Philippe Courtot, Qualys Chairman and CEO, and Howard Schmidt, Former Special Adviser for Cyberspace Security for the White House, heard countless tales about security professionals tackling similar problems, reinventing the proverbial wheel, or worse, learning from disastrous mistakes that might have been avoided. Chief Security Officers face unique challenges, but need not face them alone.

Believing security executives could benefit by exchanging ideas with one another, the duo formed CSO Interchange. The result is an intimate, high-level forum to take place in a no-sales-pitch environment. CSO Interchange forums are held across the US and Europe. Over time the forum will expand to Asia.