In-Person

Chicago CISO Community

Inner Circle

August 9, 2018 | The Mid-America Club

August 9, 2018
The Mid-America Club

Collaborate with your peers

Join Chicago's top CISOs for an intimate networking dinner and facilitated discussion on key business challenges. Enjoy a relaxed evening of dinner and drinks with your peers to share best practices, make new connections and build professional relationships.

Join your peers to discuss the most critical issues impacting CISOs today:

Strategies for a risk-aligned, resilient organization

Developing and investing in the security workforce of tomorrow

Creating business value and supporting agile business operations

Chicago CISO Governing Body

The Governing Body Co-Chairs shape the discussion topics and agenda, ensuring that all content is driven By CISOs, For CISOs®.

Governing Body Co-Chairs

Waqas Akkawi

SIRVA, Inc.
VP, CISO

Jim Cameli

Walgreens Boots Alliance
Global CISO

Nicole Ford

Baxter International Inc.
Global CISO

Emily Heath

United Airlines
VP & CISO

JJ Markee

The Kraft Heinz Company
CISO

John Reed

True Value Company
IT Security Program Manager

Steve Weber

OptumRx
Sr. Director, Information Security and IT Compliance

Agenda

August 9, 2018

4:00pm - 5:00pm  Registration & Opening Reception

5:00pm - 6:30pm  Discussion Topics

CISO as Strategic Communicator

Michael Boucher headshot

Michael Boucher

Director, Information Risk Management

FTD Group, Inc

Shane Hibbard headshot

Shane Hibbard

Director of Information Security

Invenergy

Victor Hsiang headshot

Victor Hsiang

Information Security Manager

GATX Corporation

Michael Konopka headshot

Michael Konopka

Director, Cyber Security & Network Svs.

Eby-Brown Co. LLC

Larry Lidz headshot

Larry Lidz

CISO

CNA Insurance

Jake Middleton headshot

Jake Middleton

Vice President & Information Security Officer

Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

Jody Schwartz headshot

Jody Schwartz

Director - IT Security & Compliance

Marsh

Patrick Zeller headshot

Patrick Zeller

Senior Manager, IT Enterprise Security

Robert Bosch

Being an effective CISO means being a skilled communicator, change agent, strategist and storyteller. It means making sure productive conversations around risk and security take place at every level – from the Board to individual contributors – and that each decision is backed with the right metrics. Whether it’s best practices for crisis communication or influencing the BOD, you’ll have the opportunity to share your approach with peers and unlock new ways to tell compelling, data-driven security stories.

Topic 1: Changing Communication

  • What does the Board want to hear from CISOs? Metrics are important, but what should the message be?
  • How do you tailor information and communication for different areas of the organization to tell a compelling story? How do you choose which KPIs/metrics to use?
  • Cadence is critical – when do you share information, and how do you decide?

Topic 2: Better Information, Bigger Impact

  • How are you measuring the effectiveness of employee-based communications, like phishing and security-awareness initiatives?
  • What are your successes and challenges as you collaborate across the business to drive threat intelligence (real-time information gathering, following through on incident response plans)?
  • What technologies are disrupting your workflow and/or organization? How are you talking about them with the Board and other stakeholders?

Topic 3: Trust and Alignment

  • What’s helping you build trust between security and the greater organization?
  • How is your team expected to respond to crises (ransomware, breaches, etc.)? How can we ensure the expectations of our teams align with the expectations of the business?
  • What does it mean for you to be an effective influencer? Who should CISOs be influencing?

6:30pm - 7:00pm  Networking Break

7:00pm - 8:00pm  Summary Discussion & Dinner

8:00pm - 9:00pm  Social Hour

We look forward to seeing you at an upcoming in-person gathering

Gartner cares about the health and safety of our community. If you are feeling unwell, please refrain from attending the conference. At this time, Gartner does not have any health-related requirements in place for attendance. Should this change, we will follow up with updated guidance.

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Tim Bigley

Program Manager

971-717-6612

tim.bigley@evanta.com