In-Person

Toronto CISO Community

Inner Circle

September 23, 2025 | Arcadian Court - Loft

September 23, 2025
Arcadian Court - Loft

Collaborate with your peers

Join Toronto'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

Toronto CISO Governing Body

The Governing Body Co-Chairs shape the discussion topics and agenda, ensuring that all content is driven By CISOs, For CISOs®.

Governing Body Co-Chairs

Agenda

September 23, 2025

4:30pm - 5:30pm  Executive Networking Reception

5:30pm - 6:30pm  Discussion Topics

Resilient Leadership — Optimizing Cybersecurity in a Dynamic World

Abdul Karim headshot

Abdul Karim

Director IT Security & CISO

Unity Health Toronto

Fred Hopper headshot

Fred Hopper

VP, Security

Giesecke+Devrient

Tushar Patel headshot

Tushar Patel

Director, Cybersecurity Governance and IT Risk Management

BFL Canada

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:

  • How are you working to evolve your role beyond technical oversight to encompass more of a business leadership position that influences the entire organization?
  • How are you building relationships with strategic internal partners to help you optimize security investments, minimize cyber risk, and stay on top of changing regulatory requirements?
  • What key message can you, as a leader, bring back to your team to inspire them, considering the dynamic world of evolving threats that present both challenges and opportunities?
  • What strategies, tools, and technology have you found helpful in enhancing team performance, increasing agility via responsive strategies, and improving cyber resiliency?
  • What emerging threat vectors and trends are you watching that have presented challenges for your organization?
  • What new opportunities have you seen arise with the changing landscape?

6:30pm - 7:00pm  Networking Break

7:00pm - 8:00pm  Summary Discussion & Dinner

8:00pm - 9:00pm  Social Hour

We look forward to seeing you at an upcoming in-person gathering

Gartner cares about the health and safety of our community. If you are feeling unwell, please refrain from attending the conference. At this time, Gartner does not have any health-related requirements in place for attendance. Should this change, we will follow up with updated guidance.

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Parking & Transportation
Arcadian Court doesn’t have any designated parking. Closest parking is under Nathan Philip Square – the Green P. 

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For inquiries related to this community, please reach out to your dedicated contact.

Lynn Morrow

Senior Community Program Manager

503-805-5624

lynn.morrow@gartner.com