BCPA Virtual Meeting feat. Regina Phelps
2024-02-08 13:30 - 15:30 (America/Chicago) | Virtual, MN, United States
Are We Headed for a Polycrisis? Being Ready for What Happens Next
Speaker: Regina Phelps

CSA: Where in the Cloud is That?
2024-02-13 08:00 - 09:00 | Atria Corporate Center, 3033 Campus Dr, Plymouth, MN, 55441, United States
Join us as the CSA MN discusses your guide to free cloud resources.

ISC2: Tales from the Time of COVID
2024-02-15 15:00 - 17:00 | Metro State University (St John’s Hall Room 153), 700 E 7th St, St. Paul, 55106, United States
Starting in 2020, our profession had to deal with issues from the pandemic, and we faced business closures, working from home, and security issues from extensive use of VPNs, Zoom meetings, using collaboration tools such as Microsoft Teams, expanding defensive perimeters, and other challenges. We are planning to have a roundtable discussion about our own experiences dealing with the challenges of the pandemic. All members are encouraged to share some of the experiences we faced, and solutions we used to provide security to our organizations. We hope you can join us.
We also will be sharing this meeting on-line via Zoom.

Women in Technology Luncheon
2024-02-22 11:00 - 13:00 | SuperScripts HQ, 900 Second Avenue South, Suite 1300, Minneapolis, 55402, 55402, United States
Get 2024 off to a positive and mentally healthy start by attending the Women in Technology Luncheon co-hosted by SureScripts and Sleep Number on February 22nd from 11AM to 1PM. This luncheon will feature a panelist discussion of Twin Cities Women Leaders who will discuss the book, “The Self – Talk Workout: Six Science – Backed Strategies to Dissolve Self-Criticism and Transform the Voice in your Head”, by Rachel Goldsmith Turow, Author and PhD. Explore with the panel how to go from being your own worst critic to your own best friend.
Confirm your attendance and copy of the book by using the registration link below:
https://info.legitsecurity.com/women-in-tech-mn-2024

AWS Security and Zero Trust
2024-03-12 08:00 - 21:00 | Atria Corporate Center, 3033 Campus Dr, Plymouth, MN, 55441, United States
Join the CSA MN as AWS discusses the crucial topics of AWS Security and Zero Trust principles. Don’t miss out on this opportunity to gain invaluable insights and witness live demonstrations that will enhance your understanding of cutting-edge security measures in the digital landscape.

BCPA In-Person Meeting: 3 Steps to Better Exercises
2024-03-14 13:30 - 15:30 | Centennial Lakes Office Park, 7650 Edinborough Way Suite 330 (training room), Edina, MN, 55435
PDCA (Plan Do Check Act) fatigue is a real thing, especially when it comes to the exercise element in business continuity efforts. Even robust, fully resourced programs can settle into a comfortable lull when it comes to the annual demonstration requirement.
Whether you’re a novice whose experience is limited to a few plan ‘walk-throughs’, or a grizzled veteran with years of experience leading functional, multi-day exercises with Chuck Norris at your side, there’s a benefit in considering something new.
Elizabeth Stevens will share three simple steps to consider if you want to take your teams and plans to the next level of preparedness.

InfraGard MN Chapter Meeting: Emergency Management Panel
2024-03-18 12:30 - 18:30 | Cargill’s HQ, 15407 McGinty Rd. W, Wayzata, MN, 55391, United States

Enterprise Adoption of GenAI
2024-03-19 14:30 - 17:00 | Forgotten Star Brewery, 38 Northern Stacks Dr, Fridley, MN, 55421, United States
GenAI in the Enterprise holds the promise of amazing, and even unimaginable advancements. Some early examples are better and faster coding, and application of new operational efficiencies, such as improvements in supply chain logistics. It also carries new, formidable challenges, as real identities become harder to distinguish, and regulatory pressures intensify to combat new threats.
As we plunge into 2024, on this, the 40th year Anniversary of ISSA, we proactively break down the inner workings of GenAI, how it’s being used today, pros, cons and implications for leveraging positively and negatively, and how you can apply to your various roles in business.
Please join us on March 19th, when our panel of experts will offer differing points-of-view and engage all meeting participants in a group discussion. As we continue to refine our events and formats, we’re taking over Forgotten Star Brewery in Fridley once again – a beautiful venue, perfectly set for TC’s Security Community engagement.

