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Gartner Security & Risk Management Summit 2025 dives deep into key topics for CISOs and their teams around cybersecurity, IT risk management, AI, cost optimization and more.

2025 Conference Theme

Engage. Innovate. Lead.

Being a CISO today requires resilience and innovation. It’s essential to show how security drives enterprise success, especially as new threats emerge from not just the traditional channels but also through the adoption of new technologies and geopolitical tensions. CISOs must invest strategically in modern tools and communicate security’s strategic value to executives.

Enabling secure, responsible AI adoption can boost performance, but must be balanced with regulatory compliance and risk management. By leading with clarity and confidence, CISOs can both protect their organizations and inspire trust across the enterprise.

What can you expect on-site? Get a sneak peek at Gartner Security & Risk Management Summit 2025's must-see opening keynote covering how you can exploit hype's power to drive resilience in your organization.

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Monday, 22 September, 2025

11:00 AM - 11:30 AM BST

Outlook for Infrastructure Security 2026

Thomas Lintemuth, VP Analyst, Gartner
In 2026, the cybersecurity landscape will be characterized by unprecedented threats, necessitating innovative solutions and a proactive approach. Discover insights into how infrastructure security integrates endpoint security, network security, and cloud security to combine innovation and action in addressing the ever-changing threats to infrastructure. ... Show More Show Less

12:00 PM - 12:45 PM BST

CXO Boardroom: From Cyber Risk to Boardroom Metrics That Matter, moderated by Horizon3.ai

Boards don’t care what tools you buy—they care what got fixed, how fast, and what’s left exposed. This session explores how operationalized pentesting enables cross-functional response, reduces MTTR, and produces board-ready metrics that prove real progress. Through practical strategies and peer-aligned insights, we’ll discuss how to shrink the risk window, improve detection, and turn security operations into a narrative of measurable business resilience. ... Show More Show Less

12:00 PM - 12:30 PM BST

Darktrace: Trust at Scale - Advancing AI Maturity in Security

John Allen, SVP, FIELD CISO, Darktrace
Ashanka Iddya, Senior Director, Product Marketing , Darktrace
AI is transforming security operations, but adoption happens in stages. Most cybersecurity organizations move through a maturity
curve that starts with manual workflows and progresses toward
intelligent automation and autonomous systems. This session introduces a practical AI maturity model that helps security teams assess their current state, identify signals of readiness, and plan for responsible growth.
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12:45 PM - 01:30 PM BST

Roundtable: Cloud Security Lessons Learned: Sharing Best Practices and Avoiding Pitfalls

Charlie Winckless, VP Analyst, Gartner
In this expert-led roundtable, join peers and Gartner analysts to explore key indicators of effective cloud security, common pitfalls, and real-world strategies to address evolving threats. Come share experiences with your peers about what is working and not working within your organization. ... Show More Show Less

01:20 PM - 01:40 PM BST

HackerOne: Beyond ROI - Unlocking the Financial Value of Cybersecurity with Return on Mitigation

Laurie Mercer, SENIOR DIRECTOR, SALES ENGINEERING, HackerOne
Is cybersecurity a cost center or a profit protector? For too long, security leaders have struggled to justify their budgets in terms boards and business leaders can understand. It’s time to shift the conversation. This session introduces Return on Mitigation (RoM), a framework designed to quantify the financial impact of mitigated breaches, enabling leaders to position cybersecurity as a critical investment that enables business priorities. ... Show More Show Less

01:30 PM - 02:00 PM BST

Shifting Left and Right: Securing Your Clouds From Code to Runtime With CNAPP

Esraa ElTahawy, Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
As cloud adoption accelerates, organizations are increasingly relying on complex architectures like containers, microservices and serverless. Traditional security tools are often fragmented, leading to blind spots and inefficiencies. This session will go through the capabilities that cloud-native application protection platforms (CNAPPs) offer in end-to-end security solutions for securing your cloud. ... Show More Show Less

01:30 PM - 02:00 PM BST

Security Planning Guide 2026

William Dupre, VP Analyst, Gartner
Global conflict, AI-based disruption and political upheaval continue to impact the risk landscape for organizations. In this environment, cybersecurity programs become paramount. This session provides insights into the current global security landscape. ... Show More Show Less

02:15 PM - 02:45 PM BST

Technical Insights: Microsoft 365: Top Security and Identity Features to Implement

Patrick Hevesi, VP Analyst, Gartner
This session will discuss the evolution of Microsoft Office into Microsoft 365, and the security, identity and compliance features that all organizations must implement. We will discuss third-party options as well as the built-in native Microsoft features along with the strengths and weaknesses of each. ... Show More Show Less

03:15 PM - 03:45 PM BST

Mimecast: What’s at Risk? Discover with Human Risk Quantification

Adenike Cosgrove, CHIEF MARKETING OFFICER, MIMECAST - UK
Explore how employees function as both valuable assets and potential security risks. Whether it’s a harmless email, trusted collaboration tool, innocent user error, or malicious exfiltration of sensitive information, learn proven ways to quantify and manage human-centric cybersecurity risks. Connect the dots between humans and technology to transform human risk into resilience, enabling innovation, compliance, and empowered security teams. ... Show More Show Less

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CISO, Department for Transport

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