Where the GRC community shapes what’s next

2025: How AI is Rewriting Trust
November 19, 2025
San Francisco

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Featured Speakers

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Alex Stamos
CSO at Corridor & Professor at Stanford, Former Chief of Security at Facebook
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Christina Cacioppo
CEO, Vanta
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Jacob DePriest
VP, Security / CISO, 1Password
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Andrew Becherer
CISO, Sublime Security
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Jason Clinton
Deputy CISO, Anthropic
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Jason Clinton
CISO, Anthropic
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Andrew Becherer
CISO, Sublime Security
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Jacob DePriest
VP, Security / CISO, 1Password
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Tony English
CISO, WorkJam
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Matt Hartley
Co-Founder & CPO, BreachRX
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Chuck Kesler
CISO, Pendo
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Mandy Matthew
Lead Security Risk Program Manager, Duolingo
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Christina Caccioppo
CEO, Vanta
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Jeremy Epling
CPO, Vanta
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Jadee Hanson
CISO, Vanta
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Scott Bachand
CIO/CISO, Ro
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Ayoub Fandi
GRC Engineer, Gitlab
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Akhila Chitiprolu
Head of 
Security GRC, Sierra
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Patrick Sullivan
VP of Strategy 
and Innovation,
A-LIGN
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Dongting Yu
Security Engineer, Clay
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AI is fast transforming every aspect of security and compliance—and no aspect of GRC will be left unchanged.

This year at VantaCon, join us for a full-day GRC community event! Be the first to hear exciting product announcements, discover how industry peers and leaders are preparing for big changes while uncovering unique opportunities for growth, and take part in new breakout sessions designed for collaboration—not just on what’s next for GRC, but how we’ll write its future together.

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Hear from the GRC and security leaders shaping the industry

Meet top security and compliance minds from across the GRC community and hear how they’re building their GRC programs in the new age of AI.

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Network with the best

Connect with peers from across the GRC community to swap stories, share ideas, and build lasting relationships.

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Help us write the future of GRC

Be part of the community reimagining what trust looks like next.

Agenda

*Exact timing subject to change
Meet top security and compliance minds from across the GRC community and hear how they’re building their GRC programs in the new age of AI.
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1:00pm–1:30pm PT
Vanta 101: Beginners
Introduction & Foundation
Jaquez Hodo
Customer Education Specialist, Vanta
Shannon DeLange
Sr. Manager, Customer Education, Vanta
Session description

1:00pm–1:30pm PT
Vanta 201: Advanced
Advanced Scoping Strategies
Riya Sanjay
Solutions Engineer, Vanta
Jeff Wu
Sr. Product Marketing Manager, Vanta
Session description

1:30pm–2:30pm PT
Vanta 101: Beginners
Implementing Vanta
Jaquez Hodo
Customer Education Specialist, Vanta
Shannon DeLange
Sr. Manager, Customer Education, Vanta
Session description

1:30pm–2:00pm PT
Vanta 201: Advanced
Granular Inventory Tagging
Riya Sanjay
Solutions Engineer, Vanta
Jeff Wu
Sr. Product Marketing Manager, Vanta
Session description

2:10pm–3:10pm PT
Vanta 101: Beginners
Managing Risk
Jaquez Hodo
Customer Education Specialist, Vanta
Shannon DeLange
Sr. Manager, Customer Education, Vanta
Session description

2:10pm–2:40pm PT
Vanta 201: Advanced
Integrations & Issue Management at Scale
Riya Sanjay
Solutions Engineer, Vanta
Jeff Wu
Sr. Product Marketing Manager, Vanta
Session description

2:50pm–3:40pm PT
Vanta 201: Advanced
Advanced Trust Center & Questionnaire Automation
Riya Sanjay
Solutions Engineer, Vanta
Jeff Wu
Sr. Product Marketing Manager, Vanta
Session description

