Trusted Community
Build relationships with CISOs and senior security leaders who understand the decisions, pressures and responsibilities that come with the role.
Membership
Membership by Invitation
The people who understand the responsibility of leading security best are the people doing it.
CISOs Connect™ membership brings CISOs and senior security executives into a trusted community built for candid exchange, meaningful relationships and contribution to the profession.
Membership is by invitation and centered on active security leaders with significant responsibility for their organizations.
How members take part
A Community You Can Actually Participate In
CISOs Connect™ is designed to be useful, not demanding. There is no prescribed way to participate.
Some members come to executive forums. Others contribute to research, evaluate emerging technologies, mentor rising leaders, judge recognition programs or share their experience with peers. Many do several of those things.
Participate where your experience is valuable and where the community is valuable to you.
Benefits
What Membership Provides
Executive Exchange
Take part in candid conversations about security, risk, leadership, governance, technology, resilience and the business issues shaping the CISO agenda.
Research
Contribute to CISOs Investigate™, CISO Pulse™ and other practitioner-led research examining the technologies, risks and priorities security leaders are navigating.
Leadership
Learn from other executives and participate in programs addressing board readiness, executive communication, professional development and the expanding role of the CISO.
Innovation
Evaluate emerging technologies, engage directly with solution providers and participate in selected opportunities to provide feedback on technologies relevant to the problems security leaders are working to solve.
Recognition & Contribution
Nominate and recognize peers, serve as a judge, mentor other leaders, facilitate discussions, contribute to research and help strengthen the profession.
Eligibility
Who Membership Is For
CISOs Connect™ membership is primarily for sitting CISOs and executives with equivalent responsibility for enterprise cybersecurity.
We look beyond title. What matters is the scope of the role, executive responsibility and the perspective an individual brings to the community.
Membership is not open to solution providers. Organizations interested in participating with the community can learn more through Partner With Us.
Confidentiality
Built on Trust
Candid conversation only works when people know they can speak openly.
CISOs Connect™ forums are built around trust, discretion and respect for the people in the room. Where the Chatham House Rule applies, participants are free to use what they learn, but the identity and affiliation of the person who shared it remain private.
The room sets the agenda. The value comes from what members are willing to ask, share and challenge together.
Questions
Frequently Asked Questions
Is membership open to vendors?
No. Membership is for CISOs and qualifying senior security executives. Technology companies and other organizations can participate through designated partnership, research and innovation opportunities.
Do I have to attend events?
No. Members participate in the ways that are most useful to them. That can include executive forums, research, leadership programs, innovation initiatives, awards judging, mentoring and other community activities.
Are conversations confidential?
Trust is fundamental to the community. Individual programs may operate under the Chatham House Rule or other confidentiality expectations, which are communicated to participants in advance.
How are members selected?
We consider the individual's current responsibilities, scope of leadership and fit with the community. Title alone does not determine eligibility.
Join the community
Request an Invitation
If you are a CISO or senior security executive with equivalent responsibility and would like to become part of CISOs Connect™, tell us about your role and your interest in the community.