• CSO George Gerchow headlines IANS session demonstrating why knowing what AI agents can access is only half the governance problem
• Company to host on-site executive meetings by request and a co-branded happy hour at the iconic Minus5 Ice Bar

Bedrock Data, the platform provider for DSPM, AI data security and governance, will have an active presence at Black Hat USA 2026, running August 1-6 at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas, NV. Chief Security Officer George Gerchow will headline a featured IANS session on MCP Intelligence, the company will offer on-site executive 1:1 meetings throughout the week and host an evening of networking at Minus5 Ice Bar.

WHAT:

• Featured IANS Breakfast Session, “Generic AI Gives You Opinions. IANS MCP Gives You What Your Peers Are Actually Doing.”: George Gerchow will join IANS to demo the IANS MCP, which puts IANS intelligence directly inside the AI tools security teams already use. The session grounds answers in over 6,000 call summaries between peers and experts, vendor selection guidance from 350+ vendor assessments with no vendor marketing influence and practical outputs like vendor checklists, playbooks and board slides. Attendees can also request a 1:1 with an IANS Faculty expert from directly within the AI tool.
• Minus5 Ice Bar Happy Hour: Bedrock Data will co-host this event with select industry partners at the Minus5 Ice Bar. Attendees can network with conference peers, industry leaders and the Bedrock team over drinks in a unique setting, whether they’re looking to expand their network or unwind after a day of sessions.
• Bedrock Data Executive 1x1s by Request: Conference attendees can reserve a one-on-one meeting with a Bedrock Data executive for a personalized discussion on their organization’s AI and data security priorities.

WHO:

• Gerchow is Chief Security Officer at Bedrock Data and was formerly Sumo Logic’s Chief Security Officer & SVP of IT. George brings over 20 years of information technology and systems management expertise to the application of IT processes and disciplines. His background includes security, compliance, and cloud computing disciplines. George has years of practical experience in building agile security, compliance, and IT teams in rapid development organizations. George has been on the bleeding edge of public cloud security, privacy, and modernizing IT systems since being a Co-Founder of the VMware Center for Policy and Compliance. He is a Faculty Member for IANS (Institute of Applied Network Security), and is also a known philanthropist and CEO of a nonprofit corporation, XFoundation.

WHEN & WHERE:

• IANS Breakfast Session with George Gerchow, “Generic AI Gives You Opinions. IANS MCP Gives You What Your Peers Are Actually Doing.”: Thursday, August 6, 7:30 – 9:00 a.m. PDT | IANS Suite, Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas
• Minus5 Ice Bar Happy Hour: Wednesday, August 5, 4:00 – 7:00 p.m. PDT | Minus5 Ice Bar, Las Vegas

Now in its 29th year, Black Hat USA brings together security professionals, researchers and industry leaders for peer-reviewed briefings, trainings and summits, including a dedicated AI Summit addressing the security challenges of AI adoption. Black Hat is an internationally recognized cybersecurity event series providing technical, in-depth information security research.

Resources

• Check out our activities page for Black Hat USA 2026
• Request a demo with Bedrock Data
• Visit the Bedrock Data blog
• Follow Bedrock Data on LinkedIn, X and Bluesky

About Bedrock Data

Bedrock Data is a data security and AI governance platform that serves as the enterprise’s Data Context System of Record. It autonomously discovers, classifies and contextualizes sensitive data across cloud, IaaS, PaaS, SaaS and AI environments at petabyte scale, in place, without moving data outside customer boundaries. The result is a continuously updated, authoritative picture of data sensitivity, access, lineage, and business context, distributed as truth across every tool in the enterprise stack. Powered by its patented Metadata Lake and Serverless Outpost architecture, its open, API-first design enables natural-language policy enforcement, AI governance and automated remediation at enterprise scale. Security, data, infrastructure and AI leaders in technology, finance, healthcare and biotech rely on Bedrock Data to secure their data and accelerate AI without increasing risk. Learn more at bedrockdata.ai.

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