Agenda
All curriculum for the CISO Dinner is developed and delivered by the CISO community. We are currently conducting research with the Los Angeles Leadership Board to finalize the agenda. Please check back for updates!
An Evening With the Community - CISO Dinner Series
For our 2025 CISO Dinner Series, the regional leadership board members prioritized their focus on creating better opportunities to hear practical and relevant stories from their peers. These member-driven dinners feature local security leaders and experts who share insights on key threats, leadership skills, or challenging projects. These interactive presentations are followed by roundtable discussions, where attendees take deep dives into the community-curated theme.
An Evening With the Community - CISO Dinner Series
For our 2025 CISO Dinner Series, the regional leadership board members prioritized their focus on creating better opportunities to hear practical and relevant stories from their peers. These member-driven dinners feature local security leaders and experts who share insights on key threats, leadership skills, or challenging projects. These interactive presentations are followed by roundtable discussions, where attendees take deep dives into the community-curated theme.
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.
An Evening with Jeff Aguilar, CISO, Hoag Health Systems: Mastering Board Communication Through Narrative
Behind every risk metric or budget line item is a story—and the most effective CISOs know how to tell it. In this session, Jeff Aguilar shares his approach to turning routine board updates into compelling, business-aligned narratives that highlight progress, resilience, and strategic value. From framing cybersecurity wins in the language of business impact, to telling a clear story about risk posture and investment ROI, learn how storytelling can transform your boardroom conversations. Join this session to explore real examples, creative techniques, and leadership lessons for making cybersecurity resonate at the highest levels of the organization.
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Translate technical outcomes into business value: Learn how to frame cybersecurity achievements in terms that resonate with board members, such as risk reduction, operational resilience, and ROI.
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Use storytelling to drive alignment: Discover how compelling narratives can bridge the gap between cybersecurity initiatives and broader enterprise goals.
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Elevate boardroom engagement: Gain practical strategies for making security updates more memorable, impactful, and aligned with executive priorities.
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.
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.