Detroit CISO Executive Summit

Join your peers at designated tables during lunch to discuss a subject that interests you. Seating is first-come, first-serve.

Following a global survey of almost 4,000 IT professionals across the Americas, Europe and Asia, Dr. Larry Ponemon chairman and founder of the Ponemon Institute and pioneer in information security and privacy research, shines light on some of the most pressing issues for security executives:

• Why are CISOs struggling to identify, detect, contain, and resolve data breaches and other security incidents?
• What are security gaps making it easier for attackers to penetrate your perimeter defense systems?
• Why are security gaps so hard to close?
• What technologies and processes can help you keep a step ahead of bad actors?

As the pace of technological disruption intensifies for the enterprise organization, so too are customer expectations that today’s fast-moving digital businesses are secure. Tabice Ward shares lessons on how security can enable digital transformation, covering:

• The synergy and tensions between business agility and security
• A framework to ensure information security is guiding business strategy
• Evolving security’s reputation from the organization of “no” to the organization of “how”

Information security leaders have a new risk to add to their register – the likelihood that European Union regulators will enforce on the tenets of the sweeping General Data Protection Regulation that became effective in May. Building from a success story in ongoing compliance at Meritor, Eric Mahler explores the intersection of real-world regulatory risk and the cost of compliance with GDPR and other emerging regulation, covering:

• The emerging priorities of European privacy regulation enforcement
• Meritor’s long-term roadmap for managing regulatory risk and compliance
• An overview of other privacy legislation impacting information security

There’s an app for everything these days—from approving expenses in the grocery store line to looking up key customer information in the field. Employees are more productive than ever in today’s mobile-cloud world, which means data—and the risks of compromising it—is plentiful.

In this session, learn:

• What risks are created through mobile-cloud technologies
• Ways organizations are using mobile-cloud apps through the business
• How to craft a security strategy that protects data no matter where it is

Executive boardrooms are intimate and interactive sessions designed to foster dynamic dialogue around a specific, strategic topic. These private, closed-door discussions encourage attendee participation and are limited to 15 attendees (seating priority is given to CISOs).

To reserve your seat, please contact: 

Nathan Schulz at 971-717-6675 or Nathan.schulz@evanta.com

Effective communication can have a measurable impact on the success of a security executive’s program, yet not all parts of the organization react to the same voice. Drawing from a training background, Karla Thomas shares her strategies for building a cohesive security narrative that stretches from front-line employees to the board, including:

• How to effectively link security priorities to business outcomes
• Ways to define and execute distinct communication strategies for different audiences
• Strategies to leverage other leaders as security evangelists

While the stakes are massive, improving digital security for industrial environments remains a vexing problem for many organizations. Roll up your sleeves with your fellow security leaders and discuss the latest ideas to tackle several key areas in operational technology security such as:

• Convergence of IT and OT environments
• Best practices in OT incident response
• Perspectives on the latest threat landscape for OT

Executive boardrooms are intimate and interactive sessions designed to foster dynamic dialogue around a specific, strategic topic. These private, closed-door discussions encourage attendee participation and are limited to 15 attendees (seating priority is given to CISOs).

To reserve your seat, please contact: 

Nathan Schulz at 971-717-6675 or Nathan.schulz@evanta.com

How are your peers balancing business agility and business security in their identity and access management strategy? Join this roundtable discussion to benchmark your framework and vet future plans, and learn the most innovative tactics security leaders are using for IAM at their organization, including:

• Methodologies that satisfy users while maintaining adequate access controls
• Communication techniques to streamline acceptance of IAM across the business
• Roadmaps for deciding what technology is the best fit

Executive boardrooms are intimate and interactive sessions designed to foster dynamic dialogue around a specific, strategic topic. These private, closed-door discussions encourage attendee participation and are limited to 15 attendees (seating priority is given to CISOs).

To reserve your seat, please contact: 

Nathan Schulz at 971-717-6675 or Nathan.schulz@evanta.com

Don’t touch that dial! In this interactive session, CISOs from organizations across the spectrum will go head-to-head in a challenge to find the most creative solutions for stretching their resources as far as possible. Join this gameshow-inspired session and vote on who has the best eye for ROI in key areas such as:

• Retaining, attracting and developing security talent
• Effective incident response
• Impactful security awareness training
• Unique, creative security strategies