Executive Summit

As organizations advance their security strategies, they face increasing complexities in ensuring proper authorization for accessing systems and application resources. Security leaders must implement the right tools and processes to guarantee that the appropriate individuals have access. Identity-first strategies are focused equally on security and business enablement.

Join this boardroom to discuss:

• Ensuring consistent access policies
• Balancing innovation with security to protect organizational assets
• Evolving strategies to address the growing sophistication of cyber threats

Leaders must protect their organizations from increasingly sophisticated cyber-attacks by preparing now to limit the impact and allow for as quick a recovery as possible. This requires a great defensive strategy that is practiced, communicated and understood throughout the organization well before any incident occurs. Balancing that preparation with what actually unfolds during an event is what fosters true resilience.

Join this boardroom to explore with peers:

• Stories of detection and recovery – what strategies worked and which fell short
• Mutual threat defense – the critical role of collaboration in the cybersecurity community
• Best practices for organizational communication – before, during and after an incident

Many organizations recognize the importance of effectively communicating IT performance. Yet, few IT organizations know how to effectively share and report their performance to influence senior executives, both internally and externally. In fact, the issue is not limited to IT. Leaders across the enterprise need to make storytelling a more integral part of their skillset. But, how do you create narratives that will resonate with stakeholders and customers, and build your influence?

Join this keynote session as Gartner Distinguished VP Advisor Bruce Robertson shares:

• Ways to increase your influence with better storytelling
• Key tactics to make storytelling more effective
• Enhancing your business value stories with human value stories

Gain expert guidance from Gartner on the latest tech insights and the unfolding of the future through predictions, trends and evolving digital business cycles. Gartner Experts give you the clarity you need to move your priorities forward.

Early adopters confirm, AI-application isn't for the faint of heart (or the light of checkbook). Yet the expectation to welcome this booming tech advancement into your organization remains. Today, studying the efforts of those same early adopters proves the easiest first step in drawing up your own AI road map. Hear from a panel of Direct Supply’s leaders as they share their journey to AI realization.

Join this panel to:

• How to develop your AI capabilities
• Discuss methods to upskill the workforce
• Understand how to integrate AI with current initiatives