Aphinia is a by-invitation-only community of CISOs and other senior (C-, VP- and Director-level) cybersecurity executives, coming together to learn from each other, to help each other and to their constituents safe.

Membership is available only for cybersecurity practitioners - no vendors, advisors, consultants, investors or academia.

If you are qualified and interested in joining, e-mail your request to misha.sobolev@aphinia.com

Current members include senior executives from:

Membership Rules

Membership is available to senior cybersecurity executives (C-, VP- and Director- level) of public and private corporations, education and health care organizations, government organizations and non-profits.

Membership is not available to vendors, advisors, consultants, academia or media and press.

Membership is complimentary for qualified executives; we only ask that you take only two 30min calls a year with one of out trusted advisors.

Membership benefits include:

  • Subscription of CISO wire - a weekly e-mail newsletter covering recent appointments and promotion of CISOs, open CISOs jobs and relevant industry events.
  • Access to cybersecurity peers for advice and help.
  • A private Google group
  • ….and more!

Frequently Asked Questions:

  • What does it cost to join?

    No cost to qualified members

  • Can I cancel the membership?

    Any time

  • Where are you located?

    Aphinia is based in New York City, but our membership is throughout US

  • Can I invite colleagues to join?

    Yes, as long as they fit the profile of a C-, VP-, Director-level cybersecurity executive.

  • Can I reach out and connect with other members?

    Yes, a fully fledged community site is coming up in 2020.

  • Another member is trying to pitch me her company’s product, what do I do?

    Let the administrator of Aphinia know by email, and that member’s affiliation with our community will be revoked.

  • I am CISO at a cybersecurity company (vendor). Can I join?

    Yes, as long as you do not pitch your product/service and do not use Aphinia for sales, business development or marketing purposes.

  • Does my organization need to be of a certain size for me to qualify for membership?

    No, the only qualification is the title (C-, VP- or Director Cybersecurity executive)

  • Cybersecurity is only part of scope for my job as I straddle Privacy, Compliance, GDPR, Legal, or other fields, can I become a member?

    Yes

  • How can I contribute?

    You can contribute your time (for our calls with cybersecurity advisors) and your experience, knowledge and expertise (for the upcoming SWAT Blue Team and the CISO Mastermind call)