RunSafe Security exec to join MOSA cyber resilience panel at 2026 summit

RunSafe Security said EVP and Chief Strategy Officer Doug Britton will speak at the MOSA Industry & Government Summit in National Harbor, Maryland, on Sept. 22, 2026. The panel will focus on how modular system design can improve cyber resilience for defense and aerospace platforms as AI and software complexity grow.

Why it matters: - Defense and aerospace systems are adding software, processors and AI capabilities without losing security, safety or certification. - Modular Open Systems Approach, or MOSA, is intended to help programs add new capabilities through open interfaces, isolation and component reuse instead of full-system redesigns. - RunSafe is linking that message to the broader push to deploy trustworthy AI in mission-critical environments.

What happened: - RunSafe Security said Doug Britton, its EVP and chief strategy officer, will join a panel at the 2026 MOSA Industry & Government Summit & Expo. - The session is titled "Achieving Cyber Resilience Through MOSA." - The panel is scheduled for Sept. 22, 2026, from 2:30 p.m. to 3:15 p.m. at National Harbor, Maryland, in Baltimore 5. - RunSafe said Patrick Kahney, its newly appointed vice president of sales for federal, aerospace and defense, will also attend the summit. - Kahney will be available to meet with government, defense industry and media representatives.

The details: - Panelists will discuss how modular architectures, secure partitioning and controlled component integration can shrink attack surfaces and improve resilience in software-defined defense systems. - The discussion will also cover faster security patching, technology refresh, heterogeneous CPU and GPU environments, software supply-chain risk and zero-trust principles in mission systems. - Britton will appear alongside Ethan Salehi of Lynx, Guilherme Goretkin of Ansys, part of Synopsys, Mohamed Eladl of Metavonics and Trey Franklin of DESE Research. - RunSafe said the panel follows its role as a founding member of the Lynx-led AI Deployment Gap Initiative. - The initiative is a vendor-neutral coalition focused on secure, predictable and sustainable deployment of physical AI in mission-critical environments. - RunSafe said the initiative is developing shared principles and practical guidance for AI that must operate in aerospace, defense, critical infrastructure and other high-stakes settings. - RunSafe said Britton is available for one-on-one interviews, technical deep dives and on-camera commentary on MOSA-based cyber resilience, attack-surface reduction, secure software integration and trustworthy AI at the mission edge. - Kahney is available to discuss federal, aerospace and defense security priorities. - Press interviews and on-site meetings can be coordinated through the contact listed in the release.

Between the lines: - The panel gives RunSafe a platform to connect two current defense tech themes: modular system design and secure AI deployment. - The company is positioning cybersecurity as something that must be built into the architecture of future defense platforms, not added after integration. - The Lynx initiative adds another sign that industry is trying to set common rules before AI is pushed deeper into operational systems.

What's next: - The summit runs Sept. 22-24, 2026, in National Harbor. - The panel will be one of the company’s main public appearances at the event. - RunSafe and its partners are likely to use the summit to keep shaping the conversation around modular defense systems and trustworthy AI.