March 30: Deepfake Security Threats 2026

Posted on March 18, 2026

Join us at NYU School of Law to discuss critical and growing issues of Deepfake Security Threats, and insights from the first annual Kibu–NYU Center for Cybersecurity Deepfake Security Threats survey of cybersecurity professionals.

 

Event Information:

Monday, March 30, 2026

1:00pm – 5:15pm EST

Reception immediately following conference from 5:15-6:00pm

NYU School of Law

Lipton Hall, 108 West 3rd Street

New York, NY 10012

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Application for New York CLE credits are pending

 

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Agenda

1:00 – 1:30 p.m: Registration & Refreshments

 

1:30 – 1:45 p.m. Opening Keynote: Synthetic Lies and the Deepfake Crisis

Addressing: scope of threats, status of solutions; first annual Deepfake Security Threats Survey overview and highlights of findings; event overview

  • Speaker:
    • Judi Germano, CoDirector, NYU Center for Cybersecurity and Adjunct Professor of Law, NYU School of Law and Cornell Law School; Founder, GermanoLaw LLC; Independent Director, Dime Commercial Bank (DCOM)

1:45 – 2:15 p.m — Fireside Chat — Deepfakes: Evolving Risk and Responsible Innovation

  • Speakers:
    • Michael Fricklas, Chief Legal Officer, ADVANCE (investing in media, entertainment, communications, technology, education and other sectors); former EVP and General Counsel, VIACOM [PARAMOUNT]; member of the American Bar Association Task Force on Law and AI
    • Doug Lankler, Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer, PFIZER
    • Judi Germano, moderating

 

2:15 – 3:20 p.m. — Panel 1 — Synthetic Media Challenges and Solutions

  • This panel will explore solutions in tech, law and policy regarding synthetic media challenges.  We will again draw from survey findings and predictions for future months and years.

 

3:20 – 3:35 p.m. coffee break

 

3:35 – 4:45 p.m. — Panel 2 — Weaponizing Reality: Cross Industry Threats and Abuse of People, Organizations, and Fundamental Trust

  • This discussion will delve into threats and the current state of law and regulations as well as technology. We will incorporate and interpret findings from the survey. Issues of corporate fraud; personal abuse; governance and compliance of deepfake-aware cybersecurity.

 

4:45 – 5:15 p.m. — Closing Keynote/Fireside Chat — Democracy & Deepfakes

  • Speaker
    • Lisa Monaco, President, Global Affairs, MICROSOFT; Distinguished Scholar in Residence, NYU School of Law; former: Deputy Attorney General of the United States, former White House Homeland Security Advisor and Deputy National Security Advisor, National Security Council

 

5:15 – 6:00 p.m.: Closing Reception

 

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