
Denver CISO Community
Inner Circle
September 6, 2023 | The Curtis Hotel
September 6, 2023
The Curtis Hotel
Collaborate with your peers
Join Denver'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:
Taking a Proactive Cloud-First Approach to Cybersecurity
Staying Ahead of Cybercriminals in the Changing AI Landscape
Balancing the Need for Security with Need for Data Accessibility
Denver 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

Chris Ard
Newmont Corporation
CISO

Ken Athanasiou
VF Corp
Chief Information Security Officer

Sam Masiello
The Anschutz Corporation
Chief Information Security Officer

Chris McLaughlin
Johns Manville
CISO

Ram Ramadoss
CommonSpirit Health
System Senior Vice President - Privacy, Information Security

Alex Wood
Uplight
CISO
Agenda
September 6, 2023
4:30pm - 5:30pm Executive Networking Reception
5:30pm - 6:45pm Discussion Topics
Challenging the Course – A Proactive Approach to Cybersecurity
Hosted by ChromeOS

Wil Rivera
Sr Customer Engineering Manager
Google Chrome Enterprise

Jen Vasquez
VP, Chief Information Security Officer (US Medical)
Cigna

Brian Gabbard
Senior Vice President, Global Shared Services
Ball Corporation

Eric Williams
CIO
The Simply Good Foods Company

Craig Duffy
Head of Global Planning & Delivery
Computershare

Chris Martinez
SVP, Sr Cloud BISO at Bank of America
Bank of America

Chris Ard
CISO
Newmont Corporation
Today’s cybersecurity environment often feels like a race, and the enterprise’s position on the track is constantly shifting from first to last depending on the course they plot for themselves and the cybercriminals’ ability to stay ahead. Historically, the odds have been stacked against IT – the constantly changing landscape, a lack of dedicated resources, and the need for emerging skills are daily battles for the CIO and CISO. AI is rapidly changing the cybersecurity landscape. On the one hand, AI can be used to create powerful new security tools that can help organizations detect and respond to threats more effectively. On the other hand, AI can also be used by malicious actors to create more sophisticated attacks. Though it might feel like a zero-sum game, what if IT proactively took control by implementing cloud-first security approaches? Could these strategies keep the enterprise at the front of the pack?
Join this conversation with your peers to explore how IT could position themselves for success:
Keeping Pace with the Evolving Threat Landscape
- What are the biggest threats that your organization is facing today, and how are you monitoring the threat landscape?
- What are your top priorities for cybersecurity? What are your top challenges? How have you seen these goals and challenges shift over the last year?
- As the enterprise is building complex cloud environments to help the organization be more agile and make decisions faster, how do you balance the need for security with the need for data accessibility and employee productivity?
Taking a Proactive Approach to Cybersecurity
- How does your organization define proactive security control, and how has this approach helped your organization reduce the risk of cyberattacks?
- What sort of challenges have you faced internally with securing funding for cybersecurity before an attack occurs? And the challenges when implementing cloud-based security features?
- When securing funding, how have you justified the costs of proactive security control? What objections have you had to overcome in discussion with the board and leadership?
6:45pm - 7:15pm Networking Break
7:15pm - 8:30pm Summary Discussion & Dinner
8:30pm - 9:30pm Social Hour
Apply to Participate
Apply to participate in the Denver CISO Community Inner Circle.
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Complimentary Self-parking at the hotel.
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