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November 20, 2024 | Grand Hyatt at SFO
November 20, 2024
Grand Hyatt at SFO
Get together with San Francisco's top CISOs to tackle shared business challenges and critical priorities facing your role today. Participate in this one-day, local program with peer-driven topics and interactive discussions with your true C-level peers.
Join your peers to discuss the most critical issues impacting CISOs today:
Balancing the dangers and benefits of AI innovation in an ethical way
Rethinking the relationship between cybersecurity teams, third parties, and the people they protect
Providing clear, actionable insights to stakeholders to ensure informed, secure decision-making
The Governing Body Co-Chairs shape the summit agenda, ensuring that all content is driven by CISOs, for CISOs.
Yassir Abousselham
UiPath
SVP, CISO
Sujeet Bambawale
7-Eleven
VP, CISO
Krishnan Chellakarai
Gilead Sciences
CISO, Head of Information Security & Data Privacy
Devin Ertel
Menlo Security
Chief Information Security Officer
Al Ghous
Snapdocs
CISO
Leda Muller
Stanford University, Residential and Dining Enterprises
Chief Information Security and Privacy Officer
Kannan Perumal
Applied Materials
Vice President, Chief Information Security Officer
Jeff Trudeau
Chime
VP, CIO & CSO
7:45am - 8:30am Registration & Breakfast
8:30am - 9:15am Keynote
Eddie Borrero
VP, Chief Information Security Officer
Blue Shield of California
Becoming a truly resilient organization requires strategic planning around how security and risk challenges are addressed at all levels of the organization today, while continuing to look to the future. How are next-gen CISOs ensuring their organization stays resilient and adaptable when technology and third parties fail?
Join this session to hear how Eddie Borrero, VP & CISO at Blue Shield of California is:
9:15am - 9:40am Networking Break
9:40am - 10:25am Breakout Session
Hosted by Opal Security
Umaimah Khan
CEO & Co-founder
Opal Security
Managing identity risk is critical, but the challenge is building identity security that is both continuous and scalable. As companies grow, securing identities becomes more complex. While concepts like continuous identity security are familiar, implementing them to reduce risk and scale effectively is difficult.
In this session, we’ll explore:
9:40am - 10:25am Executive Boardroom
Hosted by Proofpoint
Ryan Kalember
Chief Strategy Officer
Proofpoint
Sekhar Nagasundaram
Global Head of Cyber Defense and Threat Management and SVP Technology - Cybersecurity
Elevance Health
David Tugwell
Senior Director, Information Security/CISO
Agilent Technologies
You’ve heard it all before: the DBIR tells you people are your biggest risk, phishing simulations tell you your users fall for social engineering, and simple security measures you deploy are sometimes met with howls of protest. But what if it didn’t have to be that way?
Join this session for a fresh perspective on:
9:40am - 10:25am Executive Boardroom
Hosted by Expel
David Johnson
Principal Solutions Architect
Expel
Al Ghous
CISO
Snapdocs
Kevin Song
Interim Chief Information Security Officer and Sr. Director of Enterprise Security
WeWork
Maturing your security posture requires knowing how to objectively assess your organization, use industry best practices and frameworks, and select the right tools to advance your business. This complex, time-intensive process often takes a backseat to defending yourself against ever-evolving threats. Getting started can be overwhelming, so finding time to assess and improve your security maturity is a tall task.
Join this session to discuss:
10:25am - 11:05am Networking Break
10:30am - 10:55am Peer-to-Peer Meetings
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.
11:05am - 11:50am Breakout Session
Prakash Kalaiah
Head of Security
Enphase Energy
Ody Lupescu
VP, Security & CISO
GoodLeap
Pavi Ramamurthy
Global CISO & CIO
Blackhawk Network
CISOs need to know how to present complex security issues to the board in a way that resonates with non-technical stakeholders, aligning cybersecurity initiatives with business goals. By focusing on risk, compliance, and measurable outcomes, CISOs can ensure their board presentations drive informed decision-making and secure necessary investments in cybersecurity.
Join this session to discuss:
11:05am - 11:50am Executive Boardroom
Hosted by RiskRecon, a Mastercard Company
Kelly White
Co-Founder & CEO
RiskRecon - A MasterCard Company
Marty Ray
CISO
Williams-Sonoma
Third party relationships are closest and may prove to be the most tangible risks to your business, yet the whole supply chain of your business partners still pose a substantial threat. Most organizations’ vendor relationships extend to the 8th party. CISOs need to understand this web of connectedness in order to better manage and communicate enterprise risk.
Join this session to discuss:
11:05am - 11:50am Executive Boardroom
Hosted by Snyk
Steven Schmidt
Field CTO
Snyk
Jonathan Chan
Head of Global IT & Security
EpiSource
Establishing trust between security and developers is crucial for successful outcomes, especially as modern development quickly embraces AI. How does the future of innovation hinge on achieving this open trust and communication?
Join this boardroom conversation with Snyk to delve into:
11:50am - 12:30pm Networking
Janet Ge
Head of Security
Grail
Tammy Hawkins
VP of Cybersecurity and Fraud Prevention
Intuit
Female, non-binary and allied cyber leaders are invited to eat lunch in our reserved networking space. Hosted by a member of the San Francisco CISO community, those in attendance can freely discuss best practices, key challenges, and mission-critical priorities before heading over to the midday keynote.
11:50am - 12:35pm Lunch Service
Evanta facilitates exclusive, C-level communities by personally qualifying and understanding the priorities, challenges and interests of each member.
Our selective approach maintains the high quality of the network and ensures top-level discussions with peers from the world’s leading organizations.
VALET PARKING:
$25 - up to 2 hours
$35 - up to 6 hours
$48 - 6+ hours and overnight
Hotel does not offer self-parking. However, there is the Garage A airport parking lot, 1.5 blocks away from the hotel that has similar pricing.
A block of rooms has been reserved at the Grand Hyatt at SFO at a reduced conference rate. Reservations should be made online or by calling 1-402-501-9860.
Deadline to book using the discounted room rate of $309 USD (plus tax) is October 28, 2024.
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