Global Executive Summit

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Craig Cat Adventure – 9am-12pm

Lowcountry Cooking Challenge – 11am-2pm

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Five early-stage emerging providers will get the chance to pitch their new and innovative solutions to the most pressing cybersecurity challenges before a panel of influential global enterprise CISOs for coaching and feedback. This session will open with a conversation, led by security investor and former CISO Jay Leek, on the current realities of the cybersecurity startup landscape and best practices for working with early-stage providers.

"The Pitch" presenters include:

• Rishi Bhargava, Co-Founder, Demisto
• Brian Contos, CISO and VP of Technology & Innovation, Verodin
• Ajit Sancheti, CEO & Co-Founder, Preempt
• Ram Varadarajan, CEO, Acalvio
• Nik Whitfield, CEO, Panaseer

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For every challenge, imagine having the Fortune 500 CISO community readily available for guidance and advice. CISOs are invited to join this informational meeting to learn more about the CISO Coalition and the power of peer-to-peer collaboration.

Come reconnect with your peers and maximize the value of your Global CISO networking experience by sharing your best practices on creating a diverse workplace featuring introductory remarks from Catharina Budiharto, Juan Gomez-Sanchez, and Karla Thomas. 

This session is brought to you exclusively by Vectra. It is open only to practitioner attendees and Governing Body members.

The Governing Body invites attendees to kick off the Global CISO Executive Summit with a welcome reception featuring introductory remarks from Emily Heath, VP & CISO for United Airlines, and Miller Newton, President and CEO of PKWARE.

As board members hunger for new technology information and security insights, communication is central. However, much of this information is either misunderstood or too technical. How can CISOs streamline the process and provide more digestible information? For the board to make decisions regarding an organization’s security and risk posture, they need quantitative information framed in the context of relevant business concerns. This interactive panel is a chance to baseline your security communication and explore context around the metrics that will resonate with your board and drive decisions.

As the speed, scope and volume of cyberattacks grows, organizations turn to security automation to fortify their defenses. Some threats are beyond human capabilities to perceive and accurately predict risk scenarios. By standardizing time-consuming processes and prioritizing the biggest threats, you can fine-tune your automation to evolve with the ever-changing threat landscape. What automated tools exist to prevent risks from becoming reality? How can you build cross-organizational consensus to pursue automation? Join fellow CISOs as they discuss the challenges of automating security and how to implement successful strategies.

At a time when security professionals fuel business-enablement strategy and enhance bottom-line value, a true crisis in consumer confidence stands in their way. Stories of high-profile breaches and data privacy violations proliferate, and trust is at an all-time low. Rebuilding this trust isn’t about bold declarations or the outdated defense of higher walls and deeper moats; it’s about anticipating, preparing for, and responding to threats before, during, and after the attack. And while this kind of resilience is easy to talk about, following through demands a new kind of vigilance and leadership. This interactive session will help you assess your resilience, explore strategies to enhance it and equip you with your greatest competitive advantage – trust.

Whether budgets are robust or restrictive, infosec teams are often skeptical about diverting dollars away from technical tools so they can better fund awareness training. Fortune 500 CISO Alan Levine felt the same — until a nation-state attack on his organization led him to reexamine employees’ roles in cybersecurity and the value of defense-in-depth strategies at users’ desktops. Join us to hear how Levine’s journey with awareness training went from skeptic to advocate.

The Breakaway Leadership Awards honor global CISOs who drive exceptional impact, innovation and influence. This is one of the most coveted, anticipated and influential CISO leadership award programs of the year, made even more special because winners are selected by their peers.

Data is the lifeblood of the digital business. It’s the intellectual property that differentiates, the engine of decision-making, and the conduit between your organization and your customers. Its ubiquity and importance mean that data vulnerability is something we all have a stake in. Successful organizations will be those that provide the right data to the right people at the right time, protect that which is essential to their customers and partners, and build resiliency and defense into their very culture. The resulting trust ecosystem impacts your leadership capabilities, your teams and your consumers. This interactive keynote is a pop-quiz on trust – how you build it, how you grow it, and you how you keep it safe.

The Breakaway Leadership Awards honor global CISOs who drive exceptional impact, innovation and influence. This is one of the most coveted, anticipated and influential CISO leadership award programs of the year, made even more special because winners are selected by their peers.

