Teal Heading to 2026 ChannelPro DEFEND – Alexandria
Two-day security event · Alexandria, Virginia
Teal is heading to 2026 ChannelPro DEFEND, a two-day security event running September 1 through September 2 in Alexandria, Virginia. The event is built around preventing catastrophic data breaches, with threat landscape intel you can’t find anywhere else.
Gar Whaley, Teal cofounder and Chief Revenue Officer, will be there for the Tuesday sessions, including the DEFEND Cybersecurity Workshop. The workshop covers risk mitigation and cybersecurity response, along with a look at the newest tools on the security market.
Outside the sessions, the event includes a vendor floor with live product demos, direct access to the teams building new cybersecurity tools, insights into the latest AI-powered tech to strengthen cybersecurity postures, and networking with other IT providers working the same problems.
Gar brings deep credentials to these conversations. He holds the CISSP, CISM, CGEIT, and CISA certifications, along with a CMMC Registered Practitioner credential, and has spent more than 30 years in the technology sector. He’s Teal’s resident cybersecurity expert, and events like DEFEND are where he stays current on what’s changing in the field.
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