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Denver CISO Community
Gain powerful new perspectives
Join fellow CISOs in the Denver community to solve critical leadership challenges through the collective experiences and expertise of the network.
Invaluable network
Build a strong professional network where you live and work. Access the collective expertise of your true peers all in one place. Make new connections and catch up with old friends.
Peer collaboration
Gain new perspectives from peers who understand your most critical priorities and are facing the same challenges -- generate ideas, share real-life experiences and get forward-looking guidance and insights.
Actionable insights
Exchange best practices, validate strategies and walk away with practical insights that are immediately actionable.
Join your peers to discuss the most critical issues impacting CISOs today.
- Accelerating security to match the pace of digital business initiatives
- Managing the risk created from a landscape of new core technologies
- Achieving sustainability for the CISO role without compromising outcomes
Denver CISO Governing Body
A regional Governing Body leads the Denver CISO community, shaping the topics and agendas for your local programs and ensuring that all content is driven by CISOs, for CISOs.
Co-Chairs
Alan Cullop
DaVita
CIO
Chuck Fredrick
National CineMedia
CIO
Randall Frietzsche
Denver Health
CISO
Stephen Katsirubas
Hunter Douglas
Chief Information Officer
Sam Masiello
Gates Corporation
CISO
Chris McLaughlin
Johns Manville
Chief Information Security Officer
Jeff Miller
Honeywell Aerospace
Chief Security Officer, Honeywell Quantum Solutions
Steve Oberg
DaVita
CISO
Craig Richardville
SCL Health System
CIO
Purnima Wagle
DCP Midstream
CIO
Members
Chris Ard
Newmont Goldcorp
Chief Information Security Officer
James Ball
Department of Energy - Western Area Power Administration
CISO
Dan Ceynar
BOK Financial Corporation
VP-Western Region Technical Services Manager
Jeff Fithian
DMC Global
VP, Strategic Initiatives and CIO
Dan Garlick
NTT Security
Executive Security Strategist vCISO
Jim Goddard
CommonSpirit
SVP/CISO
Rex Griffin
Ultra Petroleum
Senior IT Director
Howard Haile
SCL Health System
VP & CISO
Paul Kay
EchoStar
CISO
Sue Lapierre
ProLogis
VP, Information Security Officer
Lucia Milica
Proofpoint
Global Resident CISO
Brett Myers
Ardent Mills
CISO
Ram Ramadoss
CommonSpirit
Senior Vice President, Privacy, Information Security
Bill Randall
Marathon Petroleum
Infrastructure Director, Information Technology
Josh Rein
Ultra Petroleum
Information Security Officer
Rich Schliep
Colorado Secretary of State
CISO & Network Manager
Gautam Sethi
Douglas County School District
CTO
Jeff Swanson
Xilinx
Sr. Director, IT & CTO
Larisa Thomas
Lakewood Colorado
CISO
Russ Trainor
Denver Broncos
VP, IT
Lee Vorthman
Oracle
VP, Chief Security Officer (Oracle Data Cloud)
Karl West
Intermountain Healthcare
Assistant Vice President, Information Systems & CISO
Alex Wood
The Anschutz
VP, CISO
"The CISO Executive Summit is the only event where I am able to sit with a person I don't know and be assured they are largely facing a similar set of opportunities and challenges within their own organization.”
Derek Benz, CISO
The Coca-Cola Company
"The peer interactions I get with the Evanta events are the best I’ve had in my career. These events help to establish a strong peer network that is regularly refreshed.”
Ken Athanasiou, Global CISO
VF Corp
"The format of the CISO Executive Summit absolutely lives up to its billing of being ‘by CISOs, for CISOs.’ The ability to collaborate with peers to discuss today’s issues is worth every minute.”
Jon Moore, CISO
Humana
Upcoming Events
Virtual Programs
March 10, 2021
Global CISO Virtual Town Hall
Global CISO Virtual Town Hall
An interactive, peer-led discussion on current topics and priorities.
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March 18, 2021
Denver CISO Virtual Town Hall
CIO & CISO Vision for Strategy & Leadership
An interactive, peer-led discussion on current topics and priorities.
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June, 2021
Denver CISO Virtual Executive Summit
Walk away from this peer-led, half-day virtual program with new connections and actionable insights.
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June 22, 2021
Global CISO Virtual Town Hall
Global CISO Virtual Town Hall
An interactive, peer-led discussion on current topics and priorities.
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Content from your CISO peers
TOWN HALL INSIGHTS | JANUARY 14, 2021
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UK CISO Virtual Town Hall Insights
In their recent town hall, CISOs in the UK discussed how to respond to an extortion attack. Read the takeaways from their discussion on how to respond in a timely way, stay adaptable, and protect the business.
READ ARTICLEINFOGRAPHIC | DECEMBER 30, 2020
INFOGRAPHIC | DECEMBER 30, 2020
2020 in the CISO Community
This year was challenging in a variety of ways, but CISOs demonstrated their value as risk management thinkers and strategic business leaders. Here is a look at the journey the Evanta CISO Community took this year.
VIEW RESULTSBLOG | DECEMBER 29, 2020
BLOG | DECEMBER 29, 2020
Enhancing Information Security Through Diversity
In the blog this week, we discuss how cybersecurity leaders can enhance the security of their enterprise, benefit from new ideas and fill open positions at a faster pace with a focus on diversity.
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