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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22Speakers
3Sponsors
2Exhibitors
42On the bill · sessions
27Companies · 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
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
Julia Cherashore
Senior Fellow · DATA Foundation
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
Scot Miller
SVP, Chief Information Security Officer · Mr. Cooper
Tammy Klotz
Chief Information Security Officer · TRINSEO
Thomas Shola
Executive Director IT, Cyber, Enterprise Data & Analytics, Resiliency Business Risk & Controls · FIRST CITIZENS BANK
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Sponsors

The houses behind the program. Tiers as disclosed.
SentraSilver
BeyondTrustBronze
NovacoastBronze
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Agenda

Selected from 42 sessions on the bill.
  • 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

Intermission
Part the Second · For the Buyer

An audience of 27 companies, parsed from the program.

27 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
3Sponsoringsponsor only
2Exhibitingexhibitor only
22Companies Speakingspeaker only
Speakers by seniority

68% of the speakers carry senior titles: C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.

  • C-suite1150%
  • VP-level15%
  • Director / Head of314%
  • Manager / Lead15%
  • Engineer · IC314%
  • Other roles314%

Of 22 on the bill · classified by free-text title

Most-represented companies
  1. 01BeyondTrustSp·B
  2. 02NovacoastSp·B
  3. 03SentraSp·S
  4. 04AryonEx
  5. 05ThreatLockerEx
  6. 06Ariel Investments1V
  7. 07Astrix Security1V
  8. 08Bank of America1V
  9. 09Bullish1V
  10. 10DATA Foundation1V
  11. 11Experian1V
  12. 12Financial Services1V
  13. 13FIRST CITIZENS BANK1V
  14. 14GELLER1V
Sponsors by tier
silver1
33% of 3
bronze2
67% of 3
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