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• 2025 CISO of the Year Award Breakfast

  • When
    Tue, October 14, 2025
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    7:30 AM - 10:00 AM
  • Location
    Metropolitan Club of Chicago, 67th Floor, Oak Room, 233 S. Wacker Drive, Chicago, IL 60606

  

  The CISO of the Year Committee and the Chicago Chapters of AITP, ChicagoFirst, InfraGard, ISSA, ISACA, CSA, PAABC, WiCyS and SIM are excited to welcome you to our 2025 CISO of the Year Award Breakfast!
  

  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 culmination of the 2025 Awards Program on October 14th.  The 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, Chicago FIRST, Infragard, ISSA, ISACA, CSA, PAABC, WiSys and SIM.   (Limit of up to 2 Board Members from each Industry Partner per event without special approval).
  

  Click Here for More Information on the Program 

  Click Here to Visit the New CISO of theYear Website
  

  This is a great opportunity to 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 2024 CISO of the Yea Program - and to congratulate the 2024 CISO of the Year Winners!  Great Food and Drink Too!

  Click Here to Register

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

  2022 - ENTERPRISE, Mahmood Khan, SVP & CISO, CNA Insurance
  2022 - MID-CAP, 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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• AITP Chicago - AI SIG

  • When
    Tue, October 28, 2025
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    5:30 PM - 8:00 PM
  • Location
    Location: CNA Building - 151 North Franklin Street, Chicago, IL, 2nd Floor Conference Room B

  You're Invited to an Informational Presentation with AITP Chicago's Artificial Intelligence Shared Interest Group (SIG)

  
  

  Presenter and AITP SIG Chair: Roman Eng, Research Scientist, AI Alignment and Safety, Clarkson University, PhD Student

  AITP Executive Sponsor: Justin Nemeth (Board Director / Past President)
  

  Topic: Building AI Agents that Learn: From Imitation to Experience

  Join us for our latest in-person AI SIG meeting led by Roman Eng
  

  Click Here to Register 

  How do machines really learn? Some AI systems “imitate” by copying expert behavior, while others learn through “experience” by trial and error. But humans add something extra: our emotions guide us when to persist, when to adapt, and when to change direction. In this session, we’ll explore how the balance of imitation and experience shapes the way AI learns today and why this balance matters for the agents of tomorrow. We’ll dive into how the next generation of AI agents might evolve on their own by integrating cognitive-emotional signals likcuriosity, frustration, and clarity. The talk is a glimpse into practical design andresearch on how these agents could be built, how they might adapt in real time, and what it means for trust and personalization. Join us to see why the future of AI isn’t just about smarter predictions, it’s about building self-evolving companions that will improve over time.
  

  Refreshments and light snacks will be provided
  

  
  

  Registration in advance is required.  No walk-ins.  Registration will close 48 hours in advance of our meeting
  

  
  

  Note: This Meeting is for Practitioners Only.  Sales & Marketing Professionals are only allowed if the bring a Practitioner with them and is approved by AITP in advance.  Sales activities are not permitted.
  

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• AITP Security SIG Meeting - The Art of Proper SIEM and Motorcycle Ownership

  • When
    Wed, November 05, 2025
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    5:00 PM - 7:30 PM

  You're Invited to an Informational In-Person Meeting (see below for registration)

   A great chance to network with your peers and share!

  Topic: The Art of Proper SIEM and Motorcycle Ownership
  Presenter: Johnny Xmas
  Location: RSM US LLP, 30 S Wacker, Suite 3300, Chicago, IL 60606

  When: Wednesday, Nov 5, 2025 - 5:00 to 7:30 PM

  5 PM Registration and Networking

  5:30 Presentation, followed by refreshments, light snacks and networking.  

  Join us for a fun presentation comparing Johnny’s lessons learned from motorcycle ownership and how they directly relate to SIEM ownership. The goal hopefully is to finally convey information in a way that SIEM owners will finally understand and implement.

  
  

  Join Johnny, an infamous local SIEM and motorcycle destroyer, as he walks you through the dos and don’ts of SIEM and motorcycle ownership.

  A Word of Caution

  This talk will contain zero information that you have not heard many, many times before. For some reason, however, Johnny sees all of it being violated in the most egregious ways at company after company after company. 

  This has led him to believe that the industry has either:

  • Never received all the information all at once, or
  • Not been given the information in a manner that didn’t immediately induce a deep and lengthy coma (probably the latter).

  The Thousand-Foot View

  As such, Johnny will be attempting to convey the thousand-foot view of how to (or not to) choose, stand up, and manage a SIEM by wrapping it in thinly veiled metaphors derived from his hobby: propelling himself over (and sometimes at) asphalt at extremely high velocities.

  Get ready for an enlightening journey through the world of SIEMs and motorcycles! 

  Click Here to Register (Registration Closes November 3rd)

  “This event is for practitioners only. Vendors may participate if they bring a client or prospective client that is approved in advance by AITP.”

  Contact Tom Forkenbrock for more information.

  tom.forkenbrock@aitpchicago.com

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• ChiBrrCon VI - 2026

  • When
    Thu, February 05, 2026
  •  
    8:00 AM - 8:00 PM
  • Location
    Hermann Hall Conference Center, 3241 S. Federal Street, Chicago, IL 60616

  Welcome to ChiBrrCon VI, 2026

  

  ChiBrrCon is Chicago’s premier vendor-free, practitioner-driven, nonprofit security conference where community, creativity, and technical excellence come together. Born from the icy winds of the Midwest winter, ChiBrrCon delivers high-quality technical talks, interactive villages, and engaging leadership discussions—all without vendor sales pitches.

  Ready to Speak?  Click Here!

  ChiBrrCon  is a privately funded, not-for-profit, charitable organization established for information security and technology focused individuals. Building on years of hosting in-house conferences to help address tight corporate training budgets, ChiBrrCon was founded by corporate information security leaders and sponsored by their respective organizations in 2020.

  The mission and vision of ChiBrrCon are the same as the ones our founders set with their own in-house programs; to provide attendees with high quality training, an opportunity to present to a safe audience, and an opportunity to meet peers with like interests.

  ChiBrrCon is hosted and taught by information security and technology professionals from the Chicagoland Area with special guest speakers from around the world.  

  Click Here for More Information

  
  

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