IDC IT SECURITY SUMMIT, 2027 SERIES
Securing the Enterprise in the Age of AI Agents
Partner with IDC’s 2027 IT Security Summit series. 17 summits across 15 countries, built for the CISOs, heads of cyber and SOC leaders who own security budget and vendor selection.
Security budget is protected. Winning it isn’t.
Security has stopped being the line item that gets defended and become the one that gets protected. Across IDC’s spending research it is the single category buyers say they’d cut last.
What’s changed is the question being asked. AI agents are moving into production, sovereignty rules are hardening from guidance into procurement gates, and boards want evidence rather than assurance. The buyer isn’t asking whether to invest — they’re asking who to trust with it.
That’s the conversation the IDC IT Security Summit series is built around: key enterprise priorities set by IT security leaders, in the rooms where the people holding the budget are the ones in the seats.
Five figures shaping the 2027 decision cycle
IDC FutureScape
By 2028
80%
AI agents will triage 80% of SOC alerts in most SOCs, reshaping what security teams buy, and who they buy from.
$361.9B
Worldwide security spending in 2027, up 12.4% year on year, and on a 12.5% five-year path to $512.9B by 2030.
$58.3B
Spending on securing AI in 2027, compounding at 37.8% a year — the fastest-moving segment in security.
1 in 3
Governments will require sovereign AI for sensitive sectors by 2027, turning data residency into a procurement gate.
37%
of organizations say their current cyber-resilience investment still can’t prevent or mitigate loss.
Source: Source: IDC’s Worldwide Security Spending Guide, 2026; IDC’s Worldwide Artificial Intelligence Security Spending Forecast, 2025–2029; IDC FutureScape: Worldwide Security and Trust 2026 Predictions; IDC’s Future Enterprise Resiliency and Spending Survey, Waves 8 and 9.
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Ways to partner
Every partnership starts with one question. How can our IT security series help your business?
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Own the stage
Take the plenary stage with a thought-leadership keynote or a fireside chat. You get an agenda briefing so your session sits inside the event storyline, speaker promotion across IDC newsletters, social, website and email, and your corporate video on screen.
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Fill the pipeline
Get into the conversations that move deals. Moderate a client roundtable, host a private breakfast or a networking lunch, and take up IDC-facilitated 1:1 meetings with delegates matched to your targets. Every engagement returns a post-event report with the attendee and lead lists.
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Meet buyers where they are
Engage with senior tech leaders on the exhibition floor, showcase your expertise onsite plus capture leads for post-event follow-up afterwards.
Worldwide results
1,600+
Sponsorships delivered across regions
800+
Unique sponsors engaged globally
23K+
Senior decision-makers worldwide
59%
C-level and senior executives worldwide
119
Cities where we hosted on-site events
Why partner with our IT Security Series?
Six reasons the 2027 series is built for partners who need decision-makers, not just an audience.
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Global reach, local ROI
Engage decision-makers across Europe, APAC, META, Japan and LATAM without the cost of running your own events.
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Targeted decision-makers
IT security leaders and practitioners, qualified and relevant. The series is invitation-only, with handpicked senior attendees.
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Agendas built for influence
Analyst- and peer-led themes aligned to what buyers are actually prioritising — so your credibility borrows from the agenda rather than fighting it.
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Engagement that converts
1:1 meetings, curated roundtables and discussion formats designed to produce sales-ready insight, not business cards.
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Outreach to your accounts
Invitations tailored to your priority accounts and target segments, inside integrated campaigns that reach buyers at every stage of the journey.
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Follow-through after the room clears
Lead reports, content syndication, sales enablement and analyst recaps, so your thought leadership keeps working long after the summit.
Key event themes
Where your message meets IT security leader priorities
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Trust in the Age of Autonomous AI
Deliver audit-ready evidence & proof -
The Next Cyber Arms Race
Equip SOCs with AI-driven response
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Identity at the Center of Digital Security
Enable zero-trust identity access
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Preparing for the Post-Quantum Security Era
Guide quantum-safe crypto readiness
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Cyber Resilience for the Connected Enterprise
Deliver resilience & rapid recovery
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Security, Sovereignty, and Digital Trust
Align security with sovereignty needs
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Securing the Digital Supply Chain
Deliver supply-chain risk visibility
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Cyber Risk, Governance, and Boardroom Priorities
Turn cyber risk into board reporting
2027 events calendar
70+ multi-sponsored events across five global regions
The full IDC events portfolio for 2027 spans over 70 multi-sponsored events across five global regions. The IT Security Summit series accounts for 17 of them — download the full summit calendar, with regions, dates, cities and audience commitments for every stop.
YOUR NEXT MOVE
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