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Toward the Self-Healing SOC: Can Security Operations Learn Faster than Attackers?

Name: Toward the Self-Healing SOC: Can Security Operations Learn Faster than Attackers?
Start: 2026-10-13T11:00:00-04:00
End: 2026-10-13T12:30:00-04:00
Location: Virtual

Join Blend and Qevlar AI for an interactive executive roundtable exploring the next evolution of security operations: the Self-Healing SOC. Through candid peer exchange, cybersecurity leaders will discuss how AI, automation, and continuous learning can help security teams move beyond faster alert processing toward operations that improve with every investigation.

Virtual

October 13, 2026

to October 13, 2026

11:00 am

- 12:30 pm

About this event

Security Operations Centers have become dramatically faster. AI is accelerating alert triage, streamlining investigations, and reducing manual effort across security teams. Yet for many organizations, one fundamental challenge remains: the knowledge generated during each investigation rarely compounds over time.

Meanwhile, attackers are learning continuously. New campaigns build on previous techniques, vulnerabilities are discovered and exploited at increasing speed, and AI is accelerating both offensive and defensive capabilities. The question for security leaders is no longer simply how quickly their SOC can respond, but whether their security operations can learn and adapt faster than the threats they face.

Our speakers

Corentin Le Reun

VP Americas | Qevlar AI

Based in NYC, Corentin leads the Americas organization at Qevlar AI.

He previously served as CEO & Board Director of VISO TRUST, a Series A AI start-up automating n-th party risk management, until its acquisition by Protecht in April 2026.

Before VISO TRUST, Corentin built and led multiple teams at Cisco Security across Paris, California, and NYC.

He’s a firm believer in AI’s power to reshape economic growth and productivity across every industry. He’s an equally firm believer that in-person, analog experiences are the one thing it will never replace.

Julia Belle

Head of London Community | Blend

Julia is a broadcaster, political commentator, corporate event host and business trainer. She has been covering news, current affairs and entertainment for BBC Three for three years and before this she featured weekly on BBC 5 Live – discussing the newspaper headlines and the latest breaking news.

She hosted a BBC election show, diving into key voter topics, as well as a TED Talk titled “The Secret to Being Right” which was instantly selected amongst TED’s “Editor’s Picks.”

She has interviewed some of the most influential figures in politics and business, on a range of topics from general elections to generative AI.

She runs the London community of Blend as well as the members’ exclusive Blend Book Club, interviewing prolific business authors and sharing key learnings from a range of titles covering topics like leadership, negotiation, DEI, productivity and handling difficult issues.

Key themes & discussion topics

From Faster SOCs to Smarter SOCs
Is AI genuinely helping security operations learn and improve or simply accelerating alert triage and investigations.

Building the Self-Healing SOC
What a truly self-healing security operation looks like in practice and the capabilities needed to move beyond the industry buzzword.

Closing the Security Feedback Loop
How insights from completed investigations can feed back into detection engineering, threat hunting, vulnerability prioritization and incident response.

Balancing AI Autonomy with Human Judgment
Which security decisions can safely be handed to AI, where human oversight remains essential, and how that balance could evolve as SOCs become increasingly autonomous.

Event agenda

Welcome remarks

11:00 – 11:15 AM

Guided group discussion

11:15 – 12:15 PM

Closing thought & group reflection

12:15 – 12:30 PM

Why should you attend?

Learn how to make every investigation count. Explore how security teams can capture and reuse knowledge so that each investigation improves the next.

Benchmark your SOC against your peers. Hear how other senior cybersecurity leaders are approaching AI, automation, operational bottlenecks and the rapidly evolving threat landscape.

Explore what a Self-Healing SOC means in practice. Move beyond the hype to discuss the technologies, processes and feedback loops required to build security operations that continuously learn and adapt.

Help shape the future of security operations. Exchange perspectives on the role of AI, automation and human judgment as SOCs evolve toward increasingly autonomous models.

Who should attend

This roundtable is designed for senior cybersecurity leaders responsible for Security Operations, Threat Detection & Response, Incident Response, SOC Strategy, Threat Hunting, Vulnerability Management, Security Engineering and AI & Automation within Security.

The conversation will be particularly valuable for CISOs, Heads of SOC, Heads of Security Operations, and senior security leaders evaluating how AI, automation, and continuous learning can reshape the future of security operations.

Venue

Virtual

N/A

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