• Invitation-only
  • Complimentary
  • Limited seats

Executive dinner

IT & Security Roundtable

6:00 PM – 9:00 PM CDTSteak 48, Houston, TX

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The Evening

An exclusive evening at Steak 48 in Houston, reserved for a small group of CISOs and senior security and technology leaders responsible for keeping essential operations running.

The roundtable format keeps the group small and the conversation direct, giving leaders space to examine what has actually worked under pressure — and to take those lessons back to their own organisations.

The Conversation

The evening focuses on critical infrastructure defence and strategic risk management: securing operational technology alongside IT, managing exposure across complex supply chains, and preparing for incidents whose impact reaches well beyond the business.

The table will also tackle board-level cyber alignment — translating technical risk into the language of directors, agreeing risk appetite with the board, and earning sustained investment.

Jerich Beason, CISO at Waste Management, shares practical guidance from leading security in a critical infrastructure environment, setting the stage for an open exchange across the table.

What you'll take away

  • Practical approaches to defending critical infrastructure and operational environments
  • Techniques for aligning the board on cyber risk, risk appetite and investment
  • Practical guidance from Jerich Beason on strategic risk management at enterprise scale
  • A trusted peer network among Houston's senior security and technology leaders

Agenda

  1. 6:00 PM

    Cocktails and introductions

  2. 7:00 PM

    Peer discussion around the table

  3. 8:00 PM

    Dinner and open conversation

  4. 9:00 PM

    Close

Your peers for the evening

A curated group of CISOs, CSOs and senior security and technology leaders from across Houston and the Gulf Coast, with a particular focus on organisations running critical operations.

Seats are reserved for leaders who report on cyber risk at executive level, keeping the discussion grounded in decisions rather than theory.

Leaders invited

  • Chief Information Security Officer

    ConocoPhillips

  • VP & CISO

    Houston Methodist

  • VP & Global CISO

    Medtronic

  • Chief Information Security Officer

    AECOM

  • Chief Information Security Officer

    Noble Corporation

  • Chief Information Security Officer

    NOV

  • VP Cybersecurity

    Port Houston

  • Chief Information Security Officer

    Sectigo

  • CISO

    Sempra Infrastructure

  • Chief Information Security Officer

    TechnipFMC

  • Chief Information Security Officer

    Weatherford

  • Chief Information Security Officer

    Zones

Location

Steak 48

4444 Westheimer Rd, Houston, TX 77027

Host

Aphinia

A private community for CISOs and senior cybersecurity executives — bringing together the people accountable for security across their organisations to meet their peers and speak openly.

Apex Strategy supports this dinner through delegate acquisition — we source, qualify and confirm the guest list. The evening itself is hosted by Aphinia.

Featured speaker

Jerich Beason

CISO,Waste Management

Jerich Beason is Chief Information Security Officer at Waste Management, one of North America's largest environmental services companies. He joins the Houston roundtable to share how security leaders defend critical operations and keep the board aligned on cyber risk.