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Leadership Profile | August 20, 2025

How Investigative Skills Inform One CISO’s Approach to Cybersecurity

Leadership Profile | August 20, 2025

How Investigative Skills Inform One CISO’s Approach to Cybersecurity

Rick Orloff, CISO of Pure Storage, began his career as a licensed private investigator, operating his own firm and working with high-tech companies in Silicon Valley, including Oracle. How did he progress from private investigator to CISO? Orloff shares key moments from his career journey, his top cybersecurity priorities this year, and advice for those new to the CISO role.
Town Hall Insights | August 11, 2025

Threat Ready — Ensuring Business Resiliency

Town Hall Insights | August 11, 2025

Threat Ready — Ensuring Business Resiliency

Cybersecurity incidents are not a question of 'if' they will happen, but ‘when’ – even for organizations with mature security programs. Security teams must go beyond initial threat response to ensure business resilience in today's environment. CISOs in our Dallas Community gathered recently for a Town Hall exploring business resiliency – these are their takeaways.
Blog | July 13, 2025

Gartner C-level Communities: Where C-suite Leaders Shape the Conversation

Blog | July 13, 2025

Gartner C-level Communities: Where C-suite Leaders Shape the Conversation

Gartner C-level Communities are designed exclusively for C-level executives from the world’s leading organizations. But what truly sets us apart is the way our community is led and shaped: by the Governing Body, a select group of C-level executives who ensure our programs are always relevant, timely, and impactful.
Survey Report | July 8, 2025

Top 3 Priorities for CISOs in 2025

Survey Report | July 8, 2025

Top 3 Priorities for CISOs in 2025

In 2025, CISOs are navigating a dynamic cybersecurity landscape, where operational resilience has emerged as the strategic focus. Here, we take a closer look at security leaders’ primary goals and challenges for the year, based on our Leadership Perspective Survey of 1,700 CISOs across Gartner C-level Communities.
Town Hall Insights | July 2, 2025

Outpacing the Adversary — Securing AI Innovation Before It’s Too Late

Town Hall Insights | July 2, 2025

Outpacing the Adversary — Securing AI Innovation Before It’s Too Late

As attackers harness AI, CISOs are pivotal in safeguarding their organisation without stifling innovation. Recently, CISOs in our DACH Community gathered for a Town Hall discussion on managing the rapidly evolving threat landscape when it comes to attacks using AI – these are their takeaways.
Town Hall Insights | June 30, 2025

Streamlining AI Operations for Enhanced Productivity

Town Hall Insights | June 30, 2025

Streamlining AI Operations for Enhanced Productivity

The rapid pace of change requires IT and security leaders to transform operations for increased productivity and flexibility. As they try to simplify operations, they are finding that AI can help. CIOs and CISOs in our Philadelphia communities recently exchanged ideas on implementing AI strategies to optimize processes and create efficiencies – these are their takeaways.
Town Hall Insights | June 2, 2025

Scaling Generative AI — Unlocking Enterprise Value and Maximising ROI

Town Hall Insights | June 2, 2025

Scaling Generative AI — Unlocking Enterprise Value and Maximising ROI

Despite the rapid advancements in AI, enterprises are still challenged by scaling AI effectively and integrating it seamlessly into existing workflows. Recently, CIOs and CISOs in our Middle East Communities gathered for a Town Hall discussion on how to scale GenAI across the enterprise – these are their takeaways.
Survey Report | May 19, 2025

9 C-suite Leadership Trends in a VUCA Environment

Survey Report | May 19, 2025

9 C-suite Leadership Trends in a VUCA Environment

In early April 2025, we surveyed nearly 700 C-level executives about their insights on the current VUCA environment and the strategic shifts they are implementing in response. Here, we outline nine key trends from the survey, including the unique impact the VUCA environment has on each function.
Leadership Profile | May 11, 2025

Leading Cybersecurity Transformation as a First-Time CISO

Leadership Profile | May 11, 2025

Leading Cybersecurity Transformation as a First-Time CISO

Sam Fariborz has risen to the position of CISO at David Jones, as she has consistently found opportunities in challenging situations. Now, one year into her inaugural CISO role, Sam reflects on her career path and shares insights as a new leader in the field.
Town Hall Insights | May 7, 2025

Crisis Simulation ― Build Enterprise-Wide Cyber Resilience and Prove It

Town Hall Insights | May 7, 2025

Crisis Simulation ― Build Enterprise-Wide Cyber Resilience and Prove It

Recently, the San Francisco CISO Community had a virtual town hall where participants delved into the implications of GenAI and deepfakes. Community members were given a crisis simulation and debated each step of the response. Check out their takeaways on responding to a cyber attack and building operational resilience.
Town Hall Insights | May 4, 2025

