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New York CISO Community
Gain powerful new perspectives
Join fellow CISOs in the New York community to solve critical leadership challenges through the collective experiences and expertise of the network.
Invaluable network
Build a strong professional network where you live and work. Access the collective expertise of your true peers all in one place. Make new connections and catch up with old friends.
Peer collaboration
Gain new perspectives from peers who understand your most critical priorities and are facing the same challenges -- generate ideas, share real-life experiences and get forward-looking guidance and insights.
Actionable insights
Exchange best practices, validate strategies and walk away with practical insights that are immediately actionable.
Join your peers to discuss the most critical issues impacting CISOs today.
- Accelerating security to match the pace of digital business initiatives
- Managing the risk created from a landscape of new core technologies
- Achieving sustainability for the CISO role without compromising outcomes
New York CISO Governing Body
A regional Governing Body leads the New York CISO community, shaping the topics and agendas for your local programs and ensuring that all content is driven by CISOs, for CISOs.
Co-Chairs
Jeff Brown
State of Connecticut
Chief Information Security Officer
Zouhair Guelzim
L'Oreal
VP & CISO
Tomas Maldonado
National Football League
CISO
Tod Mitchinson
New York Life
VP & CISO
Michael Palmer
Hearst
Chief Information Security Officer
Eric Staffin
IHS Markit
Partner and Senior Vice President, Chief Information Security Officer
Kylie Watson
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation
CISO
Teresa Zielinski
GE Power
Senior VP, Chief Information Security Officer & Product Security
Members
Ankur Ahuja
Fareportal
Vice President and Global CISO
Chirag Arora
Crum & Forster
Chief Information Security Officer
Raj Badhwar
Voya Financial
SVP, Global Chief Information Security Officer
James Beeson
Cigna
Vice President & Chief Information Security Officer
Medha Bhalodkar
Columbia University
Chief Risk Officer & Global CISO
Robert Brown
Federal Home Loan Bank of New York
CISO
Devon Bryan
MUFG Union Bank
Managing Director, CISO
Michael Cena
A+E Networks
Vice President, Head of Cyber Security
Marcos Christodonte II
Unqork
Global Chief Information Security Officer
Tony Chryseliou
Sony
Senior Manager Global Information Security
Mark Connelly
Boston Consulting Group
CISO
Brendan Conway
Tiffany & Co
Vice President, Chief Information Security Officer
Greg Crowley
World Wrestling Entertainment Inc
VP, Cyber Security & Infrastructure
Michael Cutugno
Dorilton Capital Management
CISO
Alan Daines
Fortive
Chief Information Security Officer
Jeffrey DiMuro
ServiceNow
Deputy CISO
Orrie Dinstein
Marsh & McLennan
Global Chief Privacy Officer
Mikhail Falkovich
Consolidated Edison Company
Director of IT, Information Security
Cy Fenton
Ralph Lauren Corp
SVP, IT Security & Infrastructure, CISO, CPO
Stephen Garcia
FanDuel
VP of Cybersecurity
Meredith Grauer
Nielsen
Chief Privacy Officer
Doug Greene
Guardian Life Insurance
Vice President, Chief Information Security Officer
Tariq Habib
MTA
Chief Information Security Officer
Ronen Halevy
Sony
Senior Director of Information Security
Patricia Hinerman
Interpublic Group of Companies
Chief Information Security Officer
Jonathan Klein
Broadridge
CISO
Mark Leary
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals
Chief Information Security Officer
Michael Livni
Valley National Bancorp
CISO
Brian Lozada
HBO Max
CISO
Latha Maripuri
Uber
CISO
Mary Prabha Ng
Equitable Financial
CISO
Greg Notch
National Hockey League
SVP, Information Technology & Security
Michael P. O'Hara
Avon
InfoSec Principal
James O'Shea
Prudential
Cybersecurity Strategy
David Peach
The Economist Newspaper Group
CISO
Allan Piket
Lord, Abbett & Co
Chief Information Security Officer
Tim Rohrbaugh
JetBlue Airways
Chief Information Security Officer
Stacey Romanello
Royal Bank of Canada
RISO
Lauren Dana Rosenblatt
International Flavors & Fragrances
