Conference Description
Key Takeaways
- Half-day event series focused on network security policy management in hybrid and multi-cloud environments
- Designed for CISOs, security engineers, compliance officers and network operations professionals
- Covers automation, orchestration and risk reduction strategies for security change processes
- Addresses compliance frameworks including HIPAA, FISMA, PCI DSS and ISO standards
- Features live demonstrations, customer case studies and interactive discussions
Introduction
The Horizon Tour Evolved 2026 is a half-day event series organised by AlgoSec, bringing together security and network operations professionals to address the growing complexity of managing security policies across hybrid and multi-cloud infrastructures. As organisations increasingly distribute workloads across on-premises data centres and multiple cloud platforms, the challenge of maintaining consistent security policies whilst enabling business agility has become a critical operational concern. This event series targets practitioners responsible for navigating these challenges, offering practical guidance on streamlining security change processes and reducing the risk associated with network modifications.
About This Event
Running across major European cities, the Horizon Tour Evolved 2026 combines live product demonstrations with customer case studies and interactive discussions. The format is designed to accommodate both technical practitioners and executive-level attendees, with content tailored to the specific needs of participants in each location. Rather than presenting purely theoretical concepts, the event emphasises hands-on learning and real-world applications of security automation and orchestration techniques.
The programme centres on the AlgoSec Horizon platform and its associated components, including Horizon Security Analyzer, FireFlow, ACE, AppViz and ObjectFlow. Integration capabilities with platforms such as Cisco ACI are also addressed, reflecting the reality that most enterprise environments operate heterogeneous infrastructure requiring unified policy management.
Managing Security Policy Complexity in Hybrid Environments
A central theme throughout the event is the operational burden created by security change processes in complex environments. When organisations operate across multiple cloud providers alongside traditional data centres, even routine policy modifications can introduce significant risk if their impact is not fully understood before implementation. The event addresses methodologies for gaining visibility into how proposed changes will affect the broader network security posture, enabling teams to identify potential conflicts or compliance violations before they reach production.
This challenge is compounded by the pace at which modern businesses require infrastructure changes. Development teams operating under continuous delivery models generate frequent requests for firewall rule modifications, access policy updates and network segmentation changes. Without automation, security teams become bottlenecks, either slowing business initiatives or approving changes without adequate review. The event explores how orchestration can accelerate these processes whilst maintaining appropriate governance controls.
Compliance and Risk Reduction Considerations
Regulatory compliance remains a persistent concern for organisations in heavily regulated industries. The event addresses how automated policy management supports adherence to frameworks including HIPAA for healthcare data, PCI DSS for payment card environments, FISMA for federal information systems and various ISO standards. Micro-segmentation strategies, which limit lateral movement within networks by enforcing granular access controls, feature prominently in discussions of both security posture improvement and compliance demonstration.
Impact analysis capabilities allow security teams to assess whether proposed changes would create compliance gaps before implementation, shifting from reactive remediation to proactive risk management. This approach reduces both the likelihood of audit findings and the operational disruption caused by emergency rollbacks of non-compliant configurations.
Who Should Attend
The event is structured for security and network operations professionals working in mid-to-large enterprises, particularly those in finance, insurance, telecommunications, healthcare and government sectors where regulatory requirements and infrastructure complexity intersect. Relevant roles include CISOs and CIOs responsible for security strategy, risk and compliance officers managing audit readiness, application owners requiring network access for their systems, security engineers implementing policy changes, and managed security service providers supporting multiple client environments.
Security auditors and consultants advising organisations on network security architecture will also find value in understanding current approaches to policy management automation and the operational challenges their clients face in hybrid environments.