Executive Summit

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

Hear insights from the first cybersecurity company funded by OpenAI, as AI revolutionizes the scalability of phishing and social engineering—placing organizations at unprecedented risk. Cybercriminals leverage LLMs, automated OSINT collection, and deepfake technology to craft highly convincing campaigns that exploit an organization’s weakest links. What should CISOs prioritize to stay ahead of these threats?

Join this session to hear about:

• The latest real-world examples of deepfakes, GenAI phishing, and more
• Strategies CISOs can deploy to combat next-gen cybercrime
• The critical role people play in organizational security and how to elevate their defenses

For many tenured CISOs, their careers started at a time when many companies didn’t even have a CISO. While the world has changed, now might be the time for you to also make a change. Is your next career move becoming a CISO at a larger (or start-up) organization, a board member, a CIO, a professor or maybe something totally unexpected? Let’s explore career options with panelists who have done it themselves.

Join this session to ask panelists:

• How did you explore career options that aligned with life goals
• When did you know the time was right for a new move
• What skills and experiences did you need to prepare

Considering today’s challenge of enhancing cyber resilience while managing costs, many CISOs turn to a secure access service edge (SASE) framework. Unlike past networking approaches, SASE offers a unified approach to security and networking, providing consistent visibility and control across diverse environments. What are some of the most common use cases for SASE and how can CISOs kickstart implementation?

Join this session to discuss:

• Implementing SASE to unify security and networking for enhanced visibility and control
• Adopting a Zero Trust approach to ensure granular access controls and minimize risk
• Simplifying and adapting security infrastructure to reduce costs and support business needs

AI makes creating and consuming data easier than ever, with shadow AI and dark data presenting new challenges to security teams. As the tactics for protecting data evolve, security leaders must adopt a risk-based strategy to protect mission-critical data and safeguard innovation.

Join this session to discover:

• Effective practices for ongoing monitoring to identify risks
• Rapid investigation and response techniques for insider threats
• Strategies for evolving your data protection approach

As breaches become more frequent and costly, legacy identity methods – built on single points of failure – are more vulnerable than ever. Sophisticated attackers, including nation-states, now work to infiltrate systems by using aggregate knowledge-based (KBA) data, deepfakes, social engineering, and AI-powered tools. To stay ahead of attackers, verifying the human behind the device is no longer optional; it’s essential.

Join this session to explore how to:

• Minimize errors and fraud through real-time, multi-layered identity verification
• Reduce reliance on legacy IAM methods to elevate security posture without compromising workforce experience
• Create a security first culture to educate on next-gen attacks with the board’s backing

Connect with like-minded peers in a one-on-one setting through Peer-to-Peer Meetings. You will be matched with peers in your community based on your shared interests and priorities.

In a world where reputation can shape your career, a personal brand goes beyond perception. Your executive presence has a surprising degree of impact on your ability to influence, as it is how people experience you. Do you know how you are currently being perceived?

Join this interactive session to think through:

• Creating an authentic and compelling executive brand intentionally
• Seizing opportunities to be influential
• Building (or rebuilding) positive recognition for what truly matters to you

Security continues to find its way into the boardroom and even into headlines.  CISOs are feeling the heat to foster and explain strategic value, opportunities, and implications of key priorities and new innovations. In this workshop, you'll have the chance to pick topics that most interest you and have a dynamic dialogue about them with your peers.

Join this interactive session to:

• Engage with like-minded CISO peers on top-of-mind priorities
• Validate strategies and look at topics from new perspectives
• Share key lessons learned and proven best practices

Table Themes Include: AI vs. Talent; Leading Through M&A Transformation; Threat Actors, New Trends; & Passwordless Authentication/IAM Trends

Security leaders face unprecedented challenges as evolving threats rapidly increase enterprise risk. While new technologies offer defenses, they also introduce vulnerabilities. A cyber-ready workforce is crucial for organizational resilience, but how do you prepare with confidence for the when the worst happens and the whole business is impacted?

Join this boardroom to discuss:

• Managing and mitigating threats while under pressure during a major cyber crisis
• Proving that the preparation your team has done works end-to-end in advance
• Maintaining stakeholder and third-party confidence though proof of resilience

Right now, organizations are enhancing their cybersecurity strategies to combat emerging threats as reliance on cloud computing, IoT devices and interconnected networks grows. Implementing an effective edge security strategy creates a vital defense layer for internet-facing applications and APIs - and can also simplify policy enforcement especially for multiple cloud providers. But how are CISOs truly strategizing to secure their organizations’ perimeters?

Join this boardroom to take part in:

• Sharing different viewpoints of edge security strategies in multi-cloud and hybrid environments
• Addressing common challenges in securing your perimeter
• Determining ownership for edge security in your organization

What if the most significant vulnerability in our security posture isn't the data we know is sensitive, but the vast majority we currently struggle to perceive fully? The sheer scale and fragmentation of information across our enterprises presents a challenge in understanding the true security relevance of every data point.

Join this boardroom to:

• Explore how a comprehensive and unified understanding of the landscape could reshape your approach to security
• Delve into the critical role of continuous analytics development in enabling rapid and effective threat response
• Discover practical strategies and technological enablers used to achieve a unified and comprehensive view of the security landscape

Fostering true cyber resiliency requires balancing preparation across the organization with what actually unfolds during a major event. Hear the behind-the-scenes stories of events highlighted in the news from the CISOs who led their teams through them. Because we all know, it’s not if it’s going to happen… but when.

Come with your questions to join this dynamic session focused on:

• Stories of detection and recovery – what went right and what fell short
• Best practices for organizational communication – before, during and after an incident
• Mutual threat defense – the critical role of collaboration in the cybersecurity community

Scoop, sip and socialize at the closing reception hosted by the Governing Body! Enjoy some tasty food and drinks followed by an Ice Cream Social to celebrate all the connections, sharing and learning done throughout the day. Can't wait to see you there!