Secure Start
CISO Crowd Breakfast Meetup Event
12th March 2026, 8:30am to 10:30am
Duck and Waffle, London
in partnership with Intruder Systems
Overview
Start your day with a relaxed breakfast roundtable for cybersecurity leaders who value honest conversation, shared experience, and practical insight. This is for those who want to talk openly about real challenges—and leave with ideas they can actually use.
Over coffee and breakfast, you’ll connect with peers to discuss what’s top of mind in cybersecurity today, sharing perspectives, tactics, and lessons learned in a supportive, collaborative setting.
This gathering is hosted at Duck & Waffle, London’s highest restaurant, with panoramic views across the city and a bold, inventive breakfast menu—an inspiring yet informal backdrop for meaningful discussion.
What We’ll Be Delving Into
Scaling Security While Staying Lean
Business growth is the goal — but for security teams, it often introduces the biggest risk. When attack surfaces expand and headcount stays flat, manual processes quickly become a liability. How do you protect a rapidly scaling organisation without burning out a lean team?
Join us for a candid discussion on building a proactive security programme that scales with the business — not the budget.
We’ll explore how security leaders can ensure business growth doesn’t outpace the ability to defend it, focusing on how to maximise the impact of people, processes, and technology in resource-constrained environments.
On The Agenda
Scaling without headcount growth
"How are you building a security programme that keeps pace with rapid expansion without scaling headcount and what practical strategies have helped you do more with less??"
Evolving the stack — and the culture
"How have you moved from reactive to proactive security -what got in the way and how has your security stack evolved as the organisation has grown??"
In Partnership With
Intruder's exposure management platform helps lean security teams stop breaches before they start by proactively uncovering attack surface weaknesses.
Unifying attack surface management, cloud security, and continuous vulnerability management in one intuitive platform, Intruder makes it easy to discover exposed assets, detect misconfigs, prioritise real risks, streamline security workflows, stay compliant and mobilize teams to fix issues fast.
Founded in 2015 by Chris Wallis, a former ethical hacker turned corporate blue teamer, Intruder is now protecting over 3,000 companies worldwide.
Learn more at intruder.io.
Venue
Duck and Waffle | Salesforce Tower | 110 Bishopsgate, London EC2N 4AY
We'll be in touch to confirm places.
*Places are limited and subject to approval.