Dallas CISO Executive Summit
November 27, 2018 | Renaissance Dallas Hotel
November 27, 2018
Renaissance Dallas Hotel
Collaborate with your peers
Get together with your peers to tackle top business challenges through peer-driven content and discussions at the Dallas CISO Executive Summit.
Join your peers to discuss the most critical issues impacting CISOs today:
Strategies for a risk-aligned, resilient organization
Developing and investing in the security workforce of tomorrow
Creating business value and supporting agile business operations
Dallas CISO Governing Body
The Governing Body Co-Chairs shape the summit agenda, ensuring that all content is driven by CISOs, for CISOs.
Governing Body Co-Chairs
Sara Andrews
PepsiCo
SVP, Global CISO
Scott Bonneau
Keurig Dr Pepper
VP IT Integration & PMO
Jason Frugé
Fossil
Chief Information Security Officer
Parrish Gunnels
Fiserv, Inc.
Information Security Officer
Ajay Gupta
Pizza Hut, U.S.
Global CISO
Jairo Orea
Kimberly-Clark Corporation
CISO
Duaine Styles
Globe Life
CISO
Agenda
November 27, 2018
7:00am - 7:45am Registration & Breakfast
7:45am - 8:30am Keynote
Don’t Risk It. Learn to be Ethically Vigilant
Rashmi Airan
Ethics Speaker
Author & Thought Leader
One oversight, one moment of turning your head the other way is all it takes to alter the course of your entire career. That’s the lesson Rashmi Airan learned after approving a few creative transactions during her time as a real estate lawyer. After serving time in prison for bank fraud, Rashmi speaks about the importance of being ethically vigilant.
Join Rashmi’s session to learn how to:
- Create a culture of ethics and compliance.
- Identify slippery slopes that can lead down an unethical path.
- Be ethically vigilant in and out of the workplace.
8:30am - 9:00am Networking Break
9:00am - 9:50am Breakout Session
Structuring Your Security Operations Center
Hosted by FireMon
Kevin Charest
DSVP & Chief Information Security Officer
Health Care Service Corporation
Building a SOC requires a series of tradeoffs and adjustments. Do you buy or build? How do you measure effectiveness? Where do you find the talent to run it?
Drawing on decades of experience, Kevin Charest shares how to:
- Build an effective SOC
- Measure and monitor the SOC’s success
- Overcome constraints
9:00am - 9:50am Breakout Session
Translating Cyber Risk into Business Risk
Hosted by Palo Alto Networks
Jeff Schilling
Chief Information Security Officer
Epsilon
How do you turn security conversations into revenue discussions? Where do you start and who are the stakeholders? After building a cybersecurity risk scorecard, Jeff Schilling says his organization was able to make better business decisions.
Join Jeff to learn how to:
- Evaluate risk in categories
- Create a composite risk score that’s measurable
- Create a maturity model based on a cybersecurity framework
9:00am - 9:50am Executive Boardroom
Harnessing the Power of Behavioral Analytics
Hosted by Securonix
Jason Frugé
Chief Information Security Officer
Fossil
Alex Nehlebaeff
Corporate Information Security Manager
Harley-Davidson Financial Services Inc.
David Swift
Principal Architect - Security Analytics
Securonix
Behavioral analytics may help IT predict and understand consumer trends, but they can help CISOs understand potential threats—and catch them before they wreak major havoc. So how do you harness analytics to capture the best data?
Join this session to discuss:
- Applying mobile behavioral analytics to capture detailed employee behavior information
- Identifying potential insider threats
- What to monitor within an organization
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:
Lawrence Figueroa at 1-971-222-2374 or lawrence.figueroa@evanta.com
9:00am - 9:50am Executive Boardroom
Cloud Security for the Next Phase of Digital Transformation
Hosted by Attivo Networks, SIA Partner of McAfee
Jessica Nemmers
Manager of Information Security
Commercial Metals
Sailaja Kotra-Turner
Director, IT Security and Risk Management
Brinker International, Inc.
