Keynotes, Workshops, Panels, and Board Briefings on the AI Risk Conversation

AI Risk Speaker

Mark Lynd is an AI risk speaker who works across the full range of speaking formats event hosts and enterprise sponsors actually book around the bridge between cybersecurity and AI. CISO summit keynotes on AI risk for security-leadership forums. Audit-committee briefings on AI risk for boards walking into the disclosure picture for the first time. AI risk workshops for C-Suites that have to absorb model risk, data risk, vendor concentration, identity for AI agents, prompt injection, and adversarial resilience into the existing security and risk register. CISO and Chief AI Officer joint AI risk sessions for leadership teams writing the joint operating model. Regulated-industry AI risk panels for financial services, healthcare, energy, insurance, and public-sector audiences. Board AI risk briefings for director-education programs. On-camera AI risk analyst spots for broadcast and podcast formats. AI risk tabletop facilitation that extends Mark's 150-plus executive tabletop exercises into the AI-inflected scenario set. Virtual, hybrid, and in-person across every format. The format question matters because AI risk is not one talk. It is the keynote that opens a 1,500-person CISO summit and the briefing that closes a nine-person audit committee, and the work is matching the format to the decision the audience actually has to make. Mark is one of a small number of public voices ranked Top 10 globally on Thinkers360 in both Cybersecurity (#5) and Artificial Intelligence (#7) at the same time, and #1 globally in Cybersecurity in 2023. He is also #3 globally in Data Center, #4 in Cloud, and #4 in Security. Five Top 10 disciplines simultaneously. For an AI risk audience, the dual Cyber and AI standing is the credential that matters, because AI risk is not a single category. It is the convergence of model risk, data risk, vendor concentration, identity for AI agents, prompt injection, supply chain risk, and the disclosure and assurance picture sitting on top of all of it. Mark is currently Head of Executive Advisory & Strategy at Netsync, and the AI risk conversations he is in this quarter are the conversations enterprise audiences want from the front of the room. CISOs trying to absorb AI risk without losing the rest of the security program. Chief AI Officers writing the AI risk taxonomy with the General Counsel and the Chief Risk Officer. Audit committees and boards trying to figure out what to ask. Carriers trying to underwrite AI risk in a market that has no actuarial history yet. The named frameworks Mark uses across every format are built for this audience. The Agentic AI Security Framework is the operating model for the agent layer where most enterprises are about to move next, identity for AI agents, audit trails, model and weight protection, and the joint CISO and CAIO posture. The Enterprise AI Trust Score is the five-dimension framework for grading AI the way regulators, auditors, and boards weight it: Data Lineage, Model Provenance, Output Governance, Identity And Access For AI Agents, and Adversarial Resilience. The AI Board Briefing Triangle is the three-corner structure (Strategic Bets, Risk Surface, Adoption Velocity) that lands AI risk in the boardroom. The 72-Hour IR Executive Playbook is the incident-response operating model that now has to absorb AI-inflected incidents. The frameworks compress into a 30-minute audit-committee briefing and expand into a full-day workshop or a multi-hour tabletop. Industries Mark advises and speaks to on AI risk include financial services and banking, healthcare and life sciences, manufacturing and industrials, energy and utilities, technology and software, retail and consumer, public sector and government, higher education, transportation and logistics, and the insurance and reinsurance ecosystem.

Mark Lynd, 5x CIO/CISO and Thinkers360 Top 10 thought leader in 5 disciplines, delivering a cybersecurity and AI keynote to an international audience
Mark Lynd delivering a keynote at an international cybersecurity and AI leadership event.

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5x CIO/CISO Top 10 globally in 5 Thinkers360 fields (AI #7, Cyber #5, Cloud #4, Security #4, Data Center #3) #1 globally in Cybersecurity (Thinkers360, 2023) 100+ Keynotes Tailored quotes for your event
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Mark Lynd is an AI risk speaker who works across the full speaking spectrum, CISO summit keynotes, audit-committee briefings, AI risk workshops for C-Suites, CISO/CAIO joint sessions, regulated-industry panels, board AI risk briefings, on-camera analyst spots, and AI risk tabletop facilitation. He is one of a small number of practitioners ranked Top 10 globally on Thinkers360 in both Cybersecurity (#5) and Artificial Intelligence (#7) at the same time.

