The CISO Circle Program

Designed specifically for Chief Information Security Officers, the CISO Circle Program provides exclusive sessions for eligible CISOs attending Gartner Security & Risk Management Summit to explore new strategies, share innovative ideas and grow your community of peers.

This experience includes:

Networking and knowledge-sharing opportunities with a group of CISO attendees to swap experiences, trade best practices and expand your executive peer community. 

Access to exclusive sessions throughout the conference, including thought leader lunches, workshops, roundtables and research discussions tailored to the most important topics for CISOs.

Priority booking capabilities for limited-capacity sessions and One-on-One Meeting(s) with a Gartner expert to ensure you don’t miss out on these conference offerings.

CISO-only sessions

Integrated within the broader conference agenda, the CISO Circle Program includes interactive discussions covering the top priorities of CISOs, as well as casual networking opportunities to connect with other cybersecurity leaders from a variety of regions and industries. Through these sessions, participants connect over common initiatives and accelerate, validate and solidify their strategies. See examples below.
  • Workshops
  • Roundtables
  • Research discussions

Workshops

  • Elevating Power Skills to Influence Key Stakeholders

Roundtables

  • Security in the Spotlight: Managing the Impact of Regulatory Forced Transparency
  • Marriage Counseling for the C-Suite: Strengthening the CIO-CISO Partnership
  • From Prevention to Resilience — How Do We Shift Cybersecurity’s Mindset?

Research discussions

  • Men as Allies: How to Increase the Number of Women in IT Leadership
  • What CISOs Must Learn About AI Agents
  • How to Explain Cybersecurity to Anyone

“Things like the CISO Circle Program [are an] exceptional opportunity to connect with peers and to understand what are the challenges they are facing that could help me in my program, but also share my own experiences that might help them as well.”

John Sapp

CISO, Texas Mutual

Apply to join the program

The CISO Circle Program is exclusive to eligible CISOs attending Gartner Security & Risk Management Summit. We recommend applying when you register for the conference as session seats are limited and fill up quickly.
How to qualify

Applicants must meet the following qualification criteria to participate:

  1. Enterprise-wide Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)/ Chief Risk Officer (CRO) or
  2. Business unit/ region/ government division Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)/ Chief Risk Officer (CRO) responsible for:
    1. Private sector: $250+ million in revenue
    2. Public sector: 1,000+ employees

CISOs from a marketing vendor or consultancy are not eligible to participate.

You can apply to participate in the CISO Circle Program when you register for  Gartner Security & Risk Management Summit. During the registration process, the program application will be prompted by answering ‘yes’ to the question, “Are you the CISO or do you serve in the CISO role for your organization?”. You will be notified via email regarding the status of your application.

Application and approval are required for participation.

Log back into your Gartner conference profile, click “Edit” next to “Registration Profile,” and scroll down to answer the “Attendee Profile” questions.