GENERAL MEETINGS
MN ISSA holds its meetings on a quarterly basis and they generally have 2 speakers and networking opportunities. Typically chapter meetings are held the 3rd or 4th Tuesday of March, June, and September. Doors open 30 minutes prior to the start time (except virtual meetings) The 4th meeting of the year is the 'End of Year Cheer' multi-association, held in November, in partnership with other affiliates, such as the Minnesota Chapters of WiCyS, InfraGard, and the MCPA.
You are welcome to join us as a guest if you’re not currently an MN ISSA member! If you find value in attending our meetings and want to continue to participate, then we do ask that you become an ISSA member. Your membership provides great benefits to you and helps provide the funding needed to keep our chapter going. We appreciate it!
These meetings will rotate locations throughout the metro to align to our goal of reaching as many people as possible.
AFTER HOURS
Our After Hours format is more casual and interactive than our regular chapter meetings and is designed for those not always able to make regular meetings, for individuals from our larger local security community, as well as those who simply enjoy discussion with their peers and industry leading thinkers. Our After Hours events are typically Members Only, and are held on the last Tuesday of a month. The months will fluctuate based on Chapter Meetings, Holidays, etc., so check the website or watch social media for After Hours event updates.
Come out and join us – you’ll get informative presentations in intimate settings at great local venues, good food and refreshments, plus plenty of opportunity to refresh and build your network with valuable connections.
WEBINARS
Virtual seminars and webinars are offered to MN ISSA members and feature industry and subject matter experts from Minnesota and throughout the United States. The webinars allow us to expand on topics and discussions from chapter meetings, or explore new and emerging trends, impactful events, or requested content from our members and community. The format and structure change with the subject and webinar speakers, so be sure to check the event details for webinar details, links, and virtual session information.
Meeting/Event Information
June 24th Chapter Meeting
June 24, 2025
2:30 PM - 5:00 PM
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Wooden Hill Brewing Company
7421 Bush Lake Road
Edina, MN 55439
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Sharing Strategies for Securing Your API Environment
While our Q1 Chapter Meeting focused on Identity, we are next moving laterally into a closely related and similarly disrupted domain, built on the identity of systems - Application Programming Interfaces. Innumerable services use both public and private APIs to enable the access and exchange of information between systems and services ranging from products to workloads and applications. API velocity is expanding so rapidly that it has overtaken the network as the ‘connective tissue’ of the Internet - 84% of global Internet traffic consists of API calls. However, APIs face significant security threats. In addition to common threats related to web applications, APIs also have their own variety of potential vulnerabilities.
Our community is currently wrestling with the following questions, among many others.
‘How do we:’
- Maintain visibility, inventory, documentation and management of our APIs?
- Ensure that API abuse does not carry the risk of exposing our most sensitive data?
- Prevent threat actors from using unauthenticated APIs to exploit CVEs for Account takeover and MFA ‘end-around’?
- Protect against 3rd party and commercial product risk?
- Keep API Security practices on pace with development speed?
Please join us for our Q2 2025 Chapter Meeting on Tuesday, June 24th, as we bring the conversation to our live panel and Town Hall experience. Expect to learn and contribute ideas on how to:
- Optimize API discovery
- Identify and communicate key risk indicators to budget sponsors
- Block threat actors in real-time
- Leverage the latest technologies and standards to safely secure your entire API lifecycle from development to deprecation
For the Q2 Meeting we’re sticking with our ‘tried-and-true’ venue, Wooden Hill Brewing in Edina. An All-Star panel will be featured as you’ve come to expect, bringing a variety of expertise to stimulate solution building among the group assembled.
Our Panelists:
Daniel Cunningham, IT Security Manager, Prime Therapeutics
Dan is an experienced Information Technology and Security Supervisor with a demonstrated history of working in the mechanical and industrial engineering industries. Prior to his current role, Dan led cyber incident management at 3M, and cyber engagement planning for the Minnesota National Guard. Commissioned a Second Lieutenant in 2002, Lieutenant Colonel Cunningham was the first commander of the Minnesota Cyber Protection Team. He has completed deployments to Bosnia in 2003-2004 and Iraq in 2006-2007 and 2009-2010, earning a Bronze Star Medal with a bronze oak leaf cluster.
Dan is an active leader in the TC’s Information Security community, currently serving as Co-Chair of the Cyber Security Summit, and volunteering with the local chapter of Military Cyber Professionals Association. Earlier in 2025, Dan was a featured Panelist at Wallarm’s Minneapolis API Security Summit.
Marlon Chung, CCSM, Cloud Security Architect, Check Point Software
Marlon specializes in cloud security solutions for the enterprise. With over 25 years of experience in Information Technology and cybersecurity, he brings a wealth of experience in architecting and designing solutions across cloud services.
Marlon expertise spans across many API-Security-relevant domains, including DevSecOps, Shiftleft Framework and CICD Pipelines. His background includes roles at Citrix, Extreme Networks, Bell Canada and Express Scripts.
Clint Pollock, Principal Cloud Solutions Architect, Britive
With 25+ years of hands-on technical experience, Clint works with organizations secure their multi-cloud environments by eliminating standing privileges and enabling Just-in-Time (JIT) access. At Britive, Clint specializes in multi-cloud privileged access management (CPAM), working with security, DevOps, and development teams to seamlessly integrate secure access controls into daily workflows.
Clint’s background stretches from on-prem infrastructure to cloud security, with direct hands-on experience in AWS and Azure since 2010. This technical foundation allows Clint to bridge the gap between security, operations, and development. Prior to Britive, Clint held positions with Veracode, Dell and Netegrity.
Our Moderator:
Paul Flowers, PhD, Sr. Professor, Cybersecurity, Dunwoody College
Dr. Flowers holds a Doctorate in History and a Masters in Cyber and Electronic Operations and Warfare. Dr. Flowers is currently serving as Sr. Instructor at Dunwoody College, teaching the upcoming generation of cybersecurity leaders and practitioners in the disciplines of information and data security.
Meeting Agenda:
2:30pm: Arrival
2:45pm: Greetings & Announcements
3pm: Panel Discussion: Sharing Strategies for Securing Your API Environment
3:40: Sponsor Spotlight: Midpoint Technology
3:50: Break
4pm: Panel Discussion Continued and Community Town Hall
4:45: Wrap Up
5pm: Hosted Happy Hour!
This Meeting and Happy Hour is brought to you by our valued Sponsor, Midpoint Technology.
Please register and mark your calendar now, and as usual, look for updates via email and this web page. See you then!
Tickets
$0.00 Board Member Registration
$0.00 Chapter Sponsor Registration
$0.00 MN ISSA Member Registration
$0.00 Non-Member Registration
FAQs
Are non-members and guests welcome at meetings and events?
Yes, we welcome individuals at large from the security community to join us for any of our events. We simply ask that, after experiencing the value of our community at two events, individuals consider joining ISSA for the additional benefits that membership provides.
Why do we have to register to attend meetings and events?
Besides assisting the board with planning logistics for our events, registering for meetings and events, provides you with self-service documentation you can print out to support your CPE credits if you are audited.
Disclaimer
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- I am allowing my contact information included in the registration to be shared with MN ISSA and I may be contacted by MN ISSA
- I grant MN ISSA and/or ISSA International the right to use any candid photos or videos taken during the event in future marketing and communication efforts, to include, but not limited to, websites, brochures, advertisements, magazines, newspapers, newsletters, emails, videos and web conferences.
- If this is a joint chapter meeting with another local security organization, my basic information (name, email) will be shared with the other organization.
