Washington, DC CIO Community
Executive Summit

Success in any industry is a function of influencing others. This is no easy task because modern audiences and decision makers are bombarded with requests for their attention, many of which go ignored. In this session, discover strategies for transforming yourself and your message into something worth noticing. Carmen Simon delves into the field of neuroscience, revealing how the brain processes information. The key is understanding what makes people pay attention, remember you and ultimately act on what you say. Learn how to convert neuroscience insights into practical guidelines that will help you resonate with people and spark action.

Today’s companies are embracing new technologies, opening doors to new ways of improving business. But these advancements create a need for a more robust security strategy that safeguards more than just network perimeters. Organizations must protect data spread across a variety of systems, devices and apps. However, keeping security in step with the CIO’s technology direction – and supporting enterprise programs – is easier said than done. Listen to Andy Ellis as he explores a security approach for the digital age, one that combines high visibility and zero trust to protect important assets both individually and collectively.

Mergers and acquisitions can be messy, especially when it comes to cybersecurity. Organizational growth spurts bring new data, new employees, new technology and, you guessed it, a new level of risk. The CISO-CIO partnership has never been more important when navigating a seamless integration. However, it takes more than risk awareness to come out on top. In this session, Terry West addresses the CIO’s leading role in navigating mergers and acquisitions, sharing best practices and lessons learned from his own experience.

It’s a misconception that the most destructive cyberattacks employ complex technology that outsmarts defenses. Often these attacks prey on little more than overlooked vulnerabilities — hallmarks of poor IT hygiene. Not knowing who is on your network, what applications are being run and which systems are unprotected is a recipe for a breach. In this session, a panel of security experts explore why IT hygiene is so important and share best practices for how they maintain it and keep breaches at bay.

How can identity awareness improve your enterprise’s risk posture? For starters, it can lead to fewer data breaches. In fact, it’s estimated that by 2021, organizations with complementary or integrated identity governance across applications and files will suffer 60 percent fewer data breaches. After all, understanding who has access to what data, as well as who should have access, is key to keeping information in the right hands. Join your peers for a discussion on leveraging identity to govern access across all users, applications and data. Then discuss ways to strengthen investments in existing security solutions.

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 CIOs and CISOs).

To reserve your seat, please contact: 

Mikhail Babbs at 1-971-506-3303 or mikhail.babbs@evanta.com

IT is constantly expanding, introducing new technology and, as a result, new vulnerabilities. To keep up, cybersecurity must advance at an equal pace. To do this, organizations must evolve their security operations center. But just how do you do that? In this session, Michele Thomas shares her insight on everything from hiring the right people to planning responses to critical incidents. That way, when an attack does happen, you’ll be ready.

Preventing security threats is one option. Eradicating them is a better one. This is the mindset of Rodrigo Loureiro, who says he’s setting new standards on how to respond to cyber threats. Instead of simply blocking attacks, he’s cultivating a culture of elimination. Loureiro applies this mindset to his organization, working with urgency and efficiency to keep the organization healthy. In this session, he shares his security framework and divulges his secret sauce for eliminating threats for good.

The benefits of creating cross-functional teams isn’t news to CIOs, yet they are still struggling to prioritize collaboration with other departments. The advantages of cross-functional teams are plentiful. They encourage diverse ideas and perspectives that foster innovation. They help align decisions with the broader organizational perspective. And yet, despite the benefits,organizational silos still exist. How can CIOs encourage collaboration and connect IT to other departments? Join your peers for a discussion on increasing cross-department collaboration, sharing specifics of what’s worked and what hasn’t.

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 CIOs and CISOs).

To reserve your seat, please contact: 

Mikhail Babbs at 1-971-506-3303 or mikhail.babbs@evanta.com

Catherine’s path to becoming a CIO didn’t happen overnight. It also didn’t happen by design. Her journey to CIO instead began with a fortuitous and unexpected situation, one that connected her to an unlikely job in IT. That job opened myriad doors, and she said yes to every opportunity, big and small, that came her way. She is now CIO at the United States House of Representatives, and she credits her success to her willingness to tackle new challenges and embrace change. In this session, Szpindor shares her inspiring story of becoming a CIO, divulging the leadership principles that got her to where she is today.