Denver CISO Community
Executive Summit

The confluence of exponentially accelerating technologies is fundamentally changing business, society and us in the coming decades. Marjan shares this disruptive, exciting reality on the horizon, how this rapid growth is empowering individuals and small companies to do what only governments and multi-national companies were able to achieve a few decades ago. She will introduce frameworks for understanding what exponential growth really means, and the different mindset, skillsets and leadership required to successfully navigate in this incredible time of change.

As the business becomes more deeply ingrained in the digital world and other leaders begin spearheading technology initiatives, CIOs may find that their traditional domain has become fragmented and dispersed across many organizations. This blending of roles and responsibilities can either be seen as a threat or a call to action. Brenda Horn views it as the latter. Join this session as she reveals how to strategically elevate and evolve your role as a business leader who can look across multiple technology platforms and orchestrate their integration to achieve maximum value.

Cyber threats are becoming more pervasive, invasive, and sophisticated. While traditional risk management practices are vitally important, new tools and techniques can greatly improve the efficacy of risk assessments and the treatment of risks they identify. One rapidly evolving capability is the use of threat intelligence tools to identify at-risk systems and networks. But not all threat intelligence tools are the same. In his discussion, Chris Richter describes how to turn tactical threat data into a powerful threat management capability.

The next wave of cloud involves multiple environments, which begs the question: how do you securely orchestrate various architectures and policies? This session will address risk best practices, like containers and data gravity, and will highlight advantages, such as best of breed selection and disaster preparedness. Join this peer-led discussion about the top considerations for adopting a secure, multi-cloud strategy. Gain an understanding of how CXOs can become best-in-class brokers of services, eliminating the business’s worries about scalability, security and governance. 

IoT devices inherently have additional security risk based on their operating systems and connections to Wi-Fi networks, and the Internet. Therefore, cyber-attacks on IoT devices are inevitable and the resilience of devices and networks must be carefully considered. Segregation of valuable network assets may be the best way to protect them from attacks. However, are there other new ways to mitigate threats posed by IoT? In this peer group boardroom, discuss key strategies to mitigate your networks risk and improve detection capabilities against potential cyber threats.

Can you transform a fast-growing heavy materials company with digital technology? For Summit Materials, the answer is “yes,” and they’re carving a transformational path to stay ahead of the curve. Listen in as Sujan Turlapaty describes how re-engaging customers with a cloud- and mobile-first strategy, empowering its workforce with data intelligence, and optimizing business operations with digital and IoT solutions is driving Summit’s global digital transformation. Attendees will gain an understanding of how to embrace technological advancements, put data first, and adopt a bimodal approach in their own transformative efforts.

The intelligent enterprise is the ultimate data-driven organization. It harnesses traditionally counteractive forces – agility and governance, convenience and security, ease of use and enterprise functionality – to go beyond business intelligence and deliver transformative insights to every user, constituent and partner. Today, every forward leaning company is racing to become an intelligent enterprise. Why? Because organizations that build this intelligent edge over competitors will be the dominant force of tomorrow. Hear from MicroStrategy Founder and CEO, Michael Saylor, and map out how to transform your organization into an intelligent enterprise.

When businesses look carefully at the source of cyber-attacks that dominate the daily headlines they find that the root cause can be traced back to one thing – a lack of basic security hygiene and risk analysis. In this peer-to-peer discussion, explore why cyber risk continues to remain a core challenge. For example, this boardroom will touch on security risks including new DDoS attacks and many other threats. You will come away with strategies and solutions that will help you keep your business safe and secure.

One of the biggest challenges for organizations that fall within the broad extra-territorial scope of GDPR, is transforming the legal requirements of GDPR into compliant and sustainable operational behaviors. Similarly, the threat of a breach – and the potential of losing customers’ private data – creates an added layer of complexity and an additional burden on the infrastructure of the network. In this session, CISOs and CIOs will discuss ways to ensure data integrity and explore methods to protect personal data whilst creating network efficiency. Hear from your peers as they discuss how the regulation could change and how companies can stay ahead of the curve.