Future Cyber Leaders Summit

Sunday, July 19, 2026 - Wednesday, July 22, 2026 in Mystic, CT

Summit Objectives

This event is 100% dedicated to future cyber leaders' career development. Attendees will be hand-picked by leading large enterprise CISOs to reward the people in their groups who show the most promise in leading the cyber industry in the future.

Mystic, CT

Summertime in Mystic is the ideal New England setting where leaders can step away from the day to day and focus on the bigger picture of how they will grow into the leaders of tomorrow.  

Learn more about how to get to Mystic, CT here.

Highlights include:

  • One-hour executive coaching session and assessment with Matt Comyns and Steve Martano

  • Mentorship and future coaching/networking

  • Current industry leaders sharing their career stories and lessons learned

  • “Leadership gurus” outside of the cyber industry sharing best practices

  • Post-event invitations to leadership events (virtual and in-person)

 

Guest Speakers & Mentors Include:

Mercedes Chatfield-Taylor, CEO & Co-Founder at Artico Search

 

Matt Comyns, President & Co-Founder at Artico Search

 

Travis Farral, Vice President & CISO at Archaea Energy

 

Milan Galik, CEO, President & Director, at Interactive Brokers

 

Robert Huber, Chief Security Officer at Tenable

 

Christopher Lukas, Chief Information Security Officer at Bechtel

 

Brad Maiorino, Corporate VP & CISO at RTX

 

Steve Martano, Partner at Artico Search

 

Kristen McCooey, Director at Edward Jones

 

Lamont Orange, Chief Trust Officer at Cyera

 

Adrian Peters, CISO at Vista Equity Partners

 

Yabing Wang, VP, Security & IT Services | CISO & CIO at Justworks

 

& many more cyber industry leaders…

 

Event Snapshot

 
 

Detailed Agenda

  • All Day: Arrivals 

    3:00pm: World Cup Watch Party (We are kicking things off - it won’t be a party without you)

    6:00pm-8:00pm: Welcome Reception

  • 7:00am: Breakfast

    9:00am-12:00pm: Day 1 Programming 

    12:00pm: Networking Lunch 

    1:00pm-5:00pm: Day 1 Programming Continues 

    6:00pm-10:00pm: Opening Summit Dinner & Cocktail Hour

  • 7:00am: Breakfast  

    9:00am-12:00pm: Day 2 Programming 

    12:00pm: Networking Lunch 

    1:00pm-2:30pm: Day 2 Programming Continues 

    3:00pm-5:00pm: (Break  - Downtime)

    5:30pm-10:00pm: Closing Night Celebration & Boat Outing

  • All Day: Recreational Activities

    Evening: Departures

 

Summit Pricing & Payment

Your $7,500 tuition* to attend the Cybersecurity Leadership Summit, Presented by Artico Search includes:

  • 3 nights/4 days at the conference host hotel** (7/19/2026-7/22/2026)  

  • 2 days of professional leadership programming, keynotes, roundtables  

  • 3 evening receptions/dinners + 2 networking lunches

  • Outdoor group activities 

  • Ongoing career coaching and mentoring by Artico Search executives and CISO mentors

Please register here. Once your registration form has been submitted, the Summit team will reach out to send an invoice, confirming details, and request your headshot and bio.

* Companies sending two or more attendees will receive a discounted rate of $6,000 per ticket.
**All Summit participants are responsible to book and pay for their own flight / transportation.


About Your Hosts - Artico Search 

Artico delivers the people to build, scale and protect your business. Founded in 2021, Artico's team matches the world’s best talent with venture capital, private equity-backed and publicly-traded companies. Do what you love. Change lives. Learn more at http://www.articosearch.com 

 
Artico Search