Executive Summit

Join us at Los Robles when they open their doors to welcome CISO executives for a 1:30 pm tee time. This is your chance to get out and enjoy the day on the course!

If you plan on taking advantage of the complimentary transportation to the course, please arrive in the Four Seasons Westlake Village hotel lobby at at 12:30 pm. The shuttle to the course will depart promptly at 1:00 pm. At the end of your golf experience, shuttles buses will be waiting to transport you back to the Four Seasons.

Cielo Farms and Rosenthal wineries will open their doors for an afternoon of vineyard tours and tastings. Transportation, logistics and lunch will all be taken care of so guests can sip and relax while taking in all that Malibu Wine Country has to offer.

This is the perfect way to sip, relax and enjoy the beauty of Malibu Wine Country. Register to reserve your space!

Can you see wild animals in Malibu? Absolutely! During this private tour at Malibu’s exotic ranch, guests can hike through the property, stop to see zebras, camels and even get up close and personal with a giraffe. After the walk, wine and lunch awaits. It is a great opportunity to relax in the sun while sampling locally sourced wines. Register to reserve your space!

CISO executives have a special invitation to be the first group on the course at Rustic Canyon Golf Course! Tee time is 7:00 am.

For those who would like to take advantage of the complimentary transportation from the Four Seasons Westlake Village, please arrive in the lobby at 5:30 am. The shuttle will depart promptly at 6:00 am. To help you get ready for the day, breakfast will be provided upon checking in at the hotel. At the conclusion of your golf experience, shuttles buses will be waiting to transport you back to the Four Seasons.

Be among the first to see what’s new and next in the security solutions landscape. Five early-stage providers will get the chance to showcase their innovative solutions to the most pressing cybersecurity challenges before a panel of influential global enterprise CISOs – and you! – for coaching and feedback. 

Kick off this session, facilitated by security investor and former CISO Jay Leek, with a look at the state and trends in the security startup landscape and practical advice for working with early-stage providers.

Featured in the "Spotlight"

• Mike Armistead, CEO and Co-Founder, Respond-Software
• Dave Baggett, CEO and Co-Founder, Inky
• Fred Kneip, CEO, CyberGRX
• Balaji Parimi, Founder and CEO, CloudKnox Security
• John Viega, CEO, Capsule8

Access this session in your EvantaEvents App to evaluate these presenters and provide feedback!

A strong program starts with a strong CISO. And a strong CISO needs a strong network and peers to help them lead the way.

Maximize the value of your Global CISO Executive Summit experience and uncover the importance of mentorship and new mentor/mentee opportunities in this collaborative networking event with your global colleagues. Find out how working together leads to powerful, innovative and diverse security teams.

This session is open only to CISO attendees and Governing Body members.

Kick off the summit, and connect with your peers from the area and around the world in this fun and casual reception. 

At one time or another, we all have asked the question, “How do we turn the office of no into the office of yes?” In Taylor Lehmann’s case, he also wondered how he could he effectively “feel the pain” in order to gain perspective and to find a way to align security to the mission of his hospital system – in doing so, improving care and reducing physician burnout in his organization. To find the answers, are you ready to walk in someone else’s shoes like Taylor did?

In this session you will:

• Learn how to step back from the role of the security practitioner to better understand the company
• Explore strategies on how you can bring efficiency and value back to the business
• Find out creative and dynamic applications for DevOps user-experience principles featured in the best seller, “The Phoenix Project” 

The rush to innovate has resulted in more sophisticated threat defenses, but it has also created a complex web of tools that must be managed by an already overworked and understaffed security team. Heterogeneity of defense systems is itself a defense, so modern security teams need to approach consolidation differently.

In this session, attendees will learn how:

• Data-first approaches to security architectures illuminates natural consolidation points
• Cross-collaboration within the IT organization improves security posture and reduce tool sprawl
• Leveraging other parts of the organization improves security posture through smarter processes and practices

Information security leaders navigate an increasingly complex matrix of national and foreign data privacy regulations. GDPR caused organizations to scramble to meet data protection directives and reassess risk management through new compliance reporting requirements and potential exposure to financial penalties. Now California has its own Privacy Act set to come into effect, and it’s one of potentially many different pieces of forthcoming regulation and policy. How can organizations create a unified data protection and compliance strategy that meets conflicting requirements?

