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Kyndryl US CISO Cross-Industry Expert Exchange

Next Session: January 28, 2025

Overview

The Kyndryl US CISO Expert Exchange is an exclusive peer-to-peer community of senior IT leaders and CISOs who gather quarterly for open virtual discussions to share their top-of-mind challenges and gain insights from their peers. Our current members include technology leaders from State Farm, Goldman Sachs, Citizens Financial Group, Caterpillar, Commonwealth of Virgina, Amtrak, Humana, Honda Motor, NextEra Energy, Dow, Kaiser Permanente, MTAHQ, Newell Brands, NYC Department of Transportation, Ahold, WESCO and several others.

The topics for the roundtables are determined based on interests and feedback provided during 15-minute prep calls conducted with participants in the weeks leading up to the roundtable.

Hosted by Kyndryl and facilitated by our third-party partner, Profitable Ideas Exchange (PIE), the community provides members a valuable opportunity to build peer relationships, benchmark themselves against peer companies and learn industry best practices.


Interested in attending the upcoming session on January 28, 2025? Reach out to [email protected].

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Michael Restivo Profile
Kyndryl Host  

Michael Restivo - Kyndryl US VP of Security & Resiliency

Michael Restivo is the executive business leader for Kyndryl’s Consult and Managed Security Services in the USA. He has been in the security advisory and managed security industry for over 24 years in a numerous leadership roles. During this time, he and his teams had the opportunity to service hundreds of clients across the globe spanning all industries. His core strengths are helping organizations lower risk, secure their brands and protect reputations.

He is based in the suburbs of Chicago and currently leads a team  dedicated to solutioning and solving complex security problems across all aspects of cyber. He leads several annual cross industry cyber security forums and speaks at several annual cyber events. His team are experts in resiliency, recovery, advisory, security operations centers, incident response and managed services.

2024 sessions hosted by Kyndryl leaders

Q1 CISO Cross-Industry Expert Exchange

January 30th, 2024
11 am - 12 pm EST
Virtual Call
 

SME: Kris Lovejoy – Kyndryl Global Security and Resilience Practice Leader
Host: Michael Restivo- Kyndryl US VP of Security & Resiliency
 

Key Topics: 

  • Security & Resiliency Leadership
  • The Evolving Role of CISO in Cybersecurity Governance and Risk Management
  • Defense Strategies, Disaster Recovery, and Regulation
  • CISO Reporting and Risk Management Roles
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Q2 CISO Cross-Industry Expert Exchange

April 23rd, 2024
11 am – 12 pm EST
Virtual Call

SME: Cory Musselman – Kyndryl Chief Information Security Officer
Host: Michael Restivo- Kyndryl US VP of Security & Resiliency


 

Key Topics:

  • Challenges in Human Risk and Employee Engagement
  • Evolving Phishing Threats and Training Effectiveness
  • Improving Security with Automation and Simplification
  • Challenges in Security Communication
     
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Q3 CISO Cross-Industry Expert Exchange

July 16th, 2024
11 am – 12 pm EST
Virtual Call

SME: Adeel Saeed, VP, CTO – Global Security and Resiliency
Host: Michael Restivo- Kyndryl US VP of Security & Resiliency



Key Topics:

  • Platform Rationalization and tool consolidation
  • Strategic vision and Risk-based approach
  • Vendor Acquisition Pitfalls


     
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Q4 CISO Cross-Industry Expert Exchange

October 22nd, 2024
11 am - 12 pm EST
Virtual Call

Host: Michael Restivo- Kyndryl US VP of Security & Resiliency

Key Topics: 

  • The CrowdStrike incident and its impact
  • Rationalize risk by varying the scope of vendors footprint
  • Planning business continuity and operational resilience
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Past sessions

Q4 2023 Cross Industry CISO Expert Exchange

October 10th, 2023
11 am – 12 pm EST
Virtual

Guest Speakers:
Jerry Lack- US Alliance Business Development, Microsoft
Dean Pratt- Associate Director, Google Cloud Evangelist

Key Topics: 

  • Generative AI Adoption and Implementation
  • Generative AI In Education
  • Security Concerns and Responsible Use of Generative AI
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Q3 2023 Cross Industry CISO Expert Exchange

July 11th, 2023
11 am – 12 pm EST
Virtual

 

Guest Speakers:
John Feezell- Associate Director, Security Consulting, Quantitative Risk Lead, Kyndryl
 

Key Topics: 

  • Risk Quantification
  • Risk Assessment Approaches
  • Talent Considerations
  • Working with Leadership
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Q2 2023 Cross Industry CISO Expert Exchange

April 11th, 2023
11 am – 12 pm EST
Virtual

Guest Speaker:
Jimmy Nilsson- US Sales VP, Security & Resiliency, Kyndryl
 

Key Topics:

  • Defining Zero Trust
  • Engaging Leadership
  • Challenges of Zero Trust
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Q1 2023 Cross Industry CISO Expert Exchange

January 10th, 2023
11 am – 12 pm EST
Virtual

Guest Speaker:

Matthew Rice- US Sales VP, Security and Resiliency, Kyndryl

 

Key Topics: 

  • Managing resiliency internally and externally
  • Cyber recovery: Backing up the backups.
  • Evolving approaches to cyber insurance 
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