As a CISO, your work has a higher purpose. Your successes – and failures – reach far beyond your organizations and into the lives of real people across the world. With so much at stake, you can’t afford to have sub-par talent, miss out on ground-breaking innovations, or shoulder the entire cybersecurity load alone.By tapping into the power of your Global network, you don’t have to. In this session, representatives from higher education, government, and the non-profit world converge, expanding your power to address these critical challenges.You’ll choose those most worthy of partnership as you work to close the security capabilities gap and win the cyber war. 

The live sports experience is about more than who won or what appears on the JumboTron. Increasingly, fans expect interactive, technology-driven, multi-media immersion. Meeting this demand – securely – requires an equally technological response and true partners. A consortium of leaders across professional sports is collaborating at the nexus of security to protect customers and enable business. By incorporating IoT security strategies and leveraging AI, machine learning, and blockchain, these pro sports CISOs are executing a winning game plan. In this conversation, they share their approach to collaboration, innovation and next-generation security in the big leagues.

In an increasingly competitive landscape, new thinking, new technology and new ways of doing business are essential. But to securely embrace and leverage innovation, CISOs must be fully aligned to the strategy and execution of the organization – not reacting to change, but a critical part of driving it forward. Join this session to unpack the elements of secure, practical innovation and share straightforward perspectives on embedding security leadership into the fabric of the tech-driven business.

Identity management, authentication and authorization have been particularly difficult for businesses to manage effectively and inexpensively, leaving doors open for fraud and other business risks. The need for multi-factor authentication is obvious, but cost-effective solutions are elusive. There is one common mechanism that can shift this challenge that many already possess: mobile devices and their registration to the network. How can this shared infrastructure help to simplify and improve security? Brian Rexroad will address the possibilities and advantages of network capabilities in conjunction with mobile devices that provide multi-factor authentication and identity management.

Far too often, security leaders find themselves reacting - to new threats, new technologies, new competitors. But as a business leader, today's CISO is uniquely positioned to flip this narrative, seizing control of change and wielding it to empower the enterprise. Mobility and cloud capabilities are transforming the nature of work, with or without the support or even knowledge of the larger business. By placing security at the forefront of this ongoing evolution, CISOs can be the tip of the spear for innovative change, safely and securely. This session examines the evolving nature of work and the ways CISOs can be a driving force for proactive change.

*This session is for sponsor solution providers only.*

The lines that once separated security, service providers, and the business have vanished. For most organizations, the question is no longer “buy or build,” but rather “buy how much.” With this shift, CISOs expect their vendors to be true partners committed to the success – and accountable to the failure – of their business. The push and pull of this relationship will prove essential to the security and vitality of global organizations, and in this candid, interactive session, you and your peers will share the secrets, frustrations, and successes of strategic partnership at a critical time for the future of security services.    

In preparation for this session, please comment in the Evanta Events app with your Top 5 technology-related challenges. We will use this data to drive more meaningful conversation.

At a time when “solutions,” tools, and everything-as-a-service multiply daily, CISOs must be able to count on strategic partners as true extensions of their business. Third-party organizations empower transformation, support innovation, and facilitate evolving security capabilities, but capturing these benefits demands absolute alignment between vendor and enterprise. In a crowded marketplace, how do CISOs look beyond mere cost to determine the best fit for their strategies? What are the keys to building a relationship – down to the contract level – that is more than transactional? How do you ensure your partners take their own security as seriously as you take yours? Join this discussion of peers to share best practices for successfully building genuinely strategic alliances with your vendor partners.

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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.

To reserve your seat, please contact:
Christa Pusateri at 386-965-4817 or christa.pusateri@evanta.com

By definition, digital transformation is comprehensive. The digital revolution touches every aspect of your business, including the ways you connect with consumers. Interactive websites, dynamic advertising, consumer applications, eCommerce platforms – these make up the digital front door for your customers, but all too often it’s more swinging saloon door than bank vault safe. Myriad partnerships, administrators, developers, and vendors make these digital touchpoints a permeable space for data, creating vulnerabilities that can be easily overlooked. This session identifies opportunities for greater visibility and security in the evolving relationship with your digital customers.

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.
To reserve your seat, please contact:
Christa Pusateri at 386-965-4817 or christa.pusateri@evanta.com

You’ve got big plans for your security organization. Bullet-proof data, world-class phishing awareness training, cloud-first strategies, security-fueled innovation; your business will have it all – if you can sell it to your key stakeholders on the board and across the C-suite. Metrics and stats matter when it comes to communicating security and risk to the board, but what really moves the needle is a story the business understands, told in its own terms. In this session, you’ll work alongside your peers to develop communication strategies that stick, sharpening your security position as leaders and garnering the resources and support you need to excel.