Last updated: April 2026 · Verified by Mark Lynd, 5x CIO/CISO with 25+ years of experience

Keynote Topics

CISO Summit AI Risk Keynote

The decision-grade AI risk keynote for CISO summits, security-leadership forums, and main-stage industry conferences. Mark walks the room through where the real AI risk is and where the theater is, the practitioner AI risk taxonomy, the joint posture with the Chief AI Officer, and the named frameworks the audience can take back. Built on a 5x CIO/CISO operating history and current advisory work.

Best for: CISO summits, security-leadership forums, main-stage industry conferences, AI security events

Duration: 45-75 minutes

Audit-Committee AI Risk Briefing

A board-format briefing on AI risk built around The AI Board Briefing Triangle and The Enterprise AI Trust Score. Mark gives the audit committee a readable view of the AI risk surface, the assurance work behind the score, the disclosure picture (EU AI Act, SEC, NIST AI RMF, ISO/IEC 42001), and the cadence the audit chair will actually accept. Director-ready, audit-committee tested.

Best for: Audit-committee briefings, board retreats, director-education events, GC and CCO forums

Duration: 30-90 minutes

AI Risk Workshop for the C-Suite

A half-day or full-day AI risk workshop for the executive team. Mark walks the C-Suite through the practitioner taxonomy, the AI risk register the audit committee will accept, the joint operating model between the CISO and Chief AI Officer, the carrier conversation on AI risk, and the next 90 days of executive moves. Framework worksheets and a documented next-step plan.

Best for: C-Suite offsites, executive risk workshops, joint CISO and CAIO leadership teams, Chief Risk Officer forums

Duration: Half-day to full-day

CISO and Chief AI Officer Joint AI Risk Session

AI risk has to be owned by two roles at the same time. Mark draws on both sides of the table, the CISO operating history and the current CAIO advisory work, to give the joint leadership team the operating model that survives contact with audit. Identity for AI agents, model and weight protection, training-data supply chain, joint incident response, and the joint board readout.

Best for: Joint CISO and CAIO offsites, AI security forums, governance forums, leadership team workshops

Duration: 60-180 minutes

Regulated-Industry AI Risk Panel

Mark is regularly booked as the practitioner voice on regulated-industry AI risk panels for financial services, healthcare, energy, insurance, and public-sector audiences. He keeps the panel concrete, holds the practitioner read across multiple speakers, and brings the disclosure picture (EU AI Act, US sector regulation, the SEC and audit angle, NIST AI RMF, ISO/IEC 42001) the audience needs.

Best for: Regulated-industry conferences, compliance forums, audit and risk events, broker and carrier audiences

Duration: 45-75 minutes

Board AI Risk Briefing

A board-format briefing on AI risk for the full board or a director-education program. Mark gives the room what the board owns on AI risk, what to ask the CISO and Chief AI Officer, the audit-committee cadence, the carrier and disclosure picture, and the named frameworks the directors can carry into the quarterly cycle. Director-ready language, audit-committee tested.

Best for: Board retreats, director-education events, CEO and Chair sessions, audit-committee chair forums

Duration: 30-60 minutes

On-Camera AI Risk Analyst Spot

Short-form on-camera appearances on AI risk for broadcast, podcast, and event-stage recording. Mark is comfortable in the analyst format, ESPN-tested for on-camera delivery, and brings a practitioner voice the producer can cut directly into the segment. The dual Cyber and AI standing on Thinkers360 is the credential producers cite when they introduce him.

Best for: Broadcast appearances, podcast guest spots, event-stage recordings, partner-event interviews

Duration: 10-30 minutes

AI Risk Tabletop Facilitation

An AI-inflected extension of the 150-plus executive tabletop exercises Mark has facilitated. Mark runs the leadership team through a tabletop scenario that walks AI risk into incident response, the joint CISO and CAIO posture, the audit-committee read-out, the carrier conversation, and the disclosure picture. Anchored on The 72-Hour IR Executive Playbook.

