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June 24, 2025 | Hyatt Regency Boston/ Cambridge
June 24, 2025
Hyatt Regency Boston/ Cambridge
Get together with Boston's top CISOs to tackle shared business challenges and critical priorities facing your role today. Participate in this one-day, local program with peer-driven topics and interactive discussions with your true C-level peers.
Join your peers to discuss the most critical issues impacting CISOs today:
Empowering CISOs to Develop & Communicate IAM Protocols to Strengthen Security Posture
Fostering a Security Culture — CISOs Adopting New Policies Prompted by AI
Creating Robust DLP Strategies to Up Your Risk Management Game
The Governing Body Co-Chairs shape the summit agenda, ensuring that all content is driven By CISOs, For CISOs®.
Julie Fitton
Analog Devices
CISO
Eric Galis
Cengage
CISO
Javed Ikbal
Bright Horizons
VP/CISO
Brian McGowan
SharkNinja
CISO
Ravi Thatavarthy
Rite Aid
Chief Information Security Officer
Gernette Wright
Schneider Electric North America
IT Security Officer
8:00am - 8:30am Registration & Breakfast
8:30am - 9:15am Keynote
Chris Ulrich
Body Language Expert
Guest Speaker
Uncovering the mysteries of body language — how people communicate their thoughts and feelings without saying a word — is a decisive first step toward mastering any business and social situation. Top executives know that detecting split-second signals from your team and leadership then taking immediate action is crucial to being a persuasive communicator and problem-solver especially during tricky internal matters or high-level negotiations.
During this session you will learn how to:
9:15am - 9:40am Networking Break
9:40am - 10:25am Breakout Session
Hosted by Mimecast
Details coming soon!
9:40am - 10:25am Breakout Session
Pat Ford
Chief Information Security Officer, Americas
Schneider Electric North America
Fostering true cyber resiliency requires balancing preparation across the organization with what actually unfolds during a major event. Hear the behind-the-scenes stories of events highlighted in the news from the CISOs who led their teams through them. Then take part in activity to see how prepared you really are compared to your peers. Because we all know, it’s not if it’s going to happen… but when.
Join this session to explore with peers:
9:40am - 10:25am Executive Boardroom
Hosted by Akamai
Patrick Sullivan
VP, CTO, Security Strategy
Akamai Technologies
In today’s dynamic landscape of escalating business complexity, evolving threats, and global regulatory demands, real-time situational awareness is critical for mitigating material risks. What strategies can organizations employ to effectively integrate people, processes, and technology for proactive threat assessment and management?
Join this session to explore:
10:25am - 11:10am Networking Break
10:35am - 11:00am Peer-to-Peer Meetings
Connect with like-minded peers in a one-on-one setting through Peer-to-Peer Meetings. You will be matched with peers in your community based on your shared interests and priorities.
11:10am - 11:55am Breakout Session
Robert Sullivan
CISO, VP Technology Shared Services
Agero
Conflict reigns in the high-pressure worlds of cyber governance, cyber engineering, IT Infrastructure, and development teams. They all have their unique goals that are critical to the success of the organization but interactions between the teams are often ineffective and counterproductive. How do we navigate this natural tension and lead the teams to joint success?
Join this session to discuss:
11:10am - 11:55am Executive Boardroom
Hosted by Fastly
Marshall Erwin
CISO
Fastly
Details coming soon!
11:55am - 12:30pm Lunch Service
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A block of rooms has been reserved at the Hyatt Regency Boston/ Cambridge at a reduced conference rate. Reservations should be made online or by calling (617) 492-1234.
Deadline to book using the discounted room rate of $399 USD (plus tax) is June 2, 2025.
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