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Pannel Discussion

Collaborating
Chicago 
CISO Community

August 6th, 2026

ISACA Certification

Collaborating Detroit's CIO community

November 14th, 2024
Speakers
About

The CISO ThrivePoint

 A past peer group of Leaders, Visionaries, and Game Changers who have shaped this collaboration.
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Hannah Murphy

Moderator

Tech Correspondent at Financial Times

Amir Niaz
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Amir Niaz

CISO

​Culligan International

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Nitin Raina
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Nitin Raina

CISO

Thoughtworks

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Michael Myint

CISO

Accordion

Jigar Shah
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Jigar Shah

CISO

Medusind

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The Conference

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

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See you at CISOMeet Chicago.

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