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CISOXNew York

09 Apr 2025

Well& by Durst, One Five One, New York

Welcome to CISOXNew York, the premier event exclusively designed for accomplished CISOs across NY, USA. Step into the forefront of strategic technology leadership as we navigate the evolving post-pandemic landscape and unlock unparalleled opportunities for enterprise success. Join us at CISOXNew York, where visionary CISOs converge to engage in transformative discussions, gain strategic insights, and address the pressing challenges shaping the world of enterprise technology.

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Registration & Networking Breakfast

Welcome & Opening Remarks From EDS

The Tech Tango: Are CIOs and CISOs in Step or Out of Sync?

  • Patricia Voight
    CISO Webster Bank
  • Robyn Ready
    CISO Knitwell Group
  • German Jausoro
    VP of Global IT Operations & Infrastructure Moelis & Company

In the digital age of 2025, the relationship between CIOs and CISOs is both vital and challenging, marked by a constant balance of conflict and collaboration. In our dynamic opening panel, we will will explore the friction points between these roles, such as competing priorities, resource allocation, and differing perspectives on innovation and security. The panel will highlight strategies for building trust, fostering understanding, and aligning goals to drive both business growth and robust security. Real-world examples of successful partnerships will showcase how these roles can complement each other when aligned effectively. Attendees will leave with actionable insights to transform conflicts into productive alliances in today’s fast-evolving digital landscape.

Leveraging AI for Pre-emptive Cybersecurity: Mastermind Featuring Amtrak’s CISO

  • Brian Gumbel
    President, C-Suite Executive Dataminr
  • Jesse Whaley
    CISO Amtrak

The cybersecurity landscape is evolving rapidly, with AI-driven threats outpacing traditional approaches to cyberdefense. Join us for this session to hear Dataminr’s COO, Brian Gumbel and Jesse Whaley, CISO of Amtrak as they explore the transformative role of AI in pre-emptive cybersecurity. Discover how AI-powered predictive intelligence enhances threat anticipation, mitigates risk, and strengthens resilience against emerging cyberattacks. Gain exclusive insights into real-world applications that redefine proactive defense strategies.

The Butterfly Effect: Unintended Consequences of AI & Innovation in Tech

  • Atti Riazi
    SVP & CIO Hearst

The Executive Briefing: The AI Arms Race: Defending Against Automated Cybercrime

  • Steve Wilson
    Chief Product Officer Exabeam

AI is rapidly transforming the cyberthreat landscape, with adversaries—from script kiddies to nation-state actors—leveraging AI to scale and automate attacks. Security operations leaders must adapt, using AI-driven defense strategies to stay ahead. This session explores how organizations can harness AI to enhance detection, response, and resilience. Learn key techniques for integrating AI into security operations, mitigating emerging risks, and ensuring AI works for you—not against you.

AM BREAK & 1:1 Xchange

ROUNDTABLE XCHANGES: Discussions on Shared Challenges

  • Susan DiFranco
    Senior Solutions Engineer Delphix
  • Loren Russon
    Senior Vice President, Product and Technology Ping Identity
  • Seamless Data Automation: Powering AI, DevOps & Compliance 70% of businesses are overspending on the cloud, often without seeing clear returns. At the same time, a growing amount of sensitive customer data remains unprotected. With AI, digital transformation, and cloud adoption driving exponential data growth, how can organizations keep costs under control while ensuring security and efficiency? Join this interactive session to discuss: • The biggest contributors to cloud overspending and how to manage them. • The challenges of securing sensitive data in non-production environments. • How automation and smarter data management can improve release cycles and reduce costs. We’ll explore practical strategies organizations are using to: ✔ Create lightweight, on-demand data environments. ✔ Discover and protect sensitive data automatically. ✔ Move data seamlessly across locations and clouds. ✔ Integrate data management into CI/CD workflows. This is an open discussion—bring your experiences, challenges, and insights as we unpack real-world solutions together.
  • AI, Partners, & Humans: Building Trust in an AI-Driven Future As artificial intelligence continues to reshape industries and redefine how we connect and collaborate, businesses face a critical challenge: how to harness AI’s transformative potential while safeguarding against emerging risks, like identity fraud and AI-driven manipulation. With AI agents, deepfakes, and synthetic identities disrupting traditional models of trust, organizations must rethink how they build and maintain secure, authentic relationships in this new digital age. Join thought leaders and industry peers to explore: • How AI changes the way organizations think about and manage identities. • Agile security strategies that evolve in real-time to counter new and emerging digital threats posed by AI-enhanced identity threats • How organizations can safely and securely utilize AI agents without opening the door to unwanted risk - including effectively identifying, authenticating, authorizing, and governing AI agents. • Let’s dive into the future of trust in an AI-powered world!

In this interactive session, our event partners will take the lead in initiating and facilitating conversations centered on challenges and solutions within the industry. Attendees can expect dynamic discussions where diverse perspectives are shared, fostering collaborative problem-solving and the exploration of innovative solutions to common industry hurdles.

