Tariffs, global instability, and AI threats are making CISOs’ jobs tougher. As we defend AI investments and fight AI-enabled attacks, sharing insights within the cybersecurity community is crucial. Together, we’re smarter and stronger.
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Gartner Security & Risk Management Summit 2026 dives deep into key topics for cybersecurity leaders around AI, risk management, cloud security and more.
2026 Conference Theme
Smarter, Faster, Stronger … Together
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Monday, 09 March, 2026
09:30 AM - 10:15 AM IST
Gartner Opening Keynote: Seize the Initiative
Fadeen Davis,
Sr Principal Analyst, Gartner
What if the chaos of cybersecurity could fuel a learning cycle that makes us smarter, stronger and faster? What if we could build smarter and stronger prevention by understanding how the most successful attackers are using AI? Or, what if we could increase the speed and intelligence of our resilience to the point that it becomes deterrence? What if our ability to weaponize learnings could translate into less drudgery and more engaging work? Join this keynote and learn how to seize the initiative!
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11:00 AM - 12:00 PM IST
CISO Circle: Leadership Exchange: CISO/CIO Collaboration Best Practices
Tom Scholtz,
Distinguished VP Analyst, Gartner
Arthur Sivanathan,
Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
Whether a CISO reports into IT or the CIO is a peer, CIOs play a critical role in CISO effectiveness and cybersecurity readiness. This playbook is designed to address aspects of security that fall under joint CISO/CIO responsibility and influence. Covering key topics such as the cybersecurity operating model, board engagement, balancing security with IT operations, and investing in security to support business growth, this playbook is a must-have for all CISOs and the CIOs they work with.
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11:00 AM - 11:30 AM IST
CISO Edge: Focus on Risk Reduction, Not on Quantifying Cybersecurity’s Value
Wam Voster,
VP Analyst, Gartner
CISOs struggle to demonstrate the business value of cybersecurity investment in terms that resonate with business executives. The continuing search for an effective way of quantifying business value is a wild goose chase and an ineffective way of utilizing scarce cybersecurity resources. Rather, focus on maximizing the defined output with available resources and use qualitative narratives and limited, defensible metrics to communicate cybersecurity's value.
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11:00 AM - 11:30 AM IST
CISO’s Outlook for Cybersecurity and AI: Building AI Resilience
Craig Porter,
Director Analyst, Gartner
Predicting AI's impact on cybersecurity remains fluid, with some threats accelerating and others failing to materialize with the strength and impact we'd expected. In this session, we'll look at offensive and defensive use cases for generative AI spanning three-time horizons — near, far and uncertain and ambiguous. We'll share where we have consensus and where we're still debating, what is interesting and has caught our eye, as well as the dark cases we're eyeing on.
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11:00 AM - 12:00 PM IST
Contract Negotiation Clinic: Reduce Contract Risks in AI and GenAI Deals
DD Mishra,
VP Analyst, Gartner
This session will explore the contractual risks associated with AI and GenAI software, as well as SaaS deals, including agentic AI. We will identify contract examples and negotiation strategies, examining contract terms from these vendors, LLM providers and IT services providers.
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11:00 AM - 11:20 AM IST
Magic Quadrant for Endpoint Protection Platforms
Deepak Mishra,
Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
This session will present an overview of the latest published version of the Magic Quadrant for Endpoint Protection Platforms (EPP). Participants will hear about Gartner's methodology, research highlights, key market trends and vendors.
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11:00 AM - 11:30 AM IST
Use Security Reference Architectures to Industrialize Security-by-Design
Richard Bartley,
VP Analyst, Gartner
Security-by-design employs a set of best-practice principles early in the architecting process to help ensure security aims are met throughout design. This session explains how to use Gartner’s resources including its reference architecture library to meet security-by-design goals.
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11:00 AM - 11:45 AM IST
Peer Meetup: Building Diverse & Inclusive Security Teams – What Works, What Doesn’t
Struggling to attract diverse talent or close skills gaps on your security team? You’re not alone. Swap stories and strategies with peers who are facing the same challenges. Discover what’s making a difference (and what’s not) as you work to build a stronger, more inclusive team. This is your chance to connect, share, and get inspired by others who are passionate about driving change. Peer Meetups are networking sessions that allow you to connect and share with a small group of your peers, without Gartner facilitation. Please make every effort to attend your Peer Meetup as other attendees will be looking forward to meeting with you.
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11:00 AM - 12:30 PM IST
Workshop: Developing a Ransomware Playbook for Incident Response
Franz Hinner,
Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
Ransomware, unlike other security events, puts your organization on a countdown timer. Delays in decision making and response can significantly increase the risk to the business. In addition to your incident-response plan, a specific ransomware playbook is needed. This workshop will provide you with the tools and techniques needed to create a playbook specific to your organization.
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