The CISO Summit at Black Hat USA is the premier, invitation-only gathering of the world’s most influential cybersecurity leaders—taking place the day before Briefings and the main Conference begin. This full-day summit is built for deep, strategic conversations that define the future of enterprise and government security.
Held under the Chatham House Rule, the CISO Summit provides an exclusive space for CISOs and other senior cybersecurity executives to exchange insights, explore emerging threats, and benchmark strategies with peers from across industries and regions. From advanced threat intelligence to risk governance and board-level communication, every session is engineered for high-value, actionable dialogue.
If you're shaping the cybersecurity agenda for your organization, the CISO Summit is where you need to be.
Due to limited space, Black Hat Management will review all applications. Notification of application status will be sent within 30 days of application.
*Please note: In order to create an open and candid environment that promotes the sharing of ideas and discussion, the CISO Summit will follow Chatham House Rule. This program is designed for executive security practitioners and as such, attendees from solution providers, vendors, and media are not permitted with the exception of event sponsors.
For today's cybersecurity leaders, this exclusive gathering is not just valuable—it's mission-critical. Attending the CISO Summit means you'll:
Gain Exclusive Intelligence: Access cutting-edge insights into evolving threats, emerging technologies, and global security trends—shared under the Chatham House Rule for open, candid discussion.
Benchmark with the Best: Compare strategies with peers from Fortune 500 companies, government agencies, and innovative tech leaders to sharpen your organization's security posture.
Shape the Strategic Conversation: Influence and engage in conversations that are actively shaping the future of cybersecurity at the executive level.
Build High-Value Connections: Forge trusted relationships with fellow CISOs and senior executives in a confidential, collaborative environment designed for meaningful networking.
Founded in 1990, World Wide Technology (WWT) is a global technology solutions provider leading the AI and Digital Revolution. WWT combines the power of strategy, execution and partnership to accelerate digital transformational outcomes for organizations around the globe. Through its Advanced Technology Center, a collaborative ecosystem of the world's most advanced hardware and software solutions, WWT helps clients and partners conceptualize, test and validate innovative technology solutions for the best business outcomes and then deploys them at scale through its global warehousing, distribution and integration capabilities.
With over 12,000 employees across WWT and Softchoice and more than 60 locations around the world, WWT's culture, built on a set of core values and established leadership philosophies, has been recognized 14 years in a row by Fortune and Great Place to Work® for its unique blend of determination, innovation and creating a great place to work for all.
Customers trust the Absolute Cyber Resilience Platform to ensure their security solutions work as intended, mobile and hybrid workforces can connect securely from anywhere, and to quickly restore business continuity following cyber disruptions and attacks. Absolute is partnered with 28 of the world’s leading endpoint device manufacturers, embedded in the firmware of 600 million devices, trusted by 21,000 global enterprises, and licensed across 16 million PC users. Our patented solution is recognized for extending cyber resilience across multiple security categories, including Endpoint Security, Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA), Security Services Edge (SSE), Automated Security Control Assessment (ASCA), and Zero Trust Platforms.
CrowdStrike, a global cybersecurity leader, has redefined modern security with the world’s most advanced cloud-native platform for protecting critical areas of enterprise risk – endpoints and cloud workloads, identity and data.
CrowdStrike: We stop breaches.
ReliaQuest exists to Make Security Possible. Our Agentic AI-powered security operations platform, GreyMatter, allows security teams to detect threats at the source, contain, investigate and respond in less than 5 minutes—eliminating Tier 1 and Tier 2 security operations work. GreyMatter uses data-stitching, detection-at-source, AI, and automation to seamlessly connect telemetry from across cloud, multicloud, and on-premises technologies. ReliaQuest is the only cybersecurity technology company that delivers outcomes specific to each organization’s unique architecture, technology, and business needs. With over 1,000 customers and 1,200 teammates across six global operating centers, ReliaQuest Makes Security Possible for the most trusted enterprise brands in the world. Learn more at www.reliaquest.com.
Sophos defends your organization from cyberattacks with an adaptive, AI-driven platform and decades of security expertise, protecting the future of your business. Continuously innovating to stay ahead of cyber threats, Sophos’ products and services interoperate and adapt across the attack chain to protect organizations of all sizes.
Rubrik (NYSE: RBRK) is on a mission to secure the world’s data. With Zero Trust Data Security™, we help organizations achieve business resilience against cyberattacks, malicious insiders, and operational disruptions. Rubrik Security Cloud, powered by machine learning, secures data across enterprise, cloud, and SaaS applications. We help organizations uphold data integrity, deliver data availability that withstands adverse conditions, continuously monitor data risks and threats, and restore businesses with their data when infrastructure is attacked.
SpecterOps aspires to set the cadence for the rest of the cyber security industry and bring unique insight and training into the advanced threat actor tradecraft. Our team has deep experience built through helping hundreds of clients shut down attack paths, evaluate, and develop security operations programs, providing premier adversarial training courses to thousands of students in advanced adversary Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures (TTPs), and sponsoring numerous projects to help the security industry as a whole.
Expel is a leading managed detection and response (MDR) provider trusted by some of the world’s most recognizable brands to expel their adversaries, minimize risk, and build security resilience. Expel’s 24/7/365 coverage spans the widest breadth of attack surfaces, including cloud, with 100% transparency. We combine world-class security practitioners and our AI-driven platform, Expel Workbench™, to ingest billions of events monthly and still achieve a 17-minute critical alert MTTR. Expel augments existing programs to help customers maximize their security investments and focus on building trust—with their customers, partners, and employees.
ExtraHop is the cybersecurity partner enterprises trust to reveal cyber risk and build business resilience. The ExtraHop RevealX network detection and response platform uniquely delivers the unparalleled visibility and decryption capabilities that organizations need to investigate smarter, stop threats faster, and move at the speed of risk.
Darktrace, a global leader in AI for cybersecurity, provides the essential cybersecurity platform to protect nearly 10,000 organizations from unknown threats using AI that learns from each business in real-time. Learn more: www.darktrace.com
ServiceNow makes the world work better for everyone. Our cloud-based platform, risk, ESG, and security solutions help digitize and unify organizations so that they can find smarter, faster, better ways to address evolving risks, vulnerabilities, and compliance challenges. Bring risk, security, and IT together through a common data model to drive risk-informed decisions, unlock productivity, and build trust with customers, employees, and third parties. The world works with ServiceNowTM.
Those who are certified through ISC2 can earn 5 Continuing Professional Education (CPE) credits for attending the CISO Summit.
Black Hat does not maintain records of earned CPE credits. However, we will report your credits to ISC2 on your behalf after the event. Please provide your ISC2 member number when registering for the event.
For questions about credits for CISO attendees, e-mail cisosummit@blackhat.com.