Virtual Guardian March Madness Customer Appreciation Day
2024-03-21 11:00 - 18:00 | Dave and Buster’s, 11780 Fountains Way, Maple Grove, MN, 55369, United States
Please join Virtual Guardian and our “Sweet Sixteen” partners for a day of March Madness. There will be food, drinks, basketball, raffles and networking time with our partners and your local peers. Plan to come and go as you please. Each attendee will get a $25 game card and there will be drawings for cash and prizes throughout the day. Visit with our partners while you are there and be entered into the end of event drawings for cash (up to $500) and the grand prize, valued at $5,000. If you want to increase your chances of winning, be one of the first 50 to register and receive an additional entry for the grand prize. Also, be one of the first 50 to show up on March 21st and get an additional entry for the grand prize.

BCPA Meeting: Can Project Management Concepts Help your Program Deliver Increased Business Value?
2024-04-11 13:30 - 15:30 | Centennial Lakes Office Park, 7650 Edinborough Way Suite 330 (training room), Edina, MN, 55435
In Person Meeting: Roundtable format
Speaker/Facilitator – Terri Greenberg
Can Project Management concepts help your program deliver increased business value?
Resilience Programs are found in organizations of all sizes and across a wide span of industries. Program Managers are challenged to keep Resilience Programs compliant, relevant, and effective. This presentation and working session will highlight the advantages to managing a Program with Project Management concepts, introduce multiple project management frameworks, familiarize planners with tools & terminology, and invite practitioners to provide feedback on which project management components have the greatest potential to add business value and which concepts need further refinement.

ISACA: April Roundtable Education Webinar - Building an API Risk Management Program for Enterprises
2024-04-15 15:30 - 17:30 | Virtual, MN, United States
Web APIs benefit organizations immensely through accelerated innovations, newer business models, competitive differentiation. Their growing significance can be measured based on the fact that APIs contribute 83% of the Internet traffic today. This growing API usage also means increased cybersecurity risks for enterprises. Given the importance of APIs in digital transformation and the risk they pose to enterprises, it is imperative for Security, Compliance and Audit professionals to better understand various API risks.
In this workshop, we’ll identify various risks that originate from enterprise API ecosystems. We’ll then provide an overview of an API Governance framework that effectively manages API risks. This framework is inspired by Software Composition Analysis (SCA) and Zero Trust model. We’ll then highlight the best industry practices and hands-on examples for API Risk Management.

OWASP April Meetup: GitHub Actions Security Landscape
2024-04-17 17:30 - 19:00 | 6106 Summit Drive, 6106 Summit Drive, Brooklyn Center, 55430, United States
GitHub Actions Security Landscape
Girish Nair, Account Executive, Cycode
Traditional application security programs have always focused on code security in the DevOps pipeline. However, security of the pipeline is equally important as observed in some recent high-profile breaches. Join us at the next OWASP meeting to learn about the importance of pipeline security through an example of GitHub Actions and how bad actors might exploit them.

ISC2: April Chapter Networking and Social Event
2024-04-18 17:00 - 21:00 | Bunny’s Bar & Grill, 1516 Excelsior Blvd, St. Louis Park, 55416, United States
(ISC)2 Twin Cities Chapter is happy to announce our first in-person professional network event of 2024. You are invited! The event will be held at Bunny’s Bar and Grill in St Louis Park, on Thursday April 18 starting at 5 pm. Meet with professional peers and associates, and rekindle old friendships. Food and beverages will be provided.

ISACA: Chapter Training, Annual Meeting & Social Event
2024-05-01 09:00 - 21:00 | CHS Field, 60 North Broadway Street S, Saint Paul, 55101, United States
Click the website link for more info!

