In-Person

DACH CISO Community

Executive Summit

26 November 2019 | Hilton Frankfurt City Centre

26 November 2019
Hilton Frankfurt City Centre

Join fellow CISOs for a day of peer connections, peer perspectives and Gartner insights

The Gartner DACH CISO Community Executive Summit is the community’s signature event, bringing together CISOs for a full day of immersive, peer-driven discussions and curated networking. Connect with peers who share similar priorities, exchange real-world experiences and gain data-driven insights from Gartner analysts. Walk away with practical solutions, validated strategies and valuable connections, giving you greater confidence to lead through change.

Participate in discussions on 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

DACH 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

Martin Bally

American Axle Manufacturing
CISO

Branden Newman

adidas
VP, CISO

Judith Wunschik

Siemens AG
CCSO | Gas & Power

John Petersen

Nestlé
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 DACH 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

Keynote Sessions

Steer Your Ship Through Uncertainty and Change

To open the day, Steer Your Ship through Uncertainty and Change will equip you as CISOs with the strategies and behaviours you need to navigate through the headwinds of change and uncertainty, by developing brilliant, resilient people.

Protecting Your VIPs and Your VAPs (Very Attacked People)

For years, we’ve seen attackers target organisations via their people. Now with fewer reliable exploits and more cloud adoption, we’re also seeing a shift toward attacks that exploit people, with threat actors tricking their targets into running their malware for them, handing over their credentials or simply sending data or money to an impostor. Nikki Cosgrove of Proofpoint will outline strategies for gaining visibility and mitigating risk in a people-centric threat landscape.

Join to learn:

  • Why nearly all threat actors have shifted away from technical exploits to compromise their targets
  • How organisations can leverage threat data to understand which people and departments are highly targeted
  • How to design effective protection for highly attacked, highly vulnerable, and highly privileged users


Breakout Session

Increasing Cybersecurity Awareness Through Live Hacking Sessions

Join Linus Plum, CISO of RWE, in this unique session including a quickfire case study followed by table discussions. Audience participation will be encouraged! Plum hits home in this relatable session, exploring key issues including how to:

  • Increase your security posture through phishing click rate measurement
  • Heighten security awareness across diverse and changing enterprises
  • Best practices on how to implement sophisticated and innovative security education programmes


Executive Boardroom Session

Refining the Security of OT Environments

While the stakes are massive, improving digital security for industrial environments remains a vexing problem for many organisations. Roll up your sleeves with your fellow security leaders and discuss the latest ideas to tackle several key areas in operational technology security such as:

  • Convergence of IT and OT environments
  • Best practices in OT incident response
  • Perspectives on the latest threat landscape for OT

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 C-level executives). To reserve your seat, please contact Luis Arango.


We look forward to seeing you at an upcoming in-person gathering

Gartner cares about the health and safety of our community. If you are feeling unwell, please refrain from attending the conference. At this time, Gartner does not have any health-related requirements in place for attendance. Should this change, we will follow up with updated guidance.

Location

Venue & Accommodation

Hilton Frankfurt City Centre
More Information

A block of rooms has been reserved at the Hilton Frankfurt City Centre at a reduced conference rate. Reservations should be made online or by calling +49-69-133800. Please mention DACH CISO Executive Summit to ensure the appropriate room rate.

Deadline to book using the discounted room rate of $305 (plus tax) is 1 October 2019.

Your Community Sponsors

Keynote Sponsor

Presenting Sponsors

Global Thought Leader

Boardroom Sponsors

Luxury Prize Sponsor

Community Programme Managers

For inquiries related to this community, please reach out to your dedicated contacts.

Luis Arango Abello

Senior Community Manager

+44 (0)1784 267 880

luis.arangoabello@gartner.com
Chloe Stevenson

Community Manager

+44 (0)7701 308 236

chloe.stevenson@gartner.com