Security organizations traditionally focus on perimeter protection and risk mitigation, often inadvertently slowing business velocity as employees adopt shadow IT to circumvent controls. Forward-thinking CISOs are transforming this dynamic by establishing fusion centers - collaborative environments that unite diverse security expertise and enable controlled risk-taking through full-stack isolation. These centers allow organizations to acquire companies with incompatible security profiles, share sensitive threat data without creating vulnerable silos, and partner with industry groups for coordinated response. This session explores how security leaders can leverage their unique position controlling enterprise information access to become innovation enablers rather than bottlenecks.

The session, led by Sean Doherty, vice president of worldwide sales at Replica Cyber, will cover:

• Why traditional perimeter security creates business friction and drives shadow IT adoption;
• Fusion center models that unite cross-functional expertise for proactive security innovation;
• Collaborative malware triage and remediation workflows outside corporate networks using isolation.