New Jersey CIO Virtual Executive Summit

Many CIOs and CISOs would agree that human error remains a huge challenge in a cohesive information security strategy. Employees, vendors and even customers all have a role to play when clicking one malicious link can put the organization at serious risk. The CIO and CISO must instill discipline, responsibility and buy-in across a huge swath of users – no easy task.

Join this session to learn:

• How today’s society informs security awareness training needs and objectives
• Training techniques that work at scale and resonate with audiences
• How to measure success and hold users accountable

At a time when customer trust is paramount and private data is precious, a major breach can be catastrophic for any organization. Effective security is an essential part of effective business strategy, yet security leaders face an ever-growing challenge to guide their enterprise through the evolving threat landscape.

Join your peers in this virtual boardroom to discuss:

• Strategies for addressing the emerging threat landscape

• The role today’s CISO plays in guiding business strategy to mitigate risk

• Communication strategies for educating users about security – and holding them accountable

Efficiently employing actionable threat intelligence is key to staying ahead of the next wave of threats. A fast-moving data and analytics program that highlights the latest risks can spell the difference between preventing a breach or becoming the next headline.

Join this session to learn:

• What key metrics CIOs and CISOs are effectively using
• Technologies that help automate data and analytics processes
• More about the evolving nature of today’s threat landscape

The timeline for adopting strategic technology and security trends rapidly increased in recent months, and now CIOs and CISOs are on the forefront of leading innovative business opportunities.

Join C-level executives from our community as they share:

• Dynamic leadership in a volatile world
• Remastering your brand in times of transition
• Practical examples of adaptive strategy in action

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An informal and interactive opportunity for you to network with peers in small groups. 

Organizations are feeling a shift in the world of networking and security as they rapidly adopt and embrace the cloud. On-premises private data centers are no longer the place for data and workloads to exist. With this shift, security and networking are brought closer than ever. Enterprises need speed, visibility, security and reliability without compromise. Enter, the secure access service edge, better known as SASE. This evolved concept of cloud security architecture outlines a convergence of multiple security functions to offer identity-based secure access. How can your organization best position itself for the transition?

In this session, you will discuss:

• Problems SASE can address in the modern enterprise
• Benefits of moving to a SASE architecture
• Insights from organizations adopting SASE today

Consumer goods companies, already facing a paradigm shift in customers, channels and tech, found their complex situations compounded when the pandemic of our lifetime hit in 2020. How can advanced digital technologies like artificial intelligence support the technical and human resilience needed regain equilibrium, reinvigorate the workforce and create a vision for supply chains that serve customers in the new normal? We will discuss the “Why, What and How” of advanced supply chain planning systems powered by AI and what questions to ask when considering adding this to your toolkit.

In this session you will discover how:

• AI leverages your data to get beyond the limitations of deterministic rules-based systems 
• Utilizes probabilistic predictions that drive decisions for direct revenue and profit margin impact 
• Optimizes for system-wide planner/operator performance improvements and transformational agility
• Example companies that are getting started, quickly and realizing tangible value with AI

A strong IAM is one key to preventing data breaches and limiting the blast radius, should a security incident occur. But cloud IAM presents a new set of constructs for organizations to build and manage. Is this the most comprehensive identity and access control out there, or yet another layer of complexity added to your program?

In this session, you will discuss:

• Why managing cloud IAM is so complex
• The challenges cloud IAM creates for IT and cybersecurity professionals
• How leading organizations are governing cloud IAM to reduce risk and the chance of a data breach

Effective communication is critical, especially when dealing with a crisis. But how can you successfully balance communication needs for multiple disruptions such as the pandemic, economic uncertainty and social unrest, especially while most workforces are continuing to work remotely? How can you keep everyone successfully connected and informed in order to help your business achieve its mission-critical priorities?

Join this session to discover how you can:

• Create and maintain a vibrant and supportive corporate culture
• Adapt for success in a rapidly evolving environment
• Set expectations during changing circumstances while demonstrating empathy, transparency, and action

As businesses plan their post-COVID remote work strategies, now’s the time to set your organization up for success. CIOs and CISOs are at the forefront of building and nurturing a new culture that will outlast the emergency move to remote work.

In this virtual peer-to-peer discussion, CIOs and CISOs will discuss:

• How technology priorities have shifted to align with business objectives
• Optimizing business continuity strategies for success in the work-anywhere economy
• Future-proofing your organization for an uncertain world
  

The cloud and mobility are powerful enablers of digital transformation, but many organizations are grappling with legacy architectures that haven't evolved much in decades. With most applications in the cloud and employees working remotely, legacy network and security models are not only ineffective, but they hinder your ability to take advantage of the agility, productivity, efficiency, and speed enabled by digital transformation. Network and security architectures need to evolve to securely connect any entities — users, devices, applications — to meet business needs in the digital era.

In this session, Zscaler CEO Jay Chaudhry talks with CISO Eric Brohm, who will discuss how Wyndham's digital transformation has made the company more resilient, enabling its entire staff to work remotely with minimal disruption and no compromising on security.

• “Owning the moment” — IT’s opportunity to accelerate secure digital transformation
• Best practices for securing work-from-anywhere using Gartner’s secure access service edge (SASE) and zero trust network access (ZTNA) frameworks
• What comes next — IT’s new role as strategic business enabler