Seattle CIO Executive Summit

Governing Body members host this session for attendees to launch the event with an evening of peer networking, a specialty holiday cocktail, and a charity activity to give back to the local community. 

Cybercrime and cybercrime activities are not only increasing exponentially each year, but also easier to execute successfully. Complicated attack crime toolkits can be created or purchased easily, making sophisticated attacks more attainable. Furthermore, the changing geopolitical and economic landscapes have provided State-sponsored threat attackers with unlimited resources to target NGOs and critical resources.

In this session we will examine:

• Techniques, tools and deceptions threat actors use to bypass perimeter security, compromise cloud environments, and manipulate users
• Methods cybercriminals use to cover tracks and stay hidden
• Both cloud and on-premise strategies on how to protect your organization from motivated and sophisticated attackers

Technology is no longer just an enabler of employee productivity; it is invaluable empowerment. To thrive in a world teeming with opportunity and potential pitfalls, organizations must create deeply considered strategies that include intelligent IT, empathic leadership, secure platforms, and tech empowerment.

Join this session to discuss:

• Securing and simplifying the digital landscape while navigating evolving user requirements
• Designing efficient workflows to meet modern work challenges
• Leveraging technology to foster flexibility, collaboration and trust across the dispersed enterprise

Actionable data is key to remain competitive in the marketplace. Yet, the growing volume of data spread across many clouds and applications presents a challenge for data governance and protection. A data fabric architecture can abstract away the technological complexities to provide ‘always on’ reliable compliance.

Join this interactive boardroom to discuss:

• Reducing compliance and audit costs and risks
• Balancing data protection with innovation through highly automated governance
• Leveling up governance and compliance efforts by automatically applying policies and rules to data assets 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 

(seating priority is given to CIOs & CISOs).

To reserve your seat, please contact: Tony Stach

Tony.Stach@evanta.com

As the adoption of enterprise SaaS grows, high-profile SaaS application data breaches are also on the rise. CISOs are ultimately responsible for the security of their organization’s data, including access by third party applications, and must implement appropriate security settings and data governance for their environments. The challenge, the most widely used gateway architecture solutions don’t deliver visibility into the complex, unique characteristics of different SaaS applications.

Join this Boardroom to discuss:

• How to gain immediate visibility into what data can be accessed by all types of users and integrations, including third party applications
• How to build the business case for a comprehensive SaaS security program, including funding sources
• How to integrate security into the Software Development Lifecycle to improve DevSecOps during the product development process

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: 

Tony Stach at Tony.Stach@evanta.com

The World Economic Forum named creativity one of the top must-have skills for success in all industries. It is the key to thriving in this era of rapid innovation and change. But very few organizations have truly invested in the development of this essential capability. Why? Because creativity is considered too intangible to measure, too messy to fit into a strategic plan or simply something that is only for a few specially talented people.  In this engaging presentation, Artist/Author Noah Scalin pulls back the curtain on his own creative practice to explain the real ROI of creativity.

In this session, we will learn:

• Why creativity is a crucial skill for fostering innovation at your organization
• How to use creativity strategically for long-term impact
• Simple strategies that anyone can use to innovate, grow and inspire others

The scope of the technology leaders' responsibilities expands beyond borders and beyond managing the IT and security of an organization.  They must be business leaders looking to add value to a company, talent leaders finding the right employees and adaptive leaders who first need to identify the problem before they can solve it.  So, what’s in the job description?

Join this session to hear the panelists discuss:

• Preparing for what the technology leadership role will entail in the coming years
• Delivering at the bottom line while juggling other responsibilities company-wide
• Strategizing how to be an agile leader who enables others to make quick decisions

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 this interactive session attendees will:

• Collaborate to identify threat responses
• Respond to choices and forces out of their control
• Discuss pitfalls and best practices

IAM systems are the digital keys to your company’s castle. But the transition to remote, connect anywhere computing means there are thousands of keys created every day, each one exponentially increasing the risk of unauthorized access through any one of the systems your users access daily. So if identity is now the ultimate perimeter and that perimeter is constantly expanding and becoming more complex, how do you build a defense structure capable of protecting it?

During this peer-discussion you will explore:

• The role of zero trust in access management
• How to implement IAM tools without negatively impacting the user experience or core business operations
• How to engage other stakeholders and functions on their access needs to move beyond surface-level coordination

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: 

Tony Stach at Tony.Stach@evanta.com

Managing distributed risk is today’s defining cybersecurity challenge. Mitigation of zero-day vulnerabilities is critical as adversaries exploit supply chain entities. This session explores how to identify all third parties impacted by zero-day vulnerabilities and guide their mitigation efforts. Your vendor, supplier, and partner ecosystem is now your enterprise attack surface.

Join this session to learn:

• How to manage distributed risk associated with hundreds and even thousands of vendors, suppliers, and partners 
• Approaches to identify, prioritize, and mitigate active threats and critical/zero-day vulnerabilities 
• Strategies to reduce supply chain/external ecosystem risk associated with zero-day

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: 

Tony Stach at Tony.Stach@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.

Threat actors constantly target customer passwords, which is why many CISOs view passwordless as a big leap in authentication security. Eliminating passwords is essential, but attackers are still able to takeover customer accounts or create their own fake accounts with more sophisticated methods. To close off all threat vectors and improve the customer experience, identity professionals must take a comprehensive CIAM approach to assess risk and trust throughout the lifecycle of the user journey, from first registration and passwordless authentication to account recovery.

This session explores:

• The role of passwordless authentication in improving protection and customer experience
• How attackers are invading accounts at other points in the identity lifecycle
• Why companies must take a more comprehensive approach to account protection, inclusive of passwordless authentication
• How to deliver security-first CIAM without compromising the user experience

Alaska Airlines has always had a culture of world-class customer experience. But continuing this legacy requires continuous innovation. When innovation can mean so many things, how do you operationalize it to effectively lead change across the organization? As Senior Vice President Merchandising & Innovation, Charu Jain has taken on the mantle to define and transform the customer experience.

Join this session to learn about:

• Defining innovation with the board
• Working with teams across the business to operationalize innovation
• Empowering employees with the information they need to transform the customer experience

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 sponsored by Fastly 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: Tony Stach

Tony.Stach@evanta.com

Since cybercriminals never rest, a sound SOC - staffed by the right people using the right tools in the right way - should be a key part of your cyber defense strategy. Whether your security operations program is completely in-house, outsourced, or operating in a hybrid model you’ll want to measure its effectiveness. How do you think about measuring efficacy and how do these metrics feedback into your program to increase operational maturity over time?

In this session you will discuss:

• Volume and trend metrics that speak to effectiveness; what does good look like?
• How does automation come into play and how do you monitor what the robots are doing?
• What impact does this have on hiring and ongoing job satisfaction?

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: Tony Stach

Tony.Stach@evanta.com

Join this keynote for a collaborative discussion between the CIO & CISO of Cambia Health Solutions.