
DACH CISO Community
Executive Summit
26 November 2025 | The Westin Grand Frankfurt
26 November 2025
The Westin Grand Frankfurt
Collaborate with your peers
Get together with DACH's top CISOs to tackle shared business challenges and critical priorities facing your role today. Participate in this one-day, local program with peer-driven topics and interactive discussions with your true C-level peers.
Join your peers to discuss the most critical issues impacting CISOs today:
Evolving Leadership in Security, From Enforcer to Influencer
Redefining the CISO Role for a Dynamic, Risk-Taking Workforce
Building Resilient Cybersecurity Ecosystems for Sustainable Growth
DACH CISO Governing Body
The Governing Body Co-Chairs shape the summit agenda, ensuring that all content is driven By CISOs, For CISOs®.
Governing Body Co-Chairs

Sascha Brock
DHL Group
SVP CISO

Nikk Gilbert
RWE
CISO

John Petersen
Nestle
CISO

Aleksandar Radosavljevic
Global Fashion Group
CISO

Judith Wunschik
Siemens Energy
Global Chief Cybersecurity Officer
What to Expect
Agenda
08:00 - 09:00 Registration & Breakfast
09:00 - 09:45 Keynote
Powering Trusted Digital Transformation — Resilience by Design
Hosted by Cloudflare

Christian Reilly
EMEA CTO
Cloudflare

Florian Brandner
Global Head of Information & Cyber Security
Puma
Organisations are struggling to keep pace with rapid technological change, increasingly looking to the CISO as the “protector” of innovative transformation. However, securing the digital future requires more than just establishing guardrails. There is also mounting pressure to enable a cyber-resilient approach—one that fosters innovation while achieving more with less.
In this session, we will explore:
- How integrating AI into cybersecurity can enhance risk management
- The importance of collaboration and co-ownership in driving digital innovation
- Strategy for striking the right balance between innovation and resilience
09:45 - 10:00 Break
10:00 - 10:45 Breakout Session
A Security Leader’s Guide to Building Resilient, Secure Computing Infrastructure
Hosted by Google Chrome
Security leaders face unprecedented challenges in safeguarding their organizations’ computing infrastructure. However it's no small task to develop the right strategies and best practices to employ for resiliency and secure technology environments that can withstand all forms of cyber threat.Join this session to explore:
- Successfully navigating these challenges through the lens of (customer)
- Fortifying infrastructures while balancing agility, compliance, and business continuity
- Leveraging real-world lessons learned to drive continuous improvement and proactive risk management
10:00 - 10:45 Breakout Session
From Complexity to Clarity — Solving Real-World Observability Challenges
Hosted by Akamai Technologies

Richard Meeus
Director, Security Technology & Strategy
Akamai Technologies
Few things embody complexity like APIs and the multi-cloud environments that CISOs and security teams manage daily. Identifying the real problem can make these challenges even more daunting. For global organizations, having a consistent set of tools and strategies is essential to streamline operational processes. In this session, we’ll take a deeper dive into real-world examples from global enterprises, highlighting their observability and security success stories.
- Cut through the noise by normalizing alerts and risk signals across multiple clouds and tools, reducing operational overhead.
- Strengthen response processes by leveraging collective intelligence across teams and ecosystems, improving speed and accuracy.
- Secure the future of innovation by embedding API observability into AI-driven application environments.
10:45 - 11:50 Networking Break
10:55 - 11:40 Peer-to-Peer Meetings
Peer-to-Peer Meetings
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.
11:50 - 12:35 Breakout Session
Scrapping Tradition to Improve Security, Transparency and Trust in Today’s Workplace
Hosted by Island
Bolstering productivity and efficiencies across the enterprise is a primary function in the role of today’s IT leader, which increases reliance on emerging technologies, such as the enterprise browser. According to recent Gartner research, "Enterprise browsers will evolve to become the core platform for almost all of the day-to-day enterprise productivity and security software used by the workforce."
Join this session to discuss:
- Introduction of innovative possibilities for critical application protection
- Creating a secure employee experience centered on transparency and trust
- Reimagining how IT leaders can enable users while creating unique business value
11:50 - 12:35 Executive Boardroom
Building Cyber Resilience — From Traps to Milestones
Hosted by Axonius

Ian Lowe
Head of International Marketing
Axonius
In an era where attacks and threat actors are more sophisticated and traditional security paradigms are less effective, security leaders need to rethink what it means to be cyber resilient, contextualized for their organization. All that said, it’s not a solo job - buy in from the entire business is key to move from traps to milestones.Join this session to discuss:
- Lessons learned from building a business continuity plan for cyber resiliency
- Which insights truly matter for reporting on the company’s cyber risk in quantifiable terms
- Technologies to prioritize – and retire - with resilience in mind
Apply to Participate
Apply to participate in the DACH CISO Community Executive Summit.
Gartner facilitates exclusive, C-level communities by personally qualifying and understanding the priorities, challenges and interests of each member.
Our selective approach maintains the high quality of the network and ensures top-level discussions with peers from the world’s leading organizations.
Each application will be reviewed, and once your participation is confirmed, you will have access to year-round community programs.
Location
Venue & Accommodation
The Westin Grand FrankfurtA block of rooms has been reserved at the The Westin Grand Frankfurt at a reduced conference rate. Reservations should be made online or by calling +49 69 29810.
Deadline to book using the discounted room rate of €251 EUR (plus tax) is 27 October 2025.
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