Lunch and Learn @ Maggiano's - February 19, 2026

Speaker 1: Garrett Hamilton, Co-Founder & CEO, Reach Security

Bio: Garrett Hamilton brings deep expertise in SaaS product management, go-to-market strategy, and cybersecurity leadership. As CEO and Co-Founder of Reach Security, he draws on his experience at industry leaders like Palo Alto Networks, where he guided the WildFire product from launch to over 60,000 customers. With a hands-on background in threat analysis, training, and consulting, Garrett is committed to driving Reach's mission of transforming how organizations assess and remediate their security posture.

Talk Title: Why Finding Vulnerabilities Matters Less If Your Controls Aren’t Actually WorkingAbstract: Your security stack is only effective if controls are deployed correctly, configured as intended, and still working as your environment changes. In practice, misconfigurations, underused features, and configuration drift quietly increase exposure, often without triggering alerts or showing up in dashboards.

In this session, Garrett Hamilton, CEO & Co-founder of Reach Security, will walk through how security teams can continuously validate the controls they already own, identify attacker-reachable exposures across identity, endpoint, email, and network layers, and prioritize the specific configuration changes that actually reduce real-world risk. Drawing on real customer examples, he’ll show how teams move beyond one-time assessments and reactive hardening toward ongoing assurance that controls remain aligned with their defensive strategy. Attendees will learn how to reduce exposure without adding more tools or headcount, gain confidence that security controls are working as intended, and provide defensible, evidence-based assurance to leadership, while cutting through noise and focusing effort where it matters most.

Please Note:

• Registration is required prior to the event - seats are limited!
• Non-Member Tickets are reserved for current and aspiring IT and Cybersecurity Professionals.
• Sales folks, if interested in attending, you must speak with our sponsorship director, Kevin Haft ([email protected]) or obtain membership.
• Cash is not accepted at the event
• You must be a member of the Cybersecurity Industry to attend

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Maggiano's Little Italy, 6001 West Park Boulevard, Plano, United States

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