CSO Conference & Awards 2025: Agenda
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All times listed on the agenda are Pacific Time.
Monday, October 20
Check in to the conference and pick up your badge.
Select your topic of choice and participate in a small-group interactive conversation to listen, learn and share experiences around the table.
This thought-provoking, highly interactive session provides the opportunity to discuss current trends, pain points and barriers – and come away with better solutions and resources.
Pre-registration required.
Join us for networking, camaraderie, delicious food and refreshing beverages. Connect with fellow industry leaders in a lively atmosphere as we kick off an exciting week.
Tuesday, October 21
Start your morning right with a networking breakfast. Connect with industry leaders, share insights, and fuel up for a day of innovation and success.
Session in development
In a world where digital transformation drives innovation, cybersecurity remains both a cornerstone and a challenge for the IT industry. This keynote dives deep into the rapidly evolving threat landscape, highlighting the most pressing security risks facing enterprises today—from AI-powered cyberattacks to supply chain vulnerabilities and insider threats.
Grab a coffee or iced beverage, enjoy the fresh air, and connect with award-winning CISOs and sponsoring partners.
Dig into the details of a selection of CSO Award-winning projects. Visit the presentations that match your interests, ask questions, and network with small groups of peers. This self-directed experience means you can focus your time on projects that are most relevant for you.
AI Foundations: Governance and Enablement, presented by Prime Therapeutics, LLC
Secure AI, presented by HGS
Risk Rated, Ranked, Remediated: A Strategic Security Transformation, presented by Baptist Memorial Health Care Corporation
Glass Castle, presented by Gates Corporation
Learn from a new set of award-winning projects.
HITRUST AI Security Certification, presented by NRC Health
Identity Protection and Risk Reduction Program, presented by Intel Corporation
Cyber Threat Detection Overhaul, presented by Penn Medicine
Join us for an engaging lunch where you can connect with newfound contacts! Take a seat and savor your meal while networking with peers. Don’t miss the opportunity to meet our sponsors and discover how their innovative solutions can benefit you.
In a world where digital transformation drives innovation, cybersecurity remains both a cornerstone and a challenge for the IT industry. This keynote dives deep into the rapidly evolving threat landscape, highlighting the most pressing security risks facing enterprises today—from AI-powered cyberattacks to supply chain vulnerabilities and insider threats.
Organizations face a complex landscape of pervasive uncertainty in today’s technological and regulatory environment. How does a CISO proactively address the challenges posed by shifting global, federal, and state regulations; escalating third-party risks in an increasingly interconnected digital ecosystem; and rapidly evolving technologies and processes that can deliver transformational change? Discover best practices for managing uncertainty in many forms and building resilient IT strategies in an unpredictable world.
Whether you’re a CISO, IT strategist, or tech innovator, this session will equip you with the insights needed to protect your organization while enabling growth and innovation in a hyper-connected world.
Grab a coffee or iced beverage, enjoy the fresh air, and connect with award-winning CISOs and sponsoring partners.
Whether you’re a CISO, IT strategist, or tech innovator, this session will equip you with the insights needed to protect your organization while enabling growth and innovation in a hyper-connected world.
Join us to hear the latest IDC research and analysis to inform your security strategy.
Wednesday, October 22
Start your morning right with a networking breakfast. Connect with industry leaders, share insights, and fuel up for a day of innovation and success.
What does it take to be an Unstoppable Leader? Alex Weber knows about setting big goals, learning from failure, and finally achieving them. As one of the youngest coaches ever to win US Lacrosse Coach of the Year and later as the host-turned-competitor on American Ninja Warrior, David has pursued excellence while navigating the external obstacles, internal roadblocks, and interpersonal dynamics that come with peak leadership. One thing he shared with today’s security leaders is performing while under immense pressure, challenges, and internal adversity. Get inspired by David’s story and lessons for becoming a leader who – even in the most difficult of times – builds a culture of positivity, passion, and perseverance.
In a world where digital transformation drives innovation, cybersecurity remains both a cornerstone and a challenge for the IT industry. This keynote dives deep into the rapidly evolving threat landscape, highlighting the most pressing security risks facing enterprises today—from AI-powered cyberattacks to supply chain vulnerabilities and insider threats.
AI has the promise to automate jobs and supercharge productivity. How do you build a skilled staff when you’ve replaced your entry-level workers? And are you creating insider risk as workers train their replacements? Where do humans stay in the loop? Then there’s the reality of bots from malicious actors and foreign adversaries infiltrating organizations to steal data and other assets. The bottom line: the CISO’s role in the future of work is essential.
Grab a coffee or iced beverage, enjoy the fresh air, and connect with award-winning CISOs and sponsoring partners. You’ll also have an opportunity to meet and take a photo with our keynote speaker, Alex Weber.
Dig into the details of a selection of CSO Award-winning projects. Visit the presentations that match your interests, ask questions, and network with small groups of peers. This self-directed experience means you can focus your time on projects that are most relevant for you.
Vulnerability Management Optimization, presented by ReSource Pro
COSMOS, presented by Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific
Learn from a new set of award-winning projects.
InComm Payments and WitnessAI Empower Safe AI Usage, presented by InComm Payments
Join us for an engaging lunch where you can connect with newfound contacts! Take a seat and savor your meal while networking with peers. Don’t miss the opportunity to meet our sponsors and discover how their innovative solutions can benefit you.
Get the first look at the findings of Foundry’s 2025 Security Priorities Study, which identifies the security projects organizations are focused on in the coming year. The research looks at the issues that will demand the most time and strategic thinking for IT and security teams.
In a world where digital transformation drives innovation, cybersecurity remains both a cornerstone and a challenge for the IT industry. This keynote dives deep into the rapidly evolving threat landscape, highlighting the most pressing security risks facing enterprises today—from AI-powered cyberattacks to supply chain vulnerabilities and insider threats.
Whether you’re a CISO, IT strategist, or tech innovator, this session will equip you with the insights needed to protect your organization while enabling growth and innovation in a hyper-connected world.
Security startups offer innovative solutions but are often resource-constrained. Learn how experienced CISOs assess early-stage companies on their security posture, their effects into unique risk landscapes, and integration into their agile development cycles. Learn practical approaches to building strong partnerships and how those change when companies scale or get acquired.
In this candid panel discussion, leading security vendors share their perspectives on how their roles are shifting in response to emerging threats, customer expectations, and the accelerating pace of digital transformation.
Grab a coffee or iced beverage, enjoy the fresh air, and connect with award-winning CISOs and sponsoring partners.
Drop in for unstructured conversation with one of IDC’s top security analysts. This is an opportunity to delve deeper into the themes and ideas from Dickson’s keynote presentation or to get insight on your own challenges – all in a casual environment.
Whether you’re a CISO, IT strategist, or tech innovator, this session will equip you with the insights needed to protect your organization while enabling growth and innovation in a hyper-connected world.
To close our conference, we’ll respond to what’s on your mind. Attendees will choose the focus on this session in a vote on Tuesday, and we will announce the results Wednesday morning. Then this panel of experienced and thoughtful CISOs will share their collective wisdom in a candid conversation. Want to hear more about AI and security? Is it time for a frank discussion about careers and how CISOs can get the respect they deserve? Or perhaps a new industry development will have everyone buzzing. Let’s go there.
Raise a glass to toast the 2025 honorees.
Celebrate security excellence at this elegant dinner and award ceremony. The 2025 CSO Awards presentation will honor the winning organizations for their use of innovative security to deliver business value, followed by the induction of our newest members into the CSO Hall of Fame.
Celebrate the newest class of honorees with sweet treats and plenty of photo ops as we close out the CSO Conference.