services at Ontic

Colleen Cromie
Senior Manager, Client Education at Ontic

Ontic experts will guide you in how to incorporate Ontic's latest, high-impact reporting capabilities into your program. From brand and POI monitoring to robust quarterly or annual reports, we’ll share several examples of reports that show business impact and help your teams drive business decisions. You’ll walk away with actionable ideas, including tips on how to best utilize Ontic’s reporting functionality to enhance your reports.

This session is ideal for:

Ontic users looking to elevate their reporting content and processes with the Ontic Platform
Managers and day-to-day Ontic users who are heavily (or want to be!) involved in various reporting processes

This session has some repeat content from Ontic’s Comprehensive Reporting Product Training.

6:00 PM - 10:00 PM

BOLO Party

Wednesday, March 5

All Times CT

8:00 AM - 8:50 AM

Breakfast

9:00 AM - 9:45 AM

Building Allies: How to Become a Strategic Business Partner

Closing Keynote

Amy Sullivan
SVP, Client Experience at Ontic

Join Ontic’s SVP of Client Experience Amy Sullivan as she speaks with security leaders about their journey to becoming trusted business partners. They’ll share how they unlocked cross-functional collaboration and communicated the measurable value of their teams’ work to drive impact within their organizations.

10:00 AM - 10:45 AM

Breakout Sessions, Workshops, and Networking

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Geopolitical Risk: Enabling Decision Makers Through Effective Briefing 🎓

Breakout Session

Fred Burton
Executive Director of Protective Intelligence at Ontic

In today’s complex geopolitical environment, delivering impactful briefs to executive audiences is a critical skill for safeguarding people and assets. This session will explore strategies for clearly communicating threats and recommending actions that align with leadership priorities. A panel of seasoned experts will demonstrate best practices by using timely, real-world examples to show how they would approach briefing executive teams.

How to Elevate Your Investigative Process to Best-in-Class 🎓

Breakout Session

Sarah Corbin
Team Lead, Implementation at Ontic

In this session, industry experts will outline actionable steps to elevate your investigative process from good to great. Following this, a panel of peers will share their experiences implementing these best practices, including the challenges they encountered and how they overcame them. You’ll have the chance to benchmark your current processes against these examples and leave with a clear, actionable improvement plan to take back to your team.

How to Deliver Impactful Presentations to Executive Leadership 🎓

Interactive Workshop

This workshop-style session is designed to help you refine your presentation skills for senior executive audiences. You’ll learn how to tailor your approach to meet the expectations of corporate leadership, conveying complex security insights with clarity. By the end, you’ll have best practices for highlighting the value of your work and creating presentations that drive understanding and support from executive teams.

This workshop will run two times on Wednesday, March 5. Seating for each session is limited to 32 people. Spaces will be filled on a first-come, first-served basis — no registration is required.

Ontic User Roundtables

Networking

Join a roundtable discussion with other Ontic users to learn how they are using the Ontic Platform to address unique challenges for key responsibilities like workplace violence prevention, insider risk, identity research and POI management, and more. Share best practices, learn new ways to use Ontic, and build valuable connections with peers facing similar day-to-day challenges.

11:15 AM - 12:00 PM

Breakout Sessions, Workshops, and Networking

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How to Enhance Event Security Through Cross-Team Collaboration 🎓

Breakout Session

Chuck Randolph
Chief Security Officer at Ontic

Effective event risk management requires strong collaboration within the security function, bringing together GSOC, intelligence, executive protection, and more. In this session, you’ll learn the gold-standard practices for working across these groups to secure large-scale enterprise events effectively. You’ll hear real-life success stories from leaders in the space and leave with actionable insights to take back to your team.

Strengthening Security Teams Through Mental Health Advocacy 🎓

Breakout Session

Allison Macalik
Director of Solutions at Ontic

Your team does excellent work, but it's essential to prioritize their mental health to help them perform at their best and maximize their impact. Unresolved stress and burnout among security professionals can jeopardize operations and increase security risks. This session will provide you with strategies to leverage the link between stress and security risks, helping you advocate for stronger mental health resources within your organization.

How to Deliver Impactful Presentations to Executive Leadership 🎓

Interactive Workshop

This workshop will run two times on Wednesday, March 5. Seating for each session is limited to 32 people. Spaces will be filled on a first-come, first-served basis — no registration is required.

Join Us in Our Product Showcase to Learn About the Future of the Ontic Platform

Open for the duration of the Ontic Summit on March 4 and 5.