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September 2, 2025 | Davio's
September 2, 2025
Davio's
Join Boston's top CISOs for an intimate networking dinner and facilitated discussion on key business challenges. Enjoy a relaxed evening of dinner and drinks with your peers to share best practices, make new connections and build professional relationships.
Join your peers to discuss the most critical issues impacting CISOs today:
Aligning cybersecurity with business goals to encourage strategic growth
Expanding CISO roles to drive organizational impact and security innovation
The Governing Body Co-Chairs shape the discussion topics and 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
4:30pm - 5:30pm Executive Networking Reception
5:30pm - 6:30pm Discussion Topics
The rapid evolution of cyber threats and technological advancements over the past year has introduced both unprecedented challenges and opportunities for organizations worldwide. Now more than ever, cybersecurity leaders must drive organizational success by integrating security initiatives with business objectives.
Gartner predicts that by 2027, nearly half of CISOs will expand their remit beyond cybersecurity, due to increasing regulatory pressure and attack surface expansion. To meet this moment, security leaders must adopt strategic leadership approaches that leverage collaboration and innovation to optimize cybersecurity investments, enhance resilience, and drive organizational growth -- all while navigating and defending against increasingly more sophisticated and high-frequency attacks.
Join this peer-led roundtable to discuss:
6:30pm - 7:00pm Networking Break
7:00pm - 8:00pm Summary Discussion & Dinner
8:00pm - 9:00pm Social Hour
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