In this session, discuss:

• The current landscape of data privacy regulation around the world
• Best practices for managing risk associated with data protection frameworks
• Standards and metrics for measuring data protection risk
• Data classification strategies to aid compliance, regardless of regulation

Executive boardrooms are intimate and interactive sessions designed to foster dynamic dialogue around a specific, strategic topic. These private, closed-door discussions encourage attendee participation and are limited to 15 attendees (seating priority is given to CISOs). To reserve your seat, please contact Tom Ward at +1 971-271-6883 or Tom.Ward@evanta.com.

When it comes to reducing cyber risk across the extended enterprise, today’s CISO is being driven to reinvent themselves to address the influx of devices and technologies accessing their networks. Yesterday’s view of cybersecurity is becoming obsolete as organizations and their boards are demanding measurement of risk in real-time and enforcement of risk mitigation policies in an automated manner.

Join this discussion to:

• Understand how your peers are embracing new ways of thinking
• Determine the state of controls within your ecosystem
• Learn how to forge forward with confidence to manage this next transformational shift

Executive boardrooms are intimate and interactive sessions designed to foster dynamic dialogue around a specific, strategic topic. These private, closed-door discussions encourage attendee participation and are limited to 15 attendees (seating priority is given to CISOs). To reserve your seat, please contact Tom Ward at +1 971-271-6883 or Tom.Ward@evanta.com.

For years, we’ve seen attackers target organizations via their people. Now with fewer reliable exploits and more cloud adoption, we’re also seeing a shift toward attacks that exploit people, with threat actors tricking their targets into running their malware for them, handing over their credentials, or simply sending data or money to an impostor. Ryan Kalember of Proofpoint will outline strategies for gaining visibility and mitigating risk in a people-centric threat landscape.

Join to learn:

• Why nearly all threat actors have shifted away from technical exploits to compromise their targets
• How organizations can leverage threat data to understand which people and departments are highly targeted
• How to design effective protection for highly attacked, highly vulnerable, and highly privileged users

Executive boardrooms are intimate and interactive sessions designed to foster dynamic dialogue around a specific, strategic topic. These private, closed-door discussions encourage attendee participation and are limited to 15 attendees (seating priority is given to CISOs). To reserve your seat, please contact Tom Ward at +1 971-271-6883 or Tom.Ward@evanta.com.

The Breakaway Leadership Awards honor global CISO who drive exceptional impact, innovation and influence. Hear from the Finalists in the Innovation category, nominated as creative thinkers who find out-of-the-box ways to use or create technology or unique solutions to solve problems and drive results.

Today, boards have a fiduciary duty to know about the cybersecurity risks of their organizations. We’ve all seen how a breach can have harsh consequences, not just for the company, but for the CISO. Join Paul Gagliardi and Umesh Yerram as they share how to turn your organization’s cybersecurity posture into a differentiator. As you take charge of your organization’s cybersecurity health, you will shine as a CISO with leading edge analytics.

In this session, you’ll explore how to:

• Create a trusted dialogue with your board by providing transparency into the cybersecurity posture of your entire risk ecosystem
• Educate, influence and get buy in for cybersecurity investments with predictive insights
• Use organizational analytics to develop crystal-clear reporting to enable the board to make informed decisions about budget, people and tools

The Breakaway Leadership Awards honor global CISOs who drive exceptional impact, innovation and influence. Hear from the Finalists in the Impact category, nominated as leaders who have made a transformative impact on projects or initiatives that benefit their company in meaningful and measurable ways.

Ten football games. That’s all that separated Inky Johnson from the NFL. He was a projected top-30 draft pick — a dream he’d had since age 7. But all that changed during his second game. A routine tackle went wrong, and his right arm became paralyzed. He’d never play football again. Still, he knew his life wasn’t over. Harnessing the same discipline and positive attitude he had in training, Johnson motivated himself and excelled despite his circumstance. Join this session to hear his story and leave with lessons that can be applied on and off the field.

We all worry about confidentiality, availability and integrity when it comes to the connected world, but as we extend into industrial environments should we not add “safety” to that list? Join this esteemed panel of CISOs as they provide their future-forward perspectives on the Internet of Things.

