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The Chief’s Brief with Michael Piacente

We’ll discuss global CISO trends, shifting compensation, the personal liability risks for CISOs, and how leaders can future‑proof their strategic position.

Apr 17 Fri

Friday 17 April 2026, 2pm to 3pm UK time

Online, on Zoom

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The Chief’s Brief with Michael Piacente

About this session

Hitch Partners is an executive search firm that specialises in information security. Their annual Global CISO Leadership Report provides a benchmark analysis of compensation, reporting structures, AI governance and strategic priorities across 625+ security leaders. This year, the report reveals fundamental shifts in compensation, reporting structures and governance, with implications for every security leader’s strategic positioning.

Michael Piacente, known as the “CISO Whisperer”, is Managing Partner and Co-Founder with a wide network of security leaders across the globe. In this wide-reaching and frank discussion, Michael will discuss world geopolitical impacts on cybersecurity, global CISO trends and compensation, and the global and local CISO job markets. He will also illustrate how security leaders face significant personal risk, with inadequate executive and personal liability coverage across both public and private sectors. Finally, he will identify the benefits and methods of CISOs’ personal branding and appropriate preparation for job searching.

Come and join us for a hugely enlightening conversation that all cybersecurity professionals will want to hear.

Speakers

Martin Smith MBEChairChairman & Founder, The SASIG
Michael PiacenteManaging Partner, Hitch Partner

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Friday 17 April 2026

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2pm to 3pm UK time

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