Florida CIO Executive Summit

Lisa Thompson is a high-altitude mountaineer and former healthcare executive who beat cancer months before standing on the summit of Everest. Lisa later became the first all-American woman to summit K2, which is considered the deadliest mountain in the world. In her talks and book, “Finding Elevation,” Lisa shares the experience of climbing the toughest mountains in the world and the importance of teamwork, resilience and defining boundaries.

Join this keynote session to learn about the importance of:

• Embracing change and overcoming challenges
• Creating a supportive environment inside and outside the office
• Defining clear roles and goals to build a strong, communicative team

Challenges or opportunities, like shifting economic constraints or emerging technology, can majorly impact business transformation. This often leaves leaders asking themselves how to monetize the business without continued investment in new technologies. Tomorrow’s leaders will start thinking differently about their digital abilities to run a successful digital enterprise.

Join your peers to discuss:

• Creating a cultural shift to empower employees to think outside the box
• Preparing the enterprise to strategically evolve and be open to change
• Balancing optimization and transformation

Business leaders are challenged with developing a D&A strategy that expands business value and inspires leaders to make data-driven decisions confidently. Their success hinges on the ability to navigate the complexities of the enterprise, while increasing the company’s data accessibility and security.  It's more important than ever to establish a secure data governance program that successfully aligns with business priorities.

Join this conversation to discuss:

• Enhancing data security and identifying vulnerabilities in real-time
• Implementing strategies to ensure availability, integrity and confidentiality in data while mitigating risks
• Solving the challenge of data visibility in the cloud

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 remote workers’ environments
• Optimizing user experience 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.

The present moment offers an opportunity to unlock GenAI's transformative power, but maturity across organizations varies. Business leaders recognize this technology is a catalyst for innovation. By understanding real-world case studies with lessons learned, those leaders can create real movement forward inside of their own organizations.

Bring your questions to this session as you hear from executives who have:

• Implemented practical use cases 
• Measured AI solutions for value outcomes
• Balanced approach to value and risk

Running a successful IT and security operation requires strong vendor and application rationalization integrated in strategic decision-making. In order to allocate more funds towards innovation and differentiation initiatives, mission-critical systems need to be optimized, cost effective and flexible.

Join this session to discuss:

• Maximizing the value of applications while remaining agile
• Strategies to avoid vendor lock in
• Customizing strategies based on business needs

Measuring and communicating security risk is integral to reducing an organization’s vulnerability to attack. CIOs and CISOs must be skilled in translating the technical language of security to the board to close the knowledge gap. Bringing security and business together will enable informed decisions that drive growth and protect the organization.

Join this boardroom to discuss strategies on how to:

• Create a compelling narrative through quantitative risk measurements to illustrate the importance of security to senior stakeholders
• Educate board members to adopt a security-first mindset when making decisions
• Demonstrate the role CISOs play as business enablers