With so much uncertainty in the global environment and an expanding threat landscape, the job of CISOs and their teams is getting more and more complex — especially with the increasing prevalence of new tech like AI.
To help you succeed across a wide range of responsibilities, Gartner Security & Risk Management Summit 2026 offers cybersecurity leaders the insight and tools needed to address your biggest priorities in 2026, including:
Today’s threat landscape demands more than defense, it requires resilience. Discover how to define your cybersecurity program’s scope, governance and accountability, prioritize resources for what matters most and architect processes and technologies that ensure business continuity.
Join us to learn how to measure performance with clear, outcome-driven metrics and confidently communicate the value of your cybersecurity and IAM investments to senior stakeholders.
Must-attend sessions aligned to this priority:
Gartner Opening Keynote: Seize the Moment
Leadership Vision for 2026: Cybersecurity
Negotiate Cybersecurity Protection Levels With Your Executives
Outlook for Cyber Resilience
Outlook for Identity and Access Management: Elevate IAM With Identity-First Security
AI rapidly transforms business operations, but organizations face heightened risks without robust governance — data breaches, regulatory penalties and reputational damage from uncontrolled or unauthorized AI use.
Learn how to define AI risk boundaries and governance principles, align cybersecurity and IAM AI adoption with your business goals, and select trusted tools with robust AI-enabled security controls. Discover how to implement AI-augmented defenses, gain visibility into AI risks and measure the impact of your AI investments on risk reduction.
Must-attend sessions aligned to this priority:
Gartner Keynote: The Future of Cyber 2030 — Skills, AI, Tech
Outlook for AI and Cybersecurity: Guiding CISOs Through Change and Opportunity
Use AI Risk Management Frameworks to Assess AI Cyber Risk Readiness
Future of AI in Cybersecurity: AI Predictions and Roadmap Challenges for 2026-2029
What Public Sector Leaders Are Getting Wrong About AI (And What They Must Do Now)
Cybersecurity's Basic Questions Preparing Every AI Initiative for AI Laws
Extending Existing Controls to Discover and Control Third-Party AI Usage
Your future-ready security architecture starts with clear, business-driven technology requirements. Learn how to select cybersecurity and IAM tools that support scalable architectures, automate to reduce complexity and overhead, and measure tool performance and cost to streamline your investment strategy.
Discover how to optimize operations for efficiency and drive continuous improvement.
Must-attend sessions aligned to this priority:
Drive Down Costs and Improve Security: Your Guide to Successful Vendor Consolidation Projects
Harnessing Reference Architectures to Drive Security Innovation and Modernization
Outlook for Infrastructure Security: Navigating the Complexities of a Modern Enterprise
Cloud Security as a Sovereignty Enabler
Take Your Cybersecurity Mesh Architecture and Build Your Defense in Depth Platform of the Future!
AI as The New Cybersecurity Architecture
Join thousands of your peers at Gartner Security & Risk Management Summit, to hear and share the latest insights into best practices, key capabilities and emerging technologies to help you enable secure transformation and embed resilience.
