Commonwealth of Virginia Information Security Conference (COV ISC) 2025: First keynote speaker announced
Date Posted: Wednesday, July 2, 2025
The ISC 2025 council is thrilled to unveil the first keynote speaker for its annual Information Security Conference (ISC), returning Thursday, Aug. 14, at the Hilton. This highly anticipated event brings together cybersecurity leaders from across the industry to explore what’s next for the future of security in a rapidly evolving technology environment.
The conference will include expert presentations for those with responsibilities for managing, auditing or assessing information security in their organizations in the spirit of fulfilling our shared mission of securing information. Conference participants will have the opportunity to learn and share ideas with security-minded colleagues while hearing about the latest security products and services. Our just-announced morning keynote speaker is risk governance leader Keyaan J. Williams.
Mr. Williams is known globally for enterprise risk, cybersecurity, data privacy, and AI programs he has created and deployed for global organizations in various industries. In addition to leadership of a management consulting firm, he actively serves as a board director and advisor for commercial and non-profit organizations.
His keynote entitled, “Beyond GRC: How governance of enterprise risk can transform the security and resilience of modern organizations,” will encourage attendees to move beyond compliance management often produced by GRC frameworks and instead inspire them to use “classical governance” principles to engage the board, the c-suite, and the entire organization in activities that meaningfully reduce risk and ensure promises made to stakeholder are delivered successfully.
About the ISC Conference:
For 18 years, the Commonwealth Information Security Conference has been the quintessential security learning event in Virginia, an opportunity to learn, grow, and network to connect with security professionals across the state. The conference planning team is dedicated to providing a venue to hear ideas from thought-leaders and agency experts to help you elevate security at your organization.
Space is limited, register today.
Visit our conference page on the VITA website to learn more about this exciting event
For additional information contact VITA Communications at vitacomms@vita.virginia.gov