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Where top security leaders come together.

A private community for enterprise CISOs and security-minded executives. Once a year we trade the boardroom for open country, and return with sharper judgment and stronger alliances.

Why The CISO Reserve

The AI era is rewriting the job. No one should rewrite it alone.

AI is reshaping the security leader's role faster than any playbook can keep up: new risks, new expectations from the board, new questions from every corner of the business. The leaders navigating it best are not doing it alone.

The CISO Reserve brings enterprise CISOs and CxOs together, outdoors, to move, eat well, rest and work through what comes next. The outcome is practical: clearer decisions, alliances that hold, and an industry that moves forward.

  • Vetted peers only
  • 1:1 mentorship opportunities with the board
  • Chatham House Rule
  • No sales stage
  • AI-era risk, discussed candidly
  • Health & wellness focus
Peer relationships

“Lasting relationships, built side by side. Ideas shared openly among peers.”

Executive suite collaboration

“Not another CISO conference. We bring CxOs and CISOs together.”

Getaways

Two days, unhurried.

Each day pairs substance with space: serious conversation in the morning, open country in the afternoon, and long evenings with the right people.

  1. Morning
    Executive conversation

    CISOs and CxOs work through the issues shaping security and the business right now, held under the Chatham House Rule.

  2. Afternoon
    Outdoors together

    Guided hikes, friendly competition and other shared activities. Movement that clears the head and loosens the conversation.

  3. Evening
    Connection

    Dinner outdoors and unhurried time together, where the day's ideas turn into relationships.

The inaugural Getaway · Now accepting applications

Fall 2027. Two days in open country with fifty-plus CISOs and CxOs. Venue shared with members upon acceptance.

Apply to attend

Health & rejuvenation

Well-being, shared outdoors.

A chance to get away and reflect. Each Getaway builds in time to move, play, exchange and rest, side by side with peers. Every activity is intentional, and every one is led by CISO peers.

Members hiking a wooded trail
Move 01

Guided hikes through open country at an easy, conversational pace.

Two members laughing over pickleball paddles
Play 02

Friendly competition, from a pickleball tournament to lawn games at dusk.

Members in conversation around an outdoor dinner table
Exchange 03

Small-group conversations over seasonal food shared outdoors, with a hands-on cooking class along the way.

A member watching sunrise over misty hills
Rest 04

Unscheduled hours, early nights and room to reset.

Out of the boardroom.
Into open country.

50+ CISOs & CxOs

Two days, outdoors

Venue shared upon acceptance

Big decisions get easier when the people beside you have made them too.

The Board

Stewarded by peers.

The Reserve is guided by a founding board of sitting security leaders who shape each Getaway, review every application and offer 1:1 mentorship opportunities to members.

Neil Watkins, CISO, Burns & McDonnell
Neil WatkinsCISO, Burns & McDonnell
Jadee Hanson, Former CISO, Vanta
Jadee HansonFormer CISO, Vanta
Nils Puhlmann, Former CISO, Zynga, Electronic Arts & Twilio
Nils PuhlmannFormer CISO, Zynga, Electronic Arts & Twilio
Chad Holmes, CISO, Office of the Attorney General of Texas
Chad HolmesCISO, Office of the Attorney General of Texas
Yaron Levi, CISO, Dolby Laboratories
Yaron LeviCISO, Dolby Laboratories
Nick Vigier, CISO, Oscar Health
Nick VigierCISO, Oscar Health
Nitin Raina, CISO, Thoughtworks
Nitin RainaCISO, Thoughtworks
Matt Sharp, CISO, Xactly Corp
Matt SharpCISO, Xactly Corp

Attending a Getaway includes 1:1 mentorship opportunities with members of the founding board.

Apply to the Reserve.
Shape the AI era together.

For enterprise CISOs and security-minded executives. Clarity, health and candid counsel are not luxuries at this level; they are how good decisions get made.

Apply for membership

By application · Reviewed by the founding board · Fall 2027