Sponsorship Opportunities
Community-funded this year — no single VC anchor. Sponsor a table, contribute to the prize pool, fund the food and beverage, or bring the community that fills the seats. Five ways in, all at The Wynn, Las Vegas — presented by CISO Marketplace / CyberAdX.
How Sponsorship Works
Table, prize, production, hospitality, or community. Each has its own contribution model and benefits. Some are exclusive; most allow one sponsor per slot.
On the felt, in the chip stack, on the card decks, on the prize envelope, with the cocktail service — wherever it makes sense for your category. No banner stands. Physical items are custom manufactured at CISO Gear.
Prize contributors get 60 seconds at the ceremony. Production and hospitality sponsors are credited when the thing they funded is introduced. One honest sentence, in front of a room that's paying attention.
We don't badge-scan attendees. We don't build lead lists for sponsors. The room trusts the environment because of this — which is why the conversations you have here are worth more than a list of emails you'd never get responses from anyway.
Every sponsor gets a dedicated NFC poker chip — locked URL, your destination, live tap analytics. Someone who picks it up and taps it in a room full of CISOs is a warm signal no badge scan can replicate. Chip is yours after the event.
How the chip system works →Each sponsor gets a unique referral code that appears on the seat application form. Every CISO who applies using your code is attributed to your company — from the first outreach to confirmed seat. Pre-event pipeline visibility, not just night-of presence.
Together: full-funnel view from outreach to room. Who you brought, who tapped, who sat down.
◆ FeltIQ — Sponsor Intelligence Benefit
FeltIQ debuts at HSC 2026 — our anonymous, real-time intelligence
platform, designed to run at every CISO.POKER event going forward. Tablet kiosks at
check-in, poker tables, food stations, and breaks capture fast, adaptive responses
from attendees throughout the night. No surveys. No forms. No badge scans.
Sponsors receive a post-event FeltIQ Intelligence Report — anonymized
aggregate analysis of what the room actually thinks. What AI risk concerns are driving
budgets. Which vendor categories are trusted vs. oversold. Where security leaders see
gaps in their stack. What they're worried about heading into next year.
172 questions across 17 categories. 80+ security decision-makers. Zero personally
identifiable data. The kind of signal that takes months and five figures to replicate
through traditional market research — delivered the week after the event.
Put your founder in a seat, fill the table with your own CISO network, and brand the table they play at all night. Nine tables open; the final table is claimed by Nitrokey.
At a casino venue, cards, chips, and felt are venue-supplied per Nevada gaming regulations. Card guards and table signs are produced in-house at CISO Gear and are yours to brand. There is no buy-in for players — a table sponsorship funds the event, it is not a seat purchase. View gear page →
A reserved seat for your founder or designee, playing alongside the CISOs at your table — not pitching to them.
A private registration code (the same two-track system every sponsor gets) reserves seats at your table for your own CISO network. Fill the table with the executives you want in the room, and every applicant who uses your code is attributed to you.
Each player at your table gets a 3D-printed card guard with your logo — produced in-house at CISO Gear, used all night, most taken home.
A scannable NFC/QR sponsor sign marks your table all night — in every photo and clip — with live tap analytics and post-event scan attribution.
A VIP mystery-bounty prize tied to your table — when your founder is in the action, your brand gets the knockout moment on the mic. 8 of 10 VIP knockouts are still open.
Your table is named in the post-event recap across the CISO.POKER and CyberAdX network.
Your brand is physically present at every table, in every hand, for the entire night.
HSC 2026 is at The Wynn, a casino venue — cards, chips, and felt are venue-supplied per Nevada gaming regulations. Card guards and table signs are produced in-house at CISO Gear and are open for HSC 2026. Card decks, chips, felt stickers, trophy, and videography are open for non-casino future events. View gear page →
Custom 3D-printed sponsor signage at every table — produced in-house at CISO Gear, present in every video clip and table photo throughout the night.
