2026 Virtual DCSA Security Conference Focuses on “Protect Our Potential” Through Partnership, Modernization and Mission Readiness

QUANTICO, Va. — The Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA) hosted the 2026 Virtual DCSA Security Conference Sept. 14-18, as cleared industry professionals, Department of War (DoW) security stakeholders and foreign ownership, control or influence (FOCI) practitioners convened under the shared theme, “Protect Our Potential.” DCSA combined its annual National Insider Threat Awareness Month Conference, Security Conference for Industry, Security Conference for DoW, and FOCI Conference into a single week to streamline information sharing, strengthen collaboration, and familiarize participants with DCSA’s Strategic Execution Plan to deliver data-driven, threat-informed, and customer-trusted security services at scale. “Government and industry must work together at the speed of operations to secure our vital national interests,” said DCSA Chief of Staff Jeffrey Sgarlata as the conference opened on Sept. 14 for the industry-focused sessions. “If industry cannot move at pace, the warfighter loses.” Sgarlata urged government and industry to meet emerging security challenges together and emphasized that the security enterprise cannot permit process, uncertainty or unnecessary d