SANS AI Cybersecurity Summit 2026

SANS AI Cybersecurity Summit 2026 is an AI conference taking place April 20-27, 2026 in Arlington, Virginia + Virtual. The event focuses on AI security, adversarial AI, cyber defense, threat modeling, governance, hands-on workshops, and security training for emerging AI risks. For AIstify readers, it shows how artificial intelligence is moving from ideas into practical systems, teams, products, governance models, and infrastructure decisions.

The program is useful for security leaders, incident responders, threat hunters, application security teams, AI risk owners, red teams, blue teams, and technical practitioners. Sessions and networking connect strategic questions with technical implementation: AI cyber ranges, adversarial AI, agentic AI security, threat modeling, defensive operations, workshops, keynotes, and post-summit training. That mix makes the event relevant for people comparing vendors, building AI roadmaps, tracking research, evaluating platforms, or watching where adoption and tooling are heading.

It helps security teams understand how AI changes attack surfaces, defensive workflows, software risk, and the skills needed to protect AI-enabled systems. The Arlington setting also matters. Arlington, Virginia sits across the Potomac River from Washington, D.C. and is part of the Northern Virginia technology and public-sector security corridor, making it a strong location for cybersecurity, policy, and AI risk events.