3:20am–4:20pm PT
Vanta 101: Beginners
Building Trust
Jaquez Hodo
Customer Education Specialist, Vanta
Shannon DeLange
Sr. Manager, Customer Education, Vanta
Session description

3:40pm–4:10pm PT
Vanta 201: Advanced
Leveraging Vanta AI and the Vanta Agent
Riya Sanjay
Solutions Engineer, Vanta
Jeff Wu
Sr. Product Marketing Manager, Vanta
Session description

4:10pm–4:30pm PT
Vanta 201: Advanced
Close
Riya Sanjay
Solutions Engineer, Vanta
Jeff Wu
Sr. Product Marketing Manager, Vanta
Session description

4:20pm–4:30pm PT
Vanta 101: Beginners
Close
Jaquez Hodo
Customer Education Specialist, Vanta
Shannon DeLange
Sr. Manager, Customer Education, Vanta
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8:30am-9:30am PT
General session
Registration & networking breakfast
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9:30am–10:30am PT
General session
Product Keynote
Christina Cacioppo
CEO, Vanta
Jeremy Epling
CPO, Vanta
Session description

10:30am–11:00am PT
General session
From Hype to Trust: Governing AI in the Enterprise
Jadee Hanson
CISO, Vanta
Jacob DePriest
VP, Security / CISO, 1Password
Andrew Becherer
CISO, Sublime Security
Jason Clinton
Deputy CISO, Anthropic
Session description

11:10am–11:40am PT
Scale your impact and career
The Future Belongs to GRC Engineers: Take Your Career to the Next Level
Ayoub Fandi
GRC Engineer, Gitlab
Session description

Today's GRC teams must cover more frameworks, manage more risks, and implement controls in more atomised environments. GRC Engineering can help manage the complexity. Learn how to use engineering problem-solving techniques to solve common challenges and build stronger connections across your teams.

11:10am–11:40am PT
AI beyond the hype
AI, Attackers, and the Future of GRC
Oege de Moor
Founder and CEO, XBOW
Jeremy Epling
CPO, Vanta
Session description

AI is transforming security and compliance, creating new risks and demanding powerful defenses. Join XBOW Founder and CEO Oege de Moor and Vanta CPO Jeremy Epling to explore how AI enhances governance, risk, and compliance to predict threats, strengthen assurance, and build resilient security programs.

11:10am–11:40pm PT
Prove program impact
Turning Trust Into Your Home Court Advantage
Brian Fulmer
Senior Director, Information Technology, Golden State Warriors
Maria Valdenhueza
Senior Vice President, Ticketing and Events, Golden State Valkyries
Scott Holden
CMO, Vanta
Session description

From courtside to checkout screens, trust makes or breaks the fan experience. Join leaders from the Warriors, Valkyries, and Vanta to explore how security and experience teams create a safe and fun environment online and in-person.

11:45am–12:15pm PT
Scale your impact and career
Rethinking Third-Party Risk: Can We Finally Ditch the Questionnaires?
Chuck Kessler
CISO, Pendo
Session description

Questionnaires are the backbone of TPRM. But for organizations with thousands of vendors, they lead to inefficiencies and busy work. It’s time to rethink third-party risk from a customer and vendor perspective. Enter AI, tiered risk scoring, and more proactive ways to demonstrate security maturity.

11:45am–12:15pm PT
AI beyond the hype
Trust: The New Enterprise Currency
Josh McKibben
Senior Director, Security Trust & Compliance, Snowflake
Adam Shnider
EVP, Assessment Services, Coalfire
Jadee Hanson
CISO, Vanta
Session description

Trust is now a business metric. Hear from Snowflake and Coalfire on how leading security teams prove trust, drive revenue, and shape the next wave of enterprise trust programs.

