Minneapolis CISO Community
Executive Summit

While the vast majority of infrastructure has been upgraded and modernized to secure the shift to the cloud, enterprise IT teams are still missing an equally seamless access method to safely deliver those now cloud-native apps and data. While traditional browsers have become the de facto access point for the majority of business critical applications, they lack the deep inspection capabilities and hyper-granular security controls enterprises need. This results in security teams surrounding their browsers with layers of tech to meet those needs.

Join this keynote session to discover:

• Why traditional cloud security methods undermine your modernization efforts and end-user experience
• Embracing technological momentum to adapt to a "more-with-less" security landscape
• How enterprise CISOs are using this solution to bolster cloud security

In today's rapidly evolving digital landscape, the need for a robust, resilient information security culture has never been more critical. How can CISOs and CIOs come together to maximize efficiency and establish a unified front?

Join CISO Yan Kravchenko and CIO Julie Flaschenriem, with Hennepin Healthcare as they explore:

• Practical steps for uniting IT and Information Security into a single, resilient team
• Leveraging available tools available to align IT and information security goals 
• Building a partnership that fosters a culture of awareness and cooperation

Sometimes it's hard to see a future beyond ransomware, BEC and data loss. But how do we not only ensure our cyber defense teams and the workforce they protect stay afloat in the current risk landscape, while simultaneously building toward future consolidation and risk mitigation scenarios?

Join this session to discuss:

• Developing a human risk framework
• Moving human-centric security controls from reactive and manual to proactive and automated
• Leveraging AI to protect humans from themselves

The rise of unmanaged devices, dispersed teams, and sophisticated AI-powered attacks demands a comprehensive rethinking of security architectures. Organizations must examine the critical challenges facing the modern workplace and explore emerging strategies to future-proof security. 

Join this boardroom discussion to learn:

• How organizations can maintain control and visibility in a BYOD and contractor-driven environment 
• How AI and LLMs are reshaping data protection, minimizing false positives, and proactively identifying risks.
• Today's emerging technologies that can deliver seamless application experiences, even across distributed workforces

Discussion Questions:

1. Hybrid work is evolving in terms of how much time employees spend between home, work and the office, which only accentuates the need for consistency. How are you approaching ensuring consistency, regardless of where employees are working from?

2. How has your security team focused on the control and visibility in a BYOD or contractor-driven environment?

3. Are AI and LLMs helping reshape your data protection? And if so, what have been the effects?

4. How are you protecting the use of Gen AI tools to allow your employees to increase productivity while keeping your organization’s data safe?

Connect with like-minded peers in a one-on-one setting through Evanta’s Peer-to-Peer Meetings. You will be matched with peers in your community based on your shared interests and priorities.

Cyber-physical systems (CPS) come in many forms including industrial control systems (ICS), operational technology (OT) devices, and Internet of Things (IoT), to name a few. As they connect to each other and to enterprise systems, the attack surface is significantly expanded and securing these very systems that join the physical and digital worlds is no simple task.

Join this session to discuss:

• Identifying and managing the risks of cyber-physical technology

• Understanding the parallels in your approach to IT and CPS security without neglecting the differences

• Innovative practices to adapt security controls to business operational realities

CISOs are accustomed to answering for the business when security programs fall victim to attack. However, recent personal legal scrutiny of CISOs has set a precedent, stirred up concern and left security leaders questioning their protection.

Join this session to uncover:

• Resources to prepare for increased scrutiny and potential liability
• Best practices to proactively protect personal assets and reputation
• Keys to communicate role responsibility and liability to stakeholders

Early adopters confirm, AI-implementation isn't for the faint of heart (or the light of checkbook). Yet the expectation to welcome this booming tech advancement into your organization remains. Today, studying the efforts of those same early adopters proves the easiest first step in drawing up your own AI road map. 

Gather with your CISO peers to:

• Compare your varying stages of AI-adoption progress

• Share what you've learned through that progress so far

• Gather proactive tips on clearing hurdles to come

Today's varied threat landscape features both foreign and domestic security concerns that could stop or delay business. With so many avenues for malicious actors, how should CISOs be prioritizing their resources to improve resiliency? Come with your questions as one of the FBI’s foremost experts on cybersecurity discusses what trends they are seeing and monitoring.

Join this keynote to explore:

• The evolving geo-political threat landscape
• Best practices of working with law enforcement before, during and after a breach
• Case studies and lessons learned

Join your peers for dinner, drinks and Donkey Kong! The Minneapolis CISO Governing Body invites attendees to close this year's executive summit with an evening of peer networking — Skee-Ball & snacks included.