
Dallas CISO Community
Inner Circle
September 3, 2025 | The Ritz Carlton- Las Colinas
September 3, 2025
The Ritz Carlton- Las Colinas
Collaborate with your peers
Join Dallas'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:
Aligning cybersecurity with business goals to encourage strategic growth
Expanding CISO roles to drive organizational impact and security innovation
Dallas 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

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
Agenda
September 3, 2025
4:30pm - 5:30pm Executive Networking Reception
5:30pm - 6:30pm Discussion Topics
Resilient Leadership — Optimizing Cybersecurity in a Dynamic World

Patrick Benoit
CISO
MV Transportation, Inc.

Bryan Chou
Director of Infrastructure and Information Security
Atlantic Aviation

Larry Nail
Global Cybersecurity Director
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The rapid evolution of cyber threats and technological advancements over the past year has introduced both unprecedented challenges and opportunities for organizations worldwide. Now more than ever, cybersecurity leaders must drive organizational success by integrating security initiatives with business objectives.
Gartner predicts that by 2027, nearly half of CISOs will expand their remit beyond cybersecurity, due to increasing regulatory pressure and attack surface expansion. To meet this moment, security leaders must adopt strategic leadership approaches that leverage collaboration and innovation to optimize cybersecurity investments, enhance resilience, and drive organizational growth -- all while navigating and defending against increasingly more sophisticated and high-frequency attacks.
Join this peer-led roundtable to discuss:
- What emerging threat vectors and trends are you watching that have presented challenges for your organization?
- What new opportunities have you seen arise with the changing landscape?
- What strategies, tools, and technology have you found helpful in enhancing team performance, increasing agility via responsive strategies, and improving cyber resiliency?
- How are you working to evolve your role beyond technical oversight to encompass more of a business leadership position that influences the entire organization?
- How are you building relationships with strategic internal partners to help you optimize security investments, minimize cyber risk, and stay on top of changing regulatory requirements?
- What key message can you, as a leader, bring back to your team to inspire them, considering the dynamic world of evolving threats that present both challenges and opportunities?
6:30pm - 7:00pm Networking Break
7:00pm - 8:00pm Summary Discussion & Dinner
8:00pm - 9:00pm Social Hour
Apply to Participate
Apply to participate in the Dallas CISO Community Inner Circle.
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
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Parking Information:
Self park- Hosted by Evanta, Parking garage attached to Hotel
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