11:45am–12:15pm PT
Prove program impact
Show Me the ROI: CISOs Discuss what Trust is Really Worth
Scott Bachand
CIO/CISO, Ro
Braden Pitts
CISO & SVP, Enterprise Technology, The MJ Companies
Jonathan Aluveaux
CISO, Ramp
Khush Kashyap
Sr. Director, GRC, Subject Matter Expert
Session description

GRC is often seen as a box-checking exercise. But a strong program goes beyond audits—it accelerates sales cycles, builds customer trust, and frees engineering teams to focus on innovation. Learn how to position GRC as a business enabler, with controls and treatment plans that address what matters.

12:15pm-1:45pm PT
General session
Lunch
Session description

1:45pm-2:05pm PT
General session
Alexis Gay: Afternoon pick-me-up comedy set!
Alexis Gay
Comedian
Session description

2:10pm–2:40pm PT
Prove program impact
Quantifying the Counterfactual: Proving the Value of Prevention
Mandy Matthew
Lead Security Risk Program Manager, Duolingo
Session description

How do you calculate ROI of things that never happened? The key is aligning how you communicate value to business risk. Having developed and now leading the GRC at Duolingo, Mandy has built a framework for doing just that in a way that impacts teams, boards, and executives.

2:10pm–2:40pm PT
AI beyond the hype
AI Governance Can’t Wait: What Every Security Leader Should Do Now
Patrick Sullivan
VP of Strategy and Innovation, A-LIGN
Session description

Compliance teams face pressure to develop AI governance strategies that mitigate risk and protect information. But many don’t know where to start. Learn practical strategies to understand risk, generate buy-in from stakeholders, and build a team of partners to stay ahead of evolving threats.

2:10pm–2:40pm PT
Scale your impact and career
AI, Automation, and the Future of Your GRC Career
Tony English
CISO, WorkJam
Session description

AI brings new security and privacy threats to the table, but no GRC specialist can afford to fear or ignore it. Learn how to stay ahead of the evolving AI landscape, while also unlocking opportunities to provide secure AI to your organization and create a competitive advantage.

2:45pm–3:15pm PT
AI beyond the hype
How to Build Trustworthy Agents
Akhila Chitiprolu
Head of Security GRC, Sierra
Session description

AI agents promise enormous impact—but only if they’re built on a foundation of trust and security. Learn how Sierra’s framework brings together risk coverage, guardrails, lifecycle best practices, and transparency principles to make safe, responsible AI adoption possible.

2:45pm–3:15pm PT
Scale your impact and career
Turning Security Into Your Scaling Superpower
Matt Hartley
Co-Founder & CPO, BreachRX
Dongting Yu
Security Engineer, Clay
Nico Chinot
US GM, Dust
Akshaya Murali
Vice President, Product, Vanta
Session description

“Move fast and break things” doesn’t cut it anymore. Winning startups pair rapid innovation with strong security from day one—turning trust into a growth accelerator and a lasting competitive edge. Join this session for a series of stories from the startup trenches.

2:45pm–3:15pm PT
Prove program impact
Risk to the Nth Degree: Turning Risk Management into Risk Intelligence
Fish Fisher
Risk Manager, Ironclad
Session description

Teams want faster access to new tools, executives expect deeper supply chain assurance, and customers demand more visibility. Yet building a Risk Management program that monitors all facets of risk is challenging. Learn how Ironclad’s own Fish Fisher has scaled risk management into business impact.

3:35pm–4:30pm PT
General session
Closing keynote: The Future of trust in an AI world
Alex Stamos
CSO at Corridor & Professor at Stanford, Former Chief of Security at Facebook
Christina Cacioppo
CEO, Vanta
Session description

4:30pm-6:30pm PT
General session
Closing reception; Toast to VantaCon 2025!
Session description

Breakout session themes

AI beyond the hype

Navigating the impact of AI on risk, security, and GRC

Prove program impact

Proving program value: influence, impact, and buy-in.

Scale your career

Analyst to exec: evolving your GRC career.

