Sponsors | AKJ Associates

2026 Principal Sponsor

Open Systems is an international provider of co-managed SASE and Zero Trust operating models, helping enterprises and organizations securely operate complex hybrid and multi-cloud environments. Founded in 1990 and headquartered in Switzerland, the company generates over USD 100 million in annual revenue and supports global enterprise customers with more than 60,000 employees across operations in more than 180 countries.

Open Systems combines cloud-native networking and security with transparent, co-managed 24×7 operations to close the execution gap many organizations face when deploying modern architectures. As a European alternative to US- and Israel-based security providers, Open Systems places strong emphasis on regulatory alignment, operational visibility and shared responsibility, enabling secure, reliable and scalable network and security operations in an increasingly distributed IT landscape.

2026 Strategic Sponsors

Cyera is the AI Security Platform built for the age of agents. Enterprises like Paramount, Chipotle, and Valvoline use Cyera to control exactly what data their AI can reach—and govern what happens next. The platform secures data at rest, in motion, and in use, whether touched by humans or AI agents. Valued at $9 billion and backed by over $1.7 billion from top-tier investors including Accel, Blackstone, and Sequoia. Protect your data. Secure AI.

Delinea is the identity security platform that governs what humans, machines, and AI agents do once they have access. It extends privileged access management into continuous, just-in-time authorization across on-premises, multi-cloud, and ephemeral infrastructure, reducing standing privilege and minimizing risk without disruption. The platform applies AI to constantly discover identities, analyze risk, and enforce least privilege at the moment of action, so every access decision is auditable and defensible. It supports both static and ephemeral access, letting organizations apply Zero Standing Privilege where risk demands it without replacing existing infrastructure.

Learn more about Delinea at https://delinea.com

Huntress is a fully managed cybersecurity platform built for organizations of all sizes and expertise levels. Because our enterprise-grade Huntress Agentic Security Platform is never separated from our 24/7 human-led Security Operations Center (SOC), organizations can rest easy with protection that stops high-profile threats with the easiest possible user experience. The Huntress Managed Platform is purpose-built by our security experts and operated by our SOC, leading the charge in industry research with decades of experience and a passion for wrecking hackers.

Proofpoint is a global leader in human- and agent-centric cybersecurity, securing how people, data and AI agents connect across email, cloud and collaboration tools. Proofpoint is a trusted partner to over 80 of the Fortune 100, over 10,000 large enterprises, and millions of smaller organizations in stopping threats, preventing data loss, and building resilience across people and AI workflows. Proofpoint’s collaboration and data security platform helps organizations of all sizes protect and empower their people while embracing AI securely and confidently.

Learn more at www.proofpoint.com

PwC Switzerland is the leading audit and advisory company in Switzerland. At PwC, we help clients build trust and reinvent so they can turn complexity into competitive advantage. We’re a tech-forward, people-empowered network with more than 370,000 people in 136 countries. Across audit and assurance, tax and legal, deals and consulting we help clients build, accelerate and sustain momentum. PwC Switzerland has around 3,600 employees and partners in 13 locations in Switzerland and one in the Principality of Liechtenstein. Find out more at www.pwc.ch. “PwC” refers to the PwC network and/or one or more of its member firms, each of which is a separate legal entity. Please see www.pwc.com/structure for further details.

Rubrik, the Security and AI Operations Company, leads at the intersection of data protection, cyber resilience, and enterprise AI acceleration. Rubrik Security Cloud delivers complete cyber resilience by securing, monitoring, and recovering data, identities, and workloads across clouds. Rubrik Agent Cloud accelerates trusted AI agent deployments at scale by monitoring and auditing agentic actions, enforcing real-time guardrails, fine-tuning for accuracy and undoing agentic mistakes.

For more information please visit www.rubrik.com and follow @rubrikInc on X and Rubrik, Inc. on LinkedIn.

Stop attacks before they start. Get a comprehensive solution to your security needs on a single agent with the ThreatLocker Zero Trust Platform. With ThreatLocker, you'll have the necessary controls in place to:

•Block untrusted software and limit lateral movement
•Gain operational efficiency and oversight
•Leverage vast telemetry and intelligence data to alert unusual behaviours and Indicators of Compromise

You'll also be backed by the included 24/7/365 US-based Cyber Hero support team for rapid assistance and response as you harden your environment.

2026 Education Seminar Sponsors

F5, Inc. (NASDAQ: FFIV) is the global leader that delivers and secures every app. Backed by three decades of expertise, F5 has built the industry’s premier platform—F5 Application Delivery and Security Platform (ADSP)—to deliver and secure every app, every API, anywhere: on-premises, in the cloud, at the edge, and across hybrid, multicloud environments. F5 is committed to innovating and partnering with the world’s largest and most advanced organizations to deliver fast, available, and secure digital experiences. Together, we help each other thrive and bring a better digital world to life.

Palo Alto Networks is the world's cybersecurity leader. We innovate to outpace cyberthreats, so organizations can embrace technology with confidence. We provide next-gen cybersecurity to thousands of customers globally, across all sectors. Our best-in-class cybersecurity platforms and services are backed by industry-leading threat intelligence and strengthened by state-of-the-art automation. Whether deploying our products to enable the Zero Trust Enterprise, responding to a security incident, or partnering to deliver better security outcomes through a world-class partner ecosystem, we're committed to helping ensure each day is safer than the one before. It's what makes us the cybersecurity partner of choice. For more information, visit www.paloaltonetworks.com.

2026 Networking Sponsorships

1Password is redefining identity security for how people and AI agents work today. The 1Password Unified Access platform discovers and secures identities and credentials, establishes trusted access, and audits actions across humans, machines, and AI agents. 1Password Privileged Access enforces zero standing privilege across critical infrastructure with just-in-time access provisioning and automatic deprovisioning. 1Password SaaS Manager helps organizations discover and secure access to SaaS applications and optimize AI spend. 1Password's enterprise vault protects more than 1.5 billion credentials and secrets and is trusted by more than 1 million developers and over 200,000 businesses, including Canva, CIBC Capital Markets, Cursor, Dust, ElevenLabs, Figma, GitHub, HackerOne, Hugging Face, MongoDB, Notion, Perplexity, Salesforce, Stripe, Vercel, Wiz, Workday, and Zscaler.

Learn more at https://1password.com/

2026 Branding Sponsor

For more information, see https://www.bugbounty.ch/en/