Boston CISO Community
Executive Summit

As leaders, you’re asked to find ways to securely enable your business and use data to drive innovation. But this takes a fundamental understanding of what data exists within your environment, where it's running, its risk level, who has access to it, and how it's being used. This interactive discussion will cover the challenges and solutions CISOs use to discover their data attack surface, monitor, detect and respond to data threats and ensure data compliance.

Join this session to explore:

• Gaining data visibility as a foundation for data governance
• Managing data security’s landscape of laws, regulations, and industry standards
• Aligning tools and teams across a shared responsibility model to ensure compliance

Don’t you wish you could pop into your CIO's head, instantly understanding their approach to important topics and decisions? Now’s your chance to pursue that candid context, pose anonymous questions and watch an all-CIO panel pull back the curtain.

The questions in this session will be decided by the audience and will touch on themes like:

• Building relationships across the C-Suite, with both stakeholders and the enterprise
• How to pursue innovation while keeping the lights on
• What’s next for the role of CIO and CISO

It is clear in today's landscape that businesses must develop IT security strategies that not only respond to attacks but also prevent them from happening. Many organizations are shifting towards zero trust frameworks that focus on people, applications, and networks to meet this mission and digital native businesses are particularly well-poised to advance impactful zero trust initiatives.

Join this session to discuss:

• Overcoming infrastructure limitations, budget constraints, and organizational resistance to security modernization
• Analyzing organizations that found the right balance of innovation and security for strategic differentiation
• Prioritizing seamless IT experiences that align with user needs and security requirements

SaaS adoption has skyrocketed but so have the risks — from shadow SaaS to evolving identity threats. Static security measures won’t cut it. Organizations need a flexible, real-time approach to securing SaaS environments while maintaining agility.

Join this discussion to dive into:

• Dynamically managing SaaS security through vendor and identity controls
• Detecting and mitigating shadow SaaS risks before they escalate
• Making proactive, data-driven security decisions in an unpredictable landscape

With the ever-increasing frequency and sophistication of threat actor attacks, continuous improvement in processes and tooling are needed to meet today’s heightened challenges for cyber resilience. Cybersecurity leaders have invested in increased capabilities and must be able to take advantage of those to increase velocity of response and understanding of risk at scale.

Join this session to:

• Discuss heightened expectations cybersecurity leaders should have of their tooling and teams
• Gauge industry trends and capabilities for leading platform integration, reducing or eliminating manual handoffs, and allowing faster risk identification and decision making
• Leverage a vast community and ecosystem to drive security innovation

What does your body language say about you? What shifts might you make to change how others perceive you? Join this special one-on-one session exclusively for Governing Body members with body-language expert Chris Ulrich for candid feedback on your in-person and online body language. Sessions are 20-minutes and pre-registration is required.

In this unique, private session, you’ll receive:

• One-on-one consultation with a premier expert

• Live analysis of your unique body language cues

• Personalized executive presence improvements

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

Chris Smith, an endurance athlete, achieved the extraordinary by completing the Tour Divide race, a grueling 48-day adventure along the Great Divide, legally blind. Overcoming 50 mountain passes, five flat tires, and broken brakes, his determination was unwavering. Despite relentless snow, wind, and wildlife, Smith triumphed over the world's longest mountain bike trail, sharing profound insights on overcoming adversity.

Join this session to learn about:

• Welcoming transformation and conquering barriers
• Facing adversity with a renewed perspective
• Embracing a novel mindset for overcoming challenges

As the significance of cybersecurity in the corporate world expands and transforms, leaders in cybersecurity need to establish a transparent connection between cybersecurity plans and the company's results and priorities.

Participate in this executive meeting to explore:

• Integrating cybersecurity strategy with corporate aims and targets
• Framing security as a contributor to value rather than an expense
• Cultivating a business-focused mindset within the security department

With seemingly countless users and your operations now based in one or more clouds, the bar for what qualifies as a fundamental security practice must rise. Answering modern demands with anything less than enhanced visibility, offline protocols and proactively installed lines of C-suite communication could be the difference between your business’s survival and its indefinite interruption.

Join this session to discuss the following with your peers:

• Cost-effective security practices applicable to multiple cloud environments
• Leveraging innovation without neglecting data privacy standards
• Proven methods for gaining the support of your executive leadership team

The difficulty in aligning security with business goals often leads to security functions being viewed as hindrances rather than facilitators. As CISOs ascend to business leadership roles, altering this perception is essential. In this keynote, Ravi Thatavarthy will share his insights, illustrating how AI can bridge alignment gaps and engage stakeholders effectively. He will discuss how aligning security across business functions can shift the perception of his team to enablers, advocating a positive mindset that showcases AI's role in driving business success. CISOs must adopt a "yes" mentality to lead organizational change successfully.

Join this keynote to learn about:

• Analyzing business needs and challenges to serve as a proactive partner
• Designing solutions that preserve data security integrity
• Forming innovation teams, collaborating with leadership proactively and achieving business alignment

Finish the day sharing lessons learned with your peers over light fare and drinks at this closing reception hosted by your governing body members.