Srini Gurrapu
Head Cloud Evangelist
McAfee
As organizations increasingly turn to cloud-based services to enable the next phase of digital transformation, security leaders face the immense challenge of ensuring the enterprise’s data remains secure. Join this session to learn the emerging best practices your peers employ to secure the cloud, including:
- How can you create an adaptive, customizable cloud strategy that can keep up with new technologies being deployed?
- How are you evaluating the security posture of vendor partners (e.g. IaaS – AWS, Azure, GCP)?
- What are the persistent threats and challenges in the cloud environment?
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:
Lawrence Figueroa at 1-971-222-2374 or lawrence.figueroa@evanta.com
9:50am - 10:20am Networking Break
10:20am - 11:10am Breakout Session
Innovating Through Transition and Change
Hosted by Cisco Umbrella
KC Condit
CISO
G6 Hospitality
Gary Toretti
SVP, Chief Information Security Officer
CBRE, Inc.
Paul Horn
CISO
HD Vest Financial Services
Change is everywhere – in your evolving security career, in the threat of a breach and in the career that looms after you hang up your CISO hat. These constant transitions from one phase to the next, whether personal or professional, provide a revolving door of opportunities to innovate, improve business outcomes or even just identify that next phase of your career.
Engage in an open dialogue with panelists on:
- Ways to proactively prepare for the next step of your security career.
- What to do when you feel your job is in jeopardy.
- Ways to transition from CISO to independent business leader.
10:20am - 11:10am Breakout Session
Championing C-Level Communication
Ryan Bachman
SVP, Global Chief Information Security Officer
GM Financial
Jason Frugé
Chief Information Security Officer
Fossil
Duaine Styles
CISO
Globe Life
Unlike the CISO role of just a few years ago – where many could still focus heavily on the bits and bytes – today’s security leader is also expected to be a business leader. Therefore, it is imperative that CISOs become fluent in the languages of risk, finance and strategy if they want to effectively convey their message and get what they need to protect the organization.
Join your peers to find out:
- How to educate your c-suite peers on cybersecurity so they become champions for security in your company
- What the c-suite really wants to hear from CISOs
- Which metrics will help you craft a compelling story that inspires action
10:20am - 11:10am Executive Boardroom
Evaluating the Risk and Reward of Using a Third Party
Hosted by CyberGRX
Sonja Hammond
Chief Information Security Officer
Essilor of America
Shamoun Siddiqui
CISO
Neiman Marcus Group
Zach Vinduska
Vice President, IT Infrastructure and Security
ClubCorp USA, Inc.
Scott Schneider
Chief Revenue Officer
CyberGRX
With constant pressure to become more efficient and more competitive, organizations are looking to vendors whose innovative products can give them an edge over the competition. However, those vendors bring with them not just innovation, but a world of risk.
Join your peers to discuss:
- How to vet vendors to understand the potential risks
- Best practices for managing third-party risks
- Success and challenges of taking on new risk when using vendor services
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:
Lawrence Figueroa at 1-971-222-2374 or lawrence.figueroa@evanta.com
10:20am - 11:10am Executive Boardroom
A Practical Guide to Artificial Intelligence
Hosted by IBM
Gary Todd
Sr. Cyber Security & Compliance Mgr.
PNM Resources, Inc.
Anil Varghese
SVP/CISO
Exeter Finance Corp.
Doug Lhotka
Executive Cybersecurity Architect
IBM
Deep Learning. Machine Learning. Artificial Intelligence. These trends can deliver immense dividends, but they also invite new risks. How can CISOs prepare to reap the rewards while also thwarting potential attackers?
Join this session to learn how to:
• See beyond the hype and understand the benefits of AI
• Use AI to create both long- and short-term business benefits
• Prevent potential attackers from exploiting the vulnerabilities of new technologies
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:
Lawrence Figueroa at 1-971-222-2374 or lawrence.figueroa@evanta.com
11:10am - 11:40am Networking Break
November 27, 2018
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