
Collaborating
Chicago CISO Community
Collaborating Detroit's CIO community
November 14th, 2024
The CISO ThrivePoint
A past peer group of Leaders, Visionaries, and Game Changers who have shaped this collaboration.
CONNECT . ENGAGE . INNOVATE
CISOMeet is an exclusive community for CISOs and Sr Corporate InfoSec leaders who believe the strongest leaders are shaped by the collective knowledge and experience of their peers.
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Moderated by Tech Correspondent at Financial Times; Hannah Murphy, On August 6th CISOMeet will collaborate Chicago CISO and Sr InfoSec Leadership with diverse industries and backgrounds to engage in candid, peer-driven conversations that connect innovation, operational efficiency, and strategic collaboration.
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Join us for an intimate executive lunch where we discuss, debate, and challenge the evolving priorities of the Office of the CISO.
AGENDA
8.00 am - 9.15 am
Registration & Networking
Grab coffee and breakfast with peers and fuel yourself for a day of thought leading discussions​
9.25 am - 10.10 am
CISO Panel : Vision Proof Prediction
What will it take for the role of the CISO to drive growth, resilience, and performance in the years ahead? A candid view on strategies to stay ahead of change through the lens of the visionaries and game changers and bold predictions. Ecce Futurum!
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10.30 am - 11.10 am
CISO Collaborate
Collaboration is at the heart of growth. Chicago convenes the security leaders redefining what the Office of the CISO stands for, exchanging bold perspectives on how cloud-native zero trust connectivity eliminates exposure at scale, how edge cloud performance and security harden applications against the most sophisticated adversaries, how proactive workforce PII removal from data brokers neutralises social engineering before it begins, and how cyber resilience underpinned by risk-based insurance intelligence positions the CISO as a true strategic partner to the business.
11.20 am - 12.30 pm
CISO Engage
A successful leader is one that empowers themselves with lesson, knowledge, experience of a community. Engage with peers and partners in our Lounge and expand your community​
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1.30 pm - 2.10 pm
David & Goliath Panel :
Inside the Decision Room
Successful CISOs empower themselves with the knowledge and experience of their community. We will share real stories of high pressure decisions to “kept me up at night” moments. Together we will explore how leaders build trust, earn buy-in, and make decisions when outcomes are uncertain.
2.55 pm - 3.00 pm
​Award Ceremony & Closing Remarks
Let's Honor today's Visionaries and be the enabler of the vision and the voice of what’s next.
9.15 am - 9.25 am
Setting the Tone
Our Moderator will introduce the visionaries and game changers that have helped shaped today's collaboration.​​
10.10 am - 10.30 am
Modernizing the Secure Web Gateway
Join us for a discussion on rethinking Secure Web Gateway (SWG) architecture and why the future of web security is direct, private, and endpoint-enforced. No more stopovers. Direct will always be faster. A discussion for CISOs ready to challenge legacy assumptions and modernize web security architecture.
11.10 am - 11.20 am
Fishbowl Leadership Stories
Successful CISOs empower themselves with the knowledge and experience of their community. We will share real stories of high pressure decisions to “kept me up at night” moments. Together we will explore how leaders build trust, earn buy-in, and make decisions when outcomes are uncertain.​
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12.30 pm - 1.30 pm
Leaders Lunch
Seated with peers and partners over an epicurean lunch, security leaders take on the conversations that define the future of the Office of the CISO, examining how continuous expert-led penetration testing keeps the attack surface permanently in view, how unified data security and cyber resilience safeguards hybrid environments at every layer, how governance, risk and compliance consolidation turns audit readiness into a strategic advantage, and how AI-native managed SOC services bring agentic security operations to life across the modern enterprise.
2.10 pm - 2.55 pm
CISO Lounge
More than a cocktail reception these are the connections that add light to daily decisions made. Conversations with peers and visionaries behind latest technologies








