Who’s Accountable at Machine Speed?
Two enterprise CISOs and two MSSP CEOs on where AI ends and human judgment has to begin. Two weeks after Fal.Con, once the keynote glow has worn off. No slides, no demo, mostly argument.
Can’t make it live? Register anyway — the recording and the worksheet go to everyone.
Every vendor in Las Vegas promised an AI-driven SOC. Almost none of them answered the question a CISO actually has to answer:
What are you willing to let it do without asking you first?
Detection at machine speed is no longer the hard part. The hard part is the decision that follows it — isolating a host in the middle of a trading day, disabling an executive’s account an hour before a board meeting, blocking traffic that turns out to be a customer. Those calls carry consequences that land on a person, not a model.
Two weeks after Fal.Con, four security leaders — two enterprise CISOs and two MSSP CEOs — sit down for a candid, vendor-neutral conversation about where they’ve drawn the line between automated action and human judgment, what it costs them on each side of it, and what they now demand from anyone selling them “autonomous” security.
Moderated by Dominic Genzano, who leads Vijilan’s cybersecurity advisory and vCISO practice. No slides. No demo. One hour, mostly argument.
“Who’s Accountable at Machine Speed?” is a free 60-minute online panel on Thursday, September 17, 2026 at 1:00 PM ET, hosted by Vijilan Security. Two enterprise CISOs and two MSSP CEOs discuss where automated SOC action should stop and a human should decide, moderated by Dominic Genzano, who leads Vijilan’s cybersecurity advisory and vCISO practice. It is vendor-neutral, with no slides and no demo. Everyone who registers receives the recording and a two-page worksheet, “The Autonomy Line,” whether or not they attend live. Registration is at vijilan.com/webinar/machine-speed.
What you’ll leave with
Five things you can use on Monday.
A working autonomy model
The four tiers of SOC action (observe → enrich → recommend → act) and which of your controls belong in each.
The blast-radius test
How experienced leaders decide whether an automated action is reversible enough to permit, and what they do about the ones that aren’t.
The accountability chain
What your board, your auditor, and your cyber-insurance carrier will ask about AI-driven decisions, and what evidence satisfies them.
A vendor questionnaire you can use immediately
The questions that separate a genuine machine-speed-plus-judgment operation from an alert queue with a language model attached.
The economics both ways
An honest look at what human review at scale actually costs, from the people paying for it.
The panel
Four people who’ve had to make this call.
Panel announced shortly. Four seats are committed — 2 enterprise CISOs and 2 MSSP CEOs — and we will name them here as each one confirms. Registering now means you get the names by email before the session.
Cybersecurity advisory and vCISO practice lead
Vijilan Security
Leads Vijilan’s cybersecurity advisory and vCISO practice (ThreatGovern™) — he spends his week on the other side of this exact decision with security leaders.
Two enterprise CISOs. Two MSSP CEOs. Chosen because we expect them to disagree.
Included with registration
The Autonomy Line
A two-page worksheet that turns the conversation into something you can run against your own environment: the four tiers of automated action, a grid for placing your own controls, a reversibility test, and twelve questions to put to any vendor claiming an autonomous SOC. Vendor-neutral by design.
Sent to everyone who registers, whether or not you make it live.
Who this is for
Security leaders at enterprises and mid-market organizations
You own the risk, the board conversation, and the consequence of a wrong automated action.
MSP, MSSP and vCISO leaders
You’re making this call across many environments at once, under economics that don’t allow a human on every decision.
If you’re the one who has to answer for the decision, this hour is for you.
Save your seat.
Thursday, September 17 · 1:00–2:00 PM ET · Zoom · Free to attend.
- 60 minutes, moderated. No slides, no demo.
- The Autonomy Line worksheet, sent to every registrant.
- Recording sent to everyone, whether or not you attend live.
Questions? info@vijilan.com · +1 (954) 334-9988
Registration
Register on Zoom
Registration is handled on Zoom. You’ll get the calendar invite and your personal join link from Zoom straight away, and the worksheet by email before the panel.
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Before you register
Questions people ask.
- How much does it cost to attend?
- Nothing. Registration is free, and it includes the recording and the worksheet whether or not you make it live.
- What if I cannot make the live session?
- Register anyway. The recording goes to everyone who registered the day after the panel, and the worksheet arrives separately before it.
- Who is on the panel?
- Two enterprise CISOs and two MSSP CEOs, moderated by Dominic Genzano, who leads Vijilan’s cybersecurity advisory and vCISO practice. Panelists are named here as each one confirms, and registrants get the names by email before the session.
- Is this a product pitch?
- No. It is a vendor-neutral conversation with no slides and no demo. The panel argues about where automated action should stop and a person should decide; Vijilan moderates rather than presents.
- What is the worksheet?
- “The Autonomy Line” — two pages covering the four-tier action grid (observe, enrich, recommend, act), the reversibility test for sorting automated actions, and twelve questions to put to anyone selling an autonomous SOC.
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