Denver CIO Executive Summit

There is no doubt that the workplace has undergone an unprecedented transformation. Organizations are taking their own unique approach to the future of work. CIOs and CISOs play a critical role in this new environment to find a balance between productivity, security, sustainability, culture and wellbeing. Join this session to learn how CIOs and CISOs can provide flexibility and agility to future proof their business. Specifically, this session will cover:

• Leading a diverse and inclusive workplace through culture, process and technology
• How business transformation is forcing CIOs and CISOs to think differently about security prevention
• Inspiring future sustainability ideas and how these can be technology driven

Your digital transformation journey must be efficient, effective and secure. Where does cybersecurity fit into your post pandemic IT and digital enablement? With the recent shift in IT priorities, your CISO should be a strategic thinker and an ally who promotes security readiness as you shape your company or organization’s success.

In this session, you will explore:

• The components of an effective cybersecurity strategy that drive your program and reduce risk
• Strategies that ensure the major building blocks of your IT transformation are secured
• Ways to evolve your cybersecurity strategy to align with line of business goals

Navigating the talent pool in a post-pandemic work environment has CIOs & CISOs seeking out solutions to engage their teams and build up new talent. With employee expectations at an all-time high, CIOs & CISOs are finding that now is the time to get creative.

Join this interactive session to debate and collaborate about team building scenarios including:

• Creative ways to attract talent and generate opportunities
• Exploring ways to mentor and grow potential – diversifying skill sets
• Keeping the right people – thinking beyond just retention

Remote work environments create an increasingly complex approach to IAM models that rely on multiple connected users and machines in hybrid and multicloud environments. According to Gartner, organizations need to evolve their IAM from a set of distinct tools and processes that manage users and entitlements toward a highly flexible, integrated identity fabric that is secure, composable and distributed, and that underpins an organization’s security posture.

Join this session to discuss:

• Adopting an adaptive approach to application access to enable remote work
• Building an IAM roadmap in an evolving market
• Implementing automation tools to strengthen integration between IAM models

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 CIOs & CISOs).

To reserve your seat, please contact: Caroline Wharton at caroline.wharton@evanta.com

Cybersecurity is no longer a nice to have, it’s a front line defense that protects organizations from targeted attacks and sophisticated threat actors. Security leaders must always be one step ahead and deliver effective cybersecurity through active prevention and defense. How can CISOs mitigate threats against the attack surface, whilst providing the business and technical outcomes to both stay secure and advance business objectives?

Join this boardroom to discuss:

• Leveraging data, analytics and technology to prevent attacks

• Implementing proactive defense for businesses of all sizes to mitigate today’s threats

• Pressure-testing your incident response plan and playbooks

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 CIOs & CISOs).

To reserve your seat, please contact: Caroline Wharton at caroline.wharton@evanta.com

Connect with like-minded peers in a one-on-one setting through Evanta’s Peer-to-Peer Meetings. You will be matched with peers in your community based on your shared interests and priorities.

The goal of the modern enterprise is to be 'data-driven,' relying primarily upon quality insights to propel the organization forward. To accomplish this goal, leaders must: evangelize trusted data while embracing advanced analytics to inform decision-making, ensure data delivery is timely and relevant to analysts’ needs, and analyze market opportunities and new revenue streams with predictive models.

Join this interactive session to discuss:

• Setting data quality standards to ensure clean data
• Enabling a culture that trusts, invests and relies upon data
• Challenges that compliance introduce into data management and sharing

Data is a critical resource that all companies have, and many are continuing to improve the way they access and use it. Whether it's gaining a better customer experience, optimizing your manufacturing process, or predicting the direction your business should take, meaningful insights are hiding in the existing data. Leveraging your current resources could help you identify useful insights and use them to sharpen your organization’s competitive edge.

Join your peers to discuss:

• Working with your team to understand the value data provides to customers and the business
• Creating buy in and driving data literacy across the enterprise
• Overcoming obstacles along the data and analytics journey

The pandemic not only accelerated the pace of digital transformation— it heightened customer expectations as they now require personalized, intuitive, and immediate experiences in our increasingly digital world. However, this demand also creates a need for secure, performant, and resilient technology. That increase pushes businesses to expand their technological ecosystems and grow the way they think about interfacing with customers and employees. With this expansion and change, come inherent risks.

Join this session as your peers discuss: 

• Creating unique opportunities for business transformation
• Balancing innovation, while managing and protecting new technologies
• Implementing strategies for future-proofing a framework that allows for faster modernization

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 CIOs & CISOs).

To reserve your seat, please contact: Caroline Wharton at caroline.wharton@evanta.com

Building trust and resilience across infrastructure and security teams is key to defending the enterprise. As companies execute zero trust strategies, the partnership between CIOs, CISOs, and their teams is more important than ever.

Join this session to learn about:

• The critical components of a modern zero trust strategy
• Proven practices for infrastructure and security collaboration
• Improving internal stakeholder relationships to make the right investments and fuel business outcomes

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 CIOs & CISOs).

To reserve your seat, please contact: Caroline Wharton at caroline.wharton@evanta.com

Whether it comes from across the globe or down the street, the ever-looming threat of a ransomware attack is always in the back of the IT and security executive’s mind. Get your collaborative and creative juices flowing in this gamified choose your own adventure in responding to an attack on a third-party vendor.

In this interactive session attendees will:

• Collaborate to identify and respond to threat responses 
• Determine an appropriate response and communications plan 
• Discuss pitfalls, best practices and remediation steps