Community-Centric Leadership

This event was curated by and for the New York Leadership Board, a group of local leaders committed to the idea that national security and critical infrastructure resiliency is strengthened through peer-to-peer knowledge sharing, diversity, and leadership development.

Their collective insights and recommendations influence every aspect of this program including speakers, topics, and technology partner participation.   

What Members Say: 

Dinner Topic:

At the New York CISO Dinner, Adrian Peters will lead a candid discussion on how expectations for CISOs are shifting and why the traditional CISO playbook is no longer sufficient. As AI, quantum, and automation accelerate, security leaders face mounting pressure to justify budgets, translate risk into business terms, and demonstrate measurable impact.
Drawing on lessons from recent incidents and executive leadership experience, the conversation will examine where misalignment between security and the business is eroding credibility, influence, and, in some cases, tenure. Participants will confront what truly deserves focus in 2026, what must be deprioritized, and how today’s decisions are increasingly shaping not just security outcomes, but CISO careers.

Join your security peers to explore:

  • The leadership lessons from 2025 that revealed where CISOs gained or lost organizational trust and authority
  • How AI and pre-quantum readiness are raising the bar for executive-level security leadership
  • What it takes to secure relevance, budget, and longevity by aligning security strategy, investment, and teams with business outcomes
     
Adrian Peters
Adrian Peters
CISO
Vista Equity Partners

Venue Information:

Gallagher's Steakhouse

Trophy Room

228 W 52nd St

New York, NY 10019

 

Technology Partners:

Table Hosts

Questions?

Please reach out to [email protected] or to your community cultivator, Heidi Murphy at [email protected].