THE CISO COMMUNITY

You cannot buy a CISO's trust.
You can earn a seat at their table.

CYBER & BEATS is a CISO community, not an event. Curated round tables for senior security leaders under Chatham House Rules, at two rooms money cannot buy: The Groucho Club and Ronnie Scott's.

No decks. No pitch. No selling on the night. Every time.

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The Groucho ClubSoho home of celebrity,
arts and media
Ronnie Scott's Jazz ClubRonnie Scott's Jazz Club
Since 1959
Private dinner at The Groucho Club Live music on stage at Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club Stand-up comedy at The Groucho Club
$1.5Mclosed by sponsors, Q2 2026
350+cyber leaders attended
11,000+security leaders in our network
Full tableof CISOs, every evening
98%would recommend to peers

The story

When did a UK CISO last reply to your team?

Why CYBER & BEATS wins where the best go-to-market stack fails.

01

The Stack

Best go-to-market stack money can buy. LinkedIn, email sequences, an SDR team. CISOs still do not reply.

02

The Obstacle

Access, not product. Every vendor is chasing the same CISOs. They only talk where nobody is pitching.

03

The Window

AI is reshaping security. CISOs are choosing now which vendors they trust to take them through it.

04

The Answer

CYBER & BEATS is a CISO community, not an event. We curate the technology, host the room and run the follow-up.

05

Monday After

6 qualified meetings in your calendar. Your name on the list of vendors CISOs trust.

$1.5M

closed across CYBER & BEATS sponsors in Q2 2026. Access, then follow-up, then the deal.

6 meetings

booked the Monday after. We run the follow-up until the next meeting sits in your calendar. Relationships first. Sales after.

Why CYBER & BEATS is different

A CISO community. Built for outcomes, not attendance.

The typical vendor eventCYBER & BEATS
The RoomWhoever registers. Delegates, juniors, other vendors.A trusted, curated CISO community. The right people, matched to your ICP, who care about the topic.
The FormatSlides and pitches. Everyone waits for the drinks.CISO-moderated peer-to-peer discussion. Smart vendors contribute industry-wide knowledge as peers.
The VenueA hotel conference room.The Groucho Club, private members since 1985. Home to film, TV, media and the arts, not tech. Celebrities at the next table, no phones. Ronnie Scott's for the jazz.
The PublicityPhotos and name tags all over LinkedIn.No social media. Chatham House Rules. CISOs speak freely, so you hear what they really think.
The Follow-upBusiness cards and a thank-you email.A high hit rate for follow-on discussion. We run the follow-up until the next meeting is in your calendar.
The OutcomeBrand awareness. Maybe.Business outcomes. CISOs come looking for innovation. Sponsors leave with deals in motion.
The business model. Sponsorship plus a sales commission on the deals we help you close. We earn when you win, so we focus on wins and relationships, not headcount in a room.

What we run

The flagship. CYBER & BEATS.

Everything we run is built on the same foundation: trusted relationships with senior UK cyber security leaders.

Flagship

CYBER & BEATS

Exclusive round tables bringing enterprise CISOs together. A private dinner and moderated discussion under Chatham House Rules at The Groucho Club: private members since 1985, home to film, TV, media and the arts, not tech. Celebrities at the next table. A room CISOs cannot get into any other way. The night finishes with live music at Ronnie Scott's or stand-up comedy.

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Two ways the night ends

CYBER & BEATS or CYBER & LAUGHS

Same dinner. Same round table. Same peer group. You choose the finish.

Live band at Ronnie Scott's

CYBER & BEATS

Dinner and round table at The Groucho Club, then a short walk to Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club for world-class live music. Soul, blues, R&B and jazz on the most famous stage in London.

CYBER & LAUGHS live stand-up comedy on cyber security at The Groucho Club

CYBER & LAUGHS

The same dinner and round table, finished with a private stand-up set at The Groucho Club from a well-known UK TV comedian. Real threats, real funny. Laughs, logs, less breaches.

Who attends

Your peers are already at the table

Senior security leaders only. No junior staff. No delegates. Invite-only, every guest vetted, from FTSE 100 companies and global enterprises across financial services, retail, insurance, infrastructure, media and technology. 100% of evenings run under Chatham House Rules.

Previous attendees have included CISOs and senior security leaders from:

Logos of companies whose security leaders have attended CYBER & BEATS

Voices from the community

What the room says, anonymously

By design, quotes are attributed by role and sector only.

“

Most events waste my evening. CYBER & BEATS gives me peers I want to spend time with and conversations worth having.

Group CISO, FTSE 100 retailer
“

I usually leave round tables after two hours, bored of slides and being sold to. Here I had real conversations, fun with my peers and stayed past midnight.

CISO, global insurer
“

Todd runs a tight room. The curation brings me back. The peer group is why I recommend it to other security leaders.

