Dallas CISO Executive Summit

Governing Body members host this dinner for attendees to kick off the Executive Summit. Connect over delicious food and drinks, groove to the live music and play games. Plus, take a swing at our golf simulator for some friendly competition! Join us for an evening of networking and entertainment you won't want to miss.

Integrating a complex ecosystem across all security areas can optimize defenses without simplifying adversaries’ challenges. This approach balances robust security with efficiency, crucial for navigating generative AI and tech advancements. Achieving this requires strategic selection and consolidation of platforms to enhance agility, reduce risk, and maintain cost-effectiveness.

In this session, you’ll learn:

• The composition of an effective security architecture
• Value you can derive from a converged networking and security platform
• Common consolidation mistakes people make and how to avoid them

As the cybersecurity landscape continues to shift, CISOs are stepping up to the challenge by taking on new responsibilities. By embracing the expansion of the role and working collaboratively with other business units, CISOs are not only dedicated to securing their organization's information systems but also evolving to become better leaders for the business.

Join this interactive session to:

• Explore the shifting responsibilities of your CISO peers
• Validate strategies and uncover new ways of thinking
• Share key lessons learned and proven best practices

Even the most successful companies face challenges harnessing the full value of a robust data and AI strategy. Security leaders must keep abreast of data and AI trends to understand how to realize and prioritize greater potential at scale for optimal business value. 

In this session, you’ll learn: 

• Benefits of a unified data and AI platform 
• Customer success insights 
• Five trends for an interconnected and secure data strategy

As a CISO you're dealing with an ever-evolving set of threats and trying your best to lean in on new concepts, new technologies and new cross-functional relationships – to help protect the business. Your plate is full, and that's a lot of new on new. We get it. So, it's time to peel back the curtain and discuss some critical topics that are keeping CISOs up at night.

Join your peers and dive into this open conversation on:

• Making the business case for cloud-delivered access - Do you really need it, and who do you trust?
• Aligning with Networking leaders to address end user experience - It ain’t always pretty
• Balancing the need for innovation with the reality of the compliance check box

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 CxOs).

To reserve your seat, please contact Fernanda Casillas at fer.casillas@evanta.com

We know that a comprehensive AppSec program is critical for a successful business. With cloud-based applications expanding and AI-generated code offering both opportunities and risks, CISOs must navigate a drastically changed threat landscape. So, how can CISOs effectively manage their AppSec initiatives to ensure comprehensive security across the SDLC, despite the expanding complexities?

In this session, we’ll discuss the value of:

• Streamlining developer workflows with integrated security tools to boost developer experience
• Consolidating tools to simplify operations and tackle tool sprawl
• Utilizing AI to enhance security and increase productivity across teams

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.

Many organizations lack the capability to continuously monitor and measure the effectiveness of their security controls. Continuous control monitoring (CCM) automates the monitoring of cybersecurity controls’ effectiveness and relevant information gathering in near real time.

Join this session to explore how CISOs can:

• Improve their organization’s security posture and their own productivity
• Gain visibility on asset management, endpoint protection, secure configuration and vulnerability management
• Act as a business enabler, ensuring audit readiness and proactive risk management

Sometimes it's hard to see a future beyond ransomware, BEC and data loss. But how do we not only ensure our cyber defense teams and the workforce they protect stay afloat in the current risk landscape, while simultaneously building toward future consolidation and risk mitigation scenarios?

Join this session to discuss:

• Developing a human risk framework
• Moving human-centric security controls from reactive and manual to proactive and automated
• Leveraging AI to protect humans from themselves

Public companies have started including cybersecurity risk and incident disclosures in their 10Ks and 8Ks. What are they disclosing? How are CISOs adjusting their cybersecurity programs moving forward?

Join this boardroom to discuss:

• How technology leaders can effectively tell their company’s cybersecurity story
• Real-world examples of effective cybersecurity disclosures under the new requirements
• Championing regulations as an opportunity to cement your role as a business leader

In today's landscape, CISOs are valued for their cyber expertise, yet not all cybersecurity experience is created equal. For those aspiring to board-level positions, how can they ready themselves for success?

In this keynote session, delve into:

• The significance of certifications, education, and networking
• Embracing a business-centric approach and cultivating a broad skill set
• Essential financial, strategic, and interpersonal capabilities