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"The CISO's new frontier: managing cyber risk in a borderless world"

Tuesday, November 18th at 2pm EST

Over 20% of losses from cyber incidents in 2024 were caused by outages and attacks of third parties, according to Resilience’s Mid-Year Cyber Risk Report.

Managing ecosystem risk today goes far beyond an annual vendor assessment or adjusting insurance limits. As attacks increasingly target critical suppliers, subsidiaries, and partners, the CISO's challenge is no longer just visibility—it’s control. Understanding and quantifying cyber risk across your extended enterprise has become essential to operational resilience.

How do you manage risks that sit outside your direct control? That’s the daily reality for CISOs, held accountable for threats that originate from vendors, partners, subsidiaries, and the software that powers the business. In today’s hyperconnected enterprise, your security posture is only as strong as the weakest link in your ecosystem. For security leaders aspiring to step into the C-suite, mastering the ability to assess and govern this interconnected risk is what separates tactical management from true security leadership.

Drawing on more than two decades of experience as a Colonel in the United States Air Force and as Director of the Risk Operations Center at a leading cyber insurance firm, Jud Dressler will introduce a practical framework for navigating today’s complex risk landscape. This talk will clarify how cybersecurity practices, quantifiable cyber risk, and cyber insurance intersect—and why moving beyond the traditional “threat-and-defense” model is essential. Together, we’ll explore how financial risk is embedded within technical data and what that means for business leaders.

You’ll learn how to:

• Identify and quantify cyber risks in your ecosystem of vendors, supply chain, and partners
• Translate people, process, and technical controls into business and financial terms that resonate with executives
• Apply cyber insurance principles as a proactive risk management tool—not just a policy of last resort
• Understand why better data leads to better security, which enables better business decisions

Speakers:
Jud Dressler, Director of the Risk Operations Center
Resilience
Award-winning and industry-certified leader with 20 years of expertise in optimizing enterprise cybersecurity for the Air Force. A visionary who translates evolving cybersecurity risks into ambitious technology roadmaps and security programs. Excels at building and developing people, processes, and technology around proactive defense. Led diverse global teams of up to 134 personnel and managed budgets up to $70M. Thrives with high-performance technical teams while forging, developing, and managing relationships with internal and external stakeholders. Recognized by peers, subordinates, and superiors as a go-to problem-solver and strategic thinker with exceptional relationship-building and communications skills. Current TS/SCI clearance with polygraph

Steve Paul
Moderator

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