Cybersecurity is no longer just about firewalls and endpoints, it’s about people, trust, and identity. In an era where digital access defines both opportunity and risk, the ability to tell powerful stories is what transforms awareness into action. Whether you’re explaining Zero Trust to your board, motivating your security team, or guiding partners through identity modernization, narrative clarity can mean the difference between understanding and inertia.

In this engaging session, Tony Sager, Senior Vice President and Chief Evangelist at the Center for Internet Security (CIS), explores how storytelling can elevate identity and cybersecurity from technical disciplines to strategic business priorities. Drawing from decades of experience shaping global defense frameworks, Tony shows how human-centered storytelling builds trust, drives cultural alignment, and accelerates adoption of secure identity practices.

In the session you will learn:

• How to frame cybersecurity discussions through the lens of identity, who has access, why it matters, and how it builds digital trust.
• To use narrative to make technical identity and risk concepts relatable, memorable, and actionable.
• See the important of communicating with authenticity to align people, process, and technology across the identity-security lifecycle.