IDC Turkiye Security Summit 2020 Digital Event
I am happy to announce that I will be presenting the Keynote at the IDC Turkiye Security Summit “Building Culture of Innovation in the Age of Cybercrime”
When : 22 October 2020
Overview
Digital transformation is becoming an absolute necessity, with the changing nature of the customer and greater demands for agility of enterprises. IT security is a hot topic from boardrooms to datacenters, but as much as everyone thinks they have answers, nobody has THE answer.
Threats are evolving as quickly as businesses digital transform their operations. Enterprises must consequently adopt layered, adaptive security measures to address every stage of the modern information security kill chain, from early detection to exploitation management and remediation.
New technologies, techniques, and skills will be required to present a robust defense against well-equipped and highly motivated threat actors. Breaches are constantly being identified, and disclosed and IT security professionals are always working hard to manage risk. Moreover, there is an ever-growing need for security strategies to comply with regulations as well as internal and external governance structures, all while intelligent adversaries look for ways to abuse or exploit the complex IT systems that keep things running.
In Turkey, organizations have been increasing their efforts to improve IT security awareness over the past years. However, IT security complexity remains a challenge for organizations as they try to achieve a balance between existing and new technology deployments and the ever-evolving and malicious threat landscape. Due to these complexities, most security personnel have difficulties with meeting security needs in the face of scarce resources and highly dynamic IT architectures.
Turkish IT leaders must address how they can sustain security as a business enabler and ensure that their operations remain secure at the same time. The IDC Turkiye Security Summit 2020 will cover these all topics and please join us to discuss many other of today’s and tomorrow’s security challenges with many leading CISO’s from different sectors.
Key Discussion Areas:
- The CISO of the future – innovator, enabler, board member
- Soft Skills Needed for CIO to CSO Communication
- Importance of incidence response: plan, exercises, communication
- Security analytics, automation and advanced attack detection
- Risks and opportunities of emerging technologies: smart machines, AI, IoT and OT
- Data governance, data security and risk governance
- State of the art in cloud security
- Next generation of SOC
- Data protection beyond May 2018 – what comes after GDPR (KVKK)?
- Behavioral Analysis, Risk Scoring on Social Networks
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CISO Insight
Industry events remain one of the most effective ways for security leaders to stay current, build peer networks, and discover approaches that no vendor whitepaper can teach. The hallway conversations — where practitioners share what actually worked and what failed — consistently deliver more actionable intelligence than formal presentations.
Why Cybersecurity Events Matter for Practitioners
The cybersecurity industry moves at a pace where knowledge has a short half-life. Techniques cutting-edge 18 months ago may already be outdated. Threat actors evolve continuously, and defenders must keep pace. Industry events serve as concentrated knowledge-transfer mechanisms where practitioners absorb months of developments in days. Beyond the formal agenda, events create opportunities for informal knowledge exchange that drives real operational improvement — CISOs discussing challenges, incident responders comparing detection approaches, architects debating implementation strategies. These peer interactions produce insights impossible to replicate through online content alone.
Building a Strategic Approach to Industry Engagement
For CISOs managing limited time and travel budgets, selectivity is essential. The most valuable events combine technical depth with strategic relevance, attract genuine practitioners rather than just vendors, and provide structured networking. Regional events often deliver more value per hour than mega-conferences because the community is smaller and more focused. I recommend mixing one or two large international events with several focused regional forums for the best balance. The connections made at these events prove invaluable during incident response, technology evaluations, and career transitions.
Frequently Asked Questions
How should CISOs choose which cybersecurity events to attend?
Prioritise events aligned with current strategic priorities that attract peers from your sector and provide genuine peer interaction beyond vendor presentations. Look for strong speaker curation, hands-on workshops, and structured networking opportunities.
What is the ROI of attending cybersecurity conferences?
Returns include peer intelligence informing strategy, practitioner-based vendor evaluations, talent pipeline development, and professional growth. CISOs who invest in event attendance consistently report that connections prove valuable during incidents and transitions.
Related reading: Visit our CISO Career Hub or the Cyber Resilience Hub.