The Minnesota ISACA chapter will hold its 2009 annual meeting and boat cruise in historic Stillwater, MN. Preceeding the annual meeting, we will have an IT Audit Leaders round table, and a technical roundtable. As we have done in the past, the annual meeting will