ISMG and Gartner Announce Strategic Partnership to Expand Global Reach in Cybersecurity, Risk and IAM

Pooja Tikekar

ISMG to Drive Global Thought Leadership at Four Gartner Security and Risk Conferences

Princeton, NJ – ISMG, a global leader in cybersecurity media, IT and AI, is pleased to announce a strategic partnership with Gartner, the world’s leading research and advisory firm. This partnership formalizes a longstanding collaboration between ISMG and Gartner, advancing a shared mission to provide timely, trusted intelligence across the fields of cybersecurity, risk, and identity and access management (IAM).

As part of this alliance, ISMG.Studio – ISMG’s media production division – will be featured at four of Gartner’s flagship events:

  • Gartner Security & Risk Management Summit – June 9-11, 2025, National Harbor, Maryland
  • Gartner Security & Risk Management Summit – September 22-24, 2025, London, United Kingdom
  • Gartner Identity & Access Management Summit – December 8-10, 2025, Grapevine, Texas
  • Gartner Identity & Access Management Summit – March 23-24, 2026, London, United Kingdom

“This partnership strengthens our shared mission to empower the cybersecurity community with real-time insights, leadership voices and meaningful connections,” said Tom Field, senior vice president of editorial at ISMG. “Together, Gartner and ISMG are expanding the reach and impact of essential cybersecurity leadership, delivering trusted knowledge to decision-makers when and where they need it most.”

This expanded collaboration strategically unites Gartner’s premier event platforms with ISMG’s comprehensive global media ecosystem. ISMG, which reaches a worldwide audience of more than 2 million subscribers across its 38 media properties, will deliver multi-channel coverage of the conferences through ISMG.Studio’s rich media formats, including on-site video production, exclusive executive interviews and extensive digital engagement.​

ISMG’s editorial coverage will integrate event insights with its ongoing reporting across major verticals such as cybersecurity, digital fraud, risk management and governance, helping bridge event conversations with real-world enterprise initiatives.

In recent years, ISMG has featured exclusive interviews with several Gartner analysts, including Alan Duncan, Remi Gulzar and Paul Furtado, offering expert commentary on topics such as enterprise governance of AI, post-quantum algorithms and leadership trends shaping the future of digital security.

Additionally, this alliance will extend ISMG’s educational initiatives via CyberEd.io and professional leadership programs through CyberEdBoard.

“Gartner’s ability to convene the foremost thinkers in cybersecurity, combined with ISMG’s ability to scale insights across industries and geographies, sets a new standard for empowering leadership and accelerating action,” said Anna Delaney, director of productions at ISMG.

This alliance marks a new chapter in global cybersecurity engagement, bringing together Gartner’s influential thought leadership and ISMG’s storytelling infrastructure to connect with professionals across sectors, borders and industries.

The collaboration reflects both organizations’ commitment to driving cybersecurity dialogue forward – at scale, with depth and for the benefit of leaders navigating one of the most dynamic challenges of our time.

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About ISMG

Information Security Media Group (ISMG) is the world’s largest media organization devoted solely to cybersecurity, information technology, artificial intelligence and operational technology. Each of our 38 media properties provides education, research and news that is specifically tailored to key vertical sectors including banking, healthcare and the public sector; geographies from North America to Southeast Asia; and topics such as data breach prevention, cyber risk assessment, OT security, AI and fraud. Our annual global summit series connects senior security professionals with industry thought leaders to find actionable solutions for pressing cybersecurity challenges.

About Gartner

Gartner delivers actionable, objective insights that help organizations make smarter decisions and drive stronger performance on mission-critical priorities. Through expert guidance and powerful tools, Gartner supports executives and their teams in navigating complex decisions with confidence and clarity. With a unique blend of expert-led, practitioner-sourced and data-driven research, Gartner equips clients to focus on the issues that matter most.

About ISMG Events

ISMG Events is a premier platform for security professionals and practitioners worldwide. Our global, annual events bring together the ISMG Events Community, comprising over 40,000 members, to exchange knowledge, insights and best practices in the field of cybersecurity. The cornerstone of our event portfolio is the ISMG Global Summit Series. These summits take place both virtually and in-person, offering participants a diverse range of topics to explore. In addition to our Global Summit Series, ISMG Events hosts exclusive Executive Roundtables that are closed-door, topic-focused discussions that provide practitioners with a collaborative environment to address today’s most pressing security concerns.

About CyberEdBoard

CyberEdBoard is the premier members-only community of executives and thought leaders in the fields of security and IT. CyberEdBoard’s membership provides executives with a powerful peer-driven collaborative ecosystem and library of resources to address complex challenges shared by CISOs and senior security leaders worldwide. Executive members utilize the CyberEdBoard engagement platform to further enhance their professional brands, create and exchange member-exclusive resources, obtain accredited education and content, contribute in the executive mentor marketplace and seamlessly connect with senior security peers and experts around the world.

About CyberEd.io

CyberEd.io is on a mission to Close the Gap and provide comprehensive cybersecurity education to the industry. Millions of cybersecurity jobs go unfilled today globally due to the essential skills shortage. From basic cybersecurity skills to jobs/role specific skills – the shortage of qualified resources is overwhelming. And this gap continues to expand with every new attack, every new technology innovation introduced at an organization, every new compliance requirement, and every new business initiative that extends an organization beyond its physical boundaries and geographical reach. CyberEd.io provides the cybersecurity training and education needed to close this gap. Taught by a faculty of industry-renowned practitioners, the courseware on CyberEd.io is focused on building resiliency and improving the capability maturity for cybersecurity programs at organizations of every size.