Chicago CISO Executive Summit

Ditch the office, but stay boss.

Join the Chicago CISO Governing Body and their invited guests for a night of old-school arcade games and classic tunes from the 80s and 90s — or grab some grub and hang with your C-level peers.

Oversized blazers and acid wash jeans welcome, but not required.

The role of the CISO is changing. Their typical responsibilities, C-suite relationships, and even titles are evolving - amounting to what appears to be a whole new departmental focus. Is this new security paradigm reason to rethink the traditional security-to-IT reporting structure?

Join your fellow security executives to:

• Collectively juggle the pros and cons of falling under the IT umbrella
• Consider the office dynamics experienced by CISOs working in a non-traditional structure
• Share your thoughts on the future state of the CISO role

Like water and oil, or cats and dogs, security and experience have seemingly been at odds since the beginning of time - but not anymore. The adoption of Security Service Edge (SSE) delivers the experience users want, and the security that the business needs.

Join this fireside chat to:

• Understand what’s required to ensure a secure, frictionless, experience for any business user, on any device - without VPN
• Learn pro tips for how best to implement secure access services to maximize user productivity, not hinder it
• Obtain a clearer understanding of what’s needed and how to drive change within your organization

An organization's ability to achieve successful digital transformation is in large part enabled by the security team. Distributed, loosely connected infrastructure and tools, coupled with the demand for almost any-to-any connectivity, complicates the mission. Regularly defined as being delivered by a single "silver bullet" point solution, the term zero trust is now often held in poor regard. It is however, a highly effective conceptual framework, and perhaps even a cultural shift, that many organizations have been working with for several years.

Join this interactive boardroom to discuss:

• The broader definition of what a zero trust framework is
• The foundational control required to build a zero trust program
• Strategies for improving the user experience and proving value to get organization wide acceptance

Executive boardrooms are intimate and interactive sessions designed to foster dynamic dialogue around a specific, strategic topic. These private, closed-door discussions encourage attendee participation and are limited to 15 attendees (seating priority is given to CISOs).

To reserve your seat, please contact: 

Chanelle Lawrence | chanelle.lawrence@evanta.com

Your people are your most valuable asset, your greatest weakness, and your best defense. CISOs seeking to prevent data loss from malicious, negligent or compromised users can correlate content, behavior and threats for better insight and streamlined investigations.

Join this session to discuss:

• Augmenting your data protection program with the right people and processes
• Transforming your employees into effective data defenders
• Managing insider threats and preventing data loss at the endpoint

Executive boardrooms are intimate and interactive sessions designed to foster dynamic dialogue around a specific, strategic topic. These private, closed-door discussions encourage attendee participation and are limited to 15 attendees (seating priority is given to CISOs).

To reserve your seat, please contact Chanelle Lawrence at chanelle.lawrence@evanta.com

Digital transformation is a powerful business enabler that is compelling leaders to fundamentally change their technology ecosystems. The potential of technology to unlock value and drive progress has never been greater and the imperative to transform your business, securely, has never been more urgent. With data, users, and devices everywhere, how can CISOs reimagine cybersecurity in a world without boundaries?

Join this keynote to hear strategies on:

• Accelerating transformation with innovative security services, and communicating their value to the business
• Scaling and simplifying security across the organization, minimizing risk and gaining agility
• Protecting today's cloud-first, hybrid workforce with a proactive, intelligent, and radically simple security architecture

At this point, getting your team to comply with your security awareness efforts is sort of a free for all. With some workshopping, however, you and your C-Level peers can fine tune your approach and perhaps kickstart a new era of willingly-secure enterprises.

Gather with your Chicago CISO peers to:

• Collect and contribute practical awareness campaign advice
• Weigh the pros and cons of your staff motivation methods
• Tailor your awareness campaigns on rising and prominent threats

How do CISOs choose where to invest and whether they have the time and energy to spend on aspects of a new security program? A strong framework is essential to help evaluate the state of your security program and to identify where there are gaps in coverage. CISOs can do this by examining 4 areas: asset coverage, control comprehensiveness, risk context, and maturity continuity.

Join this session to learn:

• How do the four building blocks work to create a solid security program
• Why developing a security rubric is imperative
• What a holistic view can reveal about your security program

How familiar are you with the NIST security model? Perhaps you’re already meeting certain requirements and maybe there are places for you to improve. Regardless of where you are in this journey, you’ll need to have built your foundation in identity.