BCPA Meeting: Business Continuity and Risk Mitigation During Civil/Political Unrest
2024-05-09 13:30 - 15:30 | Centennial Lakes Office Park, 7650 Edinborough Way Suite 330 (training room), Edina, MN, 55435
In Person Meeting: Business Continuity & Risk Mitigation During Civil / Political Unrest
Speaker Brad Hazelett
Brad Hazelett will discuss current and recent events and practical ways to prepare for the election season
1. Current state of affairs in St. Paul
2. Preparedness, risk mitigation & threat reduction
3. Crisis management

OWASP June meetup: Hidden Risks in Open-Source Code and AI Models
2024-06-18 17:30 - 19:00 | 6160 Summit Dr, 6160 Summit Dr N, Brooklyn Center, 55430, United States
Hidden Risks in Open-Source Code and AI Models
Ryan Wakeham, Senior Solutions Engineer, Checkmarx
This presentation will explore some of the threats and risks associated with open-source code and generative AI models. Open-source packages, while widely adopted for their flexibility and collaborative benefits, can be exploited through supply chain attacks, where malicious code is introduced into trusted components. Similarly, open-source AI models face risks such as data poisoning, model theft, and adversarial attacks, which can compromise their integrity and reliability. Understanding these threats is crucial for developing robust security measures and ensuring the safe use of open-source technologies.

Cloud Security Alliance of Minnesota CSP Spotlight: Google!
2024-06-20 08:00 - 09:00 | Virtual, MN, United States
Cloud Security Alliance of Minnesota continues our spotlight series on Cloud Service Providers. This month we will be joined by Google, where they will present the Google Security story and cover the latest trends from Mandiant.

MN ISSA Chapter Meeting feat. The Information Security Maturity Journey
2024-06-25 14:30 - 17:00 | Fat Pants Brewing, 8335 Crystal View Road, Eden Prairie, 55433, United States
According to Avril Haines, Director of National Intelligence, Ransomware attacks increased by 74% in 2023. Attackers used default or weak passwords, unpatched vulnerabilities and poorly secured network connections ‘to launch relatively simple attacks.’
It is with this backdrop in mind that we announce our Q2 and Q3 2024 Chapter Meetings, shifting our focus from the lofty ambitions around GenAI, and returning back to the fundamentals of the latest Information Security hardening best-practices, using the most current NIST Cyber Security Framework v.2 as a general guideline for our discussions.

MN Infragard Chapter Meeting
2024-07-15 12:30 - 16:30 | Cargill’s HQ, 15407 McGinty Rd. W, Wayzata, MN, 55391, United States
Join Us At Our NEW LOCATION Cargill’s HQ For InfraGard MN’s March Meeting At 15407 McGinty Rd. W., Wayzata, MN 55391

ISACA Roundtable: ESG Reporting and Risk Management - Putting into Action
2024-07-25 15:30 - 17:30 | Virtual, MN, United States
Join us for MN ISACA’s next roundtable on Thursday, July 25, 2024 at 3:30pm – a free event that will take place as a virtual meeting in Teams.

ISSA After-Hours Member Social
2024-07-30 16:00 - 19:00 | Rojo Mexican Grill, 1602 West End Boulevard, Minneapolis, MN, 55416, United States
New for 2024, MN ISSA will be hosting monthly after-hour social events!
This is a Members ONLY event to build connections socially within the twin cities. There will be no presentations, just plenty of time to mingle, have great conversations and build relationships with your peers in the industry. This is the way your fellow members can become your strongest allies, when support is needed to get the job done well.
Please come for food and beverages sponsored by MN ISSA. This is just one way we will be giving back to members this year.

ISACA Roundtable: Taming the Dark Unicorn
2024-08-15 15:30 - 17:00 | Virtual, MN, United States
Join us for MN ISACA’s next roundtable on Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 3:30pm – a free event that will take place as a virtual meeting in Teams.
Speaker: Jeffrey Wheatman
Overview:
Ransomware gangs operate like tech startups, building billion-dollar empires through advanced collaboration and technology. Defenders face resource constraints and high expectations. This session looks at real world data, explores strategies to protect against ransomware, criteria for deciding whether to pay ransom, and measures to anticipate threats using historical data. Attendees will learn about effective controls, recovery tactics, and the importance of integrating tools, people, and processes for a holistic defense approach against inevitable ransomware attacks.

