May 2026 Town Hall with Sean Cordero and Kris Rides

AI isn't just changing how we defend systems — it's reshaping the skills, roles, and pathways that define a cybersecurity career. Are today's college programs keeping pace?

Join the Washington State Cybersecurity Center of Excellence for a candid, interactive town hall with Sean Cordero, Chief AI Security Officer at Cyera — a practitioner whose career has tracked every major enterprise technology shift of the past two decades, from distributed infrastructure and Zero Trust to the cutting edge of AI security. He'll be joined by moderator Kris Rides, Founder of Tiro Security and host of the Root to CISO podcast.

Together, they'll tackle the questions keeping cybersecurity educators up at night:

• Which foundational skills still matter — and which are being disrupted?
• What does the AI-era security workforce actually look like?
• How should community college programs evolve to stay relevant?

This session is built for community college faculty, deans, and program leaders in cybersecurity and technology. Come ready to ask questions — the conversation is as much yours as theirs.