What’s Next:
From Black Swans to Unknown Knowns

Security professionals evaluate risk through many lenses. What keeps them up at night are the Black Swan risks that come seemingly out of the blue and are only understood with the luxury of time and hindsight. However, some issues are well known but seem only tangentially related to security. These “unknown knowns” are well-documented, but their effect on security seems remote. Understanding the impact of these events playing out on the world stage—including resilience in the face of disaster, global conflict, and climate change—can make all the difference between an adequate security program and an extraordinary one.  

Join your colleagues during three Game Changer sessions designed specifically to explore trends that will shape security’s future. 

Knocked Down, Not Knocked Out: Building Organizational Resilience 

Monday, 23 September 2024 | 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM EST

Organizational resilience is not only about bouncing back from challenges and crisis situations. It is about developing the capacity in your organization, business, or community to change and adapt in the face of adversity. By leveraging a holistic ESRM lens around risk and business disruptions, security professionals can enable organizations to thrive amid changing times. In this session, organizational leaders will share their resilience stories, with case studies that illustrate what it means to recover well after catastrophe. 

By the end of the session, you will be able to:

• Enable organizational agility and set the tone for resilience within the security function.
• Outline the critical preparedness steps that lead to greater resilience.
• Analyze how organizations have applied resilience principles in real-life situations.

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DO YOU TRUST ME? HOW TO THRIVE IN A MISTRUSTFUL ERA

Tuesday, 24 September 2023 | 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM EST

Global conflict continues to affect the workplace directly as political and ideological divides lead to mistrust among colleagues and teams. How can security professionals prevent these schisms from eroding productivity or even leading to violence? Learn what factors feed the contagion of mistrust and how to stop it from spreading. In this compelling game changer session, thought leaders will discuss the factors driving global mistrust and how to establish yourself as a trustworthy partner.

By the end of the session, you will be able to:

• Examine how mistrust can threaten security efforts.
• Explore current challenges and how they are amplified by technology.
• Recognize the role human nature can play in combatting future mistrust.

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WHEN CHAOS REIGNS: THE CRITICAL ROLE OF SECURITY IN GLOBAL CRISES

Wednesday, 25 September 2023 | 9:45 AM – 10:45 AM EST

Disasters continue to erupt around the world—wars, famines, natural disasters, civil and social unrest. Combine these with the reputational risk in operating a business in these environments, and ESG (Environmental, Social, and Corporate Governance) becomes a critical lens on risk. What started as an investment approach, ESG is now a framework for organizations to look at global strategy. Soon, security will be expected not only to quantify ESG efforts, but also include them in everyday responses. In this session, a panel of experts will deliberate the role of security in ESG and its related reputational risks.

By the end of the session, you will be able to:

• Appraise how responding to crises can affect a company’s reputation. 
• Discuss ESG concepts to resonate with all stakeholders.
• Prepare security stakeholders/teams to think strategically around ESG and reputational issues.

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