ChicagoFIRST Welcomes its newest member Huntington Bank.

February 6, 2024
ChicagoFIRST would like to welcome our newest member Huntington Bank. They have over 150 years’ experience of serving the financial needs of their customers. We look forward to their membership
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Announcing the 2023 Chicago CISO of the Year Award winners!

October 10, 2023
The Chicago-area Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) of the Year Program, in association with the Chicago chapters of the Association of Information Technology Professionals (AITP), ChicagoFIRST, ISACA, FBI-InfraGard, Information Systems
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Chicago CISO of the Year Award

May 5, 2023
ChicagoFIRST is pleased to support the annual Chicago CISO of the Year program!  Now in its tenth year, this peer-directed. not-for-profit program seeks to recognize outstanding Chief Information Security Officers
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ChicagoFIRST welcomes incoming Board Member Walter Lefmann

January 18, 2023
Walter Lefmann is currently Director of Security at CTC Trading Group LLC, an options market-making firm. His role comprises Information Security, Physical Security and Life Safety, and BCP/DR.  Prior to
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ChicagoFIRST welcomes it’s new Associate Director

November 7, 2022
Please welcome Paul Neff as our new Associate Director. Paul has a long history of public service, most recently as Director of Cyber Policy, Preparedness and Response in the U.S.
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Congrats to two ChicagoFIRST members for their CISO of the year awards.

October 12, 2022
The Chicago-area Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) of the Year Program, in association with the Chicago chapters of the Association of Information Technology Professionals (AITP), ISACA, FBI-InfraGard, Information Systems Security
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Good Luck to our Associate Director Dionna Cleaveland

August 30, 2022
We are both excited and sad to inform members that Dionna Cleaveland will be leaving us at ChicagoFIRST for new business endeavors.  Her last day will be September 9th. Dionna
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2022 Mid-Year Newsletter

August 30, 2022
It’s hard to believe the first half of 2022 is gone! ChicagoFIRST has been busy working on the issues important to our members. Click “Read More” for the link to
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2021 ChicagoFIRST Annual Report

August 30, 2022
The ChicagoFIRST 2021 Annual Report that celebrates 18 years of innovative partnership has been published. The report recaps our activities and accomplishments for 2021 and highlights our public sector engagements
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CISO of the year award – Chicago

June 14, 2022
BACKGROUND The current business climate has seen an unprecedented number of cybersecurity related headlines. Hackers to Nation State actors have been shown to be constantly probing organizations defenses with the
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