New York CISO Executive Summit

You are invited to bring your favorite leadership books for a Book Swap at the Executive Summit throughout the day. Which books have influenced you as a leader? Bring a book with your notes in the margins or a fresh copy to leave, and then swap for a book one of your fellow executives has brought. This idea was inspired by a Governing Body Member!

This will start at 8:00am, but will take place throughout the whole day as attendees come and go.

Today's relentless pursuit of success can lead to profound dissatisfaction and dramatically affect mental health. Accomplishments lack satisfaction, work is ceaseless, sleep and self-care are sacrificed. Recognizing this, leaders can play a pivotal role in breaking this cycle and nurturing a healthier and more fulfilled life for themselves and their teams.

Join this keynote from a mental health educator and former lawyer to learn:

• How time, efficiency, and productivity challenges individual and community health
• Why mental health of individuals and teams drives performance (and not vice versa)
• What specific steps leaders can take, for themselves and others, to shift away from the paradox and towards a healthier relationship with work

By analyzing and identifying patterns indicative of a potential data breach, artificial intelligence within a unified framework can dramatically improve your efforts to protect your organization's most precious data.

In this session, you and your peers will gather:

• Practical steps for better protecting data integrity
• How intelligent frameworks can augment and refine existing DLP efforts
• Ways of using these AI-supported frameworks to strengthen overall resilience

No matter the industry, CISOs are paying closer attention at the connections between cyber and physical securities. Threat detection in the cyber space is one thing but using that information to enhance security or even stop crimes in the physical world — is next level. Being able to quickly mobilize after finding risks could prevent damages or loss to an organization — or maybe even save lives.

Join this session to explore:

• Expanding your risk lens to see the connection between cyber and physical threat detection
• Communicating the scale and gravity of information uncovered across the organization
• Reporting structures of cyber and physical security teams

Cyber threats are increasingly sophisticated and pervasive, making conventional TPRM approaches like questionnaires inadequate. AI/ML and threat intelligence have the potential to transform TPRM, as well as extending into 4th, 5th parties and beyond. Leveraging key insights can help CISOs stay ahead of evolving risks and enhance security programs, even with limited resources.

Join this session to discuss:

• Practical strategies for leveraging threat intelligence in TPRM
• Critical alignment of people and process elements with advanced technologies
• Acting on useful insights and data to manage supply chain risk

The rise of Agentic AI is increasing risks and complexities for Non-Human Identities (NHIs) in cloud environments. AI agents need extensive NHI access, posing new challenges in identity governance and security.

Join this roundtable to discuss:

• Exponential NHI growth impacting security
• Management of AI access models and permissions
• Complex AI interactions affecting identity management

Cybersecurity measures are adept at detecting and responding to incidents across various layers, but the application layer often remains vulnerable. Many organizations have a massive vulnerability backlog that demands timely and effective defense.

Join us to explore:

• Understanding the scale of the backlog and strategies to prevent exploitation
• The intricacies of application and API protection within the security operations ecosystem
• Benefits of having a comprehensive blueprint that reveals attack surfaces, defenses, dangers, and connections 

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.

Details coming soon!

Modern networks have warped into complex webs of layers, workloads, and identities. This session explores how automated, holistic microsegmentation – applied across three axes – creates a defense-in-depth strategy for modern complexity:

• North-South: Block zero-day exploits at the perimeter
• East-West: Isolate and protect every asset and workload – and auto-quarantine hackers
• Up-Down: Deploy dynamic identity controls that leverage user behavior and device posture

With high volumes of sensitive data now flowing through web browsers, three in five organizations say data leakage is likely given current IT and security infrastructures. Stop playing catch-up. Discover new approaches to enterprise operations to reduce risk while simplifying operations.

Join this roundtable to discover:

• How disparate IT and security solutions create technical debt
• What challenges impact internal and end user stakeholders
• How simplifying IT can strengthen security, and boost productivity

Navigating today’s complex regulatory environment is a challenge for even the most resourceful enterprises. From PCI DSS to DORA and HIPAA, businesses must adopt smarter strategies to meet evolving compliance requirements while maintaining operational efficiency.

Join this session to:

• Discover how to narrow compliance scope with micro segmentation
• Learn strategies to reduce the cost and complexity of audits
• Build a compliance program that supports operational excellence and trust

SaaS adoption has skyrocketed but so have the risks — from shadow SaaS to evolving identity threats. Static security measures won’t cut it. Organizations need a flexible, real-time approach to securing SaaS environments while maintaining agility.

Join this discussion to dive into:

• Dynamically managing SaaS security through vendor and identity controls
• Detecting and mitigating shadow SaaS risks before they escalate
• Making proactive, data-driven security decisions in an unpredictable landscape