CIO Priorities = CISO Imperatives:
Translating Gartner's 2026 Trends into Security Action.

Join Mike Towers for an exclusive webinar unpacking the latest Gartner IT Symposium/Xpo insights—discover how CISOs can turn tomorrow’s trends into today’s security wins.

Webinar Outline

After three days at Gartner’s IT Symposium/Xpo, Mike Towers brings you the essential takeaways every CISO needs for 2026 and beyond. This isn’t just about technology—it’s about a fundamental shift in how security leaders approach AI, data governance, and external collaboration.
Agentic AI
Is Coming
Learn why agentic AI will stress-test your data governance and how to prepare for autonomous AI agents in your business.
Unstructured Data Is Now the Frontline
Discover why traditional controls aren’t enough and how GenAI is changing the game for documents, audio, and video.
Third-Party Risk =
AI Risk
Understand why vendor risk assessments must evolve and how new AI regulations will impact your compliance strategy.
Build Capabilities That Scale
Get Gartner’s roadmap for scalable AI governance, outcome-driven metrics, and preemptive cybersecurity.
Immediate Actions for CISOs
Walk away with three pragmatic steps you can take this quarter to map external data flows, build your AI governance model, and connect security to business value.

Webinar Agenda

60 Minutes Total

Live Q&A Session 01

1
The Three Mega-Trends That Change Everything for CISOs
Agentic AI and External Collaboration
Data Security Priorities Shifting to Unstructured Data
Third-Party Risk Becoming AI Risk
2
Capabilities Gartner Says CISOs Must Build
AI Governance That Scales
Outcome-Driven Metrics
Proactive, Not Reactive, Cybersecurity
3
Three Actions CISOs and Their Teams Can Take Almost Immediately
Agentic AI and External Collaboration
Data Security Priorities Shifting to Unstructured Data
Third-Party Risk Becoming AI Risk
4
The eSHARE Connection—How This All Ties Together
Agentic AI and External Collaboration
Data Security Priorities Shifting to Unstructured Data
Third-Party Risk Becoming AI Risk
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