Session 1 – From Flat to Segmented: Modernizing Your Network Architecture to Reduce Your Blast Radius

1:15 – 2:15 pm

Is your network still flat and vulnerable to lateral movement? In today’s threat landscape, a single breach can cascade across your entire environment—unless you modernize. Join us for “From Flat to Segmented: Modernizing Your Network Architecture to Reduce Your Blast Radius”, a deep dive into Zero Trust principles and practical segmentation strategies. We’ll explore why traditional architectures fail, how microsegmentation and identity-based policies shrink attack surfaces, and the tools that make it achievable—without adding unnecessary complexity. Walk away with actionable steps, best practices, and a roadmap to transform your network from a high-risk flat design into a resilient, segmented architecture. If reducing risk and improving security posture are on your 2026 agenda, this is the session to get you started.

 

 

Session 2 – Why Segmentation Stalls and How Modern Teams Are Finally Finishing It

2:30 – 3:30 pm

Most healthcare and enterprise organizations have been trying to segment their networks for years. They’ve bought the tools, written the policies, and run the pilots. And most of them have stalled somewhere around 10 to 20 percent done.

The reasons are familiar: too many change control windows, too many devices that can’t run agents, too much risk of disrupting the clinical or operational workflow. The result is a sprawling flat network where a single compromised device can reach everything else on it.

Fairview Health Services decided to finish what others couldn’t start. In this session, Ashok Kallam, CISO at Fairview Health Services, joins Evolving Solutions and Elisity to share how a Minnesota-based health system with 15 hospitals, 40-plus clinics, and nearly 100,000 networked devices went from a formal competitive RFQ to full enterprise deployment — without disrupting a single clinical workflow.

You’ll hear directly from Ashok about the evaluation process, what alternatives the team considered and why they fell short, and what it actually looks like to implement identity-based microsegmentation at scale across a complex healthcare environment. The session covers the technical approach, the partnership model with Evolving Solutions, and the operational results that made the difference.

If your team is stuck at 10 percent, or hasn’t started, this is the session that shows you how modern teams are finally getting to the finish line.

 

 

Session 3 – Modernizing Connectivity: Building the Invisible Edge

3:45 – 4:45 pm

In the modern era of work, connectivity should be like electricity: omnipresent, reliable, and entirely unnoticed by the end user. Join us for Modernizing Connectivity: Building the Invisible Edge, where we explore how to dismantle the barriers between the branch, the home, and the campus. We will dive into the “Cafe Model” of network design leveraging WiFi 7 to finally “cut the cable” while maintaining wired-grade throughput. Discover how SASE and Zero Trust architectures provide a unified security posture that follows the user, ensuring that whether they are in the office or a coffee shop, their experience remains consistent, secure, and high-performing.