The 2025 Gartner Security & Risk Management Summit invites attendees to "Engage. Innovate. Lead." The event draws on the expertise of Gartner analysts to address the challenges of increasingly complex cyber environments, providing insights on cybersecurity strategy and innovation, leadership, business engagement, metrics, risk management, cloud security, data security, AI, and more.
Access to Gartner analysts is a major feature of the summit. In addition to presenting research and insights in sessions, analysts are available to meet with attendees throughout the event.
This year's summit is being held June 9-11 in National Harbor, MD, just outside of Washington, DC. Gartner has seen tremendous growth in interest over the years, and this year's gathering is expected to be the biggest yet, with around 5,400 attendees. This growth can be attributed to the increased use of artificial intelligence (AI). AI use introduces new efficiencies to organizations but also opens up new opportunities for threat actors to infiltrate and impact those groups. Additionally, regulations around AI use are just being developed, leaving many chief information security officers (CISOs) unsure of how best to implement and secure AI, as well as how to communicate the associated risks to senior stakeholders.
Tailored Content
Even with over 5,000 people attending, there will be plenty of opportunities for one-on-one and smaller group interactions. The event features a "new to role" track specifically for CISOs who are in their first year in that position at their current organization. Sessions on how to effectively work with leadership and build one's leadership position will be offered.
CISOs new and old can apply to participate in the CISO Circle Program that allows senior leaders to talk directly with peers at luncheons and exclusive speaker sessions. These senior CISOs often bring their teams to such groups, so that together they can cover a wide variety of sessions and topics.
There is also a government track designed specifically for those working in the public sector. Attendees will have access to a government-focused landing page that highlights the most applicable sessions for them. Some options include:
- Roundtable: Postquantum Cryptography for Government
- Zero Trust in Public Organizations: Year Three, Beyond the Strategy
- Ask the Expert: Risks and Considerations for AI in Government
- The Imperative for Addressing PQC in Government and Defense
- Is 'TRiSM-Rich' IT Sandwich Right for Me?
Interactive Opportunities
Escape the Room sessions will have attendees working in groups to solve a real-world scenario in order to get out of a room. These sessions help build group interaction skills, while also allowing attendees to apply their knowledge of security and risk strategies.
Additional real-world scenarios are part of the "Executive Stories" sessions that attendees present. In these case studies, speakers share a security-related situation and detail how they resolved it.
The Gartner event app allows attendees to begin networking before the event, joining conversations, and ensuring early registration for sessions that will sell out. After the event, the team plans to release recordings of some of the top-performing sessions for people who could not attend.
You can learn more about the Gartner Security & Risk Management Summit here.
