Afternoon Keynote | Breaking the Cell: Inside a North Korean IT Operation—and the Blueprint for Cyber Resilience
Tuesday, June 9, 2026, 4:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Julia Lee Nicole Perlroth Joe Hladik
Palazzo Ballroom A-H

Join Nicole Perlroth, Nisos CEO Ryan LaSalle, and Rubrik for an inside look at the North Korean IT worker threat. Nicole will debut the upcoming season of the award-winning audio documentary podcast To Catch a Thief. Ryan will share the gripping story of how his team infiltrated a DPRK cell, gaining unprecedented access to their Discord channels, AI-driven deepfakes, and operational playbooks. As nation-state adversaries use frontier AI models to amplify their scale, reach, and destruction, we’ll discuss the importance of cyber resilience to mitigate the ultimate insider threat.