October 16, 2026 · Mesa, Arizona
Where security leaders speak freely.
A select group of CISOs and senior security leaders. One day, among peers, to speak candidly about the work.
By application. Seats are limited.
The higher you rise, the fewer people you can talk to.
Security leadership carries a particular kind of isolation. The decisions that matter most are the ones you can't take to your team, or your board, or anyone who hasn't actually sat where you sit.
This is a day built around that gap: a small room of people who carry the same weight, speaking plainly about what's working, what isn't, and what keeps them up at night. Among peers, not an audience.
A day built for candor, not content.
No hour-long keynotes. The day is built around two Decision Labs: a sharp voice opens each one, then the real work happens around the table, where peers push on what's actually working and what isn't. The conversations that only happen when the right people are in the room and no one's performing.
Closed-door sessions
Everything is off the record. What's said in the room stays in the room, under the Chatham House Rule, so people can speak about what's actually happening, not the sanitized version.
Peer-led conversation
The room drives the discussion. Fewer presentations, more exchange; the value is in what your peers are willing to say when they're not on a stage.
Room to connect
Unhurried breaks and a shared table, built for the conversations that continue long after the day ends.
How this started
It started at a table, not a boardroom.
This summit came out of a single table at a leadership retreat, where a handful of security leaders found themselves in the one conversation the rest of the industry doesn't make room for: plain, unguarded, peer to peer. By the end of it, the same thought had gone around the table: this should exist on purpose. So we built it.
The room is the reason to come.
There's no headliner to draw you here. The value is the people in the chairs beside you: a deliberately small group of security leaders who've earned the right to speak plainly and want a room where they can.
From senior security managers to CISOs: the people making the calls, not the ones pitching to them. Every seat is reviewed, so the room stays peer-level, end to end.
Emerging Leader table
One table is set aside for emerging leaders: a small, invited group early in their security careers, seated to learn from the room. It's the one kind of mentorship this room can offer, not a program, just proximity to people who've done the job.
The View at 55th Place · Mesa, Arizona
Leading the conversation.
The day is peer-led, but a few voices help shape it. A handful of speakers to open the Decision Labs, and a panel of security leaders to push the discussion where it needs to go.
Building influence and getting decisions made when you do not hold formal authority.
Leading through an active incident, the human and organizational side, not the runbook.
In partnership with the security community.
The summit is supported by the professional associations that shape security leadership in Arizona and beyond.
The details.
- When
- Friday, October 16, 2026
- Where
- The View at 55th Place · 3633 N 55th Pl, Mesa, Arizona 85215
- Who
- CISOs and senior security leaders, by application
- Included
- A full day of sessions, meals, and hosted networking (no ticket to purchase)
Seats are limited and reviewed individually.