Executive Summit

Come join us as Governing Body members host this special dinner to launch the event with an evening of peer networking. While enjoying the company of your peers, you will be able to take part in a charity activity in partnership with the Children's National Hospital while looking out at remarkable views of the area.

Not every insider risk turns into an insider threat, but every insider threat began as an insider risk. Security leaders need an insider risk mitigation program that encompasses people, processes and technology for successful early intervention, detection and mitigation of insider threats. How can executives build out these robust defenses and strengthen internal cross-functional partnerships to tackle insider risk as a team?

Join this session to discuss:

• Managing insider threats and risks in your organization
• Contextualizing insider risk mitigation strategies within the framework of the larger corporate risk framework
• Leveraging behavioral change, analytical insights and precise interventions to reduce human risk

As more and more business leaders are tasked with producing insights that drive enterprise growth, they are challenged with developing a D&A strategy that expands business value and inspires leaders to make data-driven decisions confidently. Their success hinges on the ability to navigate the complexities of the enterprise, while increasing the company’s data accessibility and culture of insights.  All this, as it's more important than ever to establishing a secure data governance program that successfully aligns with business priorities is paramount.

Join this conversation to discuss:

• Challenging leaders across the enterprise to embrace data
• Inspiring actions throughout the D&A value chain to increase growth opportunities
• Implementing strategies to ensure availability, integrity and confidentiality in data while mitigating risks

Grab your lunch then head over to an intimate, informal space for women in leadership roles and their allies to freely discuss best practices, key challenges, and mission-critical priorities. Come prepared to share ideas and forge new connections that can help empower each other to make an impact in your organizations and the wider DC area community.

This session is aimed at, but not limited to, women who are head of function at their organizations (CIO, CISO or equivalent) and those reporting directly to the CIO/CISO/equivalent. Priority access will be reserved to these groups.

Uncertain economic times force leaders to do more with less. The tech industry is going through a period of downsizing and cybersecurity budgets are not immune from cuts. Executives must be creative if they want to maintain or expand their operations with fewer resources. Fortunately, cloud technology offers businesses several ways to maximize their investments.

Join this session to learn:

• How the cloud can reduce security risks while driving greater productivity
• Ways software-defined solutions can securely transform your business into a supercharged connectivity engine
• Tricks for reducing network complexity without exposing your organization to new risks

Now that the pandemic is behind us, how do we make people better moving forward? Regardless of whether they are working remotely, in office or hybrid, we need to continue to create a culture of collaboration and innovation.

Join this session to hear about:

• How to upskill our employees to be the best that they can be - striving for human excellence
• How you utilized UCaaS and CCaaS to support the enterprise
• Predictions for the future of work

To lead resilient organizations, security leaders must be able to communicate to the board, c-suite and employees effectively. CIOs and CISOs are tasked to use visuals, communicate business value and synthesize complex information in a way that makes sense to the audience.

Join this interactive session to debate and collaborate on influencing across the enterprise with various scenarios around Generative AI including:

• Communicating concerns and opportunities to your CEO
• Giving cybersecurity guidance to the board for better security/business alignment
• Working with CHRO to get employee buy-in on creating a more security driven culture

Managing cyber risk across an enterprise IT infrastructure has never been harder. Remote workers, advancing attack methods, and an ever-expanding vendor network are challenging every firm, as total visibility into threats has become nearly impossible. As digital business strategy matures, more organizations are becoming dependent on the cyber posture and protection of third parties. Third-party risks present a unique challenge because you are depending on vendors and partners to operate securely to keep your data and information safe. How are you mitigating the associated risks and demonstrating this to the business to ensure effective security programs?

Join this boardroom to discuss:

• Common failings across TPRM programs that led to breach events
• How executives can provide strategic direction for third-party risk teams
• Key practices being implemented by leading vendor risk firms to maintain strong supply chain risk management

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.

Security is unfortunately sometimes viewed as the “department of no," but security leaders are craving to show that they live in a world of “yes!” They support and embrace innovation as the key to driving an organization into the future and creating value. So the question is, how do they keep up with the roles and regulations from a cybersecurity perspective and, at the same time, help drive innovation without multiplying the risk?

Join this session to hear from a panel on:

• Positioning cyber as a pillar for supporting innovation
• Changing company culture to see security as key partner in advancing new ideas
• Championing innovation across private and public sectors in a world with tighter budgets

APIs fuel digital transformation and are core to every SaaS, web and mobile application. As API use attacks are becoming more frequent and complex, how can CIOs and CISOs ensure protection for sensitive data, applications, and customers?

Join this boardroom to discuss:

• How to gain visibility to understand exposure and risk
• Ways to answer the “so what” for API security, including OWASP API Top 10 impacts
• How security and development teams can find balance

The CIO and CISO share a goal of protecting the organization while ensuring access to information that allows for faster and more confident decision-making. They are business partners working to put the enterprise in the best position possible and with that comes the responsibility of earning trust from one another and the C-Suite. As part of a vertically integrated company, the leaders at Perdue Farms have a collaborative and transparent approach that balances risk with the support of important business objectives and goals.

Join this keynote as Mark Booth and Kyle Waggoner from Perdue Farms share their story on how to:

• Strengthen the IT-Security partnership to fuel innovation and accelerate new technology deployments
• Ensure security is represented as a holistic element of the organization
• Collaborate to push business initiatives forward