

With an increase in online activity due to the pandemic, CISOs are facing a barrage of new challenges.
Join 80+ senior Security leaders on business-critical challenges and disruptive technology and drive your industry forward collaboratively.
Connect with 80+ 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
This award will recognise outstanding C-Suite (or equivalent) Security executives who can demonstrate exemplary leadership through real-world achievements in their field. Judges are particularly interested in seeing evidence of the application of innovative technologies or strategies over the last 12 months that have led to improved business performance, reduced risk and improved operational efficiencies.
09:00 - 09:20
Intro & Challenger Panel
3 Roundtable moderators
09:20 - 09:50
Maintaining a successful cyber range and simulation program
How leading corporations can use simulation training to identify emerging threats and new approachs.
09:55 - 10:35
Technology Enabling the Future – Solution Provider Vision
In this session our featured Solution Provider partner will address the entire delegation to discuss how technology is enabling and will continue to enable the future of the industry or sector. How do they apply this thinking into their customer relationship and product and/or service development and strategy. 20min Interview with MOC and 10min live audience Q&A.
10:35 - 10:45
10:45 - 11:45
Track 1: Securing the Software-Driven ‘New Normal’ During Massive Digital Transformation
Software-driven organizations have faced some of the biggest challenges in order to keep pace with the digital transformation they are experiencing.
Track 2: The new landscape of risk - emerging threats and new approaches
What are the emerging threats that your business needs to be aware of? What will the impact on your organization/industry be? How should you respond?
Track 3: Leadership Innovation – Investing in the cybersecurity workforce of tomorrow
How can you transform your security awareness programs to fit the ‘new normal’ situation of remote working? How can we use the new remote work paradigm to ease the eternal shortage of security talent?
11:50 - 12:20
Leadership Innovation - People, Process & Technology
09:00 - 09:10
09:10 - 09:40
Cyber Innovation via Next Gen Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Organizations across the globe are doing their best to fight off cybersecurity threats and vulnerabilities, but it's hard to predict what new campaigns will emerge and how they'll operate.
09:45 - 10:25
Real Talk: Harnessing the Power of the Edge
10:25 - 10:35
10:35 - 11:35
Track 1: Agility - Securing the ‘next normal’ to match the pace of digital
What challenges does remote working and hybrid environments bring? Do you need to reassess endpoint security and zero trust models? How does this effect your data security policies?
Track 2: The new landscape of risk - emerging threats and new approaches
What are the emerging threats that your business needs to be aware of? What will the impact on your organization/industry be? How should you respond?
Track 3: Leadership Innovation – Investing in the cybersecurity workforce of tomorrow
How can you transform your security awareness programs to fit the ‘new normal’ situation of remote working? How can we use the new remote work paradigm to ease the eternal shortage of security talent?
11:40 - 12:10
A Challenge Addressed - Solution Provider Case Study
In closing keynote our featured solution provider partner will address the entire delegation with an end user partner of theirs to highlight and showcase a pressing challenge, how it was addressed and what they results and key takeaways are. We will then go to a live Q&A from our audience.
09:00 - 09:10
09:10 - 09:40
Through a Glass, Darkly: Cyber Trends and Prediction
2020 was a discontinuity in the world, online, and in security. Or was it? We sit poised at the gates of a new decade. Will we go into a roaring 20s online and off or are we headed back to normal? Join Sam Curry for a look at what trends have longevity, what new things might emerge, and what’s in store for attackers, defenders, and the security world at large.
09:45 - 10:45
Track 1: Agility - Securing the ‘next normal’ to match the pace of digital
What challenges does remote working and hybrid environments bring? Do you need to reassess endpoint security and zero trust models? How does this effect your data security policies?
Track 2: The new landscape of risk - emerging threats and new approaches
What are the emerging threats that your business needs to be aware of? What will the impact on your organization/industry be? How should you respond?
Track 3: Leadership Innovation – Investing in the cybersecurity workforce of tomorrow
How can you transform your security awareness programs to fit the ‘new normal’ situation of remote working? How can we use the new remote work paradigm to ease the eternal shortage of security talent?
10:50 - 11:30
11:35 - 12:10
How Do You Protect the Unprotectable?
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
Recognising outstanding Executives who have demonstrated exemplary leadership
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