

With an increase in online activity due to the pandemic, CISOs are facing a barrage of new challenges.
Join 70+ senior Security leaders on business-critical challenges and disruptive technology and drive your industry forward collaboratively.
Connect with 70+ senior Security leaders for a curated agenda focused on tackling your current business critical challenges and driving industry forward. Our summits are designed to help you:
Build new connections with likeminded senior leaders
Stay current with emerging business trends
Understand the impact new technology can make
De-risk new projects by gaining a broad range of insights
Accelerate key projects through meaningful new partnerships
Downloadable and actionable takeaways
09:00 - 09:20
Intro & Challenger Panel
3 Roundtable moderators
09:20 - 09:50
09:55 - 10:35
Five steps to unlock the SOC
Unlocking business growth means opening up newer business models, enabling omni-channel experiences, connecting more “things”, and better engaging employees, partners and customers. In the Information Age, that can mean more risk
10:35 - 10:45
10:45 - 11:45
Track 1: Zero to Hero - When, Where and How to Place Trust
With increased digital transformation programs, Zero Trust approach in achieving security goals is becoming a requirement from the start of the journey. What metrics, measures, methods, and messages resonate in today’s trust environment?
Track 2: What You Need to Know about Modern Application Development (MAD)
Today’s software-driven organizations must continue to innovate, and due to the pressures of digital transformation, they agree that their current software development models, and release frequencies can no longer keep pace with demand
Track 3: Underground or in the Cloud: The Reality of Risk Being Omnipresent
Internal digital transformations, changing buyer mentality or anything in-between - the CISO is responsible for the protection of the company, including the most valuable asset of the 21st century: data
11:50 - 12:20
Keeping Pace with Process: Best Practices for Managing Security at Scale
In this deep dive session, Synack Solutions Architect and Red Team Expert, Jeremiah Roe takes a practical approach to the attacker lifecycle
09:00 - 09:10
09:10 - 09:40
Security Operations and The Convergence of Pretty Much Everything
As each organization implements a layered security program, across a distributed infrastructure and shared responsibility with their service providers, how can they efficiently gain visibility into malicious activity and orchestrate effective, business wide responses to attacks?
09:45 - 10:25
10:25 - 10:35
10:35 - 11:35
Track 1: Zero to Hero - When, Where and How to Place Trust
With increased digital transformation programs, Zero Trust approach in achieving security goals is becoming a requirement from the start of the journey. What metrics, measures, methods, and messages resonate in today’s trust environment?
Track 2: What You Need to Know about Modern Application Development (MAD)
Today’s software-driven organizations must continue to innovate, and due to the pressures of digital transformation, they agree that their current software development models, and release frequencies can no longer keep pace with demand
Track 3: Underground or in the Cloud: The Reality of Risk Being Omnipresent
Internal digital transformations, changing buyer mentality or anything in-between - the CISO is responsible for the protection of the company, including the most valuable asset of the 21st century: data
11:40 - 12:10
Building a positive security culture across the business
With an increase in online activity due to the pandemic, CISOs are facing a barrage of new challenges
09:00 - 09:10
09:10 - 09:40
How security leaders are using cyber ranges to accelerate learning & development and improve overall security posture
Would you board a plane if you knew the pilot got all A’s in flight school? Probably yes, but what if you learned that the pilot got all A’s, but this was their first time actually flying a plane, and that they never went through any flight simulation training? You’d likely turn around and walk back to the terminal. Just as surgeons must complete a residency, and pilots must undergo flight simulation, cyber defenders should be held to the same standard. Debbie Gordon, Founder & CEO of Cloud Range, will discuss how simulation has quickly become the new standard in cybersecurity for: -Continuous upskilling -Hiring -Measuring risk and preparedness -Establishing learning path for cyber talent Security leaders now understand that advanced technologies aren’t enough to ensure an organization is truly prepared to face any threat, but that the last line of defense (the PEOPLE) must be prepared to detect and remediate a threat before it becomes an incident. This can be done using cyber ranges and other advanced simulation technologies, paired with a system that measures the learning and progress of cyber defenders
09:45 - 10:25
Digital Transformation & Response Plan
10:25 - 10:35
10:35 - 11:35
11:40 - 12:10
The Future of Cyber
The future of Cyber - where will we be headed in 2022?
Engage with a virtual live audience just as you would at a physical event and create meaningful conversations.
The ultimate live polling and gamification tools, keeping your audience engaged.
Enabling our team to help you control your session experience.
Interactive quizzes to gamify your session
Content and insight from industry experts when it matters most
There is no cost associated with attending a GDS Summit. In return, we ask that all senior executives in participation attend for the full duration to ensure that all attendees get maximum value and insight from the interactive roundtables, live Q&As and breakout networking sessions.
Our digital summit portfolio is designed to bring together senior decision makers from large global businesses and innovative disruptor brands to drive industry forward through addressing business critical challenges collaboratively.
If you’re keen to build new connections with likeminded leaders, de-risk your projects through new insight and establish new partnerships that can accelerate your projects then apply to attend today.
Complete our ‘apply to attend’ form on the event page if you’re interested in attending the summit and you meet our application criteria. A member of the GDS team will then reach out to run you through the programme and event format and discuss your participation.
On stage: co-host a panel discussion with a group of likeminded senior executives or host a solo keynote presentation. Both slots include elements of interactive audience Q&A
Off stage: become a roundtable moderator, leading the discussion with the same cohort of executives for the duration of the summit around a specific topic you’ve agreed to focus on during the roundtable session.
We can tailor a partnership package to help meet your business objectives. This might include brand awareness, driving traffic to your site or quality editorial content via exclusive interviews and Q&As with our executive audience. Enquire today for more information.
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You will leave the summit with best practices to immediately apply back to your organisation and new connections from meaningful conversations.
If you haven’t been to a GDS Digital Summit, you will be incredibly impressed. It’s far more engaging than most digital event experiences. It’s a very interactive environment.
I connected with peers that I know I’ll stay in touch with, including suppliers which have presented a fantastic opportunity for 7-Eleven Global in the future. It may well be the most valuable summit I’ve attended in many years
Thank you so much! Great Summit - an outstanding 3 days that culminated in this Award ... I am humbled and honored. Congratulations to you all for pulling off a Hybrid Summit with Augmented Reality features that are truly unparalleled in the Industry! Collaborative, Interactive & showcasing leading edge technology ... GDS Summits really set the bar so high that a return to physical conferences might be re-evaluated in the Industry. You are an amazing Team of Professionals & I am truly honoured to have been a part of this Summit.