Mario Chiock
Executive Cyber Security Adviser & Schlumberger Fellow

Mario Chiock possesses over 37 years of experience in Oil Field operations, IT, Security, Risk, Privacy and Auditing. Prior to his current role as Executive cyber-security advisor & Schlumberger Fellow, Mario was the CISO at Schlumberger where he was responsible for developing the company’s worldwide, long-term cyber security strategy. He is recognized for his leadership and management in all aspects of cybersecurity throughout the company as well as within the community.

Through his vision, he successfully transitioned Schlumberger from legacy firewalls to a more robust infrastructure based on next-generation firewalls. His experience in successfully deploying advanced technologies and approaches also spans Incident Response, Advance Threat Prevention, Digital Right Management to watermark & fingerprint sensitive documents. He also implemented federation services to minimize 3rd party risk and created the extended security team to foster collaboration with other IT groups. Mario is also known for applying his Lean Six Sigma expertise for measuring performance and creating dashboards that have led to more simple operations and reduction of waste. 

Outside of Schlumberger, Mario has been an active member of the Information Systems Security Association (ISSA) for over 17 years; he has held numerous board positions in the Austin, Capital of Texas Chapter, as well as the South Texas Chapter in Houston. He was president of the South Texas Chapter in 2007, bringing in the “Chapter of the Year” award. He continues to serve on the board. Mario is also an active volunteer trainer for Security Certifications such as CISM, CISA & CRISC certifications, and has mentored many successful CSO & CISO in Austin & Houston area. He is also very active with Evanta/Gartner as speaker and instructor for their CISO Institute. In 2015 he was a speaker for the SPE conference and in 2016 he was a panelist at the GEO2016 conference in Bahrain. 

Mario was recognized as one of the top 25 out of more than 10,000 security executives in the ExecRank 2013 Security Executive Rankings, he also won the 2012 Central Information Security Executive (ISE) “People Choice Award”, in 2014 he is a recipient of the CSO40 – 2014 award, named “ISSA Fellow”, won ISC2 Americas Information Security Leadership Awards (ISLA) and won the “ISSA Honor Roll” award.

He is an active member of the Houston Security community and gives security talks, training and volunteers his IT security expertise to local non-profit organizations. He is currently a board member of the Houston InfraGard Chapter, has served in Executive & Technical Advisory boards of many security companies such as WatchFire (Now IBM), ISS (now IBM), Qualys, and currently is active on the Palo Alto Networks advisory board, he is also serving in the Google Cloud Platform advisory board and strategic advisor to Onapsis as well as Board member.

Mario has a CISSP, CISM & CISA Certifications, and is past chair for the American Petroleum Institute (API) Information Security Sub-Committee and was involved in the formation of the Oil & Gas ISAC. Currently he co-chair the cyber security committee of SPE (Society of Petroleum Engineers) – Digital Energy Technical Section.

Lisa Angelo has a “virtual” law practice utilizing cutting edge technology to bring high quality and convenient legal services to her clients. She is a Certified Information Privacy Manager and advises businesses on data privacy, cyber risk management, cyber liability including cyber insurance, and other business transactions. She serves on the council of the State Bar of Texas Computer & Technology Section. She also serves as the Vice-Chair of the State Bar of Texas Business Law Section’s General Practice Committee and is a member of the Blockchain Committee. In addition, Lisa is a member of the FBI’s InfraGard Houston Chapter. Lisa is licensed to practice law in Texas and Colorado. She earned a Juris Doctorate from South Texas College of Law and a bachelor’s in psychology from The University of Texas at Austin.

MEMBERSHIPS
Vice-Chair, General Practice Committee, State Bar of TX Business Law Section [2018]
Elected Council Member, State Bar of TX Computer & Technology Section [2017]
Member, State Bar of TX Business Law Section [2017]
Houston Trial Lawyers Association (HTLA) [2015]
FBI’s InfraGard - Legal Special Interest Group [2015]
Houston Bar Association [2014]

PUBLICATIONS & PRESENTATIONS
“Artificial Intelligence & Family Law”, Co-Author, State Bar of Texas 44th Annual Advanced Family Law Course Materials, August,2018.
“Artificial Intelligence & How It Will Impact Family Practice”, Presenter, State Bar of Texas 44th Annual Advanced Family Law Course, San Antonio, Texas, August 15, 2018.
“15 Tech Laws & Cases to Protect Your Clients”, presenter, State Bar of Texas Annual Meeting, Houston, Texas, June 22, 2018.
“Law & Technology for CPAs”, presenter, TX Society of CPAs, CPE Foundation Inc. & Houston CPA Society hosting 23rd Annual 2018 CPE by the Sea, Galveston, Texas, June 15, 2018.
“Cybersecurity: Legal Implications”, presenter, Houston CPA Society’s Spring Accounting Expo, Houston, Texas, May 22, 2018.
“Cyber Insurance & The Law: Examining Control Systems Cyber Security Supply Chain”, presenter, S2AI Houston Chapter Meeting, Houston, Texas, January 11, 2018.
“Checklist for Cyber Insurance”, publication, State Bar of Texas, Computer &Technology Section’s Circuits Newsletter, November 2017.
“Video Tech Byte*: Mandatory Provisions for Cyber Insurance”, presenter, State Bar of Texas, Computer & Technology Section’s Tech Bytes Video Collections, September 2017.
“Video Tech Byte*: Are You a Mobile Attorney”, presenter, State Bar of Texas, Computer & Technology Section’s Tech Bytes Video Collections, September 2017.
“15 Tech Laws and Cases to Protect Your Clients”, presenter, Computer and Technology Section, State Bar of Texas’ With Technology and Justice For All event, Austin, Texas, December 1, 2017

“Insurance of the Future, Offered Now: Cyber Liability Insurance”, presenter, Driven, Inc.’s E-Discovery Speaker Series, Houston, Texas, June 2017.
“Know Your Money” presenter, Houston Money Week at the Federal Reserve Bank, Houston, Texas, April 2016.
“What You Don’t Know, But Should – Cyber Liability”, presenter, ISACA Houston Chapter Meeting, Houston, Texas, August 2015.
“Exploring Legal Issues at High Altitudes: The Law in the Cloud,” publication, CURRENTS, Vol. 20.1, May 2012.