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Minneapolis CISO Executive Summit
June 18, 2025 | Sheraton Bloomington Hotel
June 18, 2025
Sheraton Bloomington Hotel
Collaborate with your peers
Get together with Minneapolis's top CISOs to tackle shared business challenges and critical priorities facing your role today. Participate in this one-day, local program with peer-driven topics and interactive discussions with your true C-level peers.
Join your peers to discuss the most critical issues impacting CISOs today:
Strengthening cybersecurity's influence as a key facilitator of enterprise risk decisions
Building cyber resilience to withstand and quickly recover from attacks
Recalculating risk appetites across the C-suite and strengthening relationships accordingly
Minneapolis CISO Governing Body
The Governing Body Co-Chairs shape the summit agenda, ensuring that all content is driven By CISOs, For CISOs®.
Governing Body Co-Chairs
Vince Aimutis
Federated Insurance
VP, Director, Information Services & CISO
Peter Christy
Patterson Companies
VP, CISO
Mary Faulkner
Thrivent
VP, CISO & IT Operations
Jeff Johnson
Digikey
Director, IT Security
Aimee Martin
Data Recognition Corporation
CISO
Greg Matthias
Agiliti
VP, CISO
Tina Meeker
Sleep Number
VP, Information Security & Enterprise Architecture
Michael Rogers
Hormel Foods
CISO & Director Information Security & Compliance
Param Vig
Solventum
SVP, CISO
What to Expect
Interactive Sessions
Hear from CISO practitioners and thought leaders on how they're solving critical challenges impacting your role today in Keynote sessions, and join smaller, interactive discussions with your peers in Breakout and Boardroom sessions.
Community Networking
Make new connections and catch up with old friends in casual conversations during dedicated time for networking designed to better acquaint you with your Minneapolis CISO community.
Peer-to-Peer Meetings
Connect with like-minded peers in a private, one-on-one setting through Peer-to-Peer Meetings. You will be matched with peers in your community based on your shared interests and priorities.
Agenda
Executive Boardroom Session
Protecting Innovation — Rethinking Data Security Strategies
AI makes creating and consuming data easier than ever, with shadow AI and dark data presenting new challenges to security teams. As the tactics for protecting data evolve, security leaders must adopt a risk-based strategy to protect mission-critical data and safeguard innovation.
Join this session to discover:
- Effective practices for ongoing monitoring to identify risks
- Rapid investigation and response techniques for insider threats
- Strategies for evolving your data protection approach
Keynote Session
The Performance Paradox — Mental Health and High Productivity
Today's relentless pursuit of success can lead to profound dissatisfaction and dramatically affect mental health. Accomplishments lack satisfaction, work is ceaseless, sleep and self-care are sacrificed. Recognizing this, leaders can play a pivotal role in breaking this cycle and nurturing a healthier and more fulfilled life for themselves and their teams.
Join this keynote from a mental health educator and former lawyer to learn:
- How time, efficiency, and productivity challenges individual and community health
- Why mental health of individuals and teams drives performance (and not vice versa)
- What specific steps leaders can take, for themselves and others, to shift away from the paradox and towards a healthier relationship with work
Breakout Session
The Discipline of Cybersecurity through Martial Arts
Like Cybersecurity, Martial Arts embodies the discipline of defense. This principle gradually evolves through focus and understanding. As a third-degree black belt in Karate, Peter Christy, CISO at Patterson Companies has learned the importance of preventing attacks, refining techniques, and accumulating knowledge and expertise over time.
Join this session to explore:
- Applying the Martial Arts mindset to security
- Building a culture of continuous improvement and learning
- Staying proactive, flexible, and resilient against an increasing threat landscape
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Location
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Sheraton Bloomington HotelA block of rooms has been reserved at the Sheraton Bloomington Hotel at a reduced conference rate. Reservations should be made online or by calling 952-835-1900.
Deadline to book using the discounted room rate of $173 USD (plus tax) is May 26, 2025.
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