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Built to Withstand: Cyber Resilience in an Always-On Economy

Name: Built to Withstand: Cyber Resilience in an Always-On Economy
Start: 2026-10-27T18:00:00-05:00
End: 2026-10-27T21:00:00-05:00
Location: Cathédrale Restaurant @ Moxy East Village

Join Blend and Comcast Business for an executive dinner exploring how technology leaders are building cyber resilience in an always-on economy. Discover how AI, human judgment, cyber hygiene, and crisis preparedness can help organizations withstand disruption, maintain critical operations, and protect customer trust.

Cathédrale Restaurant @ Moxy East Village

October 27, 2026

to October 27, 2026

6:00 pm

- 9:00 pm

About this event

In an always-on digital economy, disruption doesn’t stay confined to IT. A cyberattack, network outage, ransomware incident, or critical system failure can quickly become a business-wide event, affecting operations, customers, revenue, reputation, and trust.

At the same time, the threat landscape is becoming more complex. AI is giving attackers new ways to identify vulnerabilities and scale sophisticated attacks, while also providing security teams with increasingly powerful tools for detection, defense, and response. For today’s technology leaders, the challenge isn’t simply preventing every disruption. It’s building an organization capable of continuing to operate – and responding decisively – when disruption inevitably occurs.

Join Blend and Comcast Business for an executive dinner exploring what cyber resilience looks like in an always-on economy. Through candid peer discussion, we’ll examine how leaders are combining technology, AI, human judgment, cyber hygiene, and crisis preparedness to protect critical operations and customer trust.

Date: Tuesday, October 27
Time: 6:00-9:00 PM
Location: Cathedrale Restaurant @ Moxy East Village

Our speakers

Colin Cosell

Head of New York & Boston Community | Blend

Colin Cosell is a professional emcee, announcer, and executive communications expert with more than 25 years of experience across television, radio, film, stage, and corporate events. When he’s not at the lectern or moderating executive panels, Colin serves as the Public Address Announcer for the New York Mets, Army Football, the Premier Lacrosse League, and numerous other professional and collegiate teams. Over the course of his career, Colin has earned three Emmy Awards and has announced to more than 30 million attendees worldwide. His greatest source of pride, however, are his wife, Julia, and their little girl, Eloise.

Jody Hagemann

Senior Director of Sales Engineering | Comcast Business

My current role is Sr. Director, Sales Engineering at Comcast Business, responsible for directing and driving solution sales to our small business and enterprise customers. I have over twenty-five years of product management and sales engineering experience in telecommunications. I am a graduate of SUNY Cortland, with a BA in Communication Studies and an MCIS in Communication/Information Technology from Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey.

Key themes & discussion topics

Cyber Risk as Business Risk
How cyber disruption impacts operations, revenue, reputation, customer trust, and the wider organization.

AI + Human Judgment
Where AI and automation can strengthen security decision-making — and where human judgment remains essential.

Operational Resilience & Crisis Readiness
How organizations can maintain critical operations during a major cyber event and prepare leaders to make high-pressure decisions.

Trust, Fundamentals & Future Resilience
Cyber hygiene, protecting stakeholder trust during disruption, and identifying the investments that will have the greatest impact on resilience.

Event agenda

Cocktails & networking

6:00 – 6:30 PM

Opening remarks & panel discussion

6:30 – 7:15 PM

Dinner & guided discussion

7:15 – 8:45 PM

Closing remarks

8:45 – 9:00 PM

Why should you attend?

Learn how peers are evolving cybersecurity strategies from preventing every attack toward building organizations that can withstand and recover from disruption.

Explore the changing role of AI in cybersecurity and where leaders are drawing the line between automation and human decision-making.

Benchmark your organization’s resilience and identify potential gaps in operational continuity, crisis preparedness, and cyber hygiene.

Connect with senior technology and cybersecurity leaders through candid discussion on protecting critical operations and maintaining customer trust when disruption occurs.

Who should attend

This event is designed for senior technology, cybersecurity, infrastructure, and business resilience leaders responsible for protecting critical operations and leading organizations through disruption.

The discussion will be particularly useful for leaders looking to move their organization beyond traditional defense toward a resilience strategy built to anticipate threats, withstand disruption, recover quickly, and emerge stronger.

Venue

Cathédrale Restaurant @ Moxy East Village

112 East 11th Street
NY
10003
United States

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