2026 Boston CISO Community Town Hall

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Identity Threat Protection — Driving Continuous Protection and Consistent Security

Participate with your CISO peers in the Boston community in small, breakout discussions on a mission-critical priority for security leaders. These informal discussions allow you to share your insights and learn from the lessons, approaches and experiences of a diverse group of peers in virtual breakout rooms.

Join fellow CISOs in the Boston community to discuss:

Strengthening Security Posture Amid Evolving and Unpredictable Threats

Focusing Cyber Resilience for Critical Operations

Balancing GenAI Innovation with Practical Governance

Discussion Leaders

Members of the Boston CISO community will lead the interactive discussion and share lessons learned.

Abhi Sawant

Okta

CTO & Head of Engineering, Workforce Identity Cloud

Moderator

Agenda

January 13, 2026

11:00am - 12:00pm EST

Identity Threat Protection — Driving Continuous Protection and Consistent Security

The number of human and machine identities seeking access to data and critical business systems has grown exponentially and is a challenge for traditional IAM paradigms. Today’s cyber experts now need to tackle more sophisticated phishing attempts and deepfake identities. How can security leaders ensure their IAM tools are strong enough to withstand this new, AI influenced environment?

In this Town Hall, we will discuss how to:

Manage and secure all identities in a fast-moving technology environment
Craft strategies to navigate the intersection of AI and IAM
Balance high expectations across the organization to keep identities secure

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Identity Threat Protection — Driving Continuous Protection and Consistent Security

Discussion Leaders

Agenda

January 13, 2026

Identity Threat Protection — Driving Continuous Protection and Consistent Security

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