Exclusive Insights for CISOs: Roundtable Discussions at FAIRCON25

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At the 2024 FAIR Conference, our CISO Roundtables were one of the most talked-about elements of the program. More than 70 CISOs participated in last year’s sessions, making them some of the largest and most dynamic peer-to-peer exchanges we’ve ever hosted. Attendees told us the format was refreshing, moving beyond theory and presentations into real-world problem solving, candid dialogue, and actionable takeaways.

This year, at FAIRCON25 (November 4–5, 2025, New York City), we’re bringing the roundtables back bigger, sharper, and more impactful than ever.

Why Roundtables?

CISOs today face unprecedented demands. Boards and regulators want cyber risk reported in business terms. Executives want speed and scale. The enterprise wants AI, third-party ecosystems, and digital transformation, all without compromising security or resilience.

Most conference sessions don’t address these challenges with the depth they require. Slides and panels too often stay at the level of concepts. The FAIRCON25 CISO Roundtables, by contrast, are designed to get past theory and into practice.

Each 110-minute, invitation-only session convenes a maximum of 25 CISOs for a focused deep dive into a single topic. These are not passive listening experiences. They are interactive, working sessions where security leaders share their approaches and strategies and leave with insights they can immediately bring back to their organizations.

Before the conference, participating CISOs will complete a survey ranking their preferred topics and sharing the challenges they most want to tackle, within the confines of a given topic. Roundtable leaders use this input to shape the conversation, ensuring the discussion reflects the realities CISOs are living right now.

What You’ll Gain

By design, the roundtables create a trusted, closed-door environment for open, peer-level exchange. They offer CISOs the chance to:

• Learn about and compare approaches used by peers facing the same problems.
• Challenge strategies in a room of executives who understand the stakes.
• Gain practical, actionable guidance grounded in the FAIR approach to quantification and decision-making.
• Build lasting peer connections with leaders who are tackling cyber risk at scale.

Our goal is for every participant to take away at least two or three actionable strategies or techniques for transforming their approach to managing cyber risk.

Roundtable Topics for 2025

This year’s roundtables cover the most urgent issues facing CISOs, from governance and board alignment to AI and third-party ecosystems. Based on discussions with our board members and a survey of last year’s participants, our 2025 topics include:

• AI Risk Management for CISOs: A FAIR-Inspired Framework for Governing Responsible AI Adoption
• Achieving Scale, Speed, and Risk Reduction in Third-Party Cyber Risk Management
• Translating Cyber Risk for the Business and the Board: Integrating ERM and Cyber Risk Management
• Cybersecurity as Value Creation: Strategies for Delivering and Demonstrating ROI
• Building an Effective Cyber Risk Management Program
• Optimizing Cyber Insurance Coverage and Claims

Each session is designed to foster valuable conversations and elicit practical guidance on trade-offs, priorities, and strategies for CISOs under pressure to deliver measurable results.

The Leaders Behind the Conversations

A hallmark of the FAIRCON25 CISO Roundtables is the caliber of discussion leaders. We’ve assembled an extraordinary group of seasoned executives and industry experts who bring hard-won experience from the front lines of cyber risk management.

Our discussion leaders include:

• Current and former CISOs at major enterprises and public companies.
• Board members and advisors who understand the governance perspective.
• Practitioners from leading risk advisory firms who bring practical, cross-industry insights.
• Pioneers in FAIR-based quantification and cyber risk management who have helped define the discipline.

Names like Omar Khawaja, Michael Johnson, James Lam, Mathias Bücherl, John Sapp, Alex Antukh, Michael Montoya, Jay Vinda, and others will help guide the conversations and bring their own perspectives, based on years of experience in cyber risk management.

For participants, this is a rare opportunity to engage with such a diverse group of experts in an intimate, off-the-record setting where the focus is on practical outcomes, not polished soundbites.

Why You Should Be There

If you are a CISO seeking more than just concepts, the FAIRCON25 CISO Roundtables are where it happens. Seats are strictly limited to ensure meaningful dialogue. Last year, sessions filled quickly, and this year we expect even higher demand.

Don’t miss your chance to be part of the most exclusive, actionable conversations at FAIRCON25. Register now as a CISO and our team will be in touch.