It's Time to Redefine Resilience

 

Get ready to elevate your identity security skills at HIP Conf 26 — your gateway to becoming a Hybrid Identity Protection (HIP) Hero.

With identity at the center of modern cyberattacks, resilience starts with securing systems such as Active Directory and Entra ID and the hybrid infrastructures that connect them. 

And then it goes further. 

Get ready for the event that will help you build those skills—and redefine true resilience in your business, operations, and digital environments. 

 

Why Attend?  You'll learn from the world's leading hybrid identity experts, gaining invaluable insights into the ever-evolving cyber threat landscape. Whether you're a CIO, CISO, architect, engineer, IT or InfoSec executive, or technical practitioner, HIP Conf 26 will empower you to protect your hybrid, multi-cloud environment against current and emerging threats.

Don't miss out on this chance to advance your skills and network with industry leaders.

Countdown to HIP Conf 26

Agenda at a Glance

How Organizations Recover from Hybrid Systemic Identity Compromise 
Keynote: Stu McClure 
Cryptography, Trust Chains, and Wallets: Deep Diving Microsoft Verified ID and real-world applications thereof 
From Inbox to SharePoint: Catching Attackers Mid-Collection in M365 
IR: from incident response to Intentional resilience 
Opening Remarks: Mickey Bresman 
Fireside Chat: Tim Brown 
Abusing Holes in Conditional Access: Modern Attack Paths and How to Close Them 
Attackers Aren’t Wizards: How to Turn Red Team Lore into Real Controls 
Beyond Baselines: Building Custom Identity Security Tests with Maester and PowerShell 
Building a shared Entra ID tenant for critical infrastructure: Architecture and security cecisions from the field 
KDS Root Keys: All Secrets Finally Revealed 
Identity Is the Business: Translating Identity Security Into Executive Action 
Identity in the Uncertain World of AI 
Inside the Digital Mind: Translating Cyber Psychology into Actionable Identity Security Strategy 
CISO Panel 
AD Experts Panel 
Age of Entitlement: Breaking and Securing Entra's Access Packages 
A Hybrid Identity Maturity Model That Actually Drives Security Outcomes 
Fear of Lockout: Confronting the Risk of Losing Tenant Access 
License to Assist - Bringing AI Agents to Entra ID 
Recover Responsibly: Closing the IAM Gap You Don’t Talk About 
Let’s KILL NTLM (Vol 2): Kerberos Evolved, No Good Deed Goes Unpunished 
Vibe coding my way to Global Admin: Weaponizing a new HR-driven privilege elevation in Entra ID with the help of AI 
Taming Permissions Gone Wild -- Building an Entra ID Application Governance Framework 
Your Agents Don’t Have Passwords: Governing Non-Human and Agentic AI Identities in the Era of Resilience 
Mission Critical Conditional Access at Scale 
One year of Agent Identities - Practical experiences and war stories 
The Security Upgrade You Can Deploy Today 
Tuesday, September 8, 2026
Arrivals and Registration Open1:30 PM - 6:00 PM
Wednesday, September 9, 2026
Breakfast 7:30 AM - 8:45 AM
Keynote + Sessions9:00 AM - 5:30 PM
Lunch1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Evening Event 6:30 PM - 10:00 PM
Thursday, September 10, 2026
Breakfast 7:30 AM - 8:45 AM
Keynote + Sessions9:00 AM - 5:30 PM
Lunch1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Time Zone: (UTC-05:00) Central Time (US & Canada) [Change Time Zone]

About the HIP Community

Powered by the Active Directory and ITDR experts at Semperis, Hybrid Identity Protection (HIP) is a global community focused on helping organizations meet the challenges of protecting hybrid Active Directory identity environments. Our mission is to make the world a safer place by combatting identity security threats through intelligent collaboration and mutual support. HIP maintains:

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