CISO TRACK: Prevention is Better than Cure: Shaping Ransomware Resiliency in 2025

  • Amit Basu
    VP CIO & CISO International Seaways

As ransomware attacks reach unprecedented levels of sophistication, organizations must pivot from reactive recovery strategies to proactive prevention and resilience-building. A multi-layered cybersecurity framework is essential, encompassing advanced threat detection, continuous employee awareness training, and robust incident response planning. This forward-thinking approach underscores the critical need for cultivating a cyber-aware culture, ensuring business continuity, and reducing the devastating impact of ransomware in an ever-evolving digital landscape.

CIO TRACK: Learning from Leaders: How Mature Organizations Are Harnessing Generative AI for Business Transformation

  • Srini Gudipati
    CIO Reworld Waste

This presentation explores how mature organizations are leveraging generative AI to drive business transformation. By examining real-world examples, it highlights the strategies leaders use to integrate AI for innovation, efficiency, and customer engagement while addressing challenges like ethical considerations and workforce adaptation. Attendees will gain insights into best practices and actionable steps to harness the potential of generative AI in their own organizations.

Navigating Complexity to Modernize and Innovate with Software Intelligence

  • Eddie Daghelian
    SVP & Managing Director Cast

Modernizing and evolving enterprise applications is no longer optional—it’s essential for staying competitive and meeting business needs. As enterprises tackle technical debt, leverage GenAI, and transform critical applications, complexity has reached unprecedented levels. With 100 times more code than a decade ago—and AI poised to increase this volume exponentially—software has outpaced human management. As a result, Software Intelligence has shifted from being an early adopter advantage to a fundamental necessity for all companies. It enables executives and technology leaders to navigate, accelerate, and measure the success of these initiatives.

Discover how the world’s leading businesses are integrating Software Intelligence with AI-powered solutions to achieve unmatched accuracy, scale, and innovation in their software transformation efforts.

How Altice Built Business Resilience with ITDR

  • James (Jim) Doggett
    CISO Semperis

Active Directory is a top target for cyber threat actors, who use the identity infrastructure to elevate privileges, spread malware, and plant backdoors. Identity Threat Detection and Response (ITDR) capabilities are vital for organizations aiming to reduce their cyberattack surface and build resilience against ransomware. Learn how telecommunications leader Altice Portugal adopted Semperis’ hybrid Active Directory security solutions to accelerate threat mitigation and ensure the recoverability of its identity systems in the face of growing cyber threats.

LUNCH & 1:1 Xchange

CISO TRACK: QUICK TECH TALES: 10-Minute Success Stories on Enterprise Challenges

  • Kevin Walsh
    CISO PCHI
  • Karl Schoen-Rene
    Director of Information Security Knights of Columbus
  • Ahmed Pasha
    US Head Of IT Security - CISO Nomura
  • One Leader, Two Hats: Combining the CIO & CISO Role

    Explore the dual responsibility of combining CIO and CISO roles, sharing real-world insights on where this model works best and how it can enhance security, efficiency, and strategic alignment.
  • Escaping the Sand: A Security Governance Story

    A story of security governance and transforming a 'head in the sand approach' to regulation, to full compliance.
  • Discovering Your Supply Chain, It’s Not Just A Cybersecurity Problem

    How supply chain vulnerabilities extend beyond cybersecurity to impact business continuity and risk management, offering real-world examples and proactive strategies for identifying and mitigating risks through a holistic, cross-functional approach.

This lively and engaging session features three technology leaders who will share 10-minute success stories, about navigating professional challenges in their organizations. Dive into real-world experiences, innovative approaches, and gain valuable takeaways.

CIO TRACK: QUICK TECH TALES: 10-Minute Success Stories on Enterprise Challenges

  • Sharon Dhall
    CIO Kroll
  • Dilip Nath
    AVP & Deputy CIO SUNY Downstate Medical Center
  • Dan Meers
    Managing Director Data & AI Leader CohnReznick
  • AI - Are You Behind or Are You Ahead?

    How AI is making its way into our organization and the journey at Kroll.
  • Cloud Transformation - Good, Bad and Ugly

    The highs, lows, and lessons of cloud transformation—what works and what doesn’t?
  • The Art of the Pivot: How We Redesigned Operations Mid-Program to Avoid Collapse

    What happened when a tech-led transformation veered off course, and how we brought it back.

This lively and engaging session features three technology leaders who will share 10-minute success stories, about navigating professional challenges in their organizations. Dive into real-world experiences, innovative approaches, and gain valuable takeaways.