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.

To reserve your seat, please contact:
Christa Pusateri at 386-965-4817 or christa.pusateri@evanta.com

The fundamental building blocks of deception technology can empower the enterprise to detect and quarantine attackers. Gadi Evron will lead this discussion on the basics and values of emerging deception technology and the pain points it solves. What predictable patterns are you seeing in attackers and how could they have been caught by cyber deception? How can CISOs build an effective deception capability, rather than just implementing a new technology? Join this discussion to uncover the considerations and challenges of creating a deception program.

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.

To reserve your seat, please contact:
Christa Pusateri at 386-965-4817 or christa.pusateri@evanta.com

The cloud has answered the enterprise call for agility, speed, and mobility at a global scale. Cloud-based apps can be deployed in record time – driving your business forward but threatening to compromise your security posture. CISOs eager to enable business performance and innovation must reimagine a cloud-first architecture, maintaining visibility and controls, and expanding authentication oversight and identity management. Join your peers to develop fresh perspectives and explore new ways to meet the challenges and opportunities of real-time security for the cloud-driven business.

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.

To reserve your seat, please contact:
Christa Pusateri at 386-965-4817 or christa.pusateri@evanta.com

Cloud-first initiatives are moving infrastructure out of the direct oversite of information security teams. This increases the reliance on identity as the last line of defense. As a result, identity access management has evolved from an administrative function to a core security function. But is identity the end all, be all for security, especially for companies envisioning a hybrid environment as an interim or end state? Join this interactive session that explores identity’s increasing vital role in modern security architectures and innovative ways to combine identity and identity analytics with the traditional security disciplines to more effectively deter, detect and remediate breaches.

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.
To reserve your seat, please contact:
Christa Pusateri at 386-965-4817 or christa.pusateri@evanta.com

Unlike the royal family, your organization's "crown jewels" aren't just artifacts in museums behind thick glass. They're out in the world - shared with suppliers, collaborated on with partners, and examined by clients - beyond your view and control. Collaboration is essential for your organization's workflows and success, but this leaves your crown jewels vulnerable to unauthorized access and misuse. This vulnerability demands a fundamental shift away from traditional security models and toward a data-centric strategy that protects your most sensitive intellectual property, no matter where it travels. This interactive conversation explores this strategic shift and examines its implementation, operational impact, and the ways in which a data-centric approach drives genuine business value - securely and at scale.

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.
To reserve your seat, please contact:
Christa Pusateri at 386-965-4817 or christa.pusateri@evanta.com

The Breakaway Leadership Awards honor global CISOs who drive exceptional impact, innovation and influence. This is one of the most coveted, anticipated and influential CISO leadership award programs of the year, made even more special because winners are selected by their peers.

Being a CISO involves strategizing based on the big picture. But companies are only as strong as the connections between members, and it’s the details of a CISO’s relationships that determine the future of the security organization. New York Times bestselling author Keith Ferrazzi will open the day by sharing insights from his groundbreaking work with Fortune 1000 companies on human behavior change in the workplace.  The most progressive companies are developing their people to lead without authority by embracing “co-elevation” as a way of working.  By looking across our networks and committing to being of service to each other, CISOs can ensure long-term success for their organizations through the incredible power of connection.

CISO Coalition members are invited to join this meeting to hear their peer's latest insights, share solutions to challenges and discuss what's next for the CISO Coalition.

Reacting after the fact is no longer good enough. By learning how to spot disruptions before they disrupt and problems before you have them, leaders can accelerate innovation, growth and results. Daniel Burrus draws on decades of research as he presents his Hard-Trend methodology, which he’s employed at leading companies worldwide to help CISOs learn to anticipate trends, recognize previously invisible opportunities and solve challenges faster. Join Burrus as he shares how to apply this competency in life and in business — positioning your organization as the disruptor, not the disrupted.

Security’s value to the enterprise doesn’t stop at protection, and a robust security posture doesn’t simply mean throwing resources at the problem (or a vendor). CISOs understand that the right approach to cybersecurity enables the business, drives revenue, and differentiates your organizations from your competitors. Opportunity abounds, and this session showcases security leaders that have seized it through innovation, creative partnerships, and the building of consumer and stakeholder trust.

