# Beyond the Numbers: Practices That Matter for CISOs & AppSec Leaders

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Explore how security leaders can move beyond surface-level metrics to focus on the practices that actually strengthen application security programs. Learn how to prioritize meaningful outcomes such as risk reduction, developer collaboration, and sustainable security processes across the software development lifecycle. Plus, gain expert insights and real-world perspectives on security strategies and the metrics that matter most to improve security posture and development efficiency.

## Event Details

### Beyond the Numbers: Practices that Truly Matter for CISOs & AppSec Leaders

#### Hosts: Ilkka Turunen (Field CTO - Sonatype) & Jeff Pollard (VP, Principal Analyst - Forrester)

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**Date:** Jun 29 2023  |  **Duration:** 50 mins

At a time of economic headwinds, the risks don’t go away, even if some of your budget may. This is why it is more critical than ever to focus on mitigating risk, while getting other key stakeholders in your organization to understand threats faced and progress made. At this exclusive, online event, guest speaker, Jeff Pollard, VP, Principal Analyst from Forrester, will share key metrics, benchmarks and learnings from CISOs around the world. Other experts on the call will also share best practices for mitigating application security risk, without compromising developer productivity, featuring the Sonatype platform.

### Learning Outcomes

At this discussion you will learn ways to:
- Benchmark your organization against peers
- Establish or evolve your metrics to better assess and communicate risk to key stakeholders
- Successfully mitigate against new threats, including open source malware
- Improve collaboration with key functions, such as software engineering, to enable frictionless innovation
- Effectively advocate for budget in economic headwinds

## Featured Speakers

### Ilkka Turunen
Field CTO, Sonatype

### Jeff Pollard
VP, Principal Analyst, Forrester