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.

Cyber Insurance Readiness: What Every CISO Should Know Before the Next Incident
Cyber incidents have become an expected cost of operating in a digital business environment. For today's CISO, the question is no longer whether an organization will experience a significant event, but whether it has built the governance, financial preparedness, and cross-functional coordination required to recover effectively. While cyber insurance has become a critical component of enterprise resilience, many organizations discover too late that policy language, reporting requirements, coverage assumptions, and internal coordination can significantly influence the outcome of a claim.

The Los Angeles CISO Dinner will explore the practical realities of cyber insurance through the lens of real-world incidents, highlighting common pitfalls, evolving coverage considerations, and the growing complexity introduced by AI, business interruption, and third-party risk. Beyond the technical response, the conversation will examine how CISOs can better partner with CFOs, legal teams, and risk leaders to ensure insurance is integrated into broader business resilience planning—not treated as an afterthought.

Discussion Focus

• Preparing the organization before an incident by understanding policy language, coverage assumptions, and claims processes
• Strengthening collaboration between security, finance, legal, and executive leadership to quantify business impact and improve resilience
• Examining how emerging risks—including AI-driven losses and third-party incidents—are reshaping cyber insurance strategies
   

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.