Chainguard Innovating at Speed Without Compromising Trust

Location: The Houghton Hotel - Spa, Wellness & Group, Johannesburg, South Africa

Innovation remains a strategic priority for organisations across South Africa. At the same time, growing software complexity, increased use of open source, and deeply interconnected cloud environments have expanded the software supply chain and its associated risks.

This invitation-only executive dinner brings together senior security and technology leaders for an open, peer-level discussion on how organizations are navigating the tension between speed, resilience and trust. Hosted by Chainguard, the evening is designed as a relaxed forum for sharing real-world experiences, challenges and approaches - rather than product presentation or sales discussions.

Why This Conversation Matters

As development cycles accelerate, many organizations are managing thousands of third-party and open source dependencies - often without full visibility into provenance, integrity, or long-term risk. At the same time, executive accountability continues to increase under frameworks such as POPIA, King IV, and sector-specific regulatory requirements.

Technology leaders are being asked to:

• Deliver faster without increasing operational or security risk.
• Maintain compliance and audit readiness across complex supply chains.
• Build trust in software that underpins critical services and national infrastructure.

This dinner creates space to reflect on how these challenges are being addressed in practice, and what "secure-by-default" really looks like in modern environments.

Discussion Themes:

The conversation will be guided by shared experiences and practical perspectives, including:

• Strengthening software supply chain trust early in the development lifecycle.
• Reducing dependency risk without slowing developer velocity.
• Moving from reactive vulnerability management to preventative security.
• Scaling security across cloud-native, multi-cloud, and hybrid platforms.
• Building confidence in software provenance, auditability, and resilience.

Request your interest below

Join a small group of peers in Johannesburg for an open, off-the-record discussion on balancing innovation, security and trust. Space is limited to encourage meaningful conversation.