Executive Summit

In the fast-paced world of cybersecurity, CISOs benefit immensely from sharing savvy strategies that enhance their organization's security posture. In this session, we turn the spotlight on an industry at the forefront of rapid change and technology advancements -- healthcare -- and invite infosec leaders from across this varied industry to each take the floor for 10 minutes share their best tips for securing innovation.

Join your CISO peers in healthcare as they:

• Introduce practical tools, techniques and ideas that can be implemented to enhance cybersecurity, and discuss their effectiveness in different organizational settings.
• Identify common challenges faced by CISOs, such as limited resources and evolving threats, and offer insight on strategies to overcome these obstacles.
• Share their experiences and successes, promoting knowledge exchange and continuous improvement in cybersecurity practices.

Stepping into a new CISO role might seem like you've finally reached that pinnacle of your career, but it's just the start of the next journey, one with just as many -- if not more -- challenges and hurdles as it took to get there.
 
In this session, a panel of some of Houston's newest CISOs -- either in their first CISO role or taking on a CISO role at a new organization -- will reflect on their own experiences and share how they might advise the next "class" of new CISOs. They'll discuss lessons learned from:

• Navigating the process of landing their new CISO role
• Working to ensure stability during the crucial first 100-days on the job
• Charting their own courses as the new CISO to scale cybersecurity's business impact

 Sensitive data movement can be risky but restricting it outright can create operational and security challenges. In an era of agentic AI, generative AI, and emerging quantum computing, organizations need security frameworks that protect data while ensuring agility. This session explores how modern security platforms enable secure data flow, adapt to diverse use cases and prepare for the post-quantum encryption (PQE) shift.

Join this keynote to learn:

• How to choose the right secure access method for each use case
• Why security must be adaptive to risk, user behavior and AI-driven interactions
• How to prepare for post-quantum encryption and its enterprise security impact

CISOs are evolving from technical experts into strategic storytellers, becoming vital advisors to the board. This transformation is essential in a constantly shifting regulatory landscape, with new reporting requirements and a renewed focus on accountability. Join us to explore strategies for:

• Clearly and accurately articulating the business impact of assumed risks
• Discussing competitive advantages of effective risk management.
• Keeping stakeholders informed on risk and response within a complex maze of legal, privacy, and regulatory challenges

AI boosters have promised a lot, setting up a wide gulf between serious discussions of sentient AI taking over the world and expensive LLMs that can’t count the letter Bs in “blueberry.” But regardless of how we feel about the future of AI, it’s already here — it’s just a lot more basic than we might have expected, and should play a key role in mitigating the security risks you care about, from data security to human resilience.

Join this session to hear:

• How threat actors are currently leveraging and attacking AI in the wild
• What use cases are actually driving value with AI agents
• The top 5 mistakes to avoid