CISO, UK challenger bank
98%

of attendees would recommend an evening to a peer

Upcoming

The next evenings

CYBER & BEATS: Securing the Enterprise in the Age of AI Agents Open for registration Tuesday 3 November 2026

CYBER & BEATS Round Table

Securing the enterprise in the age of AI agents. A private dinner and round table at The Groucho Club, with live music at Ronnie Scott's to finish.

The Groucho Club and Ronnie Scott's, Soho Request a Place
CYBER & LAUGHS: Shadow AI Inside, AI Attackers Outside Open for registration Wednesday 4 November 2026

CYBER & LAUGHS Round Table

Shadow AI inside, AI attackers outside: how are CISOs staying ahead? A private round table dinner with senior security leaders, followed by live stand-up comedy at The Groucho Club.

The Groucho Club, Soho Request a Place

Your hosts

Curated by Steve and Todd

Steve Dodsworth

Steve Dodsworth

Founder, Primotech

Twenty years leading sales and marketing in Silicon Valley, growing one startup past $100 million in global revenue. Founder of Primotech. Film producer and Foundation Member of Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club.

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Todd Wade

Todd Wade

Board-level CISO and Moderator

Board-level CISO. Author of Cybercrime: Protecting Your Business, Your Family and Yourself. Startup investor. Todd moderates every CYBER & BEATS round table.

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The venues

Two legendary rooms, minutes apart

CYBER & BEATS lives in the two most storied rooms in Soho. Not a hotel conference suite in sight.

The Groucho Club, Soho

The Groucho Club

Private members since 1985. Home to film, TV, media and the arts, not tech.

Founded on Dean Street in 1985 and named after Groucho Marx's quip about never joining a club which would have him as a member. London's most famous private members' club, where Noel Gallagher, Kate Moss, Damien Hirst and Stephen Fry have all let loose behind closed doors. Celebrities at the next table. No phones, no photographs, nothing leaves the room. A room CISOs cannot get into any other way, and now you have a seat at the table.

Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club, Soho

Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club

World famous for music since 1959.

The most iconic jazz club on the planet. Prince, Amy Winehouse, Lady Gaga, Stevie Wonder, Miles Davis and Jimi Hendrix have all played this tiny Frith Street stage. From soul, blues and R&B to contemporary artists, the room where music history comes alive. Our host Steve is a Foundation Member. The night ends here, and nobody wants to leave.

How an evening runs

One evening. Three acts.

6:00pm

Welcome drinks

Arrive at The Groucho Club in Soho. Relaxed introductions with fellow CISOs and security leaders. Phones away, nothing leaves the room.

6:30pm

Dinner and round table

Fine dining in a private room. A single topic, moderated by board-level CISO Todd Wade. Candid, peer-led discussion under Chatham House Rules.

9:15pm

The finish

A short walk to Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club for world-class live music. On CYBER & COMEDY nights, a private stand-up set at The Groucho from a well-known UK TV comedian.

10:45pm

The nightcap

Drinks after the show. The conversations started at dinner carry on, and real relationships form.

The whole evening is fully hosted. Zero cost to members.

Private round table dinner in Soho

Past round tables

The conversations we have already had

Every session is built around one topic your peers are wrestling with right now. AI-led themes dominate the current series.

Every session runs under Chatham House Rules
October 2026

Rethinking AI attack containment: is lateral movement a bigger problem?

Cyber & Laughs
September 2026

The modern endpoint risk gap: from visibility to remediation

Round table
September 2026

Getting ahead of the risk in an AI-agentic attack landscape

Cyber & Laughs
September 2026

From AI experiments to enterprise execution

Round table
July 2026

How is identity security being impacted by AI

Round table
July 2026

How AI will impact your cyber risk posture

Round table
June 2026

The future of AppSec: from detection to automated remediation

Round table
June 2026

After Mythos: are your applications secure? How do we prioritise?

Round table
May 2026

Automating the SOC: lessons, risks and outcomes

Round table
May 2026

Getting ahead of the risk in an AI-agentic attack landscape

Cyber & Laughs
April 2026

Frontier AI models and your attack surface: splitting the risk from the hype

Round table
April 2026

Reducing cyber loss in insurance: ransomware, regulation and lateral movement

Round table
April 2026

Lessons from the breach: containing lateral movement under NIS2

Round table
March 2026

The AI SOC myth: what works versus what sounds good

Round table
January 2026

When the golden hour disappears: the AI-agentic attack landscape

Round table
January 2026

Cutting through the noise: refocusing AppSec on real, exploitable risk

Round table
November 2025

CISO lessons from the breach, over dinner and jazz

Round table

Topics only. Members and sponsors are never named publicly. What is said in the room stays in the room.

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