Guarding the SaaS Landscape - Integrating Threat Detection and Posture Management

Town Hall Insights | May 4, 2025

Guarding the SaaS Landscape - Integrating Threat Detection and Posture Management

As SaaS adoption skyrockets, so do breaches and data exposures. Safeguarding SaaS environments demands a proactive, integrated approach to threat detection and posture management. CISOs in our DACH Community gathered recently for a Town Hall discussion on protecting the SaaS landscape – these are their takeaways.
Town Hall Insights | April 28, 2025

Getting Your Data AI-Ready

Town Hall Insights | April 28, 2025

Getting Your Data AI-Ready

Rapid data creation and escalating needs for storage and processing may lead to strain on legacy infrastructure across an organisation. Recently, CIOs and CISOs in our Sydney communities discussed how to navigate the explosive growth of data and identify the solutions needed for an AI-ready infrastructure – these are their takeaways.
Infographic | April 23, 2025

C-Suite Community Pulse on Global Unrest and Its Impact on Your Business

Infographic | April 23, 2025

C-Suite Community Pulse on Global Unrest and Its Impact on Your Business

In today's volatile geopolitical and economic landscape, C-level executives are navigating a complex web of challenges – from tariffs and inflation to supply chain issues and global conflicts. Here, we explore insights from 680 C-level executives on their sentiments and strategic decisions around the current economic climate.
Town Hall Insights | April 1, 2025

Navigating the Noise — A CISO's Guide to Prioritizing Critical Emerging

Town Hall Insights | April 1, 2025

Navigating the Noise — A CISO's Guide to Prioritizing Critical Emerging

With emerging threats, CISOs are faced with the difficult task of differentiating between urgent threats and distractions. CISOs in the New York Community gathered recently for a town hall exploring how to navigate the relevance and urgency of new threats – these are their takeaways.
Infographic | March 7, 2025

2025 CISO Leadership Perspectives

Infographic | March 7, 2025

2025 CISO Leadership Perspectives

CISOs continue to manage a complex technology and cybersecurity environment in 2025. Security threats are expanding, and CISOs want to grow the business while managing the risks. More than 1,100 CISOs shared their key priorities and opportunities in our annual survey – here’s a snapshot of what they reported.
Blog | March 6, 2025

Evanta is Now Gartner C-level Communities

Blog | March 6, 2025

Evanta is Now Gartner C-level Communities

Eight years ago, Evanta joined Gartner and became Evanta, a Gartner Company. We are excited to continue our journey with a new name – Evanta is now Gartner C-level Communities. Learn more about this announcement here.
Blog | March 4, 2025

Top Focus Areas for CISOs in 2025

Blog | March 4, 2025

Top Focus Areas for CISOs in 2025

In 2025, CISOs are tasked with improving organizational resilience at the same time as they have more assets, platforms and threats to manage. Here are some high level themes that are emerging for CISOs as they take the lead on managing organizational risk.
Blog | December 23, 2024

4 Highlights from CISOs on Change Management

Blog | December 23, 2024

4 Highlights from CISOs on Change Management

Given the importance of managing change when it comes to implementing IT and security initiatives, we recently surveyed CISOs in our communities on change management and how their companies are progressing at it. Here are four highlights based on more than 200 CISOs’ responses to our survey.
Town Hall Insights | December 20, 2024

Effective Risk Communication for CIOs and CISOs

Town Hall Insights | December 20, 2024

Effective Risk Communication for CIOs and CISOs

Recently, CISOs and CIOs in the Washington, DC Community came together to discuss how to communicate risk in a way that enables their board and leadership team to understand the balance between risk, investment, and outcomes. Check out their key takeaways here.
Blog | November 26, 2024

Five C-Level Findings on Change Management

Blog | November 26, 2024

Five C-Level Findings on Change Management

This year, we have noticed a trend in business priorities – for many C-level executives to achieve their enterprise objectives, change management is involved. Recently, we asked executives how their organizations are approaching change management. Here are five themes we found from 800 executive responses.
Leadership Profile | November 25, 2024

Leading from the Front with the Chief Security Officer of Zscaler

Leadership Profile | November 25, 2024

Leading from the Front with the Chief Security Officer of Zscaler

Deepen Desai, Chief Security Officer of Zscaler, got his start in security by writing an AntiCheat program to catch gaming hackers while he was in graduate school. Read how this launched his career in cybersecurity, and find out what he’s hearing from CISOs about their top focus areas today.
Infographic | November 22, 2024

C-Suite Community Pulse on Change Management

Infographic | November 22, 2024

C-Suite Community Pulse on Change Management

With the pace of technological change, the potential of AI, and the alignment between digital initiatives and business growth, organizations seem to be in a constant state of change. We asked C-level executives in our communities about the current state of change management in their organizations – here is what 800 executives told us.