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• GCSI Annual Conference 2025

  • When
    Wed, April 23, 2025
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    8:30 AM - 5:00 PM
  • Location
    Illinois Institute of Technology (565 West Adams Street, Chicago, IL 60661)

  You're Invited to the Global Cyber Security Initiative's Annual Global Conference 2025

  Organized in October 2016, GCSI was founded to address the SEC and FINRA’s annual ongoing areas of security concerns for their member firms. Since then we’ve brought together hundreds of CxOs and  other senior leaders from marquee companies like IBM, Morningstar, Blue Cross BlueShield, Gartner, Verizon, HSBC, Bank of America, Tempus, Wealthfront, VSEC, CNA Insurance, University of Chicago Medicine, Northern Trust, Paylocity, CISO Spotlight, onShore Security, Old Second National Bank, Aon, AT&T, and Kirkland & Ellis LLP in addition to federal, local, and academic leaders from the FBI, Infragard, State of Illinois, Cook County, Illinois Institute of Technology, ISSA Chicago, IEEE-USA, and the Cyber Security Response Team at the University of Tulsa.

  We host our annual GSCI Conference at IIT Chicago – Kent College of Law (565 West Adams Street, Chicago, Illinois 60661-3691).  The Global Cyber Security Initiative (GCSI), annual cyber security summit, co-hosted with Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) and Pan Asian American Business Council (PAABC). Our Winter conference GCSI @ MxD Conference on Critical Infrastructure, OT and Manufacturing co-hosted with MxD and Pan Asian American Business Council (PAABC).

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  AITP Chicago Members Should Use Promo Code AITP2025 for Discount

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• AITP Chicago Cybersecurity SIG Meeting - Risk Basics: Getting Started

  • When
    Tue, April 29, 2025
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    3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
  • Location
    Park Ridge Library - 20 S Prospect Ave, Park Ridge, IL 60068 - Downtown near the Metra Station

  You're Invited to an Information Presentation

  Topic:  Risk Basics - Getting Started
  

  • Risk Register Journey – The journey from saved emails, to excel, and beyond!
  • Risk Analysis Basics – Start with Qualitative, add a dash of Quantitative, and maybe some due care and diligence elements?
  • Remediation and Road mapping strategies (fun).
  • Reducing BIAS in Analysis, hopefully logical fallacies too.

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  Bio:  Derek Milroy

  Derek Milroy is a corporate security professional that has been implementing security, as both an internal employee and as a consultant, for the past twenty plus years.  His main areas of focus the past decade or so have been:  Systems Hardening (focusing mainly on Windows Forest/Domain/GPO architectures), Vulnerability Management, Patch Management, Log Management/SIM/SEIM, Incident Response, Network Infrastructure Security, Cloud Controls and Hardening, Red Team Program Management, Threat Modeling, and Threat Intel.  He is a former QSA and current PCIP.  He has also performed ISO 72001/27002, CIS Top18, and NIST CSF assessments.

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• Entrepreneurs Workshop

  • When
    Fri, May 09, 2025
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    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
  • Location
    150 N. Wacker Drive, Suite 700, Chicago, IL

  

  This session will cover key IP topics—including trademarks, copyrights, patents, trade secrets, and AI—with a special focus on how these protections can help entrepreneurs safeguard their work, avoid legal pitfalls, and add long-term value to their ventures.

  This workshop could provide valuable insights into the intellectual property landscape, especially for technology pros and those looking to grow their own businesses.

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• 1st 2025 CISO of the Year Event - Meet the Nominees

  • When
    Tue, May 20, 2025
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    5:00 PM - 8:00 PM
  • Location
    Smith & Wollensky on the River, 318 N. State St., Chicago, IL 60654

  

  The CISO of the Year Committee and the Chicago Chapters of AITP, ChicagoFIRST, InfraGard, ISSA, ISACA, PAABC, WiCyS and SIM are excited to welcome you to our 1st In-Person Mixer of 2025.

  The purpose of the CISO of the Year program is to recognize the top CISOs in the greater Chicago area and provide a higher level of awareness and recognition to the CISO (or equivalent in authority) position.

  Join us for the first of four events leading up to the Awards Breakfast of October 14th.  The four events are Private,  intended to support CISO’s and their direct reports, 2024 CISO Nominees, the Program Judges, our CISO Program Sponsors and delegates from esteemed industry partners-AITP, ChicagoFIRST. Infragard, ISSA, ISACA, PAABC, WiCyS and SIM.  

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  Click Here to Visit the New CISO of theYear Website

  This is a great opportunity to recognize the exceptional talent we have in the Chicago Region, to network with security professionals and to meet the candidates and judges for the 2025 CISO of the Year Program.  Great Food and Drink Too.

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  Prior CISO of the Year Award Winners:

  2024 - CISO of the Year, ENTERPRISE, Dan Manley, CISO, CME Group
  2024 - CISO of the Year, MID-CAP, Angela Williams, CISO, UL
  

  2023 - CISO of the Year, ENTERPRISE, Darin Hurd, CISO, Guaranteed Rate
  2023 - CISO of the Year, MID-CAP, Neil Witek, CISO, Oak Street Health
  

  2022 - CISO of the Year, ENTERPRISE, Mahmood Khan, SVP and CISO, CNA
  2022 -  CISO of the Year, MIDCAP, Walter Lefmann, Director of Security, Chicago Trading Corporation
  

  2021 - CISO of the Year, Ricardo LaFosse, CISO, The Kraft Heinz Company
  

  2020 - CISO of the Year, Paige Adams, Global Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) for the Zurich Insurance Company Ltd

  2019 - CISO of the Year, Jill Rhodes, CISO, Option Care Health

  2018 - CISO of the Year, Bradley Schaufenbuel, VP & Chief Information Security Officer, Paylocity

  2017 - CISO of the Year, Erik Decker, Chief Security & Privacy Officer, University of Chicago Medicine

  2016 - CISO of the Year, Todd Fitzgerald, CISO, Grant Thornton International Ltd

  2015 - CISO of the Year, Kevin Novak, CISO and Technology Risk Officer for Northern Trust Bank

  2014 - CISO of the Year, Arian McMillan, CISO, Deparartment of Innovation and Technology, City of Chicago

  2013 - CISO of the Year, Jason Witty, SVP & CISO, US Bank.

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