Global CISO Community
Executive Summit
September 13-15, 2027 | La Cantera Resort & Spa
September 13-15, 2027
La Cantera Resort & Spa
Collaborate with your global peers
Get together with other CISOs who lead global operations at this exclusive, three-day summit to exchange ideas and validate strategies unique to large, complex organizations. Engage in candid discussions, dive deep into critical issues and validate strategies with other enterprise heads of (IT/security) on the challenges unique to large, complex organizations. Executives are assured a level of information exchange and interaction with true, global peers beyond a regional community on discussion topics driven by Global CISOs, for Global CISOs.
Connect with true peers who lead their function globally and have similar opportunities and challenges, gain new perspectives and share experiences unique to the global nature of your role, and participate in discussions and sessions geared specifically toward global (IT/security) leaders.
Accelerate Exposure Management To Defend At Machine Speed
Unify AI Risk Into Existing Cyber Governance Practices
Optimize Cybersecurity Portfolios Through Outcome-Driven Investment Strategies
Global 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
Derek Anthony
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CISO & SVP, Digital Security
Derek Benz
The Coca-Cola Company
SVP & CISO
Andy Kirkland
The Walt Disney Company
Global CISO
Marc Varner
Lowe's Companies
Global CISO
Juan Gomez-Sanchez
McLane Company
VP, Cyber Resilience
Marcos Marrero
H.I.G. Capital
CISO
What to Expect at an Executive Summit
Gain New Perspectives from Peers
Hear from CISO practitioners and thought leaders on how they're solving critical challenges impacting your role in Keynote sessions, and participate in smaller, interactive discussions with your peers in Breakout and Boardroom sessions.
Strengthen Your Peer Network
Catch up with familiar faces and build new relationships in your Global CISO Community through dedicated networking time in an intimate environment and curated, one-on-one conversations with peers matched based on shared priorities and interests.
Leverage Gartner Insights
Gain data-driven insights and field-tested best practices from a Gartner analyst in the opening Keynote, setting the context for peer conversations throughout the day on the most critical topics affecting your role.
Agenda
Coming Soon
The CISO Executive Summit agendas are driven by the mission-critical priorities identified among the community. Each agenda is uniquely crafted By CISOs, For CISOs®, and will be available closer to the gathering. All topics and sessions will be inspired by the following themes.
Accelerate Exposure Management To Defend At Machine Speed
Attacker timelines have eclipsed human-centered vulnerability management models. CISOs must redesign exposure management to move past reactive, static scoring. By enforcing shorter remediation SLAs, automating response actions, and correlating exposures, organizations can eliminate bottlenecks and neutralize AI-driven exploitation before attackers act.
Unify AI Risk Into Existing Cyber Governance Practices
As AI adoption accelerates, creating isolated AI security policies fragments risk management and slows decision-making. CISOs must establish formal ownership over AI cybersecurity risks by evolving existing cyber GRC practices. Integrating threat-informed assessments and AI literacy into unified registers ensures secure innovation while maintaining comprehensive board-level visibility.
Optimize Cybersecurity Portfolios Through Outcome-Driven Investment Strategies
Facing economic headwinds and growing technological complexity, CISOs must transition from traditional rollover budgeting to strategic cost optimization. By eliminating overlapping vendor capabilities and utilizing outcome-driven metrics, cybersecurity leaders can negotiate protection level agreements with executives, ensuring investments directly advance organizational resilience and deliver measurable enterprise value.
Apply to Participate
Each application is carefully vetted to ensure members meet established criteria, preserving the quality of the network and enabling meaningful, peer‑level discussions among leaders from the world’s leading organizations.
Once you submit your application, a Community Program Manager will schedule a conversation to understand your priorities and interests and complete onboarding, including access to year‑round community events.
Location
Venue & Accommodation
La Cantera Resort & SpaYour Community Sponsors
Program Sponsors
Community Program Manager
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