Modern CISO Network: Board Book
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Bradley Schaufenbuel
Vice President and CISO
Paychex
Bradley Schaufenbuel is currently Vice President and CISO at Paychex. Prior to his current role, he held security leadership positions at Paylocity, Midland States Bank, Midwest Bank, Zurich Financial Services, Experian, and Arthur Andersen LLP. Bradley is the author of multiple books — including two titles under the “For Dummies” series — and has had numerous articles published in professional journals on a variety of topics related to information security and governance. He has served as a director on several corporate and non-profit boards, is a regular speaker at industry conferences, and has served numerous clients in the legal, financial services, and healthcare industries as a freelance consultant. He is an advisor to YL Ventures GP, Ltd., Glilot Capital, Menlo Ventures, Great North Ventures, GTM Capital, Redpoint Ventures, Clear Ventures, Lightspeed Ventures, Waylight, UpSwot, EventCombo, AttackIQ, Privatise, Eclipz, Inc., WireX Systems, F8th, Inc., and Zivver. Bradley was recognized as the Chicago CISO of the Year in 2018, as one of the Top 100 CISOs by Cyber Defense Magazine in 2020, and as the AMER Information Security Leader of the Year by GDS in 2021.
He is licensed to practice law in Illinois and is a member of the United States Supreme Court Bar. Bradley holds 25 professional designations in the areas of information security management, IT compliance, information privacy, fraud examination, IT audit, computer forensics, ethical hacking, business continuity planning, project management, cloud security, corporate governance, and process improvement, including the C|CISO, CISSP, CISM, CISA, CCSP, CIPP/US, CIPP/E, CIPM, CSSLP, PMP, CRISC, CGEIT, ISSMP, ISSAP, CFE, C|EH, CBCP, CCSK, CDPSE, DFCP, CIFI, CSOXM, CSOE, QTE, ITIL v3 Foundation, and Six Sigma Black Belt. He holds an MBA from DePaul University’s Kellstadt Graduate School of Business and a JD and a Master of Laws (LLM) in information technology and privacy law from the University of Illinois at Chicago’s John Marshall Law School.