Tuesday, April 7th, 2026

Location: ECPI University, 
5555 Greenwich Rd – Suite 360, Virginia Beach, VA 23462

 

 

Speaker Bio: Sean Applegate – With over 25 years of experience across defense, federal, and commercial sectors, Sean Applegate brings deep expertise in cybersecurity, observability, AI/ML, and software engineering. Currently, Sean leads the Engineering and IT efforts for Swish which is a 20-year-old Federal Technology Solutions provider with deep technical experience in DoD and Civilian agencies. More recently, Sean has closely collaborated with clients and Swish Engineers to evaluate, implement, and optimize AI security capabilities to address rapidly changing market needs. Sean actively participates in GBEF, ATARC, ACT-IAC and AFCEA community working groups, which recently includes significant discussions on AI and AI security.

 

Talk Description: AI has rapidly evolved from isolated pilots and standalone LLMs to ubiquitous, agentic workflows embedded across core business processes. Security, however, lagged behind, often treated as an afterthought once these systems were already in production and touching sensitive data. This talk explores how to recognize and manage AI-specific risks, and how to design and implement practical guardrails that let organizations safely harness powerful AI and agentic systems without sacrificing security, compliance, or mission outcomes.

 

After-Social:

As soon as the meeting is over, we will take all our chatting over to Plaza Degollado Mexican Grill. It is down the street from ECPI on the corner of Newtown Road. Let’s have some fun together.

Schedule:

5:30 PM – 6:00 PM Meet, Greet and Network

6:00 PM – 6:15 PM Introduction and upcoming events discussion

6:15 PM – 7:15 PM Speakers Presentation and Q&A

7:15 PM – 7:45 PM ISSA-HR Business Meeting (Meeting ends)

7:45 PM – Unofficial social @ Plaza Degollado Mexican Grill

Registration:

Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/issa-hr-presents-securing-ai-tickets-1985460489772