
Florida CISO Executive Summit
December 5, 2019 | Loews Miami Beach Hotel
December 5, 2019
Loews Miami Beach Hotel
Collaborate with your peers
Get together with your peers to tackle top business challenges through peer-driven content and discussions at the Florida CISO Executive Summit.
Join your peers to discuss the most critical issues impacting CISOs today:
Investing in your people and the right technologies
Innovating with advanced technologies and new delivery models
Influencing business stakeholders and enterprise outcomes
Florida CISO Governing Body
The Governing Body Co-Chairs shape the summit agenda, ensuring that all content is driven by CISOs, for CISOs.
Governing Body Co-Chairs

Ken Athanasiou
VF Corporation
Global CISO

Shawn Bowen
Restaurant Brands International
CISO

Roland Cloutier
ADP
SVP & Global CSO
Gary Eppinger
Carnival Corporation
Global VP, CISO & Privacy Officer
Juan Gomez-Sanchez
Lennar Corporation
Chief Security Officer

Gram Ludlow
Marriott Vacations Worldwide Corporation
VP, Global Information Security

Marcos Marrero
H.I.G. Capital
VP of Information Security

Dave Pearson
Sykes Enterprises, Inc.
EVP & CIO

Christine Vanderpool
Florida Crystals
Vice President & Chief Information Security Officer
Agenda
December 4, 2019
December 5, 2019
7:30am - 8:15am Registration & Breakfast
8:15am - 8:30am Opening Comments
8:30am - 9:00am Keynote
Alliances at the Intersection of Tech and Talent
Hosted by Trend Micro Incorporated
Cheryl Altany
Global Segment Strategy Head – Education | STEM | Campuses
Carrier

Nicole Ford
VP and Chief Information Security Officer
Carrier
Many security leaders face the challenges of a tight talent marketplace – but few have taken the steps to develop internal and external partnerships to attract and retain security talent Nicole Ford and Cheryl Altany are trailblazing a new path towards building a best in class security team.
In this fireside chat, you’ll learn how Carrier is:
- Establishing a security organization
- Building relationships and talent pipelines with universities
- Creating meaningful and innovative partnerships to drive business value
9:00am - 9:20am Networking Break
9:20am - 10:10am CIO & CISO Featured Session
In it for the Long Haul — The Future of Partnerships
John Koester
Sr. Director & CISO
HD Supply
Keith Rosenbauer
VP IT & CIO
HD Supply
Making an immediate impact is essential as an executive in a new company. This CIO and CISO duo are leveraging their fresh perspectives and passion for change. HD Supply's Keith Rosenbauer and John Koester built a relationship founded on trust, transparency and shared tenets.
In this session, hear key learnings including:
- Tips for establishing a transparent relationship
- Post-sale vendor engagement despite timeline changes
- Mutual investments in one another
9:20am - 10:10am CISO Featured Session
Digital Risk Explosion — Managing Risk in a Hyper-Outsourcing World
Hosted by RiskRecon
Eric Blatte
President & Co-Founder
RiskRecon
Digital transformation has dramatically transformed the enterprise risk surface, automating a vast array of processes while outsourcing a vast array of systems and services. Through this frenetic reshaping, few organizations truly understand the nature of their new risk reality and how to successfully manage it.
In this interactive discussion we will:
- Explore the true nature of the enterprise cyber risk surface
- Discuss threats and regulations driving organizations to better manage their extended enterprise
- Share insights on how to better manage third-party risk (hint: good data!)
9:20am - 10:10am CISO Executive Boardroom
Security Operations — Building and Maturing an Effective SOC

Shawn Bowen
CISO
Restaurant Brands International
James Nolin
Sr. Director IT Operations
Spirit Airlines
When it comes to taking your data from you, cyber criminals never rest. If they can’t get in one way, they will try another. Therefore, when managing incidents for your enterprise, it is critical to ensure that threats and attacks are properly identified, analyzed, communicated, defended, investigated and reported.
During this boardroom discussion on cyber operations, discover:
- How to develop effective principles and procedures for security operations centers
- How determine what is best to outsource vs what should be kept internal
- How to create effective communication and reporting strategies for the entire organization
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 John Seabury at 971-222-2369 or John.Seabury@evanta.com.
10:10am - 10:30am Networking Break
10:30am - 11:20am CISO Featured Session
Threat Intelligence – Capturing Cybercrime DNA
Hosted by Fortinet, Inc.

Keith Rayle
Strategist
Fortinet, Inc.
Join Keith Rayle from Fortinet to discuss methods of ‘fingerprinting’ attacks according to methodology frameworks, creating patterns that can be used for further analysis. We will then unpack how orchestrated attacks can be linked upwards to individuals and cybercrime rings, providing the potential to use current technologies to develop predictive attack insight.
Join this session to learn about the:
- Current use of advanced technologies to analyze malware
- Attack frameworks and patterns they can reveal
- Cybercriminal countering methods
10:30am - 11:20am CISO Executive Boardroom
Cyber-Risk Management — New Approaches for Reducing Your Cyber-Exposure
Hosted by Tenable

Kevin Flynn
Senior Product Manager
Tenable

Gram Ludlow
VP, Global Information Security
Marriott Vacations Worldwide Corporation
When it comes to reducing cyber risk, overcoming vulnerability overload is critical. Find out how predictive prioritization will improve your vulnerability management efforts so you can focus on what matters most to your business.
During this peer-discussion you will explore:
- How to use threat intelligence to move the most dangerous vulnerabilities up your priority list
- The resources required to effectively assess your environment and prioritize your efforts in a predictive manner
- Practices that will help you take appropriate actions to make your organization more secure
- How to make your staff more efficient by drastically reducing the number of high priority vulnerabilities they need to remediate
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 John Seabury at 971-222-2369 or John.Seabury@evanta.com.
December 4, 2019
December 5, 2019
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