Building Resilience and Aligning Strategies: Navigating Cybersecurity and Business Challenges in the Modern Era
In a time of global uncertainty, rising cyber threats, and rapid advances in AI, today’s cybersecurity leaders are navigating more complexity than ever. This summit brings together forward-thinking professionals to explore how to lead with clarity, build resilience against evolving threats like ransomware, and unlock the full potential of data in a cloud-first, AI-powered world. Join us to shape the future of cybersecurity leadership—where trust, agility, and innovation drive real impact.
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Exclusively curated from our previous
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Core Themes
Leading Through Chaos: Cyber Leadership in a Chaotic World
Today’s cyber leaders aren’t just tech experts—they’re diplomats, strategists, and crisis navigators. With global tensions rising and regulations shifting like sand, the role is less about managing systems and more about managing uncertainty. This theme explores how to lead with clarity and confidence when the rules keep changing, trust is fragile, and the stakes are sky-high.
The 3 R’s of Cyber Survival: Readiness, Ransomware & Resilience
Ransomware attacks are not uncommon, they are persistent. In a world where cyber threats strike swiftly and fiercely, organisations require more than a mere response plan. This theme examines how to foster genuine, enduring resilience by integrating security into every layer of your business, from culture to crisis response, ensuring you are prepared before, during, and after the breach.
Data Power-Up: Making Data Work for You in the Age of AI
AI is getting smarter, and your data is more valuable (and vulnerable) than ever. As agentic AI and cloud-first strategies take hold, cyber leaders need to treat data like the crown jewel it is. This theme unpacks how to protect, govern, and unlock the full potential of your data, without getting buried in buzzwords.
Speakers
Sulohita Vaddadi
Dewayne Hart
Agenda
1:10 pm - 1:35 pm
Keynote
Navigating the Storm: The Agile and Adaptable Cyber Leader
In today’s rapidly changing landscape, cyber leaders face unprecedented challenges. With a myriad of new regulations, geopolitical uncertainty, and a fragile supply chain, the ability to adapt and remain agile has transformed from a mere advantage into a vital necessity. This keynote will highlight the vital role of agility in cybersecurity leadership, emphasizing the need to anticipate emerging threats and balance advanced tools with foundational strategies. Attendees will gain insights into how modern CISOs can align cybersecurity initiatives with business goals while ensuring strong protection against evolving risks.
Join this keynote talk to discuss:
- Embrace Agility and Flexibility: Adapt to constant threats and challenges while keeping your team and business safe
- Balance Advanced Tools with Core Strategies: Integrate advanced cybersecurity tools while maintaining strong foundational practices
- Strategic Leadership and Communication: Align and communicate cybersecurity priorities with business goals effectively
1:40 pm - 2:20 pm
Panel
Cyber Strategy on the Edge: Leading When the World Won’t Sit Still
Today’s cyber leaders are navigating more than just networks, they’re steering through global tensions, shifting regulations, and rising expectations from the boardroom. This panel is about leading with clarity when the world feels anything but clear. Forget the usual crisis playbook. We’re zooming out to look at the big picture: how to stay ahead of disruption, influence top-level decisions, and align your cyber strategy with what’s happening across the globe.
Join this panel to discuss:
- Reading the Room (Globally): How to track and interpret geopolitical shifts that could impact your business and cyber posture
- Regulatory Curveballs: Staying agile when the rules keep changing—without losing your footing
- Boardroom Translation Skills: Turning complex cyber risk into clear, strategic conversations that drive action
2:20 pm - 2:45 pm
Keynote
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Roundtables
Track 1: Crafting a Modern Data Strategy in the Age of Agentic AI
The rise of Agentic AI is revolutionizing data creation and consumption, presenting new challenges and opportunities for security teams. As AI agents proliferate, they bring complexities in data governance, identity management, and risk mitigation. How can organizations develop a robust data strategy that leverages AI while safeguarding critical assets?
Join this session to explore:
- Navigating AI-Driven Data Creation: Effective practices for ongoing monitoring to identify risks associated with shadow AI and dark data
- Rapid Response Techniques: Strategies for quick investigation and response to insider threats and AI-related vulnerabilities
- Evolving Data Protection: Adopting a risk-based approach to protect mission-critical data and support innovation in the AI era
Track 2: Securing Your Data: Transforming Information into a Strategic Asset in 2025
In 2025, data loss remains a critical issue due to cyberattacks, system failures, and human error. This session explores how artificial intelligence can analyze and identify patterns indicative of potential data breaches within a unified framework, dramatically improving efforts to protect valuable organizational data. Additionally, it emphasizes treating data with the same rigor as software, ensuring accountability across business processes, and the importance of tagging and classification for AI and compliance.
Key Takeaways:
- Enhanced Data Protection: Practical steps for better protecting data integrity using AI-supported frameworks
- Data as a Product: Managing data sets with the same rigor as software to ensure quality, usability, and user satisfaction.
- Accountability and Compliance: Ensuring clear roles and responsibilities for data security and leveraging tagging and classification for effective AI monitoring and regulatory compliance
Track 3: Cyber Resilience by Design: Leadership Strategies for a Cloud-First World
In an era of escalating cyber threats and increasing regulatory scrutiny, CISOs and cyber leaders must go beyond traditional security postures. As cyber threats grow in complexity and frequency, the role of the CISO is evolving from technical guardian to strategic business enabler. This roundtable invites cyber leaders to share insights and experiences on building resilient, cloud-first security strategies that align with business priorities.
Drawing on the expertise within the room, we will have an open discussion on how to:
- Communicate security posture and risk effectively to executive leadership and boards
- Design for resilience in a cloud-native environment
- Foster a culture of shared responsibility across the organization
3:00 pm - 6:30 pm
1:1 Meetings
4:10 pm - 4:40 pm
Workshop
4:45 pm - 5:15 pm
Workshop
8:30 pm - 8:55 pm
Dinner Keynote
Changing the Narrative: Keeping Business at The Forefront of Cybersecurity
Security leadership must wear multiple hats and make decisions that can sometimes be costly and impactful. As threat actors become more aggressive and attack surfaces expand, leaders must facilitate risk management and drive business objectives as a single initiative. This keynote session will resolve the risk by highlighting how to interconnect cybersecurity and business into the broader picture. The audience will gain knowledge on how to remove security silos and keep business operational.
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Key Takeaways:
- Gain ideas to transition security leadership from a technical necessity to a boardroom asset
- Understand why leaders must strategize emerging technologies into security and business objectives
- Discuss how successful leaders embrace adaptability, cyber visibility, and operational resilience to achieve business success
8:00 am - 8:40 am
Panel
The 3 R’s of Cyber Survival: Readiness, Ransomware & Resilience
In today’s high-speed threat landscape, waiting for a crisis to hit before taking action just doesn’t cut it. This session is about rethinking response—ditching outdated, siloed models in favor of fast, flexible, and cross-functional strategies that work when the pressures on. We’ll explore how to lead with clarity in the heat of the moment, empower your workforce to act as your first line of defense, and build a culture of trust and readiness across the organization. Because when the alarm sounds, every second counts—and everyone needs to know exactly what to do, and why it matters.
Key Takeaways
- Holistic Leadership: How to break down silos and lead a unified, business-wide response
- Cyber-Ready Culture: Practical ways to train, empower, and activate your people
- Trust as a Force Multiplier: Align stakeholders and overcome resistance
8:40 am - 9:10 am
Keynote
9:20 am - 12:10 am
1:1 Meetings
9:20 am - 10:20 pm
Roundtables
Track 1: Crafting a Modern Data Strategy in the Age of Agentic AI
The rise of Agentic AI is revolutionizing data creation and consumption, presenting new challenges and opportunities for security teams. As AI agents proliferate, they bring complexities in data governance, identity management, and risk mitigation. How can organizations develop a robust data strategy that leverages AI while safeguarding critical assets?
Join this session to explore:
- Navigating AI-Driven Data Creation: Effective practices for ongoing monitoring to identify risks associated with shadow AI and dark data
- Rapid Response Techniques: Strategies for quick investigation and response to insider threats and AI-related vulnerabilities
- Evolving Data Protection: Adopting a risk-based approach to protect mission-critical data and support innovation in the AI era
Track 2: Securing Your Data: Transforming Information into a Strategic Asset in 2025
In 2025, data loss remains a critical issue due to cyberattacks, system failures, and human error. This session explores how artificial intelligence can analyze and identify patterns indicative of potential data breaches within a unified framework, dramatically improving efforts to protect valuable organizational data. Additionally, it emphasizes treating data with the same rigor as software, ensuring accountability across business processes, and the importance of tagging and classification for AI and compliance.
Key Takeaways:
- Enhanced Data Protection: Practical steps for better protecting data integrity using AI-supported frameworks
- Data as a Product: Managing data sets with the same rigor as software to ensure quality, usability, and user satisfaction.
- Accountability and Compliance: Ensuring clear roles and responsibilities for data security and leveraging tagging and classification for effective AI monitoring and regulatory compliance
Track 3: Cyber Resilience by Design: Leadership Strategies for a Cloud-First World
In an era of escalating cyber threats and increasing regulatory scrutiny, CISOs and cyber leaders must go beyond traditional security postures. As cyber threats grow in complexity and frequency, the role of the CISO is evolving from technical guardian to strategic business enabler. This roundtable invites cyber leaders to share insights and experiences on building resilient, cloud-first security strategies that align with business priorities.
Drawing on the expertise within the room, we will have an open discussion on how to:
- Communicate security posture and risk effectively to executive leadership and boards
- Design for resilience in a cloud-native environment
- Foster a culture of shared responsibility across the organization
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Future Focus Speakers
12:35 pm - 1:00 pm
Closing Keynote
1:00 pm - 2:10 pm
1:1 Meetings
2:15 pm - 2:30 pm
Beyond the Challenges
The Starling - Atlanta, GA
A unique stay minutes from downtown. In the heart of Midtown Atlanta, we are next to Colony Square with several restaurants, shops, and featured events.
Why attend?
Connect with like-minded senior leaders for a curated agenda, focused on tackling your current business critical challenges and driving industry forward.
Be a part of exclusive shared learning, horizon scanning and actionable insights enabling organizations to deliver transformative strategies.
Build meaningful relationships with solution providers matched to your business priorities to help accelerate your projects and deliver your objectives.
