Zero trust is more than a technology framework — it's a cultural shift. In this opening keynote, Jordan Reyes shares the leadership strategies, organizational change management tactics, and hard-won lessons from Meridian's enterprise-wide zero trust transformation. Attendees will walk away with a practical blueprint for aligning executive stakeholders, security teams, and end users around a unified identity-first security posture.
As AI agents take on programmatic actions, read databases, and call APIs, the security perimeter isn't just shifting; It has completely dissolved into the identity layer.
Most enterprise stacks weren't built for non-human identity scale, synthetic social engineering, or autonomous execution. Oktane on the Road DMV brings together regional technology leaders to unpack what actually works on the front lines:
- Architecting for Machine & Agent Identities: Moving beyond basic SSO to govern non-human actors and automated workloads without breaking developer velocity.
- Defending at Adversarial Speed: How threat actors use generative tooling against authentication flows and the controls required to withstand machine-scale attacks.
- The Economics of Modern Identity: Cutting the hidden friction, compliance debt, and revenue drag embedded in legacy and homegrown identity infrastructure.
- Hype vs reality: Unvarnished debriefs from industry and government on enterprise-wide rollouts, executive alignment, and speed vs security.
Speakers:Â
Ely Kahn, Chief Product Officer, Okta
Tommi Salli, SVP & Head of Enterprise Architecture, Dell Technologies
AI is already making us more productive, but the bigger opportunity is unlocking entirely new revenue streams. Greater agent access and autonomy opens up that new potential, but also creates greater risk. See how visibility, control, open standards, and a common Blueprint can help organizations securely unlock what’s possible.
This session takes the blueprint for the secure agentic enterprise and applies a cost lens to it. We'll walk through three plays that cut agent spend without counting a single token: a registry that makes agent duplication visible, recurring certification to catch agents nobody needs anymore, and per-user authorization so surviving agents aren't paying for access they never needed.
AI is no longer optional; it's transforming how we build products, empower teams, and meet customer expectations. But adoption isn't straightforward. Organizations face a critical tension: move fast to stay competitive, or move carefully to ensure security and responsible deployment. In this panel tech executives will discuss the realities of AI adoption. Expect candid insights on real-world challenges, the gap between AI hype and practical implementation, organizational barriers to adoption, and how to build AI that's both responsible and secure.
Increased user expectations, growing sophistication and scale of cyber attacks, and AI are making it difficult for companies to meet their growth targets. See how Auth0 turns identity into a growth multiplier for your business, helping teams convert users, protect every interaction, unlock enterprise deals, and innovate in AI channels.
The Hyatt Regency Tysons Corner Center is perfectly positioned at the vibrant PenFed Plaza and directly connected to Tysons Corner Center Mall. This hotel offers unbeatable access to world-class shopping, dining and entertainment. Walk to hundreds of upscale boutiques and restaurants or hop on the Silver Line Metro, just steps away, for a quick 20-minute ride into the heart of Washington, D.C.
Jordan brings over 18 years of experience leading enterprise security transformations at Fortune 500 companies. At Meridian, Jordan spearheaded a full zero trust overhaul across 12,000+ endpoints and reduced credential-based breaches by 74% in under two years. A sought-after speaker and Zero Trust Alliance board member, Jordan is passionate about making modern identity security accessible to organizations of every size.
