Dive into some of the key take-aways you may have missed from Gartner Security & Risk Management Summit.
All 2025 Conference Sessions
Gartner Security & Risk Management Summit 2025 dove deep into key topics for cybersecurity leaders around AI, risk management, cloud security and more.
Session Take-Aways
Day 1 Take-Aways
Gartner Opening Keynote: Harness the Hype: Turning Disruption Into Cybersecurity Opportunity
Speakers:
- Leigh McMullen, Distinguished VP Analyst, Gartner
- Katell Thielemann, Distinguished VP Analyst, Gartner
Key take-aways
- Hype drives disruption and confusion, but we can turn that into an opportunity for cybersecurity and organizations.
- Reframe executive conversations to emphasize critical exposures.
- With clear communication and strong decision making, exceptional leadership can guide your organization through complexity.
Day 2 Take-Aways
Securing the Quantum Frontier: Embracing Post-Quantum Cryptography Today
Speaker:
- Sarah Almond, Director Analyst, Gartner
Key take-aways
- Quantum threat mitigation requires crypto visibility and agility.
- Begin integrating PQ preparations into your strategy, securing investment for this multiyear effort.
- Improve visibility of your cryptographic usage and adopt agile practices for seamless upgrades to PQ-safe features.
Day 3 Take-Aways
Outlook for Human Factors in Cybersecurity 2025
Speakers:
- Will Candrick, Senior Director Analyst, Gartner
Key take-aways
- Humans are the biggest overlooked opportunity for cybersecurity.
- Embrace a human resilience mindset from day one, shifting focus from prevention to resilience.
- Transition from traditional compliance training to dynamic nudges that encourage safer habits.
Look back at 2025 Conference Sessions
Hundreds of conference sessions were presented each day at the 2025 Gartner Security & Risk Management Summit. While we work to develop next year’s agenda, filter to see sessions that align with your role and interests.
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Sunday, June 08, 2025
06:00 PM - 07:30 PM EDT
CISO Welcome Reception Hosted by Sophos
CISO Circle Welcome Reception Hosted by Sophos
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Monday, June 09, 2025
09:30 AM - 10:15 AM EDT
Gartner Opening Keynote: Harness the Hype: Turning Disruption Into Cybersecurity Opportunity
Leigh McMullen,
Distinguished VP Analyst, Gartner
Katell Thielemann,
Distinguished VP Analyst, Gartner
Our organizations understand they can’t ignore cybersecurity. In our turbulent environment, the extremes of unbridled technology optimism and excessive preoccupation with risk endanger us. Hype, whether driven by AI, emerging technologies, geopolitical changes or latest headline-grabbing cyber attack, threatens to derail strategic objectives and the partnership between cybersecurity and the rest of the business. This keynote will help exploit hype's power to drive your cybersecurity program and the resilience of your organization.
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11:00 AM - 12:00 PM EDT
CISO Circle: Leadership Exchange: The Key Drivers of CISO Effectiveness 2025
Fadeen Davis,
Sr Principal Analyst, Gartner
The CISO role and expectations are evolving. CISO’s need to be effectively managing their priorities. Are you modeling the right behaviors? Building the right skills? Prioritizing time management? In this session, attendees will explore the latest findings from Gartner's CISO Effectiveness benchmarking that are most conducive to effectiveness in role.
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11:00 AM - 11:30 AM EDT
Tips for Improving Your Security Operations With Adversarial Exposure Validation
Eric Ahlm,
Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
Knowing how your actual digital estate holds up to real attacks against the current state of your defenses is a cheat code to running a successful security operations practice. This session shows some of the top tips for using adversarial exposure validation to aid in creating better defenses, reducing false positives, faster investigations and data-driven growth planning.
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11:00 AM - 11:45 AM EDT
Roundtable: How to Build a Successful Data Security Strategy
Mike Huskey,
Director Analyst, Gartner
Increasing privacy and security risks, and data residency across multiple cloud services is creating complex challenges to develop and deploy the right data security portfolio. Let's discuss and explore your data security strategy.
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11:00 AM - 11:30 AM EDT
Cyberthreat Intelligence Is No Longer a Nice-to-Have, But a Need-to-Have
Mitchell Schneider,
Director Analyst, Gartner
Setting up and maturing a cyberthreat intelligence program is complex and requires formalization. The cyberthreat intelligence market is crowded with numerous options, including hundreds of commercial providers, many open-source feeds and a plethora of dissemination options. Security leaders responsible for cyberthreat intelligence must build a target operating model to mature their program over time, aiding in the selection of the right sources for ingestion.
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11:00 AM - 11:30 AM EDT
Outlook for Third-Party Cyber Risk Management, 2025
Christopher Mixter,
VP Analyst, Gartner
Boards, c-level leaders and regulators are waking up to the reality that most third-party cyber risk programs aren't ready to meet the moment. This session will offer insights from Gartner's TPCRM Lifecycle and global benchmarking to help you optimize TPCRM investment in 2025 and beyond.
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11:00 AM - 11:45 AM EDT
Roundtable: Cloud Security Lessons Learned — Sharing Best Practices and Avoiding Pitfalls
Esraa ElTahawy,
Sr Director 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. Please note that this session will be repeated later in the Conference.
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11:00 AM - 12:30 PM EDT
Workshop: Developing a Ransomware Playbook for Incident Response
Paul Furtado,
VP 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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