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Christopher Mixter
VP Analyst
Gartner
Speaker Topics
- Executive Communication and Metrics
- Partnering Across the Business
- AI in Cybersecurity
- Personal Effectiveness
- Managing Cyber Risk
- Cybersecurity Management, Governance and Policy
Speaker Bio
Chris Mixter is a Vice President Analyst, creating insight and implementation guidance to support CISOs and CIOs around the world on their most important cybersecurity management challenges. Chris is a keynote speaker and workshop facilitator at Gartner events globally.
Chris has deep expertise across the span of CISO Effectiveness, from cybersecurity operating models to effectively influencing across Cybersecurity leaders' stakeholder ecosystem. His most frequent client engagements are on the subjects of CISO effectiveness, board-level reporting, cybersecurity performance measurement, third party cyber risk management and cybersecurity AI strategy.
Chris lives in Arlington, Virginia, USA with his wife, son, daughter, and a Border Collie who knows things.
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Chris has deep expertise across the span of CISO Effectiveness, from cybersecurity operating models to effectively influencing across Cybersecurity leaders' stakeholder ecosystem. His most frequent client engagements are on the subjects of CISO effectiveness, board-level reporting, cybersecurity performance measurement, third party cyber risk management and cybersecurity AI strategy.
Chris lives in Arlington, Virginia, USA with his wife, son, daughter, and a Border Collie who knows things.
Sessions
Monday, 16 March, 2026 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM AEDT
The Real Cost of Cybersecurity
Christopher Mixter,
VP Analyst, Gartner
Cybersecurity costs are not fully captured in the security budget. The real cost includes the comprehensive expenses required to deliver cybersecurity, encompassing capital and operational expenses across both IT and security, and business friction. This session will explain how to embrace this new perspective and develop a more complete understanding of security costs to better inform cybersecurity investment decisions.
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Tuesday, 17 March, 2026 10:15 AM - 11:15 AM AEDT
CISO Circle Leadership Exchange: Negotiate Protection Levels With Your Executives
Christopher Mixter,
VP Analyst, Gartner
Zachary Smith,
Director Analyst, Gartner
Why don't executives fund cybersecurity according to their risk appetite? They have no idea how to do so. PLAs are concrete assertions of risk appetite. Negotiating PLAs determines your executives’ desired level of protection within their willingness to pay for it. They sharply guide investment, create stakeholder defensibility and are hard to ignore.
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Tuesday, 17 March, 2026 04:15 PM - 05:00 PM AEDT
Gartner Closing Keynote: The Top Predictions of Cybersecurity
Christopher Mixter,
VP Analyst, Gartner
Every year, Gartner produces impactful predictions across all practices. This session will compile the top predictions prepared by our cybersecurity experts. Security and risk management leaders should monitor these trends to be successful in the digital era, especially when most recognize that global change could potentially be one crisis away.
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