How prepared is your organization for a major cyberattack? Immerse yourself in this two-part breach simulation through Booz Allen’s interactive BREACHED! Wargame and experience a major cyberattack without risking a thing. Explore the pitfalls and power plays of a major cyberattack scenario, with none of the danger. Working with facilitators, you’ll manage a fictional company and coordinate your team’s response efforts. Learn firsthand what makes for an effective cyber risk management approach, what assumptions should drive response plans and how to prioritize threats and risks. 

Info-sec was long the domain of IT – familiar technology stacks and architectures, aligned under a CIO. But technological innovation is now the fuel of the business, creating a connected, IoT-driven ecosystem expanding the role of security in every direction across the enterprise. The traditional purview of the CISO now encompasses IT, OT and even product-development technology, creating the potential for silos, disparate operational protocol, and copious vulnerabilities. To persevere, CISOs must reinvent themselves as leaders, embrace new ways of thinking and forge new relationships in the business. In this roundtable, top CISOs will examine strategies for growth when the technologies of today and tomorrow demand a new kind of executive.

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.

To reserve your seat, please contact:
Christa Pusateri at 386-965-4817 or christa.pusateri@evanta.com

It can often feel as if the CISO is on their own when it comes to developing and executing security awareness strategies. Whether carving out the time and resources, engaging employees and building educational programs, or measuring efficacy, awareness is a monumental task that requires executive support and partnership across the business. This interactive session gives you the chance to boost the potency of your program with a double shot of expertise and peer input. Join for a no-holds-barred roundtable focused on best practices, success stores, horror stories, metrics and everything in between.

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.

To reserve your seat, please contact:
Christa Pusateri at 386-965-4817 or christa.pusateri@evanta.com

The ongoing digital evolution of the enterprise and agility-enabling cloud initiatives are essential drivers of innovation – and drivers of enormous, complex environments at a global level. This speed and scale demand a similarly robust identity governance program. From access management and compliance to virtualization and automation, CISOs must build comprehensive identity strategies as nimble as the businesses they support. This engaging conversation focuses on the challenging present and promising future of IAM and identity governance in a time of accelerating transformation.

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.

To reserve your seat, please contact:
Christa Pusateri at 386-965-4817 or christa.pusateri@evanta.com

John P. Carlin, Former Chief of Staff to FBI Director Mueller and National Security Lawyer, Department of Justice, provides a geopolitical security update. 

Then join your peers to reflect on shared challenges and get answers to some of your burning questions, using the Sli.do polling app. What challenge can they help you solve? What’s their view on diversity, SOC, what's coming next? Join the conversation at Slido.com #GLOCISO.

Technology has forever transformed the enterprise, ushering in an era of constant change moving at an accelerating pace. Security leadership must be at the steering wheel of the business, providing diverse value, enhanced capability, and lightning speed across the organization. To execute this vision, security executives must build new teams capable of meeting myriad challenges. In this keynote, three top CISOs pull back the curtain, sharing in detail the ways in which they organize their teams and reporting structures, empower the business, and develop the necessary talent for the digital security organization of today – and tomorrow.

It’s no secret that the role of the CISO is enormous and complex. Underlying all the emerging technology, evolving processes, and threat intelligence lies perhaps the most complicated aspect of security leadership – people. Whether it’s privacy, awareness training, global regulatory bodies, integration after M&A activity, or change management, the human element of security is a constant variable. In this interactive peer-to-peer session, CISOs will share their challenges, stresses, and even triumphs on connecting with and leading the people behind the secure enterprise.

Third-party relationships are vital to every organization, but every partnership amplifies your own risk. Visibility is key to mitigating this risk, but how can you gauge the cybersecurity health of a third party when you can’t see inside their organization? By taking an outside look at measures like the uniformity and timeliness of responses, you can achieve greater visibility into an organization’s greatest risk factor – human behavior. SecurityScorecard will explain how to gain visibility into organizational cybersecurity risk and why behavioral analytics provide the best, most predictive insights into third-party security posture.

The latest threat intelligence reporting – from sources as varied as the Department of Homeland Security and The New York Times – shows increased attacks and vulnerabilities on ERP, business-critical applications. In this climate, vigilance is essential, but new and aggressive malware, along with the proliferation of cloud, mobile, and digital transformation, have expanded your attack surface. In this session, we’ll share the Top 10 mitigation tactics at your disposal and explore the “how” and the “why” of cybercriminals, hacktivists, and nation states targeting your ERP environment.