Boston CISO Community
Inner Circle
October 21, 2024 | Akamai Headquarters
October 21, 2024
Akamai Headquarters
Collaborate with your peers
Join Boston's top CISOs for an intimate networking dinner and facilitated discussion on key business challenges. Enjoy a relaxed evening of dinner and drinks with your peers to share best practices, make new connections and build professional relationships.
Join your peers to discuss the most critical issues impacting CISOs today:
Expanding Influence with C-level Executives to Show the Value of Security
Clarifying Responsibilities for Security Incident Detection and Response Across the Enterprise
Identifying and Overcoming Security Roadblocks to Success
Boston CISO Governing Body
The Governing Body Co-Chairs shape the discussion topics and agenda, ensuring that all content is driven By CISOs, For CISOs®.
Governing Body Co-Chairs
Julie Fitton
Analog Devices
CISO
Javed Ikbal
Bright Horizons
VP/CISO
Tony Parrillo
Schneider Electric North America
VP, Enterprise IT Global Head of Security
Ravi Thatavarthy
Rite Aid
Chief Information Security Officer
Michael Woodson
Sonesta
Director of Information Security and Privacy
Agenda
October 21, 2024
4:30pm - 5:30pm Executive Networking Reception
5:30pm - 6:45pm Discussion Topics
Security That IT Loves — Building Synergy Between CISOs, IT, and Business
Hosted by Akamai
Patrick Sullivan
VP, CTO, Security Strategy
Akamai Technologies
Daniel Gortze
Chief Information Security Officer
MIB Group
Lorna Koppel
Director of Information Security/CISO
Tufts University
Gernette Wright
IT Security Officer
Schneider Electric North America
In today's rapidly evolving digital landscape, the role of the Chief Information Security Officer is more crucial than ever. However, creating security programs that align with IT operations and business objectives remains a significant challenge. The mission for today’s CISO - build security that IT (and the business) loves. It is a top security priority for CISOs to foster a collaborative environment where security is seen not as a hindrance, but as an enabler of business agility and innovation.
In this exclusive dinner hosted by Akamai, the conversation will be driven around strategies that modern CISOs can employ to implement security measures that not only protect the organization but are also embraced by IT departments and business stakeholders. It is time for CISOs and business leaders to bridge the gap between security, technology, and business success.
Top Security Priorities for the Modern CISO
- What are the specific areas of security that you are particularly focused on now? What is front of mind for you from a planning perspective?
- With business challenges driving transformation and more core capabilities being moved to APIs, how are you making sure you have visibility on issues like shadow APIs and abuse of deployed APIs?
- With changes to PCI DSS 4.0, NIST 2.0, constant updates to privacy laws and the new resiliency regulations coming out of the EU how are you approaching compliance requirements?
Innovative Security Focuses That Impact The Business
- As you think about Zero Trust or your security program in general do you believe that vendor consolidation is a priority? If you do, does that include flexibility in the services they can provide?
- How do you balance the need for innovative products with the desire to manage the number of vendors you use? With the move to hybrid workforce, how to currently approach user access?
- In Akamai’s most recent SOTI report they found web attacks against applications and APIs surged by 49% between Q1 2023 and Q1 2024. How do you leverage research findings like these?
6:45pm - 7:15pm Networking Break
7:15pm - 8:30pm Summary Discussion & Dinner
8:30pm - 9:30pm Social Hour
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