Each dinner begins with opening remarks and a briefing from a featured CISO or cybersecurity leader. This short session sets the stage for the evening, offering timely insights or a leadership perspective to spark thought and guide discussion. Whether focused on emerging threats, organizational change, or strategic priorities, this briefing is designed to frame the conversation and invite deeper peer engagement throughout the night.

Engage directly with your peers during dinner to share strategies, exchange lessons learned, and explore innovative approaches to safeguarding the business in an ever-changing threat landscape. This is your opportunity to step beyond formal presentations and build meaningful connections through candid conversations in a collaborative setting.

Session Title: The Total Trust Theory: Reframing Security to Restore Network Value

Session Abstract: Modern society is experiencing a historic trust deficit, where default-to-distrust has become the dominant operating model for both consumers and enterprises. As organizations add controls to prevent fraud and abuse, they have also increased friction, abandonment, and erosion of network value for legitimate users.
 
At the Portland CISO Dinner, Eduardo Perez introduces Total Trust Theory to help security leaders reframe trust as a designable, measurable enterprise asset. Drawing on behavioral economics, network theory, and decision science, the discussion examines how trust is lost through friction, “fraud shocks,” and digital anonymity and how it can be intentionally rebuilt at scale.
 
Join your peers for a discussion exploring how to:
•    Design security models that enable trusted customers while precisely excluding bad actors
•    Create network value through trust nudges, reduced friction, and behavioral signals
•    Align security promises with customer experience to reduce abandonment and rebuild trust

As the dinner concludes, we’ll gather final insights and reflections from our discussions. We will highlight the most impactful ideas shared around the tables, and you will leave with peer-tested strategies and fresh perspectives to take back to your teams, along with new connections to support your ongoing leadership journey.

We will wrap up the evening with continued networking and conversations. Don't miss this additional opportunity to strengthen professional relationships and build new partnerships that will expand your leadership and cybersecurity priorities.