Connector Events

See the Big Picture

IANS Connector Events bring together small groups of

senior-level information security professionals from a

broad spectrum of industries and experiences for

facilitated deep-dive discussions of important challenges

and solutions in the information security space.

Your community is a resource: through intimate peer-to-

peer conversations around common issues, solutions,

and suggestions for improvement, you’ll gain insight into

varying perspectives and develop new ideas to accelerate

your problem-solving efforts.

9 out of 10 CISOs do not have full

command of the facts they need to be

truly effective. Why not?

IANS’ research into CISO Impact shows that CISOs

struggle to identify – and gain business leader

consensus about – their organization’s most critical

information assets, as well as the risks posed to those

assets. What can they do to change this?

At a recent event, we posed the question:

“Our current executive

team doesn’t understand

the importance of creating

a risk registry as it relates

to business.”“Security is an

afterthought - it isn’t

incorporated into the

business process.”

“We are too

diversified at the

business level.”

Attendees discussed the challenges …

… and through that discussion, shared

thoughts on how to address the problem.

• Understand how to find your organization’s critical

assets.

• When building attacker profiles, consider your

biggest threats. How did you identify them? What

signs were you looking for?

• Leverage existing, accepted business models of

loss-of-availability situations to develop your

response plans.

• Begin first steps to build an inventory of your

information and controls assets.

At a Connector

Event, you will:

• Gain insight into the challenges and roadblocks

you and your peers share.

• Learn about new and unique approaches to

common issues and topics

• Take away problem-solving ideas that you can

apply in your own organization.