Ohio CIO Executive Summit

At the very top of the world, as in the business world, constant change means we’re all navigating new terrain. Come together and bounce back from the greatest disruptive event of our generation, while being inspired by 3x world record-breaking adventurer Daniel Bull. He shares powerful and practical strategies learnt from Everest to Antarctica and beyond while empowering you to defy limits, grasp opportunities, and conquer your own mountains – in work and in life.

Daniel will share:

• Proven strategies for dealing with unrelenting change
• Powerful insights on courageous leadership in the face of ongoing uncertainty
• What it takes to reach the top – adopting a growth mindset and boosting resilience despite epic challenges

CIOs and CISOs can increase the value of IT and security through operating model changes and creating business alignment efficiencies. By working collaboratively with business units, leaders can prioritize technology needs and invest in capabilities to achieve efficiencies in aligning with the business.

Join this fireside chat as they discuss:

• Building an IT and security strategy closely aligned with the business strategy
• Driving operational change with strategic change management
• Attaining efficiencies with a consistent approach to processes

When users are everywhere and digital operations span cloud, SaaS, and on-premises environments, achieving cyber resilience becomes paramount. The challenge lies in navigating this complexity and maintaining visibility and control to ensure continuous operation despite cyber threats.

Join this interactive roundtable to discuss:

• Optimizing costs and improving security across diverse cloud environments
• Adopting Zero Trust philosophies to protect users, data, and applications
• Innovating with AI while addressing global regulatory and data privacy requirements

The path to a stronger IAM strategy lies within an agile digital system. CISOs are often challenged with keeping an entire company up to date, as well as identity-related breaches and core business operations being interrupted - but easy to use technology (when leveraged correctly) can be a game changer.

Join this boardroom to discuss:

• What the essentials are for building an efficient IAM system
• The challenges faced when protecting remote workers’ environments
• Optimizing user experience when adopting a user access program

Connect with like-minded peers in a one-on-one setting through Evanta’s Peer-to-Peer Meetings. You will be matched with peers in your community based on your shared interests and priorities.

Join a friendly discussion and debate with peers to challenge your ideas on CISO liability and AI. Explore the concept of polarity and determine if you can have the best of both worlds.

Join this session to:

• Build community through interactivity
• Expand your thinking on polarizing topics
• Understand the journey your peers are on

CIOs & CISOs are balancing an ever-increasing number of service providers which requires a strong vendor and application rationalization integrated into strategic decision-making. In order to allocate more funds towards innovation and differentiation initiatives, mission-critical systems need to be optimized, cost effective, and flexible.

Join this session to discuss:

• Incorporate effective contract management
• Strategies to avoid vendor lock-in
• Financially optimizing the vendor portfolio

In today’s environment, it is even more challenging for security leaders to communicate and measure their cyber risk and program to their executive board. Being fully transparent about an organization’s weaknesses, strengths, and investments as it relates to cyber risk can be an uncomfortable conversation to have, but it is essential to the overall health of the business. 

Join this session to learn:

• Metrics that quantify challenges & risks
• How to create trust with dialogue delivery and engage leadership with non-security terms
• Using data to communicate and explain the risks and how to best leverage this data