Executive Summit

Security operations centers (SOCs) are facing a new reality - attackers are leveraging AI to automate multi-step attacks, outpacing human-driven response and overwhelming traditional workflows. CISOs must reimagine their SOCs to operate at machine speed, integrating AI-driven detection, orchestration, and remediation. How should CISOs transform their SOCs with agentic workflows, closed-loop automation, and continuous red teaming that empowers security teams to contain threats faster and reduce business risk?

Join this session to learn:

• Integrating AI-driven detection and automated response workflows
• Operationalizing continuous red teaming for proactive threat hunting
• Accelerating containment and remediation to reduce business risk

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Five years ago, CISOs struggled to get a seat at the table. Today, they're inundated with vendors, dashboards, alerts, board expectations, AI hype, and well-intentioned "security champions" programs they no longer have time to nurture. The real leadership challenge isn't keeping up with every new solution—it's deciding what to ignore, what to empower, and what remains non-negotiable regardless of budget, market trends, or the latest industry narrative.

Join this session to discuss:

• The identity and security investments worth defending—and the ones worth walking away from
• Scaling influence through developers and security champions without creating more work for the security team
• Protecting focus, team health, and strategic priorities in an industry built on noise

As AI-driven analytics and agentic security systems transform modern SIEM architectures, spending is shifting from log storage to AI compute, data pipelines, and autonomous decision-making. Security and technology leaders must rethink how budgets align to outcomes, ensuring investments deliver detection value while maintaining governance, accountability, and resilience across distributed environments.

Join this research‑driven Gartner boardroom discussion to explore:

• Optimizing SIEM budgets for AI computing
• Governing agentic security decision making
• Balancing autonomy with accountability models

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.

Organizations are moving quickly to adopt AI and emerging technologies, but technology decisions rarely exist in a vacuum. From employee use and data governance to third-party risk, legal exposure, and public accountability, today's cyber challenges extend far beyond the security organization. The most effective leaders are building stronger partnerships across the C-suite, creating shared ownership for risk decisions that impact the business, workforce, customers, and stakeholders alike.

Join this session to discuss:

• Why cyber risk can no longer be owned by security alone
• Accountability for AI use across the enterprise
• Creating shared ownership for business-critical risk decisions

Every organization claims to be on a Zero Trust journey, yet attackers continue to exploit trusted users, devices, applications, and connections. As environments grow more distributed and identities multiply, CISOs face increasing pressure to prove that Zero Trust is delivering measurable risk reduction, not just another roadmap. The organizations making real progress are treating Zero Trust as an operating model that continuously validates trust and limits the impact of compromise.

Join this session to discuss:

• The hidden trust relationships attackers exploit most
• Zero Trust programs that move beyond compliance and checkbox metrics
• Identity, access, and segmentation strategies that actually reduce risk

Are your security metrics driving better decisions, or simply fueling the next boardroom fire drill? As cyber risk, AI adoption, and regulatory pressures continue to evolve, many CISOs find themselves trapped between escalating demands for data and diminishing time to act on it. The challenge is no longer producing more metrics, it's transforming uncertainty into clarity, helping stakeholders focus on what matters most, and using data to tell a story that builds confidence instead of anxiety.

Share pain points and quick wins with your peers, and discuss:

• Shifting from metric overload to meaningful risk storytelling that drives executive alignment and action
• Managing board expectations while balancing constant reporting demands, emerging threats, and operational realities
• Prioritizing team focus, reducing organizational noise, and turning security data into a catalyst for confidence and better decisions

AI is rapidly turning cyber offense into an industrialized discipline, giving attackers unprecedented speed, scale, and efficiency. In response, leading CISOs are moving beyond tools and technology, building the relationships, governance models, and control infrastructure needed to withstand a new generation of threats. Whether budgets are growing or tightening, the challenge remains the same: identifying the capabilities and partnerships that are simply non-negotiable.

Join this session to discuss:

• The critical controls every organization needs, regardless of budget
• How CISOs are aligning boards and executives around a new threat reality
• Building trust, accountability, and resilience across the enterprise before the next crisis

Finish the day sharing lessons learned with your peers over light fare and drinks at this closing reception hosted by your governing body members.