As we try to safely guide our organizations through digital transformation, it sometimes feels like we are taking one step forward, then two steps back. We do our best to navigate through detailed security road maps, only to find that the landscape has changed mid-journey. Are you prepared for the twists and turns?

In this session you will:

• Learn how to create strategies that will help you deal with rapid change more effectively
• Discover how to simplify the crowded solution landscape
• Find out how to build a successful team that can pivot

As a security executive, you know how many disparate pieces of information can together leave you vulnerable to hackers. Framed photos. Letters from family. Personal documents tucked away in a drawer. For 50 minutes, you’ll try on the black hat, assuming the role of a hacker trying to access an organization’s most sensitive data.

The catch—you only have 40 minutes to gather all the correct intel to gain access to the data, and you’re limited to the clues around the room.

In this session, be prepared to:

• Hack a Facebook account using information left behind on employees’ desks
• Identify which sensitive documents commonly found on employees’ desks can be used to access important accounts
• Learn a new way to gamify insider threat training
  
  

*Please note: This interactive session is limited to 10 attendees.

The breaches of the past few years continue to show us that organizations are overwhelmed and struggling with patching software vulnerabilities. But what if the you were able to properly pinpoint the vulnerabilities that represent the most risk and align these risks with overall enterprise risk?

Join this conversation to discuss:

• How security, risk, and IT staff can best work together to locate vulnerabilities and remediate cyber risk
• Best practices for strengthening governance, risk, and compliance programs
• Effective methods for communicating cyber risk to the BOD

Executive boardrooms are intimate and interactive sessions designed to foster dynamic dialogue around a specific, strategic topic. These private, closed-door discussions encourage attendee participation and are limited to 15 attendees (seating priority is given to CISOs). To reserve your seat, please contact Tom Ward at +1 971-271-6883 or Tom.Ward@evanta.com.

How can CISOs better understand emerging technologies and proactively apply them to improve their security program? Join this peer conversation to explore concepts such as AI, ML and blockchain, as well as use cases for security practitioners.

In this session you will:

• Uncover practical applications for emerging technologies
• Discuss how other CISOs are implementing new tech
• Take a look at the future technology landscape for CISOs

This is your opportunity to pre-book private face-to-face meetings with executive peers attending the Summit, using a private online portal running up to and during the event. Gain real, practical insights into what other companies and industries are doing, to take back to your boardroom.

Please note: This is for CISO attendees only. 

Session details coming soon.

At a time when security professionals fuel business enablement and enhance bottom-line value, CISOs have never had a more vital business role. But in order to get the board buy-in they need for their programs, they need to be trusted. In the age of the breach, this is easier said than done.

In this session, you’ll learn how to:

• Give senior leaders visibility into your network and process
• Build the board’s confidence in your security program
• Present appropriate executive level staff and board metrics

As a security executive, you know how many disparate pieces of information can together leave you vulnerable to hackers. Framed photos. Letters from family. Personal documents tucked away in a drawer. For 60 minutes, you’ll try on the black hat, assuming the role of a hacker trying to access an organization’s most sensitive data.

The catch—you only have 50 minutes to gather all the correct intel to gain access to the data, and you’re limited to the clues around the room.

In this session, be prepared to:

• Hack a Facebook account using information left behind on employees’ desks
• Identify which sensitive documents commonly found on employees’ desks can be used to access important accounts
• Learn a new way to gamify insider threat training
  
  

*Please note: This interactive session is limited to 10 attendees.

In May 2019, the Department of Homeland Security issued an alert citing "New Exploits for Unsecure SAP Systems" after new exploits, termed "10KBlaze" were publicly released. While protecting endpoint access, phishing, and network monitoring is important, nothing else matters if your core business applications are not a primary strategic component.

In this session, we will explore:

• Why and how ERP applications are actively under attack
• How cloud, mobile and digital transformations are expanding the attack surface
• Steps you can take to ensure cyber resiliency and mitigate risk

Executive boardrooms are intimate and interactive sessions designed to foster dynamic dialogue around a specific, strategic topic. These private, closed-door discussions encourage attendee participation and are limited to 15 attendees (seating priority is given to CISOs). To reserve your seat, please contact Tom Ward at +1 971-271-6883 or Tom.Ward@evanta.com.

