ASIS News: GSX Keynotes, Fitness Challenge, and New Research
GSX 2025 Keynotes Announced
ASIS International is excited to announce three excellent keynote speakers for Global Security Exchange (GSX) 2025. Each day of the conference will feature one keynote speaker discussing the latest issues facing the industry.
Monday’s keynote session, sponsored by Axon Enterprise, is titled “The New Abnormal: Who are the Winners and Losers in a G-Zero World?” Ian Bremmer, president of Eurasia Group and a global politics and markets expert, will discuss the ongoing period of heightened geopolitical and market volatility we are living in. He will overview the current global situation, its causes, and how we will continue to feel the effects.
In Tuesday's general session, sponsored by Allied Universal, best-selling author about artificial intelligence (AI) and former Amazon and Fortune 100 C-suite executive Sol Rashidi will discuss the transformational potential of AI within security leadership and organizational strategy. In her session “The AI-Powered Security Paradigm,” Rashidi will focus on AI integration and how security professionals can leverage the opportunities artificial intelligence creates to drive innovation and advance their careers.
General Paul M. Nakasone, former commander of U.S. Cyber Command and former director of the National Security Agency, will keynote on Wednesday. In his session “Lasting Leadership Lessons from the World’s Second Oldest Profession,” Nakasone will discuss real-life leadership lessons learned during his own career and how corporate leaders can leverage this knowledge as they work to align their teams and lead them to success.
Gain the knowledge you need to remain resilient in the face of emerging threats. Register now for GSX!
Get Fit with the ASIS Foundation
The 2025 ASIS Foundation Virtual Fitness Challenge is underway! How is your team doing? If you haven’t already, it isn’t too late to join a team or start your own. Run, walk, bike, or swim your way to victory before 25 August! The Fitness Challenge is sponsored by Arslan SRS, Black Mountain Solutions, Lady Askari, Lares Risk Management, Ledlow Security Group, SAGE Integration, SGT-Risk Management, Stapp One, and Thermal Radar.
In addition to the Fitness Challenge, the ASIS Foundation will be hosting the first-ever Foundation 5K: The Big Easy Extravaganza at GSX this year, sponsored by Concentric and Restrata. Join your fellow ASIS members to run (or walk) a 5K through the Crescent City on 30 September at 6:00 a.m. CT.
All donations raised by the Fitness Challenge will go towards the Foundation’s mission to serve the security industry through scholarship and research. The Foundation gives out more than 100 grants and scholarships each year to support continuing growth and education for security professionals across the globe. Additionally, the Foundation supports industry research on contemporary threats, best practices, and regulations.
New Research: Operational Resilience
In today’s security environment, organizations face an unprecedented convergence of threats—from sophisticated cyberattacks and supply chain disruptions to climate events and geopolitical instability. Operational resilience can help ensure the continuity of essential services in the face of disruption.
This new research report from the ASIS Foundation is a deep dive into the emerging practice of operational resilience: why it is different than, but complementary to, business continuity management and emergency management; where it fits in a holistic organizational resilience process; and, importantly, the central role the security function can play in this mission critical practice.
This report is free to all ASIS members. Read the full report to learn more.
Security practitioners contribute essential capabilities towards operational resilience. But most security teams are not well integrated into broader resilience planning, according to new analysis published Thursday by the ASIS Foundation. https://t.co/NfKHM2GjIY
— Security Management (@SecMgmtMag) July 18, 2025
