Seattle CIO Executive Summit

Success in any industry is a function of influencing others. This is no easy task because modern audiences and decision makers are bombarded with requests for their attention, many of which go ignored.

In this interactive keynote with Carmen Simon, learn how:

• Discover strategies for transforming yourself and your message into something worth noticing
• Convert neuroscience insights into practical guidelines that will help you resonate with people and spark action
• Understand what makes people pay attention, remember you and ultimately act on what you say

The rush to innovate has resulted in more sophisticated threat defenses, but it has also created a complex web of tools that must be managed by an already overworked and understaffed security team. Heterogeneity of defense systems is itself a defense, so modern security teams need to approach consolidation differently. 

In this session, attendees will learn how:

• Data-first approaches to security architectures illuminates natural consolidation points
• Cross-collaboration within the IT organization improves security posture and reduce tool sprawl
• Leveraging other parts of the organization improves security posture through smarter processes and practices

Mind the Gap – Overcoming the Talent Crunch

The expanding technology and threat landscape has led to increased demand for top talent. This “gap” has become a major concern with executives.

Join this session and dialogue to hear from a panel of executives on how:

• The talent gap is beyond a pipeline issue
• To enrich your teams by attracting, engaging and keeping top talent at this critical moment in cybersecurity and technology growth
• The Seattle community can join together to address the talent gap

For years, we’ve seen attackers target organizations via their people. Now with fewer reliable exploits and more cloud adoption, we’re also seeing a shift toward attacks that exploit people, with threat actors tricking their targets into running their malware for them, handing over their credentials, or simply sending data or money to an impostor. David Melnick of Proofpoint will outline strategies for gaining visibility and mitigating risk in a people-centric threat landscape.

Join to learn: 

• Why nearly all threat actors have shifted away from technical exploits to compromise their targets
• How organizations can leverage threat data to understand which people and departments are highly targeted
• How to design effective protection for highly attacked, highly vulnerable, and highly privileged users

What tactics and technologies are effective in securing the enterprise without putting up barriers to business operations? In this interactive roundtable discussion, security leaders share strategies that maximize security while minimizing business bottlenecks.

In this session, security leaders will:

• Define shared pain points where security controls are slowing business processes
• Share ideas and best practices for reducing friction from security controls
• Address ways to gain buy-in across the business when bottlenecks are unavoidable

Executive boardrooms are intimate and interactive sessions designed to foster dynamic dialogue around a specific, strategic topic. These private, closed-door discussions encourage attendee participation and are limited to 15 attendees (seating priority is given to CISO executives). To reserve your seat, please contact Chanelle Lawrence at 971 978 5049 or chanelle.lawrence@evanta.com.

The National Risk Management Center was established in 2018 as something unique in the federal government — a partnership between government and industry to collaboratively make the country’s critical infrastructure more secure and resilient.

In this session, Daniel Kroese will share:

• The center’s integrated cyber and physical security mission
• Collaboration strategies between CISOs and the center
• Increasing threat landscape for security professionals

As email threats become more advanced, machine learning is being used to detect the daily attacks. Learn the latest about machine learning and how it is continuing to change the threat landscape.

In this session, Dena Bauckman will share how machine learning:

• Is being used to detect threats and improve threat detection
• Provides advancements for cyber security
• Limits threat detection

The connected endpoint landscape continues to evolve, introducing increased business productivity, data, analytics and improved user experiences. It’s also presented new dynamics around mitigating security, monitoring and management risks to the enterprise.

Join this boardroom session and:

• Explore a new way of looking at endpoints
• Discuss various and the latest endpoint trends
• Review best practices in managing and securing endpoints against latest technology trends

Executive boardrooms are intimate and interactive sessions designed to foster dynamic dialogue around a specific, strategic topic. These private, closed-door discussions encourage attendee participation and are limited to 15 attendees (seating priority is given to CISO executives). To reserve your seat, please contact Chanelle Lawrence at 971 978 5049 or chanelle.lawrence@evanta.com.

How can a 120-year-old retail survive in a digital economy? In a fast-moving climate, organizations must master efficiency, actionable and insight-rich data, superior customer connection, and agility while embracing a more modern and nimble business model.

In this thought-provoking keynote, Irwan Tjan will share how:

• Nordstrom is experimenting with customer experience
• Security and development change in the digital landscape
• The digital experience plays into the CIO and CISO role