2025 New York CISO Community Inner Circle

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Collaborate with your peers

Join New York'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:

Unify Tools to Streamline Security Operations

Enhance Compliance Visibility and Reduce Risk

Drive Continuous Improvement and Operational Resilience

Governing Body Co-Chairs

Reshma Budhwani

New York Life
VP, Chief Technology Security Officer

Agenda

October 1, 2025

4:30pm - 5:30pm Executive Networking Reception

5:30pm - 6:30pm Discussion Topics

Accelerate Success— Transforming Compliance into a Catalyst for Efficiency

Patrick Sullivan

VP, CTO, Security Strategy

Akamai Technologies

Compliance doesn’t have to slow your business down. With the right tools and strategies, enterprises can turn regulatory challenges into opportunities for operational efficiency. Discover how unified security platforms and proactive threat hunting can reduce the burden of compliance, enhance productivity, and enable faster responses to emerging threats.

Strategies to Streamline Security and Boost Productivity

How can consolidating tools reduce operational firefighting and free teams to focus on security?
Where can automation boost compliance productivity without sacrificing resilience or visibility?
How does runtime visibility across APIs and workloads strengthen compliance and reduce risk?
What enables a culture of continuous improvement in compliance and security operations?
How can microsegmentation and least privilege help reduce audit scope and streamline evidence gathering?
How can you minimize risk exposure by aligning compliance initiatives with business objectives?

6:30pm - 7:00pm Networking Break

7:00pm - 8:00pm Summary Discussion & Dinner

8:00pm - 9:00pm Social Hour

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