Cybersecurity

CISO Boston 2026

CISO Boston is an annual gathering designed to connect senior cybersecurity leaders for a day of community, collaboration, and shared insight. The event encourages open dialogue, benchmarking, and knowledge exchange on pressing cybersecurity challenges, innovative solutions, and strategies for building organizational resilience. Attendees will engage with pe…

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25Speakers
5Sponsors
2Exhibitors
42Sessions
32Companies · in total

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Speakers

Programmed at CISO, in alphabetical order.

Alexander Abramov
Head of Information Risk · Financial Services
Allah Rakha Sheikh
Chief Information Officer · Madison Mutual
Ben Rothke
Senior Information Security Manager · Experian
Christopher Russell
CISO & Head of Tokenization · TZERO GROUP
David Hanauer
Chief Information Security Officer · Optum Bank
Ellis Wong
Chief Information Security Officer · JST Capital
George Coleman
Vice President, Chief Information Security Officer · Ariel Investments
Gharun Lacy
Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Cyber and Technology Security Bureau of Diplomatic Security · U.S. Department of State
Hasan Dimdik
Senior Workplace Security Engineer · ING
Jessica Wilson
Business Information Security Officer · Bank of America
Johanthan Sander
Field CTO · Astrix Security
John Decker
Chief Technology Officer · Trian Partners
Joshua Aubey
Chief Compliance & Privacy Officer · WellBe Senior Medical
Julia Cherashore
Senior Fellow · DATA Foundation
Keavy Murphy
Vice President, Information Security · Net Health
Manoju Thalari
GCP Data Engineer · UBS
Matthew Presson
CISO for the Americas · Bullish
Mo Jamous
EX Chief Information Officer, Consumer & Business Banking · U.S. Bank
Neil Cohen
Head of Marketing · Portal26
Nishit Mehta
Vice President, Analytics Solutions Manager · JPMorganChase
Paul Pak
Chief Information Security Officer, Head of Governance · Jennison Associates
Robert LaRosa
Information Security Engineer · GELLER

Sponsors

The companies behind the program. Tiers as disclosed.

SentraSilver
ZafranSilver
BeyondTrustBronze
NovacoastBronze
Rival SecurityBronze

Agenda

Selected from 42 sessions.

  • 09:00 - 09:30

    Opening Panel: Confessions of CISOs: What They Don’t Tell You About the Job

    How can sleepless nights, board politics, and regulator heat be managed without burnout? Which AI-driven threats and hybrid risks are keeping CISOs awake in 2026? When speed clashe…

  • 09:30 - 10:00

    Presentation: Did you know your firm has crypto trading platform?

    From ramp and dump schemes (pig butchering) to executive assassinations/executive cyber stalking, why you need to have a Brand and Executive Protection Program in the world of AI a…

  • 1:00

    Keynote: The Human Layer: Why Cybersecurity Is Still a People Problem

    • How to build a resilient security culture across the organization • What is driving risky employee behavior in modern workplaces • Insight into fatigue, trust, and secur…

  • 10:00 - 10:30

    Expert Ask-Me-Anything: AI, Risk & Regulation

    An informal, interactive session where the audience will ask questions live, on the spot. Speakers respond in real time to questions on AI risk and security, regulatory challenges …

  • 10:10

    Fireside Chat: Crisis Leadership During a Cyber Incident

    • How to lead executive decision-making during high-pressure incidents • What is expected from CISOs during ransomware or operational disruption • Insights into communicat…

  • 10:30

    Spotlight session

  • 10:30-10:45

    Spotlight session

  • 10:45-11:00

    Fireside chat with Fastly

    Speaker and topic to be announced

  • 11:00-11:30

    The CISO Boardroom

Company intelligence

An audience of 32 companies, parsed from the program.

32 companies in attendance.

The numbers below are derived from the speakers, sponsors, and exhibitors on this page, cross-referenced into one ledger. They are the only thing here that 10times.com cannot tell you.

Who's in the room
0All threespeak · spons · exh
5Sponsoringsponsor only
2Exhibitingexhibitor only
25Speakingspeaker only
Speakers by seniority

72% of the speakers carry senior titles: C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.

  • C-suite1352%
  • VP-level28%
  • Director / Head of312%
  • Manager / Lead14%
  • Engineer · IC312%
  • Other roles312%

Of 25 speakers · classified by free-text title

Most-represented companies
#CompanyRolesSpeakers
1BeyondTrustSponsor · Bronze-
2NovacoastSponsor · Bronze-
3Rival SecuritySponsor · Bronze-
4SentraSponsor · Silver-
5ZafranSponsor · Silver-
6AryonExhibitor-
7ThreatLockerExhibitor-
8Ariel Investments1
9Astrix Security1
10Bank of America1
11Bullish1
12DATA Foundation1
13Experian1
14Financial Services1
Sponsors by tier
silver2
40% of 5
bronze3
60% of 5
At peer events but not here

These companies sponsored two or more peer events recently, but aren't on this program. For an organizer, that's a list of warm prospects.