Boston CISO Community
Inner Circle
December 8, 2021 | Hampshire House
December 8, 2021
Hampshire House
Collaborate with your peers
Join Boston's top CISOs for an intimate networking dinner and facilitated discussion on key business challenges. Enjoy a relaxed evening of dinner and drinks with your peers to share best practices, make new connections and build professional relationships.
Join your peers to discuss the most critical issues impacting CISOs today:
Strategies for a risk-aligned, resilient organization
Developing and investing in the security workforce of tomorrow
Creating business value and supporting agile business operations
Boston CISO Governing Body
The Governing Body Co-Chairs shape the discussion topics and agenda, ensuring that all content is driven By CISOs, For CISOs®.
Governing Body Co-Chairs

Kevin Brown
SAIC
SVP, CISO

Lawrence Jarvis
Iron Mountain
SVP, Chief Information Security Officer

Holly Ridgeway
Citizens Bank
Chief Security Officer

Ravi Thatavarthy
Rite Aid
Vice President & Chief Information Security Officer
Agenda
December 8, 2021
4:00pm - 5:00pm Executive Networking Reception
5:00pm - 6:30pm Discussion Topics
Manage Risk — Build Resiliency
Joe Burgoyne
Sr. Director, Cyber Security
GE Healthcare
Kevin Burns
CISO
Draper
Jim Kottas
Chief Information Security Officer, Chief Privacy Officer
Idemia North America
Mark Nardone
CISO
Babson College
Larry Shields
Chief of Information Security Services
MITRE
Glenn Strickland
CISO
Boston Partners
In today's shifting and complex risk landscape, and the need for faster strategic decision making, CISOs are supporting evolving information risk decisions more than ever while facing increased visibility from regulators, executive teams, and boards of directors. To enable risk decisions and deliver value while protecting the business from security threats and data breaches, security leaders must develop processes, build relationships, and strengthen risk culture to continue to embed risk management into the organization.
In this interactive conversation among peers, CISOs will discuss their role in proactively balancing organizational risk.
Topic 1: Enabling risk decisions to prompt business agility
How are you setting the risk management strategy and enabling risk decisions in your organization?
What areas of risk do you own in your role, and what would you change or enhance in the future?
What metrics do you use that effectively quantify and describe risk within, and outside of, security?
Topic 2: Fostering a risk-ownership mindset
What communication strategies around risk have been most persuasive as you discuss information security with other business units?
How do you feel the conversation around information risk is evolving, and what does that mean for the sorts of skills you will need in your teams going forward?
How would you describe the perspective of your board of directors when it comes to risk appetite? Is this constructive for your goals?
6:30pm - 7:00pm Networking Break
7:00pm - 8:00pm Summary Discussion & Dinner
8:00pm - 9:00pm Social Hour
Apply to Participate
Each application is carefully vetted to ensure members meet established criteria, preserving the quality of the network and enabling meaningful, peer‑level discussions among leaders from the world’s leading organizations.
Once you submit your application, a Community Program Manager will schedule a conversation to understand your priorities and interests and complete onboarding, including access to year‑round community events.
Location
Venue
Hampshire HouseMore Information
Parking & Transportation
- The Boston Commons Garage is available for attendee parking.
- All guests will receive a special parking rate after 4pm. Please visit the registration desk to collect your voucher.
- Prepare for a 7 minute walk from the parking garage to the Hampshire House
Health & Safety Local Guidelines
Our host venue, Hampshire House, requires all guests to wear a mask in all public spaces. Masks will be provided for your convenience.
Community Program Manager
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