NASCIO STATE CISO LEADERSHIP SUMMIT 

Calling all state CISOs – its time once again for the NASCIO State CISO Leadership Summit – your opportunity to share ideas, learn about new programs and innovations, ask questions of and network with your CISO peers. The State CISO Leadership Summit is an investment in YOU! Below you’ll find details about the event and be able to submit your registration. Questions about the CISO Leadership Summit can be directed to Meredith Ward.

WHEN

NASCIO is excited to take the State CISO Leadership Summit to Tampa, Florida, on July 29-31, 2025


QUICK FACTS

  • The State CISO Leadership Summit is open to CISOs only – no proxies are permitted if the CISO is unable to attend
  • The only attendees will be state CISOs and NASCIO staff – no private sector, other government officials or media
  • The event will be held in conjunction with the 2025 State CIO, State Privacy Officers, State Chief Data Officers and Deputies Leadership Summits, as well as the Emerging Leaders meeting, allowing for some great networking opportunities with other state leaders
  • Deadline to register for this event is Thursday, July 10, 2025


CURRICULUM AND PRESENTERS

The State CISO Leadership Summit’s agenda is created by you. Discussion topics will come from CISO attendees as will facilitation. This is your time to share with each other ideas on topics that are most important to you.

Please complete this two-question survey to provide your feedback on topics to discuss at the Leadership Summit.


HOTEL

The 2025 State CISO Leadership Summit will be held at the Westin Tampa Waterside. NASCIO will book your room for arrival on July 29 and departure on July 31 – if you require a different arrival/departure, please contact Lisa Thompson.


TRAVEL

NASCIO will provide a $600 travel stipend to all attendees. Attendees should book and pay for their travel and will be provided instructions after the event on how to submit receipts for the reimbursement.

The Tampa International Airport (TPA) is the closest and most convenient airport to the hotel.

For travel planning, the welcome reception will start at 6 pm EST on Tuesday, July 29 and the Summit will wrap-up at 1:30 pm on Thursday, July 31.

This draft agenda will be helpful as you plan your travel.

 

AGENDA

The agenda for the State CISO Leadership Summit is in development and will be shared when finalized.

 

ATTENDEE REGISTRATION

REGISTER NOW for the 2025 NASCIO State CISO Leaderhship Summit

Registration Instructions

For Individual Registration:

  1. Log in to your NASCIO profile. Your info will auto-fill. Select your name from the drop-down.
  2. No NASCIO log-in? Enter your info; we’ll create an account and send you log-in details.

For Admin Team Registration:

  1. Log in to NASCIO: Team info will auto-fill. Select names from the drop-down.
  2. If a team member isn’t listed, enter their info. We’ll create an account and send log-in details.
  3. Register multiple people: Select the number of registrations and follow the steps for each.

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