Kyle Waggoner
CISO
Perdue Farms
About
Kyle Waggoner is Chief Information Security Officer at Perdue Farms, one of the most recognized and trusted premium food and protein brands in the United States. With more than two decades of experience, he has led cybersecurity programs for large manufacturing and consumer goods organizations operating across complex supply-chain, agricultural, and digital environments. Kyle is a Boardroom Certified Qualified Technology Expert (QTE) and a graduate of the FBI CISO Academy, where he developed a strong focus on governance, executive decision‑making, and critical infrastructure protection. He also serves as adjunct faculty at Salisbury University, teaching cybersecurity management and developing future security leaders.
Sessions
The CISO Reality Check: AI Risk Without the Filter
What you will learn:
“Expect sharper edges” means we’re done pretending AI risk is neatly contained. • A clearer view of where AI is introducing unseen enterprise risk—and how leaders are surfacing it before it becomes material • How different industries are making tradeoffs between speed, innovation, and control—and what those decisions actually cost • Practical approaches to governance that go beyond policy decks and stand up in production environments • Lessons from the field on where security programs are quietly failing—and how they’re being rebuilt in real time If you’re looking for polished answers, this isn’t it. If you want to understand how CISOs are actually navigating AI risk when the stakes are real this is where the conversation starts.