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Regulations Mean Change

More complex regulations, such as the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), have came into play due to the rise of data breaches forces. As data today is viewed as a such an asset, it is also a tremendous liability. Understanding that, organizations has to consider both while they implement technologies that will both innovative their business, but also be cost effective.

Takeaways:

1. Understand the latest regulations, such as GDPR
2. How to tell business stakeholders that data protection can be a key differentiator for your organization
3. The steps needed to take to be regulatory compliant

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How Augmented Analytics Will Help Your Organization

Augmented Analytics focus on specific areas of augmented intelligence, using machine learning to enhance how data and analytics are presented and shared. As the capabilities of this technology advance rapidly, it is pivotal to understand these advancements. 

Takeaways:

1. Learn more about Augmented Analytics' role as a key feature of data preparation and management, process management, process mining and data science platforms
2. How to optimize the decisions and actions of all entire team, not just those of analysts and data scientists
3. Using Augmented Analytics to automate the process of data preparation, insight generation and insight visualization

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The Solution for Your Legacy System's Security: The Cloud

Over the lifespan of an organization, CIOs/CISOs have developed and implemented technologies that have been key to the organization's success. However, CISOs and their security teams today find themselves stuck ensuring that legacy systems are secure. The solution is cloud-delivered security products that are more agile with the ability to implement new detection methods and services faster than on-site solutions.

While cloud security is an ideal solution, it is important to know that using the cloud is more than moving legacy management servers to the cloud.

Takeaways:

1. Review the status of legacy system security
2. What cloud solutions are the best fit for their business
3. What are the main needs in regards to system's scale, data telemetry, staff growth, machine learning, API-based access, and more

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The New Role of CISOs - Enabling the Business to Reach its Strategic Goals

The role of the modern Information and Cyber Security (ICS) executive is more complex than it has ever been before, not just because the technology landscape has become more complex, new threats are emerging every day, but also because increasingly ICS execs have had to become a business-focused executive, not just a technologist or domain expert. Long have we talked about the CIO and CISO getting a seat at the table, but modern businesses are now demanding that their technology impresario join them and leverage their deep and rich technical insight to allow the organization to better position itself for success. To be successful, CISOs need to help the business achieve their operational and strategic goal, be innovative, proactive and pragmatic. 

Takeaways:

1. The importance of knowing and understanding the business and the strategic direction. 
2. The importance of having a current and updated view on the IS control environment, critical threats, and risks towards business ops.
3. How to bind the two together to deliver a proactive and risk driven approach to enable the business to succeed in current as well as strategic goals

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Machine Learning Is Here to Help, Not Replace

Over the next few years, machine learning (ML) will be a regular security practice and will offset skills and staffing shortfalls. Today though, ML is better at addressing smaller, more specific problems. Technology leaders have to understand that humans and machines complement each other and work better together than alone, as ML can assist humans in addressing uncertainty by presenting relevant information.

Takeaways:

1. Discuss the ways machine learning can assist teams and organizations
2. How to make the right machine learning choices for your organization
3. The future of machine learning

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Where is the Top Talent?

One of the major challenges for CISOs is finding top information security talent. However, look at 2019 as an opportunity to begin your search with universities and colleges that are expanding their cybersecurity programs due to the shortage of cybersecurity professionals. This session will also cover how to recruit and hire top cybersecurity talent.

Takeaways:

1. Where to seek out the best cybersecurity talent
2. The red flags to watch out for with incoming applicants
3. The importance of focusing on retention

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Immersive Experiences

Virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR) and mixed reality (MR) are changing the way in which people perceive the digital world. This perception change and interaction experience presents unique opportunities for the immersive user experience. 

Takeaways:

1. Discuss the shift from individual devices that have separated user interface technologies to a multichannel experience
2. Discuss how immersive technologies provide benefits such as use, scalability, and new types experiences your organization, customers and employees.
3. Learn more about the challenges facing the immersive technologies implications

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TBA

Presented by:

Sherri Adame, Chief Customer/Reference Data Officer, Cigna