Digital Fight Club: Cyber

Digital Fight Club: Cyber returns in 2026 with a national event to take place where it all started at The Granada Theater in Dallas.

This is not your father's Cybersecurity panel. This is 8 executives for the top VARs & MSSPs from around the country in a battle of wits...and wills--- putting it all on the line in front of 3 renowned CISOs and an audience of their peers in raucous debate on the top Cyber issues of the day.

We're not pulling any punches. This is the best cyber networking event you will ever go to. The most fun cyber event you will ever attend. The most educational party you've ever seen...all in one amazing evening.

So there's no pressure.

The audience get's to heckle...and vote for a winner. That's not boring. That's fun...and you might learn something or find your next client or hire your next VAR.

BONUS: By popular demand, we've added a special fight for two lucky cyber tech vendors to go at it. Yes, it's a sponsorship level and NO, it's not pay for play (speaking sponsors usually don't get heckled, right?)

Event Timeline

5:30pm - VIP Reception at The Sundown @ Granada

6:00pm - Doors Open / GA cocktail party with DJ Jason Esquire

7pm - Fights begin

8pm-ish - After Party on the @ The Sundown

Tickets

Here's how it works. A few things have changed due to Hollywood being in the mix. We'll be livestreaming the event globally which is almost as good as being therer IRL.

Sponsors: There are very limited opportunities available.

4 - Fight level

8 - Revelry level

2 - BONUS - we've added the sponsor level that allows 2 cyber tech vendors to have at it in a special 5th fight.

Contact Michael Pratt [email protected] to get the deets.

Corporate CIO/CISOs & teams: You big check-writers and 2 team mates get to go for free, as always. Contact to get the deets & to get your registration codes:

Michael Pratt [email protected]

Cyber professionals (VARs/MSSPs, etc): This is an exclusive event but we're making ticket blocks available. Grab one here and we'll send you the registration code(s).

There are 3 levels:

Entry: $999: 2 - GA tickets, GA reception, After Party access

Standard: $1,999 : 4 - GA tickets, 1 - VIP ticket (VIP reception), After Party access

Premium: $2,999 : 8 - GA tickets, 2 - VIP tickets (VIP reception), After Party accessNOTE: these ticket levels are NOT sponsorship. If interested email [email protected]

Fight Referees (3)

• Rich Baich - CISO, AT&T
• Wei Dong - CISO, Michaels
• TBA

The Fight Card

Topics chosen by CIOs & CISOs

Fight #1: AI Driven Attacks

Julio Casablanca - WWT vs Alena Funtikova - State Farm

Fight #2: AI Powered Defense

Larci Robertson - Infinite Ranges vs Lalit Ahluwalia - DigitalXForce

Fight #3: RaaS: Ransomware as a Service

Rob Forbes - SHI vs

Fight #4: Securing an Open Source Stack

Chris Russell - tZERO vs

The Fight Format

• Opening salvo: 45s ea
• Rebuttal Rounds: 30s ea (6-8)
• refs: can call BS by hitting a buzzer at any time (and boy do they)