PM BREAK & 1:1 Xchange, Community Conversations

  • Ali Heriyanto
    VP of Product & Tech Support Corcoran Group
  • Dan Meers
    Managing Director Data & AI Leader CohnReznick
  • Olusegun Opeyemi-Ajayi
    CISO New York City Department of Transportation
  • Robyn Ready
    CISO KnitWell Group
  • Diversity of Thought: Building Stronger Teams with Neurodiverse Talent

    Explore how leveraging neurodiverse talent can enhance innovation, strengthen teams, and foster a culture of inclusion and creativity.
  • Breaking Barriers: AI-Driven Strategies to Overcome Blocks in Digital Transformation

    How can AI help break down the biggest barriers in digital transformation? This session will explore AI-driven strategies to overcome common obstacles, ensuring smoother implementation and long-term success across your organization.
  • Facing Resistance Head-On: Driving Organizational Maturity Amid Business Challenges

    Examine strategies for addressing resistance to change and advancing organizational maturity in dynamic and challenging business environments.
  • Navigating Third-Party Risk: Building Resilience Through Smarter Partnerships

    Share insights on effectively managing third-party risks to ensure resilience, trust, and security in your business partnerships.

Take a break, engage in meetings or join a discussion roundtable! During this PM Power Break, fellow enterprise leaders will guide discussions on their favorite topic, fostering an environment of open exchange, exploration of diverse perspectives and experiences. Attendees can grab a coffee and anticipate engaging conversations through 1-2-1 meetings and roundtables. Conversations will be driven by shared challenges and interests, offering valuable insights and opportunities for collaborative learning and networking.

The Executive Briefing: Overcoming Deepfakes: An Action Plan for CISOs

  • Jamie Knobles
    Director, Cyber Resilience and Readiness Immersivelabs

Deepfake attacks are a growing concern for boards and executives, especially following high-profile incidents like the $25 million loss from a deepfaked “CFO” approval. These AI-generated videos can deceive employees across all levels and are almost indistinguishable from legitimate content. In this session, we’ll demystify deepfake threats and share concrete strategies for building organizational resilience and demonstrating readiness to your senior leadership. You’ll gain a deeper understanding of how to proactively prepare for and respond to these emerging threats.

Key takeaways include:
• Understand the unique challenges deepfake attacks present to cybersecurity and organizational resilience
• Learn actionable strategies to detect, mitigate, and respond to deepfake threats
• Explore best practices for educating your workforce and leadership on the risks associated with deepfakes
• Gain insight into how to demonstrate organizational preparedness and risk management to boards and senior leadership

Brains X Bots: Navigating the Triumphs and Trials in the Human-Tech Alliance

  • Nashira Spencer
    CISO and Head of Enterprise IT Stitch Fix
  • Ron Ongley
    CISO & CTO Russell Reynolds
  • Caitlin Teahan
    SVP Technology FleishmanHillard
  • Milagros Talabucon
    Vice President Technology North America Proximity Pernod Ricard

Join us for our closing panel as we explore the transformative potential and the profound challenges of the collaboration between human intelligence and technology. Leaders will discuss how blending human creativity with ML & AI’s efficiency can drive groundbreaking innovations across industries, while addressing critical issues such as workforce redundancies, job displacement, and the restructuring of organizations. The session will highlight the power of combining empathy, strategic thinking, and emotional intelligence with data-driven precision, while also navigating the ethical dilemmas, algorithmic biases, and societal disruptions that accompany these advancements. By examining both the opportunities and the challenges, the panel will shed light on how humans and machines, rather than competing, can amplify each other’s strengths to overcome obstacles, redefine roles, and achieve revolutionary outcomes for organizations and society alike.

Closing Remarks

Drinks Reception

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Well& by Durst - Amenity, Events & Meeting Space, West 42nd Street, New York, NY, USA

Well& by Durst - Amenity, Events & Meeting Space, West 42nd Street, New York, NY, USA

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Who attends?

Attendance is reserved for C-Suite executives and Senior Executives within Cybersecurity, including Chief Information Security Officers, and other senior security decision-makers from a wide array of industries. Joined by our select sponsor partners, enriching networking opportunities and offering cutting-edge solutions.

What does my delegate pass include?

Thanks to our sponsors, your access is entirely complimentary, providing you with full-day access to all presentations, exclusive networking sessions, personalised one-to-one meetings, delectable catering, and an open bar for added networking.

What are the one-on-one meetings?

These 25-minute meetings provide invaluable opportunities to discover new solutions and expand your network with leading innovative providers that can help solve your current or future complex challenges.

What is the dress code?

Professional business attire is appropriate.

Do I need to prepare anything?

No preparation is needed on your part. We take care of all the final details. Simply arrive at the specified time, date, and location, and we’ll handle the rest to ensure you have a seamless and enjoyable experience.

Why attend?

Our events offer unparalleled experiences where interactive sessions spark innovation, keynotes unveil insights from industry luminaries, and exclusive one-on-one meetings with best-in-breed solution providers unfold in some of the world’s most prestigious venues. This unique format ensures that your challenges are addressed directly, providing invaluable insights, connections, and maximising value for your time. With a compact schedule featuring a variety of presentations, you’ll gain a comprehensive view of the latest innovations and have ample opportunity to network with like-minded peers—all under one roof, and in just one day. This fosters collaboration and forges invaluable connections among executives with a genuine influence, setting the standard for elite gatherings in the industry.

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