Florida CIO Community
Executive Summit

Every CIO has a unique story. Every IT organization has a brand related to value creation and service experience. Each of us has something to teach and something to learn. Futurist and anthropologist Thornton May will precipitate animated C-2-C conversations unlocking the accumulated wisdom in the room summarizing lessons learned leading in an era where uncertainty has become a central feature of modern capitalism. The future belongs to those with the analytical and rhetorical power to make their models and stories count.

In this session, you’ll discover:

• How to put uncertainty to good use
• Why story-telling is the newest must-have skill
• What the new decade will bring

In this networking lunch you have the opportunity to have relevant and topical conversations with your peers. The below questions are a guideline for you to start your table conversations.

Digital transformation

• How do you define digital transformation?
• Transform or optimize? Are you changing your business model or are you optimizing your current business model with digital?

Security operations

• How have you decided what to outsource and keep internally?
• How have you developed effective principles and procedures for a security operations center?
• What best practices have you identified in evaluating incidents in the environment?

Delivering business value

• How do you help the business make better decisions and reduce friction for major change initiatives?

Communicating risk

• Which metrics will help you craft a compelling story that inspires action?

Talent and developing leaders

• What is your greatest challenge related to developing and retaining your top talent?
• As a leader, how are you supporting growth amongst your top talent?
• How do you keep people motivated and continuously redirecting and retooling themselves?

The new way of work is remote, mobile-first, and cloud-based. Employees expect instant, secure access to applications, information, and resources. Meanwhile, threats proliferate, VPNs lag, hardware costs rise, and little is truly secure. Hub-and-spoke networks employing castle-and-moat security are no longer tenable, and leaders that cling to legacy architectures put enterprises at risk. In this session, we'll discuss how enterprise IT leaders can:

• Improve customer digital experience while safeguarding sensitive information
• Increase user performance while minimizing risk
• Drive revenue and scalability while controlling costs

 One oversight, one moment of turning your head the other way is all it takes to alter the course of your entire career. As executives find themselves operating in more gray areas than ever before, how can they find clarity?

Join this interactive workshop to discover how:

• Ethical blind spots lead to global scandals
• Risk factors and individual pressure points put reputations on the line
• Ethical vigilance can support a transparent organization

From making the business case for deploying an IAM program to developing compelling metrics down the road, getting buy-in on an access program is key. Join this roundtable discussion to benchmark your framework and vet future plans, and learn the most innovative tactics security leaders are using for IAM at their organization, including:

• Methodologies that satisfy users while maintaining adequate access controls
• Communication techniques to streamline acceptance of IAM across the business
• Roadmaps for deciding what technology is the best fit

Executive boardrooms are intimate and interactive sessions designed to foster dynamic dialogue around a specific, strategic topic. These private, closed-door discussions encourage attendee participation and are limited to 15 attendees (seating priority is given to CISOs). To reserve your seat, please contact John Seabury at 971-222-2369 or John.Seabury@evanta.com.

When a crime is committed and is assessed at trial, the prosecutor is asked to provide the means, the motive and the opportunity of the suspected of committing the offense. This is how CISOs think about risks and how to address them. You need all three to be fully effective, but the question is: are you a means, motive or opportunity CISO?

In this session you’ll learn to:

• Evaluate your own default mindsets
• Lean on teammates to help broader your perspective
• Cultivate your own version of a perfect defense

Staying up to date on the current threat intelligence landscape is imperative when it comes to protecting against a cyberattack. With new technologies such as IoT and AI gaining momentum, CIOs and CISOs must continue to maintain awareness of new threats and how to integrate combative response to these threats across the business.

In this boardroom, you will discuss:

• Industry examples of successes and pitfalls in threat intelligence
• Bridging the gap between technology, marketing, and the entire enterprise
• Incorporating threat intelligence into the business model and business transformation

Executive boardrooms are intimate and interactive sessions designed to foster dynamic dialogue around a specific, strategic topic. These private, closed-door discussions encourage attendee participation and are limited to 15 attendees (seating priority is given to CISOs). To reserve your seat, please contact John Seabury at 971-222-2369 or John.Seabury@evanta.com.

As emerging technologies continue to impact every department, leaders must stay abreast of upcoming trends. Are you prepared for the shifts that will change IT and business alignment? Join leading IT futurist Thornton May, as he reveals the top trends executives need to navigate when building resilient roadmaps and partnerships for the never-ending road of disruption ahead.

In this keynote, you’ll learn to:

• Take action based on critical technology trends
• Create space for future tech and talent
• Generate business value and metrics

Peer-to-Peer Meetings

Lunch Keynote