FireMon User Summit | Chicago

October 20, 2026 | 11 a.m. - 4 p.m. CDT

FireMon | The control plane for network security policy


Join practitioners and network security architects at the FireMon User Summit on Tuesday, October 20th at Taste 222 in Chicago to learn how to take control, simplify operations, and ensure firewall and Zero Trust policies work as intended—without guesswork.

This customer led event delivers actionable insights you can apply immediately. No marketing pitches, just real-world problem-solving from peers and network security experts. You’ll leave with strategies to:

Tackle Real-World Challenges
  • Control firewall rule sprawl at scale, without breaking production.
  • Keep policy consistent across on-prem, cloud, and segmentation
  • Speed up policy changes without increasing risk
  • Know what access exists, and what to fix first
  • Maintain compliance without relying on audits
Learn Through:
  • Live environments and real-word examples direct from FireMon customers
  • Real operator workflows, step by step implementations
  • Customer led-sessions with measurable outcomes
  • Technical Product Roadmaps and expert interactions
  • Integration deep dives, including Illumio, Palo Alto, Fortinet, Cisco and ITSMs
You'll also earn CPE credits for your participation and take your professional development further.

The full agenda and speakers will be announced soon. Seats are limited. Register now to secure your spot.

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Agenda

Here’s a look at what’s planned so far for FireMon User Summit 2026. Additional speakers and sessions may be added.

Registration and Lunch Opens | 11:00 AM 


Session 1 | 12:00 PM-12:35 PM
Policy Is the Control Plane: Defining the Future of Network Security
Speaker: Jody Brazil, CEO, FireMon

Network security has never been more powerful, or more complex. As enterprises expand across cloud, hybrid, and Zero Trust architectures, security operations have become increasingly distributed. Application teams are making infrastructure decisions, security teams are enforcing policy across more environments than ever, and AI is accelerating the pace of change.

In this opening remarks, FireMon CEO Jody Brazil explores the current state of policy management through insights gathered across global enterprise environments and examines where network security is headed next. As organizations work to move faster without sacrificing control, traditional approaches are reaching their limits. The future requires policy management that is context-aware, adaptive, and capable of operating at machine speed.

What attendees will learn:
  • Current state of network security
  • The changing landscape affecting network security
  • The future of policy management as the control plane for enterprise network security

Session 2 | 12:35 PM -12:55 PM
Customer Case Study


Session 3 | 12:55 PM-1:20 PM
From Chaos to Control: 3 FireMon Plays Every Customer Should Run
Speaker: Rob Rodriguez, Senior Director, Global Field Engineering, FireMon

The biggest challenge in policy management is not a lack of data. It is knowing which questions to ask, which risks to act on, and how to keep access from quietly becoming long-term exposure.

In this interactive session, Rob Rodriguez will share three practical FireMon plays every customer should be running to improve policy governance, reduce operational complexity, and make better risk decisions. The session will cover how to use Insights, SiQL, and AI to ask better questions of the environment, how to clean up policies with confidence, and how to recertify access before outdated rules become forgotten risk.

Through practical walkthroughs, real-world examples, and audience-driven discussion, attendees will see how FireMon can help turn policy data into action across security, network, and operations teams.

Attendees will learn:
  • How to use Insights, SiQL, and AI to answer the questions that matter most
  • Proven methods for identifying and reducing unused, redundant, and risky access
  • Why rule recertification is essential for long-term policy hygiene and audit readiness
  • How to make every rule prove it still has a valid business reason
  • Practical ways to improve policy governance, reduce complexity, and strengthen operational control

Session 4 | 1:20 PM -1:35 PM
Me Anything (AMA): FireMon Technical Experts Q&A
Speakers: FireMon Technical Leadership Team

Bring your toughest questions! Join FireMon's technical experts for an open AMA covering product capabilities, best practices, policy management challenges, AI, automation, and what's coming next. This is your opportunity to get direct answers from the team behind the technology.

Break: 1:35-1:00 pm

Session 5 | 1:00 PM-2:30 PM
Customer Case Study


Session 6 | 2:30 PM-2:50 PM
Integration Partner

Session 7 | 2:50 PM-3:35 PM
Rapid Fire: FireMon innovations and Roadmap
Speaker: Dan Rheault, FireMon, Director of Product Management

Security teams don’t have a control problem, they have a consistency problem. As firewalls, cloud-native controls, and Zero Trust segmentation evolve independently, maintaining consistent policy enforcement across them has become the real challenge -- leading to drift, gaps, and blind spots.

In this session, we’ll show how FireMon is evolving from network security policy management into a control plane for hybrid access governance. You’ll see how policy can be normalized and validated across environments, how AI is applied to improve real policy decisions, and how teams can maintain consistent access control as architectures become more distributed.

What attendees will learn
  • How to maintain consistent policy enforcement across firewalls, cloud, and Zero Trust controls
  • What policy normalization looks like in real environments
  • How to ensure policy behaves as intended across different control types
  • Where AI improves policy decisions in practice -- and where it doesn’t
  • What’s coming next to govern access across increasingly distributed environments

3:35 PM Closing Remarks


4:00 PM Post-Event Networking

Continue the conversation with fellow attendees over drinks and networking