Q: What types of events do you host?
A: CISO Executive Network has programs at the National, Regional, and Local levels.
National Programs include our own Annual Symposium featuring nearly 100 member CISOs for a full day of member-led panels and expert sessions. We also host our signature roundtables for our members who attend RSA, Gartner Security & Risk Management Summit, and Black Hat.
Regional Programs include our Regional Breakfast Roundtables where we combine local chapters, logically by geography, to create larger groups of members to share ideas on topics not covered in our local chapter roundtables. These follow our signature chapter roundtable agenda (see below)
- Short networking over coffee and breakfast: 8:00 - 8:30
- Introduction of the topic, member poll, and moderated discussion by our professional moderators and members: 8:30 - 9:35
- Legal update from host law firm: 9:35 - 9:45
- Break 9:45 - 10:00
- Sponsored speaker 10:00-10:15
- Sponsored speaker 10:15-10:30
- Sponsored speaker 10:30-10:45
- Member closed-door session: 10:45 - 11:15
- Concluding remarks and close 11:15 - 11:30
- Social time 11:30-12:00 (optional)
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We also host Custom Roundtables throughout the year and special member breakfasts at the RSA, Black Hat and Gartner Conferences.
Q: What are the benefits of sponsorship?
A: CISO Executive Network is the shortest route to CISO decision makers and economic buyers for US companies. Unlike most programs designed as “events” our roundtables are designed for our members which means more valuable information will be shared while the sponsors are in the room. Specific sponsor benefits include:
- Direct exposure to executive level information security decision makers in an intimate environment.
- Access to unfiltered, moderated conversations among US CISOs which provides real-time market intelligence down to the individual CISO/company.
- Opportunity to respond to what you’ve heard in the room with a 15-minute, contextualized presentation which we will help you craft in advance.
- Opportunity to show thought leadership among influential cybersecurity executives.
- Full contact information for all registrants for each sponsored event.
Q: What levels of sponsorship do you offer?
A: Sponsorship levels vary depending on which program you select. For Local Chapter Roundtables, we have just 1 level of sponsorship for each of the 3 sponsors. Similarly, for Regional Roundtables we have only 1 level of sponsorship for the 2 sponsors. For our RSA, Gartner, and Black Hat programs, we have a single, exclusive sponsorship level for each event. Lastly, for our Annual Symposium, we offer 3 tiers of sponsorship.
Q: How many sponsors attend an event?
A: For our Local Chapter Roundtables, we permit just 3 different vendors to sponsor with each sponsor being permitted to send a presenter and 1 other representative. For our Regional Roundtables, we permit just 2 vendors to sponsor with each having a speaker and 1 other representative. For RSA, Gartner, and Black Hat we have just 1 sponsor per daily event with up to 3 sponsor attendees allowed. At our Annual Symposium, we have varying levels of sponsorship and most allow up to 3 sponsor attendees.
Q: What are some of the topics you cover?
A: Each year our Advisory Council members help us select relevant topics for discussion at all of our program events. We generally plan the topics in the Fall for the coming year. Topics are top-of-mind for our members as expressed through our Advisory Council Members.
Q: How much opportunity is there for sponsor interaction with CISO Executive Network members?
A: Sponsors are encouraged to interact with our members at various times during our roundtable events. While our agendas are very well-defined and we follow the agenda vigorously, there are opportunities for interaction with members during breakfast for 30-mins prior to each chapter roundtable, during breaks, and after our program concludes - before members leave our meeting locations.
