FISSEA Forums are designed to provide opportunities for policy and programmatic updates, the exchange of best practices, and discussion and engagement among members of the Federal Information Security Educators (FISSEA) community. The theme for the 2026 FISSEA Forums, Increasing Cybersecurity Awareness: The Human Firewall, highlights that human behavior is key to developing cybersecurity awareness and […]

In 2026, cybersecurity predictions point to AI driving a major shift in human risk: threat actors will use AI to scale highly believable social engineering and accelerate exploitation, while rapid AI adoption inside organizations expands the attack surface through new integrations, porous access, weak governance, and limited visibility. This session focuses on how to respond […]