Atlanta CISO Dinner

Dinner Topic: The Year in Cybersecurity: Lessons Learned and Leadership Priorities for 2026

At the CISO Dinner, security leaders will gather for a frank, forward-looking conversation on the state of cybersecurity as 2025 draws to a close. Together, we’ll reflect on the year’s defining breaches, regulatory shifts, and leadership challenges and exchange insights into what truly warrants attention in 2026. Through shared insights, participants will identify actionable paths toward resilience, clarity, and leadership in a changing risk environment.

Attendees will explore:

• The most significant lessons learned from 2025’s incidents, regulations, and internal initiatives
• Which risks genuinely merit concern in 2026 and which no longer should
• How CISOs can align security priorities, investments, and leadership approaches for a more resilient future

This event was curated by and for the Portland 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.

Who attends the CyberRisk CISO Dinner?

CISOS, Emerging Executives, and Risk Management Leaders.

As an intimate, executive-level event, attendance is reserved for an organization's most senior cybersecurity executive (CISO or CISO equivalent). To enhance multi-disciplinary problem solving throughout the curriculum, we encourage participation from:

• CIOs
• CTOs
• CPOs
• Risk, Legal, and Operational Executives
• Technology, privacy and business executives who are risk-focused and cyber conscious

The event will follow the Chatham House Rule and will not be recorded.