Exclusive IT executiVe Dinners | July 2026
Securing AI at the Edge:
Where & How NetOps & SecOps Teams Must Work Together
This July and August, join Versa, Cato, Fortinet, CommandLink, and IT executives at educational dinners around the country to discuss enterprise Net/SecOps best practices in the age of AI.
Four cities. 10 seats per city. 40 seats total. Learn more below.
Format: Round table dinners
For Whom: CIOs, CISOs, VPs & Directors
Cities: St. Louis (July 23), Tampa Bay (Aug. 13), Dallas (Aug. 19), Salt Lake City (TBD)
Venues: St. Louis (Ruth's Chris Steakhouse); rest TBD
Host: CommandLink
Partners: Fortinet, Versa Networks, Cato Networks, and more.
Guest Customers: Grimco, Builder's FirstSource, UMB Bank, and more.
Raffle: TBD
Registrants
St. Louis
3/10
Dallas
2/10
Salt Lake City
1/10
Tampa Bay
2/10
THe THEME
How Modern Enterprises Align Network & Security Teams on AI Visibility & Incident Root Cause
As AI usage moves to users, branches, devices, and SaaS workflows, network and security teams need a shared operating model for visibility, policy enforcement, telemetry, and response. Otherwise, distributed enterprises can risk millions of dollars each year.
CommandLink is on a mission to fix this.
We’re hosting an intimate forum for enterprise CIOs, CISOs, VPs, and directors from different sectors to:
Discuss infrastructure, data normalization, and cross-function collaboration strategies.
Learn how peers are solving problems.
Validate high-stakes decisions.
What to Expect
Meaty & Actionable Strategy Discussions Around AI
Let's get intimate, shall we?
Converging enterprise NetOps and SecOps around AI risk isn't easy (some say it's impossible). This intimate dinner will debunk harmful "convergence" myths and provide a safe forum for IT leaders to learn about new technologies and industry capabilities (e.g., you can now automatically normalize your inventory and telemetry AND correlate signals across systems). You'll walk away with strategic insights to help you and your teams build a more unified, intelligent, predictive, collaborative, and resilient environment.
Discussion Facilitators by City
Discussion Topics
Where AI can be used and what blind spots it creates.
How branch locations, remote users, field teams, and distributed environments change the AI security model.
How organizations are defining, monitoring, and enforcing what data can and cannot be entered into public or third-party AI platforms.
How IT leaders can enable responsible AI adoption while reducing data leakage, compliance exposure, and misuse.
What telemetry is needed to understand when, where, and how AI tools are being used across the enterprise.
How security teams are adapting to AI-enhanced phishing, social engineering, deepfakes, automated attacks, and new incident response scenarios.
Register for a Dinner
Who these dinners are designed for.
This virtual series is designed strictly for CIOs, CISOs, and VP- and director-level network and security professionals from companies with 25+ locations. Registrants not matching this profile will be kindly rejected!
Agenda:
6:00 to 6:30: Doors open + mingle time
6:30: Dinner and round table discussions begin
7:30: Raffle + mingle time
8:00: Doors close