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
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
Outlook for AI & Cybersecurity
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 - 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 - 11:30 AM IST
Technical Insights: Secure by Design: Engineering Secure Applications
Manjunath Bhat,
Distinguished VP Analyst, Gartner
Secure by design is a security engineering approach that enables building software products that are foundationally secure and resilient. This session will review key tenets of the secure by design principle, such as threat modelling, secure by default and software supply chain security.
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12:30 PM - 01:00 PM IST
Outlook for Human Factors in Cybersecurity
Will Candrick,
Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
The vast majority of cybersecurity investment prioritizes technical solutions. Yet most cyber incidents involve human error. What many cybersecurity leaders miss is the human factor. People-ranging from the c-suite to line-level employees — have a massive impact on cyber risk outcomes. Learn how cybersecurity leaders can use human factors in security to their advantage!
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12:30 PM - 01:00 PM IST
How to Respond to the Current Threat Landscape
Thomas Lintemuth,
VP Analyst, Gartner
The threat landscape is a moving target. Attack campaigns might hit multiple organizations, but each enterprise should analyze its own threat landscape. Security and risk management leaders should gain baseline knowledge on optimizing prediction and prevention, knowing when detection is required, and preparing to respond when things go wrong.
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12:45 PM - 01:15 PM IST
Securing the Quantum Frontier: Embracing Post-Quantum Cryptography Today
Sarah Almond,
Director Analyst, Gartner
As quantum computing rapidly advances, the cryptographic foundations that secure our digital world face unprecedented challenges. Traditional encryption methods, which have long safeguarded sensitive data, are increasingly vulnerable to the immense computational power of quantum machines. This session delves into the critical need for transitioning to quantum-resistant encryption technologies.
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12:45 PM - 01:15 PM IST
The CISO’s Guide to Their First Year In Role
Tom Scholtz,
Distinguished VP Analyst, Gartner
Your first 100 days as a CISO determine your success in creating a security-conscious organization. This presentation provides guidance and support to help new cybersecurity leaders maximize their success during this pivotal transition phase.
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02:30 PM - 03:00 PM IST
Technical Insights: How to Mitigate the Threat of Identity Impersonation Using Deepfakes
Apeksha Kaushik,
Principal Analyst, Gartner
Attackers are increasingly using deepfakes to try and defeat automated voice biometrics and identity verification processes. Additionally, security leaders are dealing with person-to-person use cases, such as attackers impersonating company executives to request money transfers from employees. Learn about the current state-of-the-art in deepfake detection and approaches to mitigation.
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