Executive Summit

In the high-stakes arena of billion-dollar enterprises, resilience isn't just an asset; it's a necessity. This session draws on cutting-edge neuroscience and biohacking protocols to equip CISOs with practical, brain-based tools to rewire stress responses, reclaim cognitive bandwidth, and build unbreakable mental fitness with the goal of leveraging personal resilience for strategic advantage. 

Attendees will learn strategies for:

• Biohacking Stress & Recovery: Apply targeted neuroscience tools to combat burnout and maintain sharp decision-making under pressure
• Building Daily Resilience Habits: Implement micro-biohacks and boundary strategies to counter alert fatigue, decision depletion, and chronic overload for sustained leadership
• Leading with Adaptive Brain Optimization: Use brain science to enhance focus and agility, governing emerging risks while fostering resilient teams

In today’s high-stakes M&A environment, cybersecurity is more than a technical checkpoint—it’s a critical driver of deal success and enterprise value. As boards increasingly recognize the impact of cyber risk on M&A outcomes, the role of the CISO is evolving from operational guardian to strategic business partner. And when acquisitions cross international borders, the challenges of securing these transactions scale dramatically—introducing new complexities that CISOs must address alongside standard risks.

In this panel discussion, CISOs who have recently navigated both domestic and international M&A will share firsthand accounts of the unique challenges, surprises, and successes they encountered, and offer strategies for:

• Balancing swift deal execution with robust risk management
• Building adaptable playbooks to standardize due diligence and integration across diverse environments
• Fostering a unified security culture post-acquisition

As the digital threat landscape intensifies, CISOs are not only at the forefront of safeguarding their organization—they themselves are also on the front lines as one of the most frequently attacked users in any enterprise. And even seasoned security leaders can benefit from re-examining how they're securing their own digital footprints in this era of more sophisticated social engineering and AI-enabled attacks.

Join this session to explore and share ideas for:

• Recognizing the vulnerabilities of the CISO position as a high-value target for attackers 
• Up-leveling personal vigilance as CISOs become (more) public figures 
• Leveraging your own example to educate and empower your executives and organization

Executives and their families are now prime targets for converging physical and cyber threats, expanding risk far beyond the corporate perimeter. CISOs must address overlapping vulnerabilities and bridge security silos to protect both personal and professional spheres.

Join this boardroom to discuss:

• Conducting holistic threat assessments for executive risk
• Bridging IT and physical security teams for unified protection
• Implementing comprehensive strategies for safeguarding leaders

AI is no longer experimental. It is embedded across development pipelines, cloud services, SaaS platforms, and operational workflows. Yet most AI security conversations remain narrowly focused on model risk or prompt injection. For CISOs, the challenge is broader: how to establish control over AI across the enterprise lifecycle - from code to cloud to runtime execution - without slowing innovation. 

Join this boardroom to discuss:

• Managing non-human identities, AI agents and blast radius expansion
• Aligning DevOps, Cloud Security, AppSec and Governance under a unified AI risk framework
• Measuring and reporting AI exposure at the board level