
Dallas CISO Community
Executive Summit
November 6, 2025 | The Westin Irving Convention Center at Las Colinas
November 6, 2025
The Westin Irving Convention Center at Las Colinas
Collaborate with your peers
Get together with Dallas'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:
Streamlining User Access Through Intelligent Technologies
Safeguarding Business Continuity Through Cyber Resilience
Revolutionizing Security Workflows with AI Threat Detection
Dallas 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

Sara Andrews
Experian
Global CISO

David Bell
CBRE
SVP, CISO

Mustapha Kebbeh
Ultimate Kronos Group
Chief Security Officer

Scot Miller
Mr. Cooper
SVP, CISO

Scott Moser
Sabre Corporation
SVP, Chief Information Security Officer

Becky Palmer
National Life Group
Chief Information Security Officer

Shamoun Siddiqui
The Upbound Group
VP, CISO

Sonya Wickel
Triumph Group
VP, Information Technology & CISO
What to Expect
Agenda
Breakout Sessions
Security Leadership Redefined — Making Your Scars Your Superpower
CISOs face constant challenges—complex systems, evolving threats, and supply chain risks. While we can’t control the chaos, we can control our mindset and actions. Growth comes from learning through setbacks. By focusing on what we can influence, we make better decisions and become stronger leaders. You don’t need the world to change—just your perspective. The tools are here; it’s your move to become the hero of your story.
Join this session to learn:
- How can CISOs use their setbacks and failures as opportunities for growth and stronger leadership
- In what ways does focusing on mindset help CISOs navigate ongoing chaos and uncertainty
- Why is shifting your perspective, rather than trying to change the world, is essential for becoming a security hero
Secure by Design — Strategies for Success
Adopting a secure by design approach ensures that security is a foundational part of product development, not an afterthought. This involves proactively addressing security at each stage, from design through implementation and beyond, to lower the risk of breaches.
Join this session to learn how to:
- Integrate security thinking into every development decision
- Make security a collective commitment across all teams
- Openly discuss security protocols and vulnerabilities to strengthen accountability
Crafting a Powerful and Purposeful Executive Presence
Your career trajectory is shaped by more than just your achievements—how others perceive your executive presence can open doors or close them. Personal branding is about consciously shaping those perceptions. Are you aware of how others see you?
Join this engaging session to explore:
- Steps to intentionally develop a genuine executive brand
- Identifying your blind spots and leverage opportunities for influence
- Methods for building or restoring recognition for what matters most to you
Executive Boardroom Sessions
Reducing Application Delivery Tech Debt from the Inside Out
With high volumes of sensitive data now flowing through web browsers, three in five organizations say data leakage is likely given current IT and security infrastructures. Stop playing catch-up. Discover new approaches to enterprise operations to reduce risk while simplifying operations.
Join this session to discover:
- How disparate IT and security solutions create technical debt
- What challenges impact internal and end user stakeholders
- How simplifying IT can strengthen security, and boost productivity
Agentic AI — Balancing Identity and Risk
The first generation of AI agents promises cross-app automation for workers. Enterprises will design some for specific purposes, while employees will bring in consumer-grade agents. These varying models of identity handling in AI agents make managing risks more challenging than ever.
Join this roundtable to discuss:
- Diversity of AI identity models
- Management of enterprise-grade AI identity risks
- Balance of productivity and security for consumer-grade AI
Apply to Participate
Apply to participate in the Dallas CISO Community Executive Summit.
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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 Irving Convention Center at Las ColinasCommunity Program Manager
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