The Cyber Resilience Summit
Cybersecurity leaders spend their careers building resilient organizations. But sustaining the people responsible for leading them through constant pressure, uncertainty, disruption, and change requires a different kind of resilience.
On Wednesday, November 4, 2026, Green Shoe Consulting will bring a select community of CISOs and senior cybersecurity leaders together in Chicago for the Cyber Resilience Summit—a highly interactive day exploring the human side of cybersecurity leadership and performance.
This is not another cybersecurity conference.
There are no expo halls. No vendor booths. No parade of product presentations.
Instead, the Summit combines provocative keynotes, Green Shoe's ongoing research with cybersecurity leaders, intimate peer conversations, and hands-on Experience Labs where participants will explore the factors that influence their ability to lead and perform under sustained pressure.
Throughout the day, you'll explore questions such as:
Where is your energy actually going—and what is restoring it?
How effectively do you recover after periods of intense pressure?
What creates unnecessary friction in your leadership environment?
What can you do to recover more intentionally during demanding workdays?
What builds—or erodes—trust when the pressure is high?
How does your own stress ripple into communication, relationships, leadership behavior, and team performance?
You'll also participate in a special media-under-pressure experience featuring cybersecurity leaders and an experienced journalist exploring what happens when a cyber incident puts a CISO in the spotlight—and how leaders can prepare to communicate when the stakes are high.
More Than a Day of Programming
The Cyber Resilience Summit is designed around something increasingly difficult to find in our industry: genuine community.
Formal programming concludes at 4:00 PM, when the Summit transitions into happy hour.
Attendees are invited to have a spouse, partner, or plus-one join us for the evening. Green Shoe will provide transportation support for interested guests arriving for the evening festivities.
At 5:00 PM, we'll gather for an intimate dinner with live jazz, great food, and the opportunity to spend time together without another presentation waiting to begin.
Because resilience isn't only about how we perform at work. The relationships and lives we return to when the workday ends matter, too.
Event Schedule
9:00 AM — Registration, Coffee & Connection
10:00 AM–4:00 PM — Cyber Resilience Summit
4:00–5:00 PM — Happy Hour + Plus-One Arrival
5:00–8:00 PM — Dinner & Live Jazz
8:00 PM — Evening Concludes
Who Should Attend
The Cyber Resilience Summit is designed for CISOs and senior cybersecurity leaders responsible for leading people, teams, and organizations in high-pressure environments.
Attendance is intentionally limited to preserve the intimate, highly interactive nature of the experience.
There is no cost for invited cybersecurity leaders to attend.
Dinner attendance and plus-one participation require advance RSVP due to limited evening capacity.
About the Cyber Resilience Summit
The Summit is part of Green Shoe Consulting's broader work to better understand and strengthen human performance in cybersecurity.
Through ongoing research and the CISO Resilience Councils, Green Shoe brings cybersecurity leaders together to examine the realities of leading under pressure, contribute to research, learn from one another, and help advance a more sustainable model of high performance in cybersecurity.
Listen. Learn. Convene. Practice. Listen again.
Pressure is a privilege. Recovery is a responsibility.
November 4, 2026 | Chicago
Cyber Resilience Summit 2026
By Green Shoe Consulting