Balancing Act: Speed, Security, and Governance in the Era of Agentic AI

Executive Dinner

June 25, 2026 - Bellevue, WA

Visionaries

Scott Lewis Electronic Arts
Scott Lewis

Sr. Manager Security Engineering

Electronic Arts

Hima Arimanda Elevance Health
Hima Arimanda

Sr. Director of Technology

Elevance Health

Sundar Krishnamurthy Expedia Group
Sundar Krishnamurthy

Sr Security Architect

Expedia Group

Nigel Storey Lululemon
Nigel Storey

SVP of Technology

Lululemon

Akash Shivhare GDIT
Akash Shivhare

Sr. Principal Data Architect

GDIT

Steve Zalewski
Steve Zalewski

Cybersecurity Advisor

S3 Consulting

About Me

Steve Zalewski is a cybersecurity executive and advisor with extensive experience providing retained CISO, security consulting, and advisory services across healthcare, utilities, and international retail sectors. He serves as a virtual CISO for organizations needing part-time or interim leadership, advises venture capital firms and early-stage security startups, and delivers international cybersecurity training. Steve’s expertise spans enterprise security strategy, incident response, risk and compliance management, security program design, and board-level governance. He is the former CISO at Levi Strauss & Co and has held senior security roles at Pacific Gas & Electric and Kaiser Permanente, as well as engineering leadership positions in storage networks and enterprise operating systems. He holds multiple patents, CISSP, CISM, and CRISC certifications, co-hosts the CISOSeries Defense-in-Depth Podcast, and frequently speaks at industry events.

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Agenda

All times Pacific Time

5:30 PM - 9:00 PM

Balancing Act: Speed, Security, and Governance in the Era of Agentic AI

We agree with you. Scaling GenAI across an organization offers immense rewards, but it also introduces an entirely new frontier of data visibility and exfiltration risks. Senior executives are caught in a delicate balancing act - striving to accelerate AI-driven productivity while rigidly protecting sensitive data and maintaining strict compliance.

We invite you to pull up a chair with fellow technology and security leaders for a private discussion on mastering this equilibrium. Together, we will examine real-world approaches to securing AI platforms, governing autonomous workflows, and leveraging enterprise cloud architectures like AWS to build a resilient, compliant infrastructure for the future.

Bring your toughest governance questions to the table, unwind with your peers, and leave with a foolproof AI roadmap after a fantastic culinary experience.

Together With

Zscaler Inc
AWS
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Attended the C-Vision International CISO Dinner last night and to sum it up in one word, "Wow!" Incredibly well moderated discussion and investigation into different viewpoints. I appreciate the openness of all the attendees to share their unique experiences and perspectives. I learned a lot, had a ton of fun, and look forward to further events like this!

Tory Knapp

Director of Strategic Accounts, IL Enterprise

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Recently updated my "event vendors I will NEVER work with again" list, DM me if you're interested in the names and stories. On the other hand, I want to recommend Nelson Soares and C-Vision International who are true partners to our success, and I really enjoy working with. Happy to also share the great list of vendors we liked, as there are many of them, and we've recently had the pleasure of joining wonderful events, which we immediately renewed.

Lior Yaari

CEO and Co-founder

Martin

The day was awesome and the evening exceeded my wildest expectations. I've never been to a dinner like that where a table with 12 CIOs/CISOs was focused exclusively on Netskope. Just fantastic.
Thank you for including me!
I look forward to the next time we have the opportunity to meet

Martin tePoele

Regional Sales Manager

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I had the pleasure of joining the C-Vision International, Nordics CISO Council Roundtable with a wonderful group of cyber executives. We had a wonderful, insightful conversation and the whole experience was enjoyable. I made great new contacts and reconnected with existing contacts on really important topics that matter to CISO’s and all in cybersecurity. I’d highly recommend joining in any C-Vision event.

Connie McIntosh

Head of Security Assurance & Head of Solution Security

Maarten Ectors

Intimate, immersive experiences provided by a group of individuals always available to support our needs. Fantastic organization and very high-level executives. The promise was delivered!

Maarten Ectors

Chief Innovation Officer

Bjorn Watne

C-vision's events combine relevant topics with a suitable audience. I found great value at my last attendance, and would definitely consider upcoming events.

Bjørn R. Watne

SVP & CISO

Jeff Vinson 1

I love the engaging format of the councils. Very high level discussions and never a sales pitch. The C-Vision staff members are amazing.

Jeffrey Vinson

SVP CISO

Allison Miller

A very warm welcome and interesting speakers. I was very pleased to be among such a dynamic group.

Allison Miller

CISO

Paige Adams

The process was very well organized by C-Vision. Perfect organization, honest and authentic speakers of high level.

Paige Adams

Group CISO