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Watchtower National 2026: National CISO & Cyber Security Leaders Forum

Join 70+ CISOs and Security Leaders for two days of intensive intelligence briefings, strategic discussions, and executive networking at the premier CISO forum. This invitation-only event delivers strategic sessions, premium networking, and boardroom discussions, with all accommodations fully covered for approved enterprise security leaders. Attendees experi…

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32Speakers
25Sponsors
1On the bill · sessions
37Companies · in total
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Speakers

Programmed at Watchtower, in alphabetical order.
Aidan Collins
Senior Director of Sales · Anecdotes
Alan Snyder
CEO · NowSecure
Alyssa Robinson
CISO; VP, IT, Security, Engineering Platform · CarGurus
Anthony Morris
Co-Founder; CISO · AirMDR
Bill Bowman
Operating Partner | CISO · Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe
Chris Bevil
Principal Consultant, Product Experience · Commvault
Chris Gray
Sr Director, Field Engineering · Halcyon
Christopher Ashby
Head of Cybersecurity Architecture and Strategy · Fresenius Medical Care
Don Ikhtiari
Principal Security Architect · Insight
Dorren Schmitt
Vice President IT Strategy & Innovation · Allen Media
Dwight Philpotts
Principal Sales Engineer · Aryon Security
Erez Tadmor
Field CTO · Tufin
Eric Hussey
Chief Security and Risk Officer · Temenos
Fayyaz Rajpari
Senior Director, Partnerships and Alliances · AppOmni
Jasmine Hicks
CISO, Gaming & Charitable Gaming · Light & Wonder
Jay Spann
Security Automation Evangelist · Swimlane
Jonathan Barrios
CISO · Vindicia
Liz Morton
CISO · Koda
Mea Clift
CISO
Mille Gandelsman
CPO & Co-Founder · Opti
Nick Nelli
Director, Solution Engineering · Unixi
Omer Horev
Co-Founder & CEO · Rival Security
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Sponsors

The houses behind the program. Tiers as disclosed.
Adaptive SecurityGold Partners
AirMDRGold Partners
AnecdotesGold Partners
AppOmniPlatinum Partner
Aryon SecurityGold Partners
AxoniusGold Partners
BaySecurityGold Partners
CiscoGold Partners
CommvaultDiamond Partner
GlowDiamond Partner
HalcyonPanel Partners
InsightGold Partners
KodaPanel Partners
NowSecureGold Partners
OptiPanel Partners
PlutoGold Partners
QuilrAIBoardroom Partner
Rival SecurityGold Partners
SentraBoardroom Partner
SwimlaneGold Partners
ThreatLockerSilver Partners
TorqGold Partners
TufinGold Partners
UnixiGold Partners
Vivid SecurityPanel Partners
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Agenda

Selected from 1 sessions on the bill.
  • May 12, 2026 | 6:00 PM – 9:15 PM

    NASDAQ MarketSite Tour + Creative Security Scenario Exercise

    An exclusive evening at New York's iconic NASDAQ MarketSite in the heart of Times Square, where innovation meets the global financial markets. This intimate Shield Session brought …

Intermission
Part the Second · For the Buyer

What does it mean when 37 companies show up, and 19 bet on three roles at once?

37 companies. nineteen are betting more than once.

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
19All threespeak · spons · exh
6Sponsoringsponsor only
12Companies Speakingspeaker only

The Triple-Threat

Adaptive Security·AirMDR·Anecdotes·AppOmni·Aryon Security·Commvault·Halcyon·Insight·Koda·NowSecure·Opti·QuilrAI·Rival Security·Sentra·Swimlane·Torq·Tufin·Unixi·Vivid Security

Speakers by seniority

84% of the speakers carry senior titles: C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.

  • C-suite1959%
  • VP-level13%
  • Director / Head of722%
  • Manager / Lead39%
  • Other roles26%

Of 32 on the bill · classified by free-text title

Most-represented companies
  1. 01Adaptive SecuritySp·G1V
  2. 02AirMDRSp·G1V
  3. 03AnecdotesSp·G1V
  4. 04AppOmniSp·P1V
  5. 05Aryon SecuritySp·G1V
  6. 06CommvaultSp·D1V
  7. 07HalcyonSp·P1V
  8. 08InsightSp·G1V
  9. 09KodaSp·P1V
  10. 10NowSecureSp·G1V
  11. 11OptiSp·P1V
  12. 12QuilrAISp·B1V
  13. 13Rival SecuritySp·G1V
  14. 14SentraSp·B1V
Sponsors by tier
boardroom partner2
8% of 25
diamond partner2
8% of 25
gold partners15
60% of 25
panel partners4
16% of 25
platinum partner1
4% of 25
silver partners1
4% of 25
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.

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