BCPA: How Global Events Impact Minnesota Companies
2024-09-12 12:30 - 15:30 | Centennial Lakes Office Park, 7650 Edinborough Way Suite 330 (training room), Edina, MN, 55435
In Person Meeting: How Global Events Impact MN Companies
Speaker Michelle DiGruttolo

OWASP: A Zero Trust Journey for Data Security and Enterprise AI
2024-09-12 18:00 - 20:00 | 6160 Summit Dr, 6160 Summit Dr N, Brooklyn Center, 55430, United States
A Zero Trust Journey for Data Security and Enterprise AI
Wes Kennedy, LightBeam
Audience level: Intermediate (no AI knowledge needed)
Approximate agenda (U.S. Central Time):
5:30 – Doors open; socializing/connecting, food, OWASP announcements
6:00 – Presentation

Infragard: National Preparedness
2024-09-16 12:30 - 18:30 | Cargill’s HQ, 15407 McGinty Rd. W, Wayzata, MN, 55391, United States
Theme: National Preparedness Month/Counterterrorism
Agenda:
12:30 To 1:00 Registration & Check In
1:00 To 1:30 Welcome And Updates- Tim Herman President InfraGard MN
1:30 To 4:00 Program Speakers And Breaks
4:00 To 4:30 Roundtable Discussion

ISACA: Member Exclusive Speaker Series - Hidden Potential with Adam Grant
2024-10-09 11:00 - 12:00 | Virtual, MN, United States
We live in a world that’s obsessed with talent and intelligence. But the true measure of potential isn’t where you start—it’s how far you can travel. Building on his #1 New York Times bestseller, Hidden Potential, Adam Grant examines how to build the character skills, structures, and systems that accelerate learning and elevate excellence. We all have hidden potential, and this talk highlights how we can unleash it—in ourselves, in our teams, and in our organizations.

BCPA: AI Governance: Balancing AI Innovation, Transparency, and Security
2024-10-10 13:30 - 15:30 | Cowboy Jack’s, 2801 Southtown Dr, Bloomington, 55431, United States
In Person Meeting: AI Governance: Balancing AI Innovation, Transparency, and Security
Panel Speakers: Matthew Winterer, Shawn Riley, Jordan Wiseman, Paul Veeneman

ISACA: Beers, Brats, and Bytes: MN Octoberfest
2024-10-24 14:00 - 17:00 | Bauhaus Brew Labs, 1315 Tyler St NE, Minneapolis, MN, 55413, United States
Join us for MN ISACA’s roundtable on Thursday, October 24, 2024 – an Octoberfest themed event that will take place in-person at Bauhaus Brew Labs.

ISACA: November Roundtable - Navigating AI
2024-11-13 14:00 - 15:30 | Virtual, MN, United States
Join us for MN ISACA’s next roundtable on Wednesday, November 13, 2024 at 2:00pm – a free event that will take place as a virtual meeting in Teams.

BCPA: Transitioning to Cloud-Based Disaster Recovery Documentation
2024-11-14 13:30 - 15:30 | Virtual, MN, United States
n an era of evolving IT landscapes, mastering disaster recovery planning is pivotal. As organizations increasingly shift their infrastructure to the cloud, crafting effective cloud-based disaster recovery plans becomes paramount. Join Melissa Muñiz in this enlightening session to explore the nuances of documenting cloud-based disaster recovery plans, especially if you’re well-versed in traditional server and SAN-based strategies.
Melissa will guide you through the intricacies of this transition, offering practical insights and actionable takeaways. We’ll delve into the unique challenges posed by cloud-based disaster recovery, dissecting the key differences from traditional methods, and highlighting the critical considerations for documenting these plans effectively.
