Acumin organizes various events and sponsorship opportunities to connect vendors with senior security leaders. This includes exclusive CISO roundtables that allow vendors to discuss targeted topics with key decision makers. Acumin also runs RANT, a monthly networking forum for CISOs that vendors can sponsor for £6,000, including an opportunity to speak. Additionally, Acumin offers web-based sponsorships starting at £5,000 to promote vendors through marketing campaigns and communications to their extensive security contacts database.

1. Events and
Sponsorship
Acumin organise events to benefit both our end user and vendor clients. There are various
opportunities to become involved, as detailed below. We organise a monthly high profile networking
forum as well as various exclusive Roundtable Events and Sponsorship opportunities.
CISO Roundtables
This bespoke service provides you with the opportunity
to get in front of senior decision makers from your
RANT
Risk and Network Threat Forum
Web Sponsorship
We have numerous campaigns, newletters and job
alerts going out of our vast Client sand Candidate
target audience in an exclusive environment. database. There are many sponsorship opportunities
available covering a variety of information security and
Simply tell us who you want to target, when, and what
RANT (Risk and Network Threat risk management-related topics. We can target our
you would like to discuss during the roundtable and we database appropriately depending on your marketing
will do the rest. Forum) Sponsorship
and sales objectives, this is an ideal way to get a key
RANT (Risk and Network Threat Forum) is a monthly, message out to a new and relevant audience.
The business that we are in has enabled us to leverage
informal networking event that has been running for
the excellent relationships we have built with our senior How much does Web Sponsorship Cost?
over 4 years. RANT is targeted at CISOs, Security
information security, end user clients to benefit our The cost is flexible depending on your requirements
Directors and Managers, working within an ‘end user’
vendor clients. Acumin carry out regular research with but on average (4 mailings) works out at £5000 per
environment. RANT usually attracts between 45-55
this target audience to understand what areas are a campaign.
guests each month.
priority on their agenda.
How does the service work? What does Sponsorship include?
By sponsoring this event, you have an opportunity
We will work through a detailed list of requirements
to speak at RANT (about a ‘Hot Topic’ – not a sales
with you, from when and where you would like to hold
pitch!) and all invites sent prior to the event will contain
the event, to who you would like to target, the
your company and speaker description. With the
invitation, agendas, gifts, cars – everything that we can
opportunity for sponsorship only open to
possibly think of to ensure that your event meets your
vendors/consultancies once per quarter, this a
business, sales and marketing objectives. We’ll then
fantastic way to get in front of some of the City’s top
work to organise all necessary elements of your event
CISOs/Information Security professionals, in a more
and put together a target list of guests, based on your
relaxed environment.
requirements. Because of our excellent network of
contacts working within the end user market, we are
able to target guests that we know would hold an
What’s the format for the event?
The format for the event is very much informal yet
interest in your event, and those who would add real
informative, with a speaker starting a ‘rant’ about a hot
value, both in terms of the discussion, and from a new
topic, the audience are strongly encouraged to pitch in
business development perspective.
with their points of view, suggestions and opinions. The
If you are interested in any of these
idea of the speech is to provoke participation and
All that’s left is for you to host the event and chair the events or sponsorship opportunities
debate, and so the more controversial the topic the
discussion (we can also organise a chairperson if you then please contact us and we will
better! Following the ‘rant’, guests are free to network,
would prefer). A Senior Consultant from Acumin will also
and food and drinks are served throughout the evening. put together a tailored proposal
be on hand during the event to meet and greet, and to
introduce you and your team to the guests. for you.
How much does a RANT event cost?
To sponsor a RANT Event costs £6000.
Following on from the event we will send a ‘Thank you’ Call +44 (0)20 7987 3838 or e-mail
follow up mail on your behalf, and then it’s over to you! events@acumin.co.uk
Please let us know your specific requirements
and we will put together a tailored events
proposal for you.
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