Best for: Executive tabletop exercises, board and management joint exercises, incident-response leadership teams, CISO and CAIO joint exercises

Duration: Half-day to full-day

AI risk lives on the bridge between cybersecurity and AI. Half of the public conversation is theater. The other half is genuinely under-discussed. The work is naming which is which, in the format the audience can use, and giving them the framework the audit committee will actually accept.

, Mark Lynd, 5x CIO/CISO, Head of Executive Advisory & Strategy at Netsync

Why Organizations Choose Mark as Their AI Risk Speaker

Top 10 globally in BOTH Cybersecurity (#5) and Artificial Intelligence (#7) on Thinkers360 simultaneously. The dual standing is the credential that matters for AI risk audiences, because AI risk sits exactly on the bridge between the two disciplines.

#1 globally in Cybersecurity on Thinkers360 in 2023. A current, public, datable signal at the top of the security thought-leadership market.

Top 10 globally in 5 Thinkers360 disciplines at the same time. #3 Data Center, #4 Cloud, #4 Security, #5 Cybersecurity, #7 Artificial Intelligence. The full operating picture of AI risk in one head.

5x CIO/CISO with operating responsibility at $72B financial-services scale. Real budget, real outages, real audit committee.

Head of Executive Advisory & Strategy at Netsync. Currently in front of CISOs, Chief AI Officers, audit committees, and boards every week on AI risk. The keynote and workshop content is the advisory work.

Format range that covers every AI risk speaking ask. CISO summit keynote, audit-committee briefing, C-Suite workshop, joint CISO/CAIO session, regulated-industry panel, board briefing, on-camera analyst spot, AI risk tabletop, virtual, hybrid, in-person.

Four original AI risk frameworks audiences take back. The Agentic AI Security Framework, The Enterprise AI Trust Score, The AI Board Briefing Triangle, The 72-Hour IR Executive Playbook.

150+ executive tabletop exercises facilitated, a growing share AI-inflected. The tabletop format extends naturally into AI risk scenarios.

Author of three published books, including A Leader's Playbook for Cyber Insurance (2nd Edition) and Cyber War: One Scenario. Citable, durable points of view on cyber and AI risk.

Cybervizer newsletter, weekly. A public, datable body of work specifically on the AI and cybersecurity intersection where AI risk lives.

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Watch Mark on Stage

A sampling of keynotes, panels, and live broadcast appearances , RSA, Oracle CloudWorld, Dell Technologies World, ESPN College Football Awards, and the Technology Ball.

What Audiences Say

Feedback From Event Hosts and C-Suites

Mark stands apart. His credibility isn’t rooted in a title from years ago , it’s built through the work he’s doing every day in the field. When he speaks about our technology, enterprise buyers pay attention because they know his perspective is grounded in real-world experience.

Shira Rubinoff

CEO, The Cybersphere Group

Mark delivers more than a presentation , he delivers operational insight from the front lines. Instead of theory, he shares what is actually working in real environments. Our audience of CISOs and security leaders left with practical strategies they could begin implementing immediately.

Jo Peterson

CIO, Clarify360

Where Has Mark Spoken?

According to venue records, Mark has delivered keynotes at: RSA Conference · Oracle CloudWorld · Cisco Partner Summit · Dell Technologies World · IBM Think · T-Mobile Events · Gartner Security & Risk · InfoSecurity · ISACA Conferences · ISSA Events · Cloud Security Alliance · CyberSecurity Summit · BSides · FLGISA · MISAC · SMU Cox School of Business · and 100+ more.

How Do You Book Mark Lynd for Your Event?

The booking process is straightforward and typically completes within 3 business days. Mark customizes every keynote to the audience, industry, and event objectives.