VP, CISO
Raj Sargule
Christie's
Global Head of Information Security
Stephen Savard
ICC Industries Inc
Director of Information Technologies
Parthiv Shah
Signature Bank
Chief Information Security Officer, SVP
Ben Smith
Nuvance Health
CISO
Justin Staples
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group
CISO
Jorge Torres
UNICEF
Chief of IT Security
Rishi Tripathi
National Basketball Association
CISO
Joseph Tso
Scotiabank
Chief Information Security Officer
Mark Viola
Henry Schein
Vice President & Global Chief Information Security Officer
John Whiting
DDB Worldwide Communications Group
Global Chief Security Officer
Gene Zafrin
RenaissanceRe
Chief Information Security Officer
"The CISO Executive Summit is the only event where I am able to sit with a person I don't know and be assured they are largely facing a similar set of opportunities and challenges within their own organization.”
Derek Benz, CISO
The Coca-Cola Company
"The peer interactions I get with the Evanta events are the best I’ve had in my career. These events help to establish a strong peer network that is regularly refreshed.”
Ken Athanasiou, Global CISO
VF Corp
"The format of the CISO Executive Summit absolutely lives up to its billing of being ‘by CISOs, for CISOs.’ The ability to collaborate with peers to discuss today’s issues is worth every minute.”
Jon Moore, CISO
Humana
Upcoming Events
In-person Programs
September, 2021
New York CISO Inner Circle
An evening with peers to discuss timely topics over dinner in a private setting.
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November 3, 2021
New York CISO Executive Summit
Sheraton New York Times Square
Walk away from this peer-led, one-day program with new connections and actionable insights.
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Virtual Programs
May 12, 2021
New York CISO Virtual Boardroom
Actionable Intelligence — Keeping Pace with Relentless Threats
An intimate and interactive conversation framed around a hot topic or priority.
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June 1, 2021
New York CISO Virtual Executive Summit
Walk away from this peer-led, half-day virtual program with new connections and actionable insights.
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July 22, 2021
New York CISO Virtual Boardroom
Ensuring Successful, Vendor-Neutral EDR Deployments
An intimate and interactive conversation framed around a hot topic or priority.
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September 16, 2021
New York CISO Virtual Town Hall
New York CISO Virtual Town Hall
An interactive, peer-led discussion on current topics and priorities.
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October 12 - 13, 2021
Global CISO Virtual Executive Summit
A virtual gathering for CISOs with global responsibilities to discuss challenges unique to international operations.
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Content from your CISO peers
PODCAST | MAY 4, 2021
PODCAST | MAY 4, 2021
The Next Big Question, Episode 15
CIO Guy Mason of Bourne Leisure joins the podcast to share what private equity can teach us about technology value. Mason discusses his approach to evaluating technology in the M&A process and how businesses can remove complexity to increase the speed of change.
LISTEN NOWPEER PRACTICES | APRIL 26, 2021
PEER PRACTICES | APRIL 26, 2021
Building a Culture of Security Through Communication
CISO TJ Mann of Children's Mercy Hospital built a security team from the ground up and instilled a culture of security throughout the organization. Read his key steps to making cybersecurity everyone’s job and mitigating risk through stakeholder buy-in.
READ ARTICLEPODCAST | APRIL 6, 2021
PODCAST | APRIL 6, 2021
The Next Big Question, Episode 14
In this episode, we ask CIO Rob Zelinka of Jack Henry & Associates why change management is so hard for large organizations. We discuss change fatigue and the unrelenting pace of change, and Rob shares how communication and transparency can help business leaders crack the change management code.
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