Executive Summit

The Governing Body of Dallas CISOs and invited guests are welcome to join us for a fun, interactive spin on the annual Governing Body Welcome Reception. Casino Night will feature table games, food and drinks to kick off our “By CISOs, For CISOs” executive gathering.

Your digital transformation journey must be efficient, effective and secure. Where does cybersecurity fit into your post pandemic IT and digital enablement? With the recent shift in IT priorities, your CISO should be a strategic thinker and an ally who promotes security readiness as you shape your company or organization’s success.

In this interactive session, you will explore:

• The components of an effective cybersecurity strategy that drive your program and reduce risk
• Strategies that ensure the major building blocks of your IT transformation are secured
• Ways to evolve your cybersecurity strategy to align with line of business goals

Today's varied threat landscape features both foreign and domestic security concerns that could stop or delay business. With so many avenues for malicious actors, how should CISOs be prioritizing their resources to improve resiliency? Come with your questions as one of the FBI’s foremost experts on cybersecurity discusses what trends they are seeing and monitoring.

Join this interactive session to discover and discuss:

• The latest cyber threats on the horizon
• Strategies for addressing the emerging threat landscape
• Best practices of working with law enforcement before, during and after a breach

Not every insider risk turns into an insider threat, but every insider threat began as an insider risk. Security leaders need an insider risk mitigation program that encompasses people, processes and technology for successful early intervention, detection and mitigation of insider threats. How can executives build out these robust defenses and strengthen internal cross-functional partnerships to tackle insider risk as a team?

Join this session to discuss:

• Managing insider threats and risks in your organization
• Contextualizing insider risk mitigation strategies within the framework of the larger corporate risk framework
• Leveraging behavioral change, analytical insights and precise interventions to reduce human risk

Trust is at the center of what we do in cybersecurity. Trust in your team, trust in your tools, and the business’ trust in you. However, security teams face challenges everyday that erode that trust: analysts get burned out and disengage, tools deliver more noise than outcomes, and your security program is more likely to slow down your business rather than help it run at full speed. In this session, we will discuss why this is the case and how to reverse this dynamic.

 Join this executive boardroom to discuss:

• How false positives can erode trust
• Building engineering principles into your SecOps process 
• Why a flatter SOC is a better SOC

Learn how zero trust architecture secures users, workloads, and IoT/OT devices by addressing critical security shortcomings of legacy network architecture. This session covers key steps in a phased zero trust transformation journey as well as advice for winning the support of organizational leadership.

Join this session and learn to:

• Recognize issues inherent to routable networks
• Identify key phases of zero trust transformation
• Demystify zero trust architecture for business leaders

What will the security industry look like in 2025 — and beyond? Put your future forecasting skills to the test and share where your team stands by playing "CISO Says," a game show-style session powered by the top predictions prepared by Gartner's cybersecurity experts.

Come on down to:

• Compete in a data-driven quiz game with your peers
• Discover more about projected opportunities and challenges
• Share how you're preparing to lead your team through changing market conditions

Despite the challenges posed by organizational and technological silos, the modern CISO is stepping up to the plate. Impactful digital transformation through intentional technology decisions can minimize organizational obstacles.

Join this fireside chat to discover:

•  Embracing digital transformation to stay competitive and secure in today's business world
• Leveraging SASE to simplify your security architecture, level-up compliance monitoring and improve visibility
• Driving meaningful change with a holistic approach that considers not just security, but also organizational culture, processes, and people
  

As we move into a cloud native, DevOps-driven world where agility is key, some of the best security teams are finding it’s time to shed the reputation of being “The Department of No” to break down barriers and embrace change.

Join this boardroom to learn:

• How to implement practical approaches for reducing friction and increasing collaboration
• What areas you can implore the power of “yes” without worry of exposure
• How to keep your commitment to governance, risk, and compliance

As the number of identities within an organization increase, so does the complexity associated with ensuring those identities are properly authorized to access system and application resources. Who has access to what becomes increasingly important considering identity is the focal point for a zero-trust strategy. IAM leaders need to make sure their program is mature enough in Identity Governance and Access Management domains.

Join this session to discuss:

• Assessing your IGA program for gaps and climbing up the maturity ladder
• Closing the gaps and achieving zero trust through an identity-first approach
• Being mindful of technical debt while implementing a best-of-breed IAM solution

Connect with like-minded peers in a one-on-one setting through Evanta’s Peer-to-Peer Meetings. You will be matched with peers in your community based on your shared interests and priorities.

Generative Ai, Cyber Insurance, Talent & Culture — oh my! As these and other trending topics make their way to the boardroom and dinner table alike, it’s up to CISO leaders to determine which are more hype and which they need to focus on NOW.

Join this session to discuss and debate with your peers:

• Hot topics surfacing across industries
• Business impacts of emerging trends
• Key strategies for communicating new trends to stakeholders

Recent advancements in Artificial Intelligence have captured the imagination of the world, and the way we work is getting transformed right in front of our eyes. It is imperative for modern IT leaders to leverage the power of AI/ML to deliver productive and secure experiences for their organizations. Join us to hear about:

• Why a unified approach to SASE is critical for leveraging AI 
• How AI/ML can deliver better security, networking and operational outcomes 
• Best practices to adopt SASE that sets you up for success

Adversaries are increasingly fast and stealthy, don’t respect time zones or holidays, and often execute damaging intrusions in hours. Every second matters when under attack and the first steps taken in the wake of a threat can determine success or downtime and disruption. How are you ensuring you have the tools and processes to protect your endpoints and the organization from today’s threats?

Join this interactive discussion for strategies to:

• Deploy the right endpoint security tools and extended capabilities to stop an adversary with speed
• Identify resources to appropriately implement, operate and maintain an effective security program
• Secure critical applications even in a state of compromise

Have you ever found yourself asking, “Why do we need to prepare and submit multiple compliance reports when much of the information is common to the standards we’re trying to comply with?” ISO, PCI, SOC-2, FedRAMP, NIST – it's enough to make anyone's head spin.

Join this peer roundtable session to discuss:

• Mapping out overlap and identifying gaps between compliance frameworks
• Streamlining compliance efforts across entities or business units
• Leveraging technology to gain better visibility, beyond point-in-time assessments

In today's ever-changing threat landscape, data breaches are not an "if" but a "when", even for organizations with mature cybersecurity programs. To navigate a breach successfully and come out stronger, it is essential to communicate to the executive team, the board and regulators swiftly and confidently.

Join this panel to hear a candid conversation about:

• The reality of breaches and how to learn from them
• Fundamental priorities while responding and recovering
• The future of cyber breach reporting and recovery