Chicago CISO Executive Summit

Governing Body members host this dinner for attendees to launch the event with an evening of peer networking.

How can CISOs adapt and enable business agility without compromising security? In the wake of widespread cloud adoption and ubiquitous remote workers, traditional network and security systems have failed to keep pace. Patch management and user productivity are two critical gaps CISOs must solve, but with such complexity, solutions can be challenging to find.  

Join this discussion to learn how others are taking a Zero Trust approach to:

• Layered and diverse strategies that are critical in today’s market
• The latest landscape for Zero Trust and identity governance best practices and challenges
• Strategic considerations for securing remote work

 The Cyber insurance application process is taking longer and has become more complicated in the last few years. Premiums are rising. Leaders from organizations big and small are questioning the value of Cyber insurance. Don’t struggle alone. Now's your chance to field your questions with a practicing insurance broker, and the executives with whom he partners.

Join this session for:

• Different perspectives on the changing cyber insurance industry
• A chance to troubleshoot your cyber insurance concerns
• Open conversations about the struggles and benefits of investing in cyber insurance

Building trust and reliance across technology and security teams is key to defending the enterprise. As security stacks incorporate Security Service Edge (SSE) to sustain the SASE journey, the partnership between CIOs, CISOs, and their teams is more important than ever.

Join this session to learn about:

• Best practices for IT and security collaboration
• Communicating the importance of SSE to your CEO and Board
• Improving internal stakeholder relationships to fuel business outcomes

To quantify how they are reducing risk for the business and where to strategically invest, security leaders need effective, actionable metrics. These measures are essential to communicating effectively with the Board and other executive stakeholders.

Join this roundtable discussion to gain insight into how your peers are:

• Making informed investment decisions
• Communicating risk to the business at large
•  Using data to tell a story to non-technical audiences

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 CISOs).

To reserve your seat, please contact: 

Chanelle Lawrence | chanelle.lawrence@evanta.com

Many organizations are implementing their security program across a widely distributed infrastructure and often share responsibility of critical aspects with their service providers. So how can they best gain visibility into that environment, detect malicious activity, and orchestrate effective, business-wide responses?

Join this interactive roundtable to discuss:

• Key industry advances in open interconnectivity of tools and data sources
• Strategies for orchestrating teams and technologies throughout the threat management process
• Improving the efficiency and effectiveness of security analysts

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 CISOs).

To reserve your seat, please contact: 

Chanelle Lawrence at chanelle.lawrence@evanta.com

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.

Over the past year, we partnered with more than 100 organizations to defeat ransomware attacks. Join our session to find out what strategies worked for these CISOs, and how you can build on their experience to secure your network. Ransomware attacks have evolved, but if you identify the threat early-on, technologies already in place can eliminate it with no need for additional spend.

Join us and discover:

• Real-world case study: The anatomy of a heavyweight ransomware attack
• Key pitfalls commonly overlooked by security teams
• Quick wins for preventing ransomware attacks without investing in additional technologies

It’s no longer enough to manage your team and hope they stick around. Instead, long-term retention calls for a plan. Now, in this era of labor uncertainty, it’s more important than ever to come together and share what’s working.

Together, we’ll figure out:

• How CISOs are encouraging their teams and retaining their rosters
• What many are noticing to be the red flags of security burnout
• Retention practices you can immediately implement to maintain your camp

Sometimes, cloud can seem like a "one size fits none" type of hurdle. One thing is certain, however — as the cloud landscape continues to evolve, so too should a CISO's security strategies.

Join this boardroom to:

• Gather practical takeaways and cloud solutions from your peers
• Explore solutions to current and future cloud security issues
• Gain feedback on your organization's cloud priorities

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 CISOs).

To reserve your seat, please contact: 

Chanelle Lawrence | chanelle.lawrence@evanta.com

Between skills shortages and the escalating sophistication of threats, security teams are looking beyond SIEM to overcome data volume, complexity, and false positives. CISOs need new approaches to data ingestion and retention, and automation of threat detection/response for increased SOC efficiencies. Join this session to discuss:

• How SOCs are leveraging automation to improve their threat detection, and incident response practices
• How to cover the entire attack surface at a predictable, manageable cost for better security outcomes 
• Ways to incorporate MITRE-ATT&CK and MITRE-D3FEND framework into threat detection and response

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 CISOs).

To reserve your seat, please contact: 

Chanelle Lawrence | chanelle.lawrence@evanta.com

 In the wake of major social and political change over the past decade, employers large and small alike have taken steps to increase diversity, equity, and inclusion. Yet despite growing pressure and awareness, progress is slow and most corporate DE&I initiatives are not yet achieving the desired results. With so many steps forward, how come representation still is not where it needs to be at senior levels for almost every diverse group?

Join this session to learn more as Keith Wyche:

• Provides real, actionable steps for those who are serious about DE&I, and looking for solutions to improve the experience of Black and other underrepresented groups, colleagues and leaders within the organization 
• Shares a collection of best practices backed by research and strategies
• Provides a roadmap for leaders to create breakthrough change that explores meaningful topics