Denver CISO Executive Summit

According to the 2024 Gartner CEO and Senior Business Executive Survey, CEOs’ top two areas for increased funding are technology-related, highlighting the growing importance of digital transformation and innovation for business success. For leaders, securing executive buy-in requires aligning technology initiatives directly with strategic business outcomes like revenue growth, operational efficiency, and improved customer experiences. Communicating the clear value of these investments helps leadership understand their impact, driving both competitive advantage and long-term resilience in today’s rapidly evolving market.

Join this round table discussion as peers discuss how to: 

• Align technology with core business priorities
• Demonstrate tech’s direct impact on value
• Drive innovation for long-term strategic advantage

AI, hyperautomation, and unified user experiences are reshaping how we work and compete. Are these transformations valuable, necessary, or feasible? Engage with peers to explore strategies for funding and accelerating prioritized transformations while maximizing returns on existing software investments.

Join this session to discuss:

• Modernizing applications through composable and adaptive ERP strategies
• Building digital agility to adapt to evolving business needs and minimize disruptions
• Enhancing IT systems to improve user experiences and boost operational efficiency

IT and Security Leaders must play a pivotal role in assessing corporate risk and taking action as necessary. The current state of geopolitical uncertainty leaves many variables for enterprise risk, including vendor reliability, supply chain consistency, and cyber threats.

Join this panel session to discuss:

• Understanding the latest geopolitical tensions and regulations affecting the threat landscape
• Evaluating operations in high-risk geographies to strategize resiliency
• Planning disaster recovery in the event of a geopolitical disruption

Cyber resiliency remains a top concern in 2025, yet Gartner finds many organizations focus on defining and quantifying resilience rather than improving it. Leaders must develop proactive strategies that speak to a “when, not if” mentality, ensuring business continuity when incidents occur.

Join this session to discuss:

• Developing resilient people and processes in a complex threat ecosystem
• Minimizing the impact of cyber incidents and quickly restoring operations
• Maintaining compliance amid increasing regulatory requirements

Successful AI implementation and adoption necessitate a collaborative effort across the entire enterprise. Collaboration faces hurdles in upskilling diverse teams, safeguarding AI and data, and demonstrating clear ROI across varied business units. Collaborative organizations overcome these challenges by fostering cross-functional AI teams, secure AI systems, and establishing transparent metrics, ultimately positioning them at the cutting edge of AI innovation.

Join the Global CISO and CDO of Stanley Black and Decker as they share their journey to:

• Unify teams for enterprise AI implementation
• Develop enterprise-wide AI security protocols
• Build cross-functional teams to accelerate AI innovation

Risk appetite fails when it is expressed in fuzzy, imprecise terms. Repositioning risk appetite in the context of investment and value delivery creates a measurable scale of risk that powers a new type of governance.

Join this session to learn:

• How concrete assertions of risk appetite can make executive decisions binding
• How can risk appetite drive risk decisions
• What scale can be used to measure risk appetite

As AI technologies rapidly evolve, the laws and ethical standards designed to govern them lag behind, creating a mismatch in the pace of innovation and regulation. This misalignment often leads to inadequate alignment with core principles such as trustworthiness, safety, and ethics. For AI leaders, mastering governance strategies that drive alignment with these core principles is key to ensuring the organization’s risk profile is effectively managed.

Join AI, cybersecurity, and IP law expert Eran Kahana as he offers actionable insights on:

• Navigating the Ethics of Cutting-Edge AI
• Deciphering Global AI Legislation Dynamics
• Mastering AI Governance for Risk Mitigation

Sensitive data movement poses risks, but outright restriction can hinder operations. Organizations need agile security frameworks to protect data in the AI and quantum era. This session explores modern security platforms that enable secure data flow and prepare for post-quantum encryption (PQE).

Join this session to learn:

• Choosing secure access methods for diverse use cases
• Adapting security to risk, user behavior and AI interactions
• Preparing for post-quantum encryption's enterprise impact

The future of business is rapidly evolving — a future where AI agents are part of the workforce, almost any process or workflow can be automated, and customers expect better, more intelligent experiences across their unstructured data. Whether that means automating loans or onboarding employees faster, applying intelligence to your unstructured data can be a pathway to stay ahead of the competition.

Join this interactive session to explore:

• Practical approaches to building an unstructured data strategy
• Robust content workflows and use cases for AI-first businesses
• Tips for optimizing while balancing your AI and security strategies