San Francisco CISO Community
Executive Summit

Does your organization have an AI-ready culture? Organizational culture is the shared identity that shapes our work norms — work norms that generative AI is about to disrupt. 60% of leaders recognize enterprise culture as a barrier to IT-related change. Join this session to gain clear guidance on steps to cultivate a generative AI culture that will help propel your organization into the future.

In this keynote, you will learn how to:

• Define culture traits and effectively frame changes needed to support AI success
• Engage users from across the AI maturity spectrum to co-create AI-enables workplaces
• Communicate cultural engagement, initiative outcomes and business value to guide AI adoption

To lead resilient organizations, CISOs must drive cybersecurity transformation while effectively communicating with various stakeholders across the c-suite. According to Gartner, sixty-six percent of CISOs surveyed indicated they needed to enhance their ability to influence stakeholders.

Join this interactive session with CISOs to debate and collaborate on influence with various scenarios including:

• Building emotional connections with key stakeholders through compelling cybersecurity narratives
• Overcoming resistance by understanding and addressing security concerns
• Earning a strategic position within the c-suite by navigating internal politics and aligning security initiatives with business objectives

Security leaders face unprecedented challenges as evolving threats, including those posed by GenAI, 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 equip your organization to face the future of threats with confidence?

Join this interactive boardroom to discuss:

• Acting decisively under pressure to manage and mitigate threats
• Maintaining stakeholder confidence and protecting reputation during disruptions
• Sharing threat intelligence and preparing for long-term attack consequences

In an era where users are ubiquitous and digital operations sit in the cloud and beyond, it’s key to move beyond a foundational security approach and focus on achieving cyber resilience. The task at hand involves navigating complexity and upholding visibility and control to ensure uninterrupted operation despite cyber threats.

Join this session to explore:

• Enhancing security and cost-effectiveness across diverse cloud environments
• Leveraging AI innovations while addressing global regulatory and data privacy standards
• Sharing best practices for implementing effective cloud operations across a global footprint

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 2025, cyber security faces unprecedented challenges due to IoT and the rise of AI, leading to sophisticated threats like ransomware and cyber espionage. CISOs can explore these evolving threats to gain a deeper understanding of the importance of intelligence-led operations and public-private collaboration to enhance cyber resilience and safeguard national security.

Join this session to:

• Examine emerging cyber threats and their impact
• Explore intelligence-led operations for defense
• Discuss strategic initiatives for cyber resilience

The first generation of AI agents promises cross-app automation for workers. Enterprises will design some for specific purposes, while employees will bring in consumer-grade agents. These varying models of identity handling in AI agents make managing risks more challenging than ever.

Join this roundtable to discuss:

• Diversity of AI identity models
• Management of enterprise-grade AI identity risks
• Balance of productivity and security for consumer-grade AI

As leaders, you're expected to enable secure, data-driven innovation. That requires a clear understanding of what data you have, where it resides, its risk, who can access it, and how it's used. This interactive discussion will explore how CISOs tackle data visibility and ensure compliance.

Join this session to discuss:

• Gaining data visibility as a foundation for data governance
• Navigating evolving data security regulations and standards
• Enabling compliance through shared responsibility and the right tools