Fiscally Responsible Ways to Train/Build Community – Kevin Novak – CSP #35

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Guest

Kevin Novak
Managing Director at Breakwater Solutions LLC

Kevin is currently the Managing Director of Cyber Security Consulting for Breakwater Solutions LLC. Prior to joining Breakwater, Kevin was the Interim CISO of the University of Chicago Medical Center (UCMC) where he helped secure and mature the environment while a permanent CISO could be procured. Prior to his time at UCMC, Kevin was the Chief Information Security and Technology Risk Officer for Northern Trust Bank for over 9 years. Northern Trust is a global institution with over 19,000 employees, over $6BN in Revenue, $1.4TN in Assets under Management, and over $11TN in Assets under Custody. During Kevin’s last year at Northern Trust he had global first line responsibility for the confidentiality, integrity and availability of assets and services across Northern’s global footprint, and during his first 8 years with Northern Kevin was also responsible for all second line responsibilities including Information Security and Technology Risk Management.

Prior to joining Northern Trust Kevin was the Global Head of Information Security and Records Management for Discover Financial Services and the Chief Operating Officer and Head of Consulting Services for Neohapsis, Inc.

Host

VP, Cybersecurity Strategy, Cybersecurity Collaborative at CyberRisk Alliance

Todd Fitzgerald promotes CISO/CPO leadership via the SCMedia CISO STORIES weekly podcast, advisory board participation, and international speaking engagements. Todd serves as VP, Cybersecurity Strategy, Cybersecurity Collaborative. Todd authored 5 books, including #1 New Release (2024) Privacy Leader Compass: A Comprehensive Roadmap for Building and Leading Practical Privacy Programs, and #1 Best-selling (2019-2023) and 2020 CANON Cybersecurity Hall of Fame book, CISO COMPASS: Navigating Cybersecurity Leadership Challenges with Insights from Pioneers. Named 2016–17 Chicago CISO of the Year, Todd’s senior leadership positions include Northern Trust, Grant Thornton International, Ltd, ManpowerGroup, Wellpoint/National Government Services, Zeneca/Syngenta, IMS Health and American Airlines.