Speakers

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Alex Stamos
CSO at Corridor & Professor at Stanford, Former Chief of Security at Facebook
Professional woman with dark hair slicked back, smiling and wearing pearl earrings and a dark blazer.
Christina Cacioppo
CEO, Vanta
Smiling man with glasses, short hair, and a goatee wearing a black shirt against a white background.
Jacob DePriest
VP, Security / CISO, 1Password
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Alexis Gay
Comedian
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Andrew Becherer
CISO, Sublime Security
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Jason Clinton
CISO, Anthropic
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Tony English
CISO, WorkJam
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Matt Hartley
Co-Founder & CPO, BreachRX
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Jason Clinton
Deputy CISO, Anthropic
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Jonathan Aluveaux
CISO, Ramp
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Jadee Hanson
CISO, Vanta
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Jeremy Epling
CPO, Vanta
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Chuck Kesler
CISO, Pendo
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Scott Bachand
CIO/CISO, Ro
Smiling man with dark hair wearing a white shirt and dark blazer against a white background.
Patrick Sullivan
VP of Strategy and Innovation, A-LIGN
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Akhila Chitiprolu
Head of Security GRC, Sierra
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Dongting Yu
Security Engineer, Clay
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Braden Pitts
CISO & SVP, Enterprise Technology, The MJ Companies
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Fish Fisher
Risk Manager, Ironclad
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Eno Reyes
CTO and Co-Founder, Factory
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Ayoub Fandi
GRC Engineer, Gitlab
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Mandy Matthew
Lead Security Risk Program Manager, Duolingo
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Oege de Moor
Founder and CEO, XBOW
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Andrew Becherer
CISO, Sublime Security
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Jacob DePriest
VP, Security / CISO, 1Password
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Tony English
CISO, WorkJam
Person with short hair smiling, on a purple background.
Matt Hartley
Co-Founder & CPO, BreachRX
Person in a suit, looking at the camera, on a light green background.
Chuck Kesler
CISO, Pendo
Person with short hair smiling, on a purple background.
Mandy Matthew
Lead Security Risk Program Manager, Duolingo
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Christina Caccioppo
CEO, Vanta
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Jeremy Epling
CPO, Vanta
Person in a suit, looking at the camera, on a light green background.
Jadee Hanson
CISO, Vanta
Portrait of a person with short hair and a beard, wearing a collared shirt and jacket, on a purple background
Scott Bachand
CIO/CISO, Ro
Portrait of a person with short hair and a beard, smiling slightly, on a light green background.
Ayoub Fandi
GRC Engineer, Gitlab
Portrait of a person with straight, shoulder-length hair, smiling, on a purple background.
Akhila Chitiprolu
Head of 
Security GRC, Sierra
Portrait of a person with neatly styled short hair, smiling, wearing a collared shirt and jacket, on a light green background.
Patrick Sullivan
VP of Strategy 
and Innovation,
A-LIGN
Portrait of a smiling man wearing glasses and a suit jacket against a solid light purple background.
Dongting Yu
Security Engineer, Clay

FAQs

What is the date and location of the event?

November 19, 2025 at Convene 100 Stockton in San Francisco.

How can I register for the event? And what do tickets cost?

Two ticket types are available:

1. In-person event: attend the in-person event in San Francisco to get the full VantaCon experience, tickets start at $200 for early bird pricing, once early bird tickets are sold out ticket price will increase to $300.

2. Virtual event: Join VantaCon virtually for Free! This will be a livestream experience of the keynotes and a limited number of breakouts. Virtual attendees will have access to real-time Q&A.

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Yes, we’re offering a buy-2-get-1 free promotion for groups of attendees. You’ll be able to select this option during the registration process.

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Yes! A portion of the event will be made available to view and participate in virtually. You can register for the virtual event via the “register now” button and selecting the virtual option. To attend virtually is free.

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VantaCon is offering 2.0 CPE credits for the conference. To qualify, you must attend at least four breakout sessions. Attendance will be verified by badge scanning at the entrance of each session, and will be required to scan again upon exit. Partial credit will not be awarded.

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