Per-player card guards custom printed by CISO Gear with your logo. Players use them all night — and most take them home.
Food and drink stay lite by default — unless you sponsor them. Welcome reception, dinner break, final-table service: one company per slot, or take it all as the sole F&B sponsor.
We play on the casino poker-room floor — there is no private suite or sponsored room block. Attendees book a discounted poker-room rate through the seat application. View gear page →
Sponsor the opening drinks and bites as players arrive and settle in — your name on the first thing everyone touches.
Fund the mid-tournament dinner break — the one moment the whole room is off the felt and talking. Named on the service.
Sponsor the food and drink at the final table as the championship is decided — your brand on the most-watched stretch of the night.
Take all the food and beverage as a single sponsor. The night runs on what you provide, and every attendee notices.
The prize is the whole point. Every category of it can carry a sponsor.
Contribute donated enterprise product access to The Stack — 1-year access, PoC, trial, policy pack, or offensive security review all qualify. 60-second ceremony moment, logo on all prize materials, sponsor seat at the tables. Specifics discussed privately.
Players draw a randomized NFC bounty chip at check-in. When they knock someone out, the dealer taps the chip and the prize reveals on the spot. Sponsor the bounty pool with product access, licenses, or hardware — your brand shows up at every elimination. 55 of 72+ bounty chips are still open.
Every player receives a bag at registration. Sponsor the bag itself, or contribute an item. Branded apparel sourced through Security By Design (securitybydesign.shop) — our print-on-demand arm for t-shirts, hats, and community swag.
Sponsor the 1st or 2nd place prize independently of the main Stack contribution — 3rd is locked in with Nitrokey. Smaller commitment, still named at the ceremony.
The most valuable thing you can contribute isn't money. It's the right people.
If you place CISOs and can bring 10–20 verified security executives to the event, we want to talk. Your name goes on the cohort you help fill.
BSides organizers, DEF CON villages, security community groups — if your community overlaps with ours, co-hosting an underground tier makes sense.
Security podcasts, newsletters, and media properties that can amplify the event to the right audience. Coverage traded for access.
ISACA, ISC², ISSA, or similar — if your membership includes working CISOs, a formal partnership gets your members into the room.
HSC 2026 — Sponsorship Status
Community-funded this year — there's no single VC anchor underwriting the night. CISO
Marketplace / CyberAdX presents the event; the room comes together through table
sponsorships, donated prizes, and food & beverage. Nine tables are open to sponsor; the
final table is claimed by Nitrokey.
The event is Wednesday August 5, 2026 at The Wynn, Las Vegas — presented by CISO
Marketplace / CyberAdX — during DEF CON / Black Hat week. Nine tables of CISOs. Three
hours. The Stack as the finishing-position contribution, plus community bounties
throughout the night and felt-moment awards. First-time sponsorships establish first
right of refusal on the next CISO.POKER flagship event.
Sponsorship Availability — HSC 2026
Confirmed · HSC 2026
The contributors who've claimed a slot for the inaugural event. Each gets a page, a ceremony moment, and their brand on the prize the room is playing for.
Your company could be on this board. Claim a slot below →
Sponsor Application
Select your category and describe what you'd contribute. We respond within two business days. If you're a VC applying on behalf of a portfolio, or an executive search firm with CISOs to bring — note that in the form.
Prefer email? [email protected]
First right of refusal
Companies that sponsor any category at HSC 2026 receive first right of refusal for the same category at the next CISO.POKER event before solicitation opens publicly.
Future event interest
Not ready to commit to HSC 2026 but want to be in the loop for future events? Select "Future Events" or "Open" as your scope — we'll reach out when the next event is announced.
◆ Give back · CyberAdX Coalition
5% of every CyberAdX sponsorship flows post-event to four cybersecurity 501(c)(3) nonprofits. You don't have to sponsor the event to back them — give to any of them directly.
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