OP Napa 2026 Agenda

• Variations in portfolio cyber risk – understanding where to focus attention and resources to help companies manage cyber risk using data from over 300 portfolio companies
• Discussing common areas of elevated cyber risk, as well as how risk varies across industries
• Gaps in AI governance – uncovering what effective AI governance looks like in practice, and what operating partners should look for to ensure consistency across the portfolio
• Sharing real-world case studies and lessons learned from AI cyber-attacks: how operating partners work with portfolio companies to ensure that approved AI tools have the proper controls in place to minimize the risk of an incident
• Third‑party AI use and hidden cyber risk –properly managing the use of AI by third parties to control risk; leveraging the role of the operating partner to ensure the portfolio company is properly assessing and monitoring this risk
• Optimizing how operating partners can provide portfolio companies with guidance to better evaluate AI outputs and monitor the performance of AI tools

MODERATOR: Greg Slayton, Managing Director, ACA Group

Var George, Technology Executive, Portfolio Optimization, Veritas Capital

Gharun Lacy, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Cyber and Technology Security, U.S. Department of State

Tyler Pitchford, Operating Director, Technology, Welsh Carson Anderson & Stowe