UK & Ireland CISO Community
Inner Circle
1 December 2026 | 113 Chancery Lane
1 December 2026
113 Chancery Lane
Expand your network and engage with peers
Join the Gartner UK & Ireland CISO Community Inner Circle, an intimate dinner event offering facilitated, roundtable discussions and informal networking with CISO peers. Explore a timely, peer-driven topic and exchange ideas in a collaborative setting designed to surface candid perspectives and actionable insights.
Engage with peers to discuss the most critical issues impacting CISOs today:
Accelerate Exposure Management To Defend At Machine Speed
Unify AI Risk Into Existing Cyber Governance Practices
Optimise Cybersecurity Portfolios Through Outcome-Driven Investment Strategies
UK & Ireland 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

Helen Rabe
Ashurst Perkins Coles
Global CISO
Agenda
1 December 2026
16:30 - 17:30 Executive Networking Reception
17:30 - 18:30 Discussion Topics
Leading Security in an AI-Driven World
Artificial intelligence is accelerating both sides of cybersecurity, reshaping how vulnerabilities are discovered, exploited, and remediated. Frontier LLMs now enable rapid identification and weaponisation of weaknesses, challenging long-standing assumptions around patching, prioritisation, and risk management. At the same time, enterprises are embedding AI into their own environments, introducing new dependencies on automation, new classes of identity, and new operational risks.
This shift is forcing security leaders to rethink how protection actually works. Traditional security models built on human-led processes are struggling to keep pace. Organisations are moving toward automated remediation, reevaluating identity as a primary control layer, and redefining acceptable risk in exchange for speed and scale. Security is increasingly defined by who and what is allowed to act, how quickly decisions are made, and how much authority is delegated to machines.
Discussion Questions:
- How are you redefining control in an environment where both attackers and defenders can operate at machine speed?
- What decisions in your security program are you willing to delegate to automation, and which remain firmly under human authority?
- Where is your organisation most constrained today in keeping pace with AI-driven change: technology, process, or leadership alignment? Why?
- What does resilience look like in your organisation when prevention and remediation can no longer keep up with the rate of exposure?
18:30 - 19:00 Networking Break
19:00 - 20:30 Summary Discussion & Dinner
20:30 - 21:30 Social Hour
Apply to Participate
Each application is carefully vetted to ensure members meet established criteria, preserving the quality of the network and enabling meaningful, peer‑level discussions among leaders from the world’s leading organizations.
Once you submit your application, a Community Program Manager will schedule a conversation to understand your priorities and interests and complete onboarding, including access to year‑round community events.
Location
Venue
113 Chancery LaneMore Information
Parking & Public Transport
The nearest underground stations are Chancery Lane on the Central Line and Temple on the Circle and District Lines. The mainland stations, Waterloo Station, Liverpool Street, Charing Cross and City Thameslink are all a short taxi or bus ride away.
Parking outside the Law Society is not allowed during the normal working day. Visitors can be dropped off or picked up from outside the main entrance and there is some metered parking nearby.
Parking is free after 6.30pm. There are cycle parking stands on Bell Yard and cycle hire on Carey Street.
Community Programme Manager
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