INTERFACE Honolulu
Presented by Mac Avancena, Field CISO • Check Point Software
Cybersecurity isn’t failing because of technology. It’s failing because we’re talking about it the wrong way.
In today’s boardroom, cyber risk is financial risk. Yet most organizations still treat security as a cost center rather than a performance driver. The result? Overspend, complexity, and risk continue to compound.
In this session, Mac Avancena challenges that model, showing how leading enterprises are rewriting the narrative. By aligning security to business outcomes, simplifying fragmented environments, and leading with data, they’re transforming cybersecurity from overhead into a competitive advantage.
This isn’t about more tools or better alerts. It’s about changing the conversation—so security drives growth, resilience, and measurable ROI.
If you can’t tie security to business performance, you’re not securing the business—you’re slowing it down.