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December 10, 2024 | Sheraton Bloomington
December 10, 2024
Sheraton Bloomington
Get together with Minneapolis's top CISOs to tackle shared business challenges and critical priorities facing your role today. Participate in this one-day, local program with peer-driven topics and interactive discussions with your true C-level peers.
Join your peers to discuss the most critical issues impacting CISOs today:
Equipping users with safely-integrated AI tools and practices per the demand of advancing businesses
Improving business outcomes through cost and resource optimization
Strengthening influence and partnerships across organization
The Governing Body Co-Chairs shape the summit agenda, ensuring that all content is driven by CISOs, for CISOs.
Vince Aimutis
Federated Insurance
VP – Director of Information Services / CISO
Mary Faulkner
Thrivent
VP, CISO & IT Operations
Jeff Johnson
Digi-Key
CISO, Director, IT Security and Privacy
Greg Matthias
Agiliti
VP, CISO
Tina Meeker
Sleep Number
VP, Information Security & Enterprise Architecture
Param Vig
Solventum
SVP, CISO
Playing the Generative AI Long Game
As Generative AI passes the peak in its hype cycle, CISOs are uniquely positioned to step back from the buzz and leverage the technology to generate real value for the business. From increasing productivity to understanding its limitations, it is critical to consider the potential for tangible, high-impact use cases.
Join Manjeet Rege, AI & ML Educator, Author and Thought Leader to explore:
Mindful Leadership — The Calm in the Cyber Storm
In the high-stakes world of cybersecurity, leaders face the unique challenge of guiding their teams through constant change and uncertainty. Navigating this roller coaster requires more than just technical skills; it calls for mindful leadership that fosters resilience and enjoyment amidst the chaos. Join this session to explore:
Maximizing the Value of Your Security Investments
Threats don't brake for CISOs with budget restrictions. And even when funds are low, the business expects you to ward off attacks. That's means you'll have to increase success without increasing tools or talent.
Together with your C-level peers, discuss how to:
Governing Generative AI in your Organization
Generative AI is being utilized by companies and employees alike–sometimes without permission. The normalization of this emerging technology has expanded the attack surface and left many security leaders feeling anxious and uncertain. Is generative AI worth the risk, and how should it be governed in an organization?
Join this interactive roundtable to explore:
Controlled Chaos — Mastering Incident Response
CISOs need more than a plan. They need to know what it takes to master the art of containment, eradication and recovery while keeping the business's costs (both financial and reputational) to a minimum.
Only in a room of your security-focused peers will you:
The Present and Future State of Tool-Based IAM
Ask 15 CISOs what it would take to feel truly confident in their identity access policies and you might get 15 different answers. One variable they might all benefit from considering, however, is up-to-date tooling.
In conversation with your CISO peers, you'll address:
Trusted Ties — The Art of Secure Partnerships
Vendor selection, pre-partner due diligence, and trusted implementation are merely the beginning of a healthy third-party management culture. With those pieces in place, the real work (like battling for constant visibility and enforcing your requirements) begins. You’ll need to be prepared.
Gather and discuss how to CISOs have successfully:
Evanta facilitates exclusive, C-level communities by personally qualifying and understanding the priorities, challenges and interests of each member.
Our selective approach maintains the high quality of the network and ensures top-level discussions with peers from the world’s leading organizations.
A block of rooms has been reserved at the Sheraton Bloomington at a reduced conference rate. Reservations should be made online or by calling 952-656-5922. Please mention Evanta CISO Executive Summit to ensure the appropriate room rate.
Deadline to book using the discounted room rate of $119 USD (plus tax) is November 18, 2024.
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