Executive Summit

As artificial intelligence reshapes the digital landscape, the old playbook for cybersecurity is obsolete. Traditional, reactive approaches are no match for the speed and sophistication of modern threats. CISOs must go beyond theory to consider pragmatic, actionable insights from this year, analyze key cybersecurity incidents and dissect the lessons learned. These insights provide a roadmap for scaling security as a core, intelligent, and agile business function that enables your organization to not just withstand attacks, but to innovate and grow securely in the AI era.

Join this session to learn:

• Examining the most significant cyber attacks of the last year, including the tactics, techniques, and procedures used and the defensive strategies that succeeded—and failed
• Shifting from fragmented controls and manual interventions to a unified operating model that leverages AI, automation, and adaptive architecture to stay ahead of threats.
• Designing and implementing cybersecurity strategies that continuously learn from the evolving threat landscape and respond dynamically to new challenges.

In response to a sudden rise in click rates, Ricardo Lafosse (CISO, Kraft Heinz) overhauled his security awareness policies. New practices and consequences challenged both the security function and the enterprise at large - earning Lafosse the title of "most hated executive leader of 2024"…and undeniable results.

Gather with your Global CISO peers and hear:

• How discipline led to a dramatic reduction in phishing fails
• Where you can expect organizational challenges while playing offense
• The story of a leadership-launched campaign for cultural security and organizational resilience

As cyber threats continue to grow in scale and complexity, it’s essential for boards to cultivate a unified understanding of risk and integrate cybersecurity into core governance practices. Central to this effort is your ability to clearly communicate risk and empower board members to make informed decisions that protect the organization.

Join Rizwan Mir, VP, Global CISO & IT Risk at Perrigo, for a dynamic session covering:

• Actionable strategies for educating your board on cybersecurity
• Aligning board-level priorities with operational resilience
• Encouraging insightful cybersecurity dialogue—and delivering confident, informed responses

 Agentic AI has proven incredibly beneficial by providing autonomous, non-human performers capable of planning, reasoning and acting on our behalf. In response, we have a duty to keep these automated agents off the back burner by verifying, authenticating, authorizing, and governing them with the same rigor and care once reserved for our human workforce.

Join your peers in discussing how agent visibility and identity management can enable:

• Proactive and agent-specific limitation placement
• Immediate agentic risk detection and response
• Insightful vulnerability mitigation practices

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.

While it's rarely easy, reaching a certain level of legitimate organizational resilience doesn't have to be complicated. In fact, the entire resilience journey could be summarized in just a few steps. Those steps might be difficult to take, but at least they're straightforward.

Join Chris Lugo, VP, CISO at Blue Cross Blue Shield Association for:

• A guided walk through the stages of cyber resilience development
• Practical advice for overcoming the common obstacles of each step
• A look at process-altering industry demands and organizational needs

CISOs often face the challenge of defending their organizations with limited resources but, by leveraging quantitative risk analysis, cyber leaders can transform cross-functional conversations— unlocking unimaginable support from leaders across the business.

Derek Dixon, CISO, Fresenius Kabi, will show you how quantitative frameworks can:

• Demonstrate ROI on cybersecurity investments
• Build persuasive cases for increased funding
• Empower stakeholders with data-driven decision-making

Identities are forged in pixels. Fakes cost threat actors pennies but can cost your organization hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of real transactions. Today, traditional safeguards crumble before sophisticated digital threats. Serious problems call for serious conversations about what still works.

Join your executive peers in a discussion about:

• breaking with outdated processes
• embracing liveness checks, device signals, and digital vigilance
• defending your institution’s future from the growing storm of remote fraud

When Celedonio Albarrán, VP Infrastructure & Security, Equity Residential, first considered the undertaking of full-on Automation & AI adoption, he anticipated moderate improvements to his security program. Affirming his implementation plan, his fellow business leaders also saw value in the predicted enhancements. The actualized results, however, FAR exceeded expectations.
Join Albarrán as he explains how:

• Response times were flattened by triage-focused Automation & AI tools
• Newly-introduced agents & automation led to a significant increase in overall quality
• These adoptions resulted in proven ROI & efficiency gains