Whether it’s cybercriminals motivated by profit or nation-state attackers with geopolitical motives, public and private organizations of all sizes have felt the impact of cyberattacks. Enterprise organizations are reeling from the onslaught of massively spread ransomware attacks to surgical pinpointed attacks on their assets from sophisticated state-sponsored actors. How can CISOs best face changing threat vectors?

Join this roundtable conversation to discuss:

• The current threat landscape
• How to best discover and thwart nation-state attacks
• What security executives can do to build resiliency

Executive boardrooms are intimate and interactive sessions designed to foster dynamic dialogue around a specific, strategic topic. These private, closed-door discussions encourage attendee participation and are limited to 15 attendees (seating priority is given to CISOs). To reserve your seat, please contact Tom Ward at +1 971-271-6883 or Tom.Ward@evanta.com.

The Breakaway Leadership Awards honor global CISO who drive exceptional impact, innovation and influence. Hear from the Finalists in the Influence category, nominated as leaders who who have made a significant contribution beyond their day-to-day work within their organization to benefit their community or profession.

It’s no secret that we need more cybersecurity professionals to keep our organizations safe and secure. What’s even more challenging? Finding the next generation of cybersecurity leadership. Join Kirsten Davies as she shares her strategies for developing effective and successful teams for the future.

In this session you will:

• Discover how you can tap into energy and ideas that millennials bring to the table
• Learn how to uncover hidden talent in your company
• Find out how to create a powerful pipeline that can deal with the expanding threat landscape

It has been nearly 25 years since the first chief Information security officers were appointed to keep organizations safe and secure. How much have things changed? Or have they pretty much stayed the same? Join industry luminary Professor Eugene H. Spafford for an inspirational look at security and the impact it has had on how we do business today.

In this session you will:

• Reflect on how the cybersecurity profession first began
• Journey into the future for a glimpse at what is next for the role of the CISO
• Explore industry challenges and discover what we need do to take cybersecurity leadership to the next level
  

Continue the celebration at the Sound Stage with Proofpoint After Dark!

This session is open only to CISO attendees and Governing Body members.

Cloud transformation changes the way enterprises conduct business. Innovation, however, often comes with failure and CISOs can’t remove risk. Therefore, you need calculated risks to take full advantage of transformation, especially as the attack perimeter shifts to identity.

In this session, you will learn how to:

• Evolve operating models to reduce internal threat attack surface
• Analyze challenges associated with identity in interconnected ecosystems
• Apply risk-based analytics for an identity-focused technology adoption strategy

As a security executive, you know how many disparate pieces of information can together leave you vulnerable to hackers. Framed photos. Letters from family. Personal documents tucked away in a drawer. For 60 minutes, you’ll try on the black hat, assuming the role of a hacker trying to access an organization’s most sensitive data.

The catch—you only have 50 minutes to gather all the correct intel to gain access to the data, and you’re limited to the clues around the room.

In this session, be prepared to:

• Hack a Facebook account using information left behind on employees’ desks
• Identify which sensitive documents commonly found on employees’ desks can be used to access important accounts
• Learn a new way to gamify insider threat training
  
  

*Please note: This interactive session is limited to 10 attendees.

The internet is part of everyone’s professional and personal lives and the office of the CISO can no longer be the “Office of No.” Are you tempted to block your users from the internet to manage risk? Come and share your thoughts on how you can best create the desired web experience without putting your organization’s sensitive data and systems at risk.

During this peer-driven conversation you will:

• Discuss the real oxymoron — "software security"
• Share effective internet risk management strategies
• Learn about hardware-based security approaches that with both enable your business and secure it for decades to come

Executive boardrooms are intimate and interactive sessions designed to foster dynamic dialogue around a specific, strategic topic. These private, closed-door discussions encourage attendee participation and are limited to 15 attendees (seating priority is given to CISOs). To reserve your seat, please contact Tom Ward at +1 971-271-6883 or Tom.Ward@evanta.com.

When it comes to handling shifting cybersecurity threats, specifically for the IBM system Z, everyone plays an important role in keeping the organization safe. Are your teams aware of their responsibilities? During this peer-discussion, find out how you can help drive effective execution of critical security action items.

