2026 Chapter Meetings & Events

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ISACA San Diego January Meeting: Cybersecurity's Dirty Secret: Why Most Budgets Go To Waste

What if attending an event could show you how to save your company thousands to millions in wasted cybersecurity spending?

That’s not hype, it’s the reality when you stop treating spending dollars like a bottomless pit and start treating it like a business strategy.

Most executives assume the more money they throw at cybersecurity, the safer they’ll be. Wrong. In fact, the bigger your budget, the more likely you’re bleeding cash on shelfware, pointless meetings, and “solutions” that solve nothing. This event flips the script: it shows you how to slash costs, cut risk, and still move faster than your competition.

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SPEAKER: Ross Young, Co-host, CISO Tradecraft

From CIA officer to enterprise CISO, Ross Young has spent two decades at the forefront of cybersecurity. He’s the co-host of CISO Tradecraft, creator of the OWASP Threat and Safeguard Matrix (TaSM), and a recognized leader who has served as CISO in Residence at Team8, CISO of Caterpillar Financial, instructor at Johns Hopkins University, and divisional CISO at Capital One.

Connect with Ross on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mrrossyoung/