

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
Mission Focused Security
As the CISO for your organization, you’ll have your projects and deliverables in your head, and your cyber team will recognize the importance – but how do you translate that to the board?
09:55 - 10:35
Supply Chain Attacks; The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly
Build and Sign process - ensuring integrity throughout this process
10:35 - 10:45
10:45 - 11:45
Track 1: Underground or in the Cloud: The Reality of Risk Being Omnipresent
Risk, by its very definition, is something deemed uncontrollable – and it’s fast become realized by organizations the need to invest heavily in security.
Track 2: Data Pirates & How to Protect your Treasure
The volumes of data we accumulate transcends departments within the organization of the 21st century and shows no signs of slowing down.
Track 3: What You Need to Know “Now” about Modern Application Development (MAD)
Today, software-driven organizations must continue to innovate, and due to the pressures of digital transformation, they are beginning to agree that their software development models, and release frequencies, can no longer keep pace
11:50 - 12:20
Ransomware: The Virtual Pandemic
In 2020, ransomware attacks were more expensive than the average cyber-attack, costing organizations around $4.44 million – and the maliciousness of the crime means we need to take them far more seriously than the average data breach.
09:00 - 09:10
09:10 - 09:40
Understanding Your Insider Risk, and the Value of Your Intellectual Property
The term insider refers to known users (or systems) with authorized access to your organization's systems, applications, and data.
09:45 - 10:25
Leveraging Data and Modeling to Understand Ransomware and Financial Exposure
The list of high-profile ransomware victims is long and growing. So are the costs to recover from these crimes.
10:25 - 10:35
10:35 - 11:35
Track 1: Underground or in the Cloud: The Reality of Risk Being Omnipresent
Risk, by its very definition, is something deemed uncontrollable – and it’s fast become realized by organizations the need to invest heavily in security.
Track 2: Data Pirates & How to Protect your Treasure
The volumes of data we accumulate transcends departments within the organization of the 21st century and shows no signs of slowing down.
Track 3: What You Need to Know “Now” about Modern Application Development (MAD)
Today, software-driven organizations must continue to innovate, and due to the pressures of digital transformation, they are beginning to agree that their software development models, and release frequencies, can no longer keep pace
11:40 - 12:10
Using Research to Reprogram the Cyber Kobayashi Maru
The fundamental problem of cybersecurity is the asymmetry between the attacker and the defender.
09:00 - 09:10
09:10 - 09:40
Lessons from Fintech to Elsewhere
In 2017, PwC ran a “Global Fintech Report”, and found 82% of financial institutions expect to partner with a FinTech firm within the next five years. Well, that time is soon and we’ve seen a meteoric growth – and with that we have seen a similarly expansive growth in the need for cybersecurity in this sector.
09:45 - 10:25
Security Automation - how to Breach the Talent Gap?
With the increased importance in security, it’s now more crucial than ever that talent accrued by the CISO is exceptional
10:25 - 10:35
10:35 - 11:35
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.
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 honuored to have been a part of this Summit.