CISODAY2026

The annual network event for security leaders

On Thursday, 21 May 2026, cybersecurity leaders from business, nonprofit organizations, and government will come together to share ideas, use cases, and best practices in a relaxed yet elegant setting. As a highlight, we present the Cybersecurity Lifetime Achievement Award and the CISO of the Year Award.

Ecosystem Resilience

This year's CISODAY is fully dedicated to ecosystem resilience.

Modern cybersecurity is about understanding, anticipating, and managing threats as they evolve across an entire ecosystem.

It's no longer about defending systems in isolation.

Real resilience emerges only when cyber threat management is embedded throughout the organization. It's built on situational awareness, contextual intelligence, and the ability to adapt defenses as threats change.

Resilience is no longer delivered solely by controls, but by a collective understanding and coordinated action.

Even though this approach is gaining ground, only a small number of organizations practice it. Many remain fragmented, reactive, and structurally unprepared for today’s threats.

This is where the CISO Community plays a role: supporting organizations in moving from isolated defenses to resilient cyber ecosystems.

The coming CISODAY is dedicated to ecosystem resilience. Because in an interconnected threat landscape, this kind of resilience is not something a CISO can build alone.

Program

09:00 – 11:45 Pre-conference
VIPs and Diamond Partners only

11:00 – 12:30 Welcome and lunch
First networking moment

12:45 – 14:15 Plenary program I
With high-level speakers

14:15 – 15:15 Breakout program
Attendees can select the session of their choice

15:15 – 16:15 Break
Second networking moment

16:30 – 17:15 Plenary program II
Including pitches for the CISO of the Year Award

17:15 – 18:15 Reception
Third networking moment

8:30 – 21:00 VIP Dinner 
With the 2026 CISO of the Year Award ceremony
Partners will host their own dinner table

21:00 – 22:00 After-dinner drinks
 

More program details will follow. Go to cisoday.nl for more information.