Boston CISO Executive Summit

As the number of connected devices continues to increase, so does the number of potential vulnerabilities. By 2020, there will be 2.8 billion connected devices, all of which could create security blind spots for organizations. How can security professionals expand their security measures to protect this ever-expanding attack surface?

In this session, Michael Howard draws on real-world examples to teach CISOs how to:

• Understand and defend against the next wave of hackers.
• Use data analytics and a proven framework to secure endpoint devices.
• Identify existing gaps in endpoint security.

As a security executive, you know how many disparate pieces of information can together leave you vulnerable to hackers. Framed photos. Letters from family. Personal documents tucked away in a drawer. For 50 minutes, you’ll try on the black hat, assuming the role of a hacker trying to access an organization’s most sensitive data.

The catch—you only have 40 minutes to gather all the correct intel to gain access to the data, and you’re limited to the clues around the room.

In this session, be prepared to:

• Hack a Facebook account using information left behind on employees’ desks.
• Identify which sensitive documents commonly found on employees’ desks can be used to access important accounts.
• Learn a new way to gamify insider threat training.

Conventional wisdom says you should limit the speed and volume of change, when the opposite is actually true. The key is to know where you are in the Tornado of Change and lead your team to rapid rebuilding.

In this highly interactive session, Val Wright teaches how to:

• Ensure your organization understands and believes your changes
• Increase the speed to 100% productivity.
• Be Thoughtfully Ruthless® with time, energy, and resources

The GDPR significantly changed how companies assess and manage risk through a combination of new / complex compliance reporting requirements and exposure to significant financial penalties. The GDPR, and forthcoming California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) are increasing the level of interaction CISOs need to have with legal / privacy counterparts to ensure data protection risks are properly identified, effective management tools are implemented, and objective measures are in place to track progress.

Join fellow security leaders to discuss: 

• Standards and metrics for measuring data protection risk
• Best practices for managing risk associated with GDPR, California Consumer Privacy Act, and other global data protection frameworks
• Tools to manage data protection risk and meet compliance reporting requirements

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: 

Rebecca Buchanan at 971-717-6645 or Rebecca.Buchanan@evanta.com.

It’s no secret that today’s CISOs must be business drivers within their organizations. To do this, they have to connect with what’s important to the business – the customers. Their duty extends beyond keeping the business safe. They must prove their ability to keep customers safe, too.

Engage in a dialog with Rajesh Goyal on:

• Connecting with the customer around your Security value proposition, as a Marketing leader would.
• Using customer insights to inform your security strategy and roadmap.
• Supporting a customer-obsessed organization as a security professional.

The majority of modern IoT-based attack botnets have uniquely common DNA; they use part of the Mirai code in their framework. While device exploitation techniques remain innovative, the attack vectors themselves are typically reused, making it possible for CISOs to outsmart these botnets.

Join this session to take a meaningful look at IoT attack botnets. You’ll learn about:

• The different attack vectors in IoT botnets
• How attack vectors replicate
• What changes have been implemented in new IoT attack botnets

Digital transformation is not just a buzzword, but an outline of business and operational plans to integrate and prioritize the latest digital technologies. Unfortunately, security is often second priority or not even in the scope of the transformation project.

Join this session to discuss how to:

• Make security an enabler instead of a roadblock
• Develop a plan to secure critical ERP applications
• Ensure your organization’s ERP applications are compliant

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: 

Rebecca Buchanan at 971-717-6645 or Rebecca.Buchanan@evanta.com.

Everyone wants to know what’s next in cybersecurity, but the future threat landscape is as difficult to predict as a cyber-attack. 

In this session, Wade Alt shares:

• Key insights into future cyber trends
• How to protect against the evolving security landscape
• What threats to expect in 2019