During this session, you and your C-level peers will:

• Share your thoughts on the need to adopt Zero Trust
• Compare NIST progress and collaborate on strategies
• Hear why some say a successful security model starts with identity

Executive boardrooms are intimate and interactive sessions designed to foster dynamic dialogue around a specific, strategic topic. These private, closed-door discussions encourage attendee participation and are limited to 15 attendees (seating priority is given to CISOs).

To reserve your seat, please contact: Chanelle Lawrence | Chanelle.Lawrence@evanta.com

Economic growth across the globe is being challenged due to new and various supply chain disruptions. As organizations look for opportunities to rebound and thrive, CISOs must look to overcome supply chain roadblocks and forge a new path for their enterprise.
Join this timely keynote session as a panel of your peers discuss:

• Designing supply chain strategies and capabilities for faster outcomes

• Uncovering lessons learned on how CISOs responded to recent events

• Creating a supply chain resiliency framework to ensure excellence and reduce risk

Executive boardrooms are intimate and interactive sessions designed to foster dynamic dialogue around a specific, strategic topic. These private, closed-door discussions encourage attendee participation and are limited to 15 attendees (seating priority is given to CISOs).

To reserve your seat, please contact: 

Chanelle Lawrence | chanelle.lawrence@evanta.com

Connect with like-minded peers in a one-on-one setting through Evanta’s Peer-to-Peer Meetings. You will be matched with peers in your community based on your shared interests and priorities.

When Chicago CISOs ranked their business priorities in early 2022, "Legal & Privacy" didn't even crack the top 10. Why? New regulations and some organizations' failure to meet them have resulted in 10s of millions of dollars in fines. Now is the time to recognize the importance of privacy and regulatory compliance.

Together, with a room of your C-level peers, you'll:

• Hear from a team of local, collaborative, security and privacy executives
• Reflect on the dangers of unchecked compliance
• Reassess where privacy and compliance fall on your top priorities list

Most CISOs have mixed (at best) feelings about cyber insurance. Questionnaires are more demanding than ever, premiums are rising, and policies are covering less. But what are you supposed to do about it?

In this closed-door, open-floor boardroom session you'll:

• Collect and consider differing perspectives on the changing cyber insurance industry
• Measure the common cyber insurance challenges and suggest solutions 
• Share your takes and concerns about the current state of cyber insurance

If the modern world demands tech-driven organizations, why are so many CISOs left to simply monitor cyber liabilities? It's time to move beyond security operations and start influencing the enterprise.

Gather with your CISO peers to:

• Workshop the hurdles you're facing in the pursuit of business leadership
• Hear how some are successfully moving the needle toward innovation
• Gather the tools you'll need to impact and inspire the rest of your C-suite

Executive boardrooms are intimate and interactive sessions designed to foster dynamic dialogue around a specific, strategic topic. These private, closed-door discussions encourage attendee participation and are limited to 15 attendees (seating priority is given to CISOs).

To reserve your seat, please contact: 

Chanelle Lawrence | Chanelle.Lawrence@evanta.com

There are plenty of measures you can take to try and prevent a breach, and yet they happen. So, what can you do when your enterprise’s most precious commodity is compromised?

Join this closed-door boardroom conversation to:

• Brainstorm practical, realistic, attack response techniques
• Share which prevention methods work and which need
• Work together and identify the who and the why of today’s threats

Executive boardrooms are intimate and interactive sessions designed to foster dynamic dialogue around a specific, strategic topic. These private, closed-door discussions encourage attendee participation and are limited to 15 attendees (seating priority is given to CISOs).

To reserve your seat, please contact: 

Chanelle Lawrence | Chanelle.Lawrence@evanta.com

 Too often, cloud strategies are discussed from a high level, with buzzwords and without takeaways; all of which result in neglected opportunities. But with only a few steps, Ricardo Lafosse, CISO, Kraft Heinz says anyone can up their game. Now is the time to get practical and focus your approach.

Join this detailed, interactive keynote and:

• Break through the surface of cloud capabilities
• Gather realistic tips for upskilling your staff and increasing cloud proficiency
• Openly discuss the hurdles your facing in your own cloud efforts