
Southern California CISO Inner Circle
September 25, 2019 | Dodger Stadium
September 25, 2019
Dodger Stadium
Collaborate with your peers
Get together with your peers to tackle top business challenges through peer-driven content and discussions at the Southern California CISO Inner Circle.
Join your peers to discuss the most critical issues impacting CISOs today:
Strategies for a risk-aligned, resilient organization
Developing and investing in the security workforce of tomorrow
Creating business value and supporting agile business operations
Southern California 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

Bently Au
AEG Worldwide
VP, CISO

Nikolay Chernavsky
PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust
SVP & CISO

Matt Crouse
Taco Bell Corporation
Director of Information Security

Delaram Divi
Dine Brands Global
VP, CISO

Arthur Lessard
Universal Music Group and Brands
SVP & CSO

Dan Meacham
Legendary Entertainment
Vice President, Security & Operations

Nick Reva
Snap Inc.
Security Engineering Lead

Marty Simmons
Kite Pharma
Director, IT Security & Compliance

Terrence Weekes
Jack in the Box
CISO
Agenda
September 25, 2019
4:00pm - 5:00pm Executive Networking Reception
5:00pm - 6:30pm Discussion Topics
An Embedded and Sustainable Culture of Security

Kimberly Ebright
VP & Chief Privacy Officer
loanDepot
Eddie Galang
Chief Information Security Officer
Port of Long Beach
Wes Gavins
CISO
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Gary Martino
Director of Information Security
AMN Healthcare

Michael Mongold
Director, Information Security
Deckers Brands
Jared Phillips
Digital Security Manager
Red Bull
A.J. Soria
Director of Information Security
Age of Learning
Chris Niggel
Sr. Director, Security & Compliance
Okta
Do you know who your champions are? Just as risk management is about so much more than being compliant, creating a culture of security requires more than baseline awareness. It’s about creating champions – in your Board, employees, and your customers. It’s also about enmeshing security into the heart of your digital vision and core business processes with security-first mindsets. Uncover tangible steps with your peers to weave security into the fabric of your organization’s culture and competitive position.
Processes and Planning
- Where does responsibility for security lie within your organization (and where should it lie)? Centralized within a single group, across several groups, with department heads?
- When launching digital initiatives, what are some tactics you’ve employed to bring security into the conversation early and continuously?
- What tools or frameworks (SOAR tools, virtualization, etc) do you use to gain insight into evolving systems, devices, things, and data across your environment? How do you maintain visibility into new tools and initiatives that may increase risk?
One Size Fits None?
- Security awareness needs are unique to every organization: How successful would you consider your current security awareness programs, and how do you measure them?
- Moving past awareness and into engagement: how do you tailor security education for every part of the business (first-level to the Board)? What are some strategies that work to embed security into everyday activities and functions?
- Do you have/are you planning to launch a “security champion” program? How do you identify and train potential champions, and with whom should CISOs partner to lead/launch the program?
Thriving and Sustainable
- How do you continuously draw clear connections between business objectives and risk?
- How do you balance business autonomy and scale in deploying new digital technologies with security controls? What safeguards need to be in place?
- Digital customers (internal and external) expect a level of personal control and customization – how should CISOs look at delivering on those expectations while still minimizing risk?
- As a security leader, how do you specifically build your influence in the organization, and the influence of the security function?
6:30pm - 7:00pm Networking Break
7:00pm - 8:00pm Summary Discussion & Dinner
8:00pm - 9:00pm Social Hour
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