  1. Submit an inquiry. Fill out the contact form with your event date, audience, and objectives. Response within 48 hours.
  2. 15-minute discovery call. Discuss your event in detail, including audience makeup, key messages, and desired outcomes.
  3. Proposal & contract. Receive a tailored proposal with format options (keynote, workshop, panel), fee, and travel terms.
  4. Customization. Mark customizes content to your audience, industry examples, and desired takeaways.
  5. Expert delivery. Mark brings 25+ years of real-world executive experience to every stage.

Frequently Asked Questions

What makes Mark Lynd uniquely qualified as an AI risk speaker?
Mark is one of a small number of practitioners ranked Top 10 globally on Thinkers360 in both Cybersecurity (#5) and Artificial Intelligence (#7) at the same time, and was #1 globally in Cybersecurity in 2023. He is a 5x CIO/CISO, Head of Executive Advisory & Strategy at Netsync, and is in the AI risk conversation with CISOs, Chief AI Officers, audit committees, and carriers every week. The dual Cyber and AI standing is the credential that matters.
What formats does Mark deliver?
CISO summit keynotes, audit-committee briefings, half-day and full-day AI risk workshops, joint CISO and CAIO sessions, regulated-industry panels, board briefings, fireside chats, on-camera analyst spots and broadcast appearances, AI risk tabletop facilitation, and director-education programs. In-person, virtual, and hybrid, with broadcast-quality production when needed.
What does Mark cover in an AI risk engagement?
Where the real AI risk is and where the theater is, the AI risk taxonomy (model risk, data risk, vendor concentration, identity for AI agents, prompt injection, supply chain, adversarial resilience), the CISO and Chief AI Officer joint AI risk model, AI risk in regulated industries, the audit-committee briefing, the carrier conversation on AI risk, the disclosure picture, and the AI insurance market. Customized to the audience and format after a discovery call.
How does Mark separate real AI risk from theater?
Mark names the categories directly. Shadow AI, prompt injection, model and data exposure, vendor concentration, identity for AI agents, and adversarial resilience are real today. Agentic AI in the operating fabric is real soon. A lot of public AI-doom rhetoric does not merit the C-Suite's attention this year, and the keynote and workshop format says so on stage.
How does Mark choose the right format for our event?
A 15-minute discovery call scopes the audience, objective, and format. A 1,500-person CISO summit gets a 45-to-60-minute keynote. An audit committee gets a 30-to-45-minute briefing on AI risk surface and disclosure. An executive team gets a half-day AI risk workshop. A board and management team gets an AI risk tabletop. The frameworks stay consistent; the format and depth shift to match the room.
Does Mark cover the EU AI Act, NIST AI RMF, ISO/IEC 42001, and SEC angles?
Yes. The disclosure picture is part of every AI risk engagement. Mark covers the EU AI Act, US sector regulation, state-level posture, the SEC and audit angle, NIST AI RMF as the assurance frame US enterprises are converging on, and ISO/IEC 42001 as the certifiable management-system standard.
Does Mark cover AI insurance and the carrier conversation?
Yes. Mark is the author of A Leader's Playbook for Cyber Insurance (2nd Edition) and is in the carrier conversation every quarter. The work covers what the carrier is now asking on AI risk, the assurance evidence that helps a buyer come back with a better-priced risk, and the new AI insurance products in the broker market.
Can Mark facilitate an AI risk tabletop for our leadership team?
Yes. Mark has facilitated 150-plus executive tabletop exercises, a growing share AI-inflected. The tabletop walks the leadership team through an AI-inflected incident scenario, the joint CISO and CAIO posture, the audit-committee read-out, the carrier conversation, and the disclosure picture. Anchored on The 72-Hour IR Executive Playbook.
Is this content a fit for board and audit-committee audiences?
Yes. The AI Board Briefing Triangle (Strategic Bets, Risk Surface, Adoption Velocity) is the structural backbone of director-level AI risk briefings, and The Enterprise AI Trust Score gives the audit committee a readable view. Director-ready language, audit-committee tested. Works as a 30-minute briefing, a 60-minute board session, or a 90-minute retreat block.
Does Mark cover agentic AI risk?
Yes. Agentic AI is the next risk frontier, and Mark uses The Agentic AI Security Framework across every format. Identity for AI agents, audit trails, model and weight protection, the joint CISO and Chief AI Officer posture, and the board-readable view. Mark is named to the Thinkers360 Top 50 Global Thought Leaders on Agentic AI in 2026.
How is Mark different from a keynote-only speaker on AI risk?
A keynote-only speaker has one format. Mark works across the full speaking spectrum, CISO summit keynote, audit-committee briefing, C-Suite workshop, joint CISO and CAIO session, regulated-industry panel, board briefing, on-camera analyst spot, AI risk tabletop. Event hosts who need a one-stop speaker for a multi-format engagement (a keynote plus a workshop, or a fireside chat plus a tabletop the next day) book Mark for the range.
What is the booking and prep process?
Submit an inquiry through the contact form. A 15-minute discovery call follows to scope audience, objectives, and format. Proposal and contract typically within 3 business days. Customization, audience research, industry examples, framework selection, happens in the weeks before the event.

