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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
Chris McLaughlin
Johns Manville
Chief Information Security Officer
Steve Oberg
DaVita
CISO
Craig Richardville
SCL Health System
CIO
Purnima Wagle
DCP Midstream
CIO
Alex Wood
The Anschutz Corporation
VP, CISO
Members
Chris Ard
Newmont Goldcorp
Chief Information Security Officer
James Ball
Western Area Power Administration
CISO
Dan Ceynar
BOK Financial Corporation
VP-Western Region Technical Services Manager
Stephen Coury
City and County of Denver
Information Security Compliance
Jeff Fithian
DMC Global
VP, Strategic Initiatives and CIO
Dan Garlick
NTT Security
Executive Security Strategist vCISO
Howard Haile
SCL Health
VP & CISO
Paul Kay
EchoStar
CISO
Sue Lapierre
Prologis
VP, Information Security Officer
Steven Lovaas
Colorado State University
CISO
Lucia Milica
Proofpoint
Global Resident CISO
Ram Ramadoss
CommonSpirit
Senior Vice President, Privacy, Information Security
Bill Randall
Marathon
Infrastructure Director, Information Technology
Josh Rein
Ultra Petroleum
Information Security Officer
Rich Schliep
Colorado Secretary of State
CISO & Network Manager
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)
"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 Programs
In-person Programs
November 16, 2021
2021 Denver CISO Executive Summit
Sheraton Denver Downtown Hotel
Walk away from this peer-led, one-day program with new connections and actionable insights.
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Virtual Programs
October 12 - 13, 2021
Global CISO Virtual Executive Summit
A virtual gathering for CISOs with global responsibilities to discuss challenges unique to international operations.
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Content from your CISO peers
BLOG | SEPTEMBER 20, 2021
BLOG | SEPTEMBER 20, 2021
Who’s Answering the Next Big Question? Cybersecurity Chief Kurt John of Siemens USA
On The Next Big Question podcast, we ask C-level executives to reflect on a big, timely business question. Here are highlights from our conversation with Kurt John, Chief Cybersecurity Officer of Siemens USA, who discusses how IT and security leaders can navigate an exploding vendor landscape and keep their organizations secure.
VIEW POSTPODCAST | SEPTEMBER 9, 2021
PODCAST | SEPTEMBER 9, 2021
The Next Big Question, Episode 20
Chief Cybersecurity Officer Kurt John of Siemens USA joins the podcast to discuss how to manage the noise in your organization’s crowded technology ecosystem. Kurt explains how digitalization, speed to market, and a plethora of products are contributing to that noise and how to manage risk in this environment.
LISTEN NOWBLOG | AUGUST 23, 2021
BLOG | AUGUST 23, 2021
6 Things We Learned in a Survey of Security Leaders
We recently reached out to our CISO communities to gauge their views about returning to a semblance of normalcy. Here are six things we learned from almost 250 security leaders from top organizations around the world.
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CISO Thought Leader
