Washington, DC CISO Community
Executive Summit
November 12, 2025 | Hilton Washington DC National Mall the Wharf
November 12, 2025
Hilton Washington DC National Mall the Wharf
Collaborate with your peers
Get together with Washington, DC's top CISOs to tackle shared business challenges and critical priorities facing your role today. Participate in this one-day, local program with peer-driven topics and interactive discussions with your true C-level peers.
Join your peers to discuss the most critical issues impacting CISOs today:
Increasing Reliability and Resilience in an Evolving Business Landscape
Developing a Leadership Vision that Enables Thriving, Innovative Teams
Leveraging Data, AI, and Advanced Analytics to Drive Strategic Growth
Washington, DC CISO Governing Body
The Governing Body Co-Chairs shape the summit agenda, ensuring that all content is driven By CISOs, For CISOs®.
Governing Body Co-Chairs
Ryan Boulais
Bunge
CISO
Massimo Favro
NVR
CISO
Vishal Gupta
Lexmark
CTO & CIO, SVP Connected Technology
What to Expect
Interactive Sessions
Hear from CISO practitioners and thought leaders on how they're solving critical challenges impacting your role today in Keynote sessions, and join smaller, interactive discussions with your peers in Breakout and Boardroom sessions.
Community Networking
Make new connections and catch up with old friends in casual conversations during dedicated time for networking designed to better acquaint you with your Washington, DC CISO community.
Peer-to-Peer Meetings
Connect with like-minded peers in a private, 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.
Agenda
Gartner Keynote Session
Gartner Expert Keynote Session on Agentic AI
Gain expert guidance from Gartner on the latest tech insights and the unfolding of the future through predictions, trends and evolving digital business cycles. Gartner Experts give you the clarity you need to move your priorities forward.
Breakout Session
Reducing Application Delivery Tech Debt from the Inside Out
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 session 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
Executive Boardroom Sessions
Not All Security Metrics Are Created Equal
An effective security metrics program enhances decision-making and stakeholder communication, offering early issue detection and aiding resource allocation decisions. However, it is imperative for CISOs to take a closer look at metric selection taking into account emerging threats in the quickly evolving landscape.
Join this session to discuss:
- Forward-thinking strategies in interrogating your current security metrics program
- The role of emerging technology when considering essential metrics
- Tool recommendations for gathering and generating meaningful metrics for your security program
Ready or Not – Enabling AI Through Data Management
Gartner research shows through 2026, 30% of generative AI projects will be abandoned after proof of concept due, in part, to poor data quality. Has your organization made the necessary changes to ensure its data is AI-ready for any initiative?
Join your peers to discuss:
- Effective collaboration between IT, security and data management leaders
- Essential data management modifications
- Compelling linkage between AI-ready data and business outcomes
Evolving With AI — Empowering Secure Innovation
AI continues to evolve as both a formidable ally and a potential adversary. Security leaders must effectively incorporate AI into their cybersecurity frameworks to not only protect critical assets but also empower their organizations to innovate securely.
Join this boardroom to discuss:
- Fostering a culture of cybersecurity awareness across the organization
- Developing an AI governance framework to manage risks and preserve trust
- Maintaining alignment with ethical standards and regulatory requirements
Apply to Participate
Apply to participate in the Washington, DC CISO Community Executive Summit.
Gartner facilitates exclusive, C-level communities by personally qualifying and understanding the priorities, challenges and interests of each member.
Our selective approach maintains the high quality of the network and ensures top-level discussions with peers from the world’s leading organizations.
Each application will be reviewed, and once your participation is confirmed, you will have access to year-round community programs.
Location
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