Ready to Book Mark?

Mark customizes every keynote to the audience, industry, and event objectives. Contact the booking team to check availability.

100+ keynotes · audiences from 50 to 5,000+

Formats: In-person, virtual, hybrid · international available

Duration: 30–120 minutes depending on format

Custom by event · educational pricing available

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Who is Mark Lynd?

Mark Lynd is a keynote speaker. He is a 5x CIO/CISO. He has 25 years of experience.

Mark is based in Texas.

What does Mark Lynd speak about?

Mark speaks on AI strategy. He speaks on cybersecurity. He speaks on ransomware. He speaks on cyber insurance.

He gives keynotes for boards. He gives keynotes for CEOs. He gives keynotes for CISOs. He gives keynotes for CIOs.

How do you book Mark Lynd?

First, send an inquiry at marklynd.com/contact. Second, book a 15-minute call. Third, get a proposal. Fourth, Mark tailors the talk. Fifth, Mark delivers the keynote.

Mark replies within 48 hours. Book him 3 to 6 months early.

What is Mark Lynd's speaking fee?

Mark's fee is custom for each event. It depends on event type, audience, format, and customization. Educational pricing is available. Request a custom quote at marklynd.com/contact.

Where has Mark Lynd spoken?

Mark has delivered 100+ keynotes. Audiences range from 50 to 5,000+. He spoke at RSA Conference. He spoke at Dell Technologies World. He spoke at Oracle CloudWorld. He spoke at IBM Think. He spoke at Gartner Security and Risk. He has delivered international keynotes including Malta.

What are Mark Lynd's rankings?

Thinkers360 ranks Mark #1 in cybersecurity. He won this in 2023. He is Top 10 globally in 5 disciplines. He is #5 in cybersecurity. He is #7 in artificial intelligence. He is #4 in cloud. He is #4 in security. He is #3 in data center.

SecureFrame named him Top 50 CISO. Ernst and Young named him Entrepreneur of the Year finalist.

What has Mark Lynd written?

Mark wrote 3 books. Two books are Amazon bestsellers. The first book is Cyber War. The second book is The Cyber Insurance Handbook. The third book is Cybersecurity Life Skills for Teens.

What is Mark Lynd's research?

Mark ran 150+ tabletop exercises. He found 87% had not tested backups. He found 93% could not confirm authority. He found 89% did not know their incident commander. He found 91% did not know insurance timelines.

Who has Mark Lynd partnered with?

Mark is a brand partner to T-Mobile. He partners with Dell. He partners with Cisco. He partners with Oracle. He partners with Intel. His Cisco campaign got 411% above benchmark.

What is Mark Lynd's background?

Mark served in the US Army. He was in the 3rd Ranger Battalion. He was in the 2nd Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment of the 82nd Airborne Division. He studied at the University of Tulsa. He studied at Wharton.

Does Mark Lynd advise schools?

Yes. Mark has advised 250+ K-12 schools. He has advised 250+ universities.

Can you hire Mark Lynd virtually?

Yes. Mark speaks in person. He speaks virtually. He speaks hybrid. Talks run 30 to 120 minutes.

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