Vancouver IT & Security Leaders Collaborative

Open seating buffet meal serving 5-star food and great Peer engagement before we kick off the day

A Thank You from SINC – setting the tone for a great day! A brief rundown of the session format, App overview and how to win some great prizes

With many economists are anticipating a recession in 2023, the impact on IT departments is unclear. One would expect companies to pull back across the board and for those cuts to include IT. But the big surprise is that spending on IT is expected to increase.

That said, decision makers will be quick to slash frivolous spending and non-essential tech stacks.

Organizations are losing productivity from managing the limitations of yesterday’s technology. The business is changing and the current communications solution no longer adequately connects end users. Old communications technology, including legacy telephony systems, disjointed messaging and communication or collaboration mediums, and unintuitive video conferencing, deteriorates the ability of users to work together in a productive manner.

This session will cover:

• What does your Organizations Communication Infrastructure look like?
• Is there a plan in place to move from legacy systems? If so, what does that plan look like?
• How do you gain the business buy-in for the updating of technologies that doesn’t necessarily equate with directly driving revenue?

For the first 30 minutes of this session, we will be grouped in roundtables (10-12 Executives/table) with one table monitor. The last 20 minutes, each table monitor will take to the stage and discuss their group’s findings in a panel recap.

Circle back with your Peers on the content so far while grabbing a coffee and a snack

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Siloed security data hampers the ability for Organizations to achieve a collective defense. According to a 2022 Forrester study, 71% of security leaders report their teams need access to threat intelligence, security operations data, incident response data, and vulnerability data, yet 65% of respondents find it very challenging to provide security teams with cohesive data access.

With today’s evolving threats, security operations teams cannot succeed without the access to and a centralized view of the data from other cyber and IT applications within their environments.

This session will cover:

• How is your Organization implementing a unified security strategy?
• What are some best practices for a stronger security strategy?
• How do you determine exactly what intelligence is required and how you can apply it to your business?

For the first 30 minutes of this session we will be grouped in roundtables (10-12 Executives/table) with one table monitor. The last 20 minutes, each table monitor will take to the stage and discuss their group’s findings in a panel recap.

Circle back with your Peers on the content so far while grabbing a coffee and a snack

Check back for updates on this session.

A well-implemented cloud infrastructure reduces tedious, repetitive tasks, and gives operations teams time to take a greater role in the planning, management, and governance. While there are major benefits of CloudOps including enhanced security, on-demand scalability and overall IT savings, establishing a migration strategy is vital and must include all stakeholders. This session will cover some of the best practices for CloudOps and why it’s so important.

During this session we will explore:

• What is your organization’s plan to leverage cloud services?
• What are are some of the expected opportunities and pain points?
• Cloud management can require a vastly different skill set from on premises data centers-
  • How do you go about training existing team members before the migration?
• How do you structure your operations team to effectively deliver important capabilities that support organizational goals?

For the first 30 minutes of this session, we will be grouped in roundtables (10-12 Executives/table) with one table monitor. The last 20 minutes, each table monitor will take to the stage and discuss their group’s findings in a panel recap

Stick around, avoid the traffic and mingle with your peers! Open bar and serving a few finger foods to hold you over