In this session you will:

• Develop a better understanding of cybersecurity framework action items
• Create an effective strategy for dealing with System Z cybersecurity threats
• Discover specific steps that will ensure a continuous, evolving security setup for System Z

Executive boardrooms are intimate and interactive sessions designed to foster dynamic dialogue around a specific, strategic topic. These private, closed-door discussions encourage attendee participation and are limited to 15 attendees (seating priority is given to CISOs). To reserve your seat, please contact Tom Ward at +1 971-271-6883 or Tom.Ward@evanta.com.

With his record-breaking year in space, U.S. astronaut Scott Kelly laid the foundation for the future of space exploration and exemplified the power and resilience of the human spirit. And while science was at the core of his mission, it is the lessons of leadership and teamwork from Kelly’s personal journey that are most vivid.

In this keynote, Captain Kelly will share:

• His incredible path from U.S. Navy fighter pilot to record-holding astronaut
• The importance of embracing risk and testing your own limits to achieve your true potential
• The challenges he faced and overcame on the road to becoming a true American hero

The cloud and mobility are powerful enablers of digital transformation, but many IT organizations are grappling with legacy architectures and processes that haven't evolved in over 30 years. When apps lived in the data center, it made sense to invest in building a 'hub-and-spoke' network and to protect that network by employing a 'castle-and-moat' security model. But agility demands from both internal and external stakeholders in the new world of SaaS, cloud and mobility requires organizations to evolve their network and security architectures.

In securing today’s digital world, it feels like we all are tasked to do more with less. But what happens when you need to deliver a consistent, quality user experience to a billion users worldwide – without going over budget – no matter what happens? Join BT’s Gary Symes as he shares best practices and strategies that he learned at the London 2012 Olympics, which can be scaled to fit any business.

When it comes to keeping your company safe, it is all about managing risk. And as cyber criminals become faster and more adept at exploiting vulnerabilities, we find that we need to be even more nimble and creative to keep ahead of the challenges. Join Shamla Naidoo as she explains how a culture of innovation can bring security closer to the business. Find out how you can make things easier for everyone, from the CEO down, resulting in better security choices.

In this session you will:

• Discover how you can drive innovation in your company
• Learn how to use market conditions to proactively predict your company’s security opportunities
• Take a look into the future to see what new ideas, strategies and solutions are on the horizon to help strengthen your security posture

Threats have changed over the years and so have the targets. It’s not just your perimeter that is at risk, it’s your customers, your supply chain, your staff and your business reputation that could be easily tarnished with just one breach.

In this session, we’ll discuss:

• How to look at an integrated approach to IT security
• Why a layered approach is better
• Reasons why deep integration with threat data sharing at speed is a modern necessity

Executive boardrooms are intimate and interactive sessions designed to foster dynamic dialogue around a specific, strategic topic. These private, closed-door discussions encourage attendee participation and are limited to 15 attendees (seating priority is given to CISOs). To reserve your seat, please contact Tom Ward at +1 971-271-6883 or Tom.Ward@evanta.com.

Passwords are no longer sufficient protection against breaches because users are accessing information from a variety of untrusted devices, apps, networks, locations, and services. So, in the reality of today’s security world how does an organization protect itself? One answer is with a Zero Trust approach and framework to security. But with numerous theories about Zero trust, how do you ensure that you’ve taken the right approach?

In this session, discover how to:

• Drive business innovation with mobile productivity by giving employees the ability to use mobile, cloud, and endpoints
• Enforce corporate security without impacting the user experience
• Redefine enterprise security strategies to address a perimeter-less environment

Some organizations lack dedicated resources that help them track and govern their data at scale. How can CISOs work to combat this problem and ensure their data is properly managed and secured in the era of increasing privacy regulations such as GDPR and CCPA?

During this peer conversation, you will uncover: 

• Advances in automated processes that will improve efficiency
• Strategies to map and govern data
• How to ensure data compliance

Executive boardrooms are intimate and interactive sessions designed to foster dynamic dialogue around a specific, strategic topic. These private, closed-door discussions encourage attendee participation and are limited to 15 attendees (seating priority is given to CISOs). To reserve your seat, please contact Tom Ward at +1 971-271-6883 or Tom.Ward@evanta.com.