Conference Hosts

Members

  • AdvanceIT Minnesota engages employers, educators, and learners to develop a more robust IT Workforce in Minnesota. Its five strategic goals are to:

    Enhance alignment of student learning outcomes with emerging industry need.

    Increase enrollment in IT programs and improve student success in obtaining an initial IT job.

    Improve initial job success and career advancement of IT grads from affiliated programs.

    Improve current employee and enterprise performance through innovative continuing education opportunities and  applied research, and to

    foster leadership, coordination, and support for IT workforce initiatives at regional and state level.

  • The Business Continuity Planners Association (BCPA), based in Minneapolis-St. Paul, is a non-profit, mutual benefit association of business professionals responsible for, or participating in, business recovery, crisis management, emergency management, contingency planning, disaster preparedness planning, or a related professional vocation. The mission of BCPA is to provide a professional and educational environment for the exchange of experience, dissemination of information, professional growth, and for added value of mutual interest to the membership. Membership is open to all professionals interested in BCPA’s mission.

  • Information Systems Audit and Control Association, Minnesota, (ISACA) MN, the Minnesota chapter of ISACA, has approximately 900 members from over 100 organizations.

    ISACA is a leading information technology organization representing more than 75,000 individual members in more than 160 countries. Membership is comprised of all levels of IT professionals. Uniquely positioned and equipped to be the single provider of leading edge products and services, ISACA has assumed a role as the harmonizing source for IT control practices and standards the world over.

  • The Minnesota Information Systems Security Association, ISSA (MN), chapter is a forum for Information Security professionals in the Upper Midwest to share information, problems, and accomplishments. It is affiliated with the International Information Systems Security Association.

    The Information Systems Security Association is the largest not for profit, international organization of information security professionals and practitioners. It provides opportunities that enhance the knowledge, skill and growth of its members. Its members include practitioners at all levels of the security field in a broad range of industries. ISSA aims to promote management practices that will ensure the confidentiality, integrity and availability of information resources.

Affiliates

  • This is the local chapter of InfraGard,a Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) program. InfraGard is a partnership between the FBI and the private sector. InfraGard is an association of businesses, academic institutions, state and local law enforcement agencies, and other participants dedicated to sharing information and intelligence to prevent hostile acts against the United States.

    The goal of InfraGard is to enable the flow of information so that the owners and operators of infrastructure assets can better protect themselves and so that the United States government can better discharge its law enforcement and national security responsibilities.

  • OWASP (MN) is the local chapter of the Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP). OWASP is a worldwide free and open community focused on improving the security of application software. Its mission is to make application security "visible," so that people and organizations can make informed decisions about application security risks. Everyone is free to participate in OWASP and all its materials are available under a free and open software license.