Toronto CISO Executive Summit

Governing Body members host this reception for attendees to open the event with an evening of peer networking and an opportunity to participate in a team building challenge. 

Team work, creativity, and perseverance, are just a few of the skills your team will need to win this unique Minute to Win it style game show! A combination of skill testing challenges and brain teasers will have your team firing on all cylinders. 

As the attack surface continues to grow and the number of attacks increases, there still remains a gap when it comes to validating the effectiveness and accuracy of the enterprise’s cyber posture. Hackers are on 24/7, so how can CISOs validate their defenses like a hacker for round-the-clock assurance?

Join this interactive conversation to:

• Organize and execute testing
• Turn the report into an action plan
• What to share with clients and auditors

Customer Identity and Access Management is the backbone required to orchestrate and deliver digital business strategy. As these market dynamics shift and customer requirements evolve, organizations must adapt their CIAM strategies to meet the developing requirements.

Join this session to discuss:

• Understanding and taking advantage of CIAM trends
• Enabling consistent and trustworthy omnichannel experiences for customers and external partners
• Tracking identity-centered security vulnerabilities in multi-cloud environments

Data doesn’t move itself. People—whether they are negligent, compromised or malicious—move data in secure and risky ways. The growth in remote work from anywhere and everywhere has redefined the global security perimeter and increased the risk of insider-led data loss for organizations. At the same time, the frequency and volume of insider threats keeps rising, placing a significant burden on security teams to keep pace. Where do you start to stop insider threats?

Join this session to discuss:

• Moving beyond legacy data loss prevention approaches
• Managing insider threats and risks in your organization
• Increasing visibility across multiple channels to accelerate incident response

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 Nick Hall at nick.hall@evanta.com

At cyberattacks increase in sophistication and severity, financial losses have been acute. Because of this, Cybersecurity insurance is continuously evolving. Should your ransomware tool kit include cybersecurity insurance?

Join this roundtable session to discuss:

• The current state of the cyber insurance market given increased frequency/severity of cyber events
• Level of engagement needed from CISO’s to drive strong renewal results
• What value is really afforded to organizations who carry cyber insurance

Digital transformation is a powerful business enabler that is compelling leaders to fundamentally change their technology ecosystems. The potential of technology to unlock value and drive progress has never been greater and the imperative to transform your business, securely, has never been more urgent. With data, users, and devices everywhere, how can CISOs reimagine cybersecurity in a world without boundaries?

Join this keynote to hear strategies on:

• Accelerating transformation with innovative security services, and communicating their value to the business
• Scaling and simplifying security across the organization, minimizing risk and gaining agility
• Protecting today's cloud-first, hybrid workforce with a proactive, intelligent, and radically simple security architecture

Unlike the CISO role of just a few years ago – where many could still focus heavily on the bits and bytes – today’s security leader is also expected to be a business leader. Uncover strategies with your peers to help you become fluent in the languages of risk, finance and strategy and to effectively convey your message, including:

• How to educate your board on cybersecurity so they become champions for security in your company
• What the board really wants to hear from CISOs
• Which metrics will help you craft a compelling story that inspires action

Technology can transform the way teams operate and collaborate together in the modern era. CISOs need to constantly evolve while planning and prioritizing security strategies that work for their organization.

In this session, we will explore:

• What impact the pandemic has had on overall organizational readiness
• How security needs have evolved post-pandemic with a distributed workforce
• Overall insights on zero trust and hybrid work, and how they influence strategic initiatives

Organizations are increasingly moving towards a risk-based approach to security rather than focusing solely on compliance. With data and information at the heart of every organization, data governance and information security are key foundations for enterprise cybersecurity.

Join this session to discuss:

• Strategies to take a risk-based approach to data governance
• The role CISOs should play in data governance strategies
• Creating the foundation for sustainable, trust-based data and analytics governance

The path to a stronger IAM strategy lies within an agile digital system. CISOs are often challenged with keeping an entire company up to date, as well as identity-related breaches and core business operations being interrupted - but easy to use technology (when leveraged correctly) can be a game changer.

Join this boardroom to discuss:

• What the essentials are for building an efficient IAM system
• The challenges faced when protecting a hybrid workforce environment
• Readying your staff when adopting a user access program

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.

Whether it comes from across the globe or down the street, the ever-looming threat of a ransomware attack is always in the back of the IT and security executive’s mind. Get your collaborative and creative juices flowing in this gamified choose your own adventure.

In this interactive session attendees will:

• Collaborate to identify threat responses
• Respond to choices and forces out of their control
• Discuss pitfalls and best practices

In a world of evolving roles and responsibilities, it can be a challenge to decide where to make your next career move. Do you switch to a larger organization with more growth opportunity or move to a smaller company where you can have a larger impact? Peers who have made big moves will share their insight on how they view the chessboard of job progression.

Join this session to learn:

• When to say 'yes' or 'no' to that next job
• How to prioritize the right fit
• Ways to proactively find new opportunities 

How did you fare after the latest round of disasters? Join an engaging peer-discussion on the best practices and new approaches for DR/BCM and crisis management. Discover answers to a variety of questions including:

• What are your biggest challenges before, during and after a disaster?
• What kind of scenario planning do you have in place?
• What is the best way to utilize cyber insurance or legal resources?

In this era of digital transformation, organizations rely heavily on their third parties, however, third-party relationships come with risks. To help mitigate those risks CISOs much work closely with their partners to ensure security.

Join this session to discuss:

• Strategies to establish a process for continuous assessment and monitoring of third parties
• How to create an accurate inventory of all vendors within your ecosystem
• What to do when your third party gets breached

The World Economic Forum named creativity one of the top must-have skills for success in all industries. It is the key to thriving in this era of rapid innovation and change. But very few organizations have truly invested in the development of this essential capability. Why? Because creativity is considered too intangible to measure, too messy to fit into a strategic plan or simply something that is only for a few specially talented people.  In this engaging presentation, Artist/Author Noah Scalin pulls back the curtain on his own creative practice to explain the real ROI of creativity.

In this session, we will learn:

• Why creativity is a crucial skill for fostering innovation at your organization
• How to use creativity strategically for long-term impact
• Simple strategies that anyone can use to innovate, grow and inspire others