Venue
The Westin Atlanta Perimeter North
The Westin Atlanta Perimeter North, 7 Concourse Pkwy, Atlanta, GA 30328, USA

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Event Date Thu Jun 13 EDT (6 months ago)
Location The Westin Atlanta Perimeter North
7 Concourse Pkwy, Atlanta, GA 30328, USA
Region Americas
Details

Get together with Atlanta'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:
• Cultivating influence as a business-savvy CISO amid rising expectations
• Assessing and communicating risk posture amid increasing regulatory and liability scrutiny
• Securing AI adoption across the enterprise to enable growth and innovation

What to Expect:
• Interactive Sessions - Hear from CISO practitioners and thought leaders on how they're solving critical challenges impacting your role today in Keynote sessions, and join smaller, interactive discussions with your peers in Breakout and Boardroom sessions.
• Community Networking - Make new connections and catch up with old friends in casual conversations during dedicated time for networking designed to better acquaint you with your Atlanta CISO community.
• Peer-to-Peer Meetings - Connect with like-minded peers in a private, 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.

Speakers

2024 Speakers

KEYNOTE:

Arthur Zards
Thought Leader, TED/TEDx Speaker, Coach & Producer

CO-CHAIRS:

Derek Benz
Chief Information Security Officer, The Coca-Cola Company

Tim Callahan
SVP, Global CISO, Aflac

John Dickson
VP, Chief Information Security Officer, Colonial Pipeline

Meredith Harper
Senior Vice President, Chief Information Security Officer, Synchrony Financial

Bob Varnadoe
Global CISO, NCR

Stacy Hughes
CISO, ABM

SPEAKERS:

Caroline Saxon
ISSO/Director, Information Security Compliance, CoreCivic

Harold Shannon
VP, Technology and CIO, CoreCivic

Mike Marsilio
CISO, Paradies Lagardere

Corey Elinburg
Sr. Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer, CommonSpirit Health

Steve Tchejeyan
President, Island

Austin Starowicz
Director, Solutions Consulting, RiskRecon - A MasterCard Company

Tamika Bass
Cybersecurity Director, Gannett Fleming

Sean Flynn
Director, Security Technology and Strategy, Akamai Technologies

John Gift
Chief Information Security Officer, WestRock

Richard Seiersen
Chief Risk Technology Officer, Qualys

David May
Senior Solutions Architect, Expel

Ray Griffin
CISO and Head of Cyber Security, Cox Media Group

Carl Scaffidi
CISO, Vystar Credit Union

Arian Massoudi
Director of Solutions Engineering, Grip Security

Phani Dasari
CISO, Hinduja Global Solutions

Kevin Morrison
VP, CISO, Driven Brands

Murtaza Nisar
Chief Information Security Officer, Clario

Katie Ewers
Director of Cybersecurity, McKesson

Sponsors & Partners

2024 Partners

GLOBAL THOUGHT LEADER:
• Island

CISO THOUGHT LEADERS:
• Akamai
• Netskope
• Qualys
• RiskRecon

KEY PARTNERS:
• Expel
• Fastly
• Illumio
• Veza

PROGRAM PARTNERS:
• Cyera
• Fortanix
• Grip and Abnormal
• Lacework
• Pluralsight
• Rapid7
• Snyk