Speaking at InfraGard Sacramento, April 29, 2026: Identity Security for Critical Infrastructure

A Quick Note Before Tuesday

On April 29, 2026, I'll be speaking at the InfraGard Sacramento Q2 member meeting at Cal OES in Mather, CA. The session is hosted by Delinea and it's open to InfraGard members and the colleagues they bring with them. If you defend anything the public depends on — water, power, healthcare, public safety — this one is for you.

I'm not going to give the talk away here. But I want to share the one idea the whole session is built around, so you know whether it's worth the drive.

The Credential Is the Crime Scene

Modern attacks against critical infrastructure are not breaking through firewalls. They're logging in. Stolen credentials cost less than lunch. SIM swaps defeat SMS-based MFA. Deepfaked voices walk a CFO through a bank-account change in four minutes flat.

The perimeter you spent the last decade hardening is no longer where the fight is. The fight is at the credential.

What We'll Do on Stage

I'll walk the room through 90 days in the life of a fictional — but painfully realistic — IT security lead at a small county water district. He's doing everything most shops do. MFA. Phishing training. EDR. Tested backups. And he still loses.

Then we rebuild. Step by step, control by control, through what would actually stop each move in the attack.

You'll leave with a clear picture of how identity-driven breaches really unfold in 2026, and a short, ordered list of controls you can take back to your team on Wednesday morning.

Come Say Hi

The meeting is free. Bring a colleague. Find me before or after the session — I'd rather hear what you're dealing with than do all the talking from the front of the room.

If your schedule doesn't work for the 29th, reach out through the booking page — I bring a tailored version of this talk to teams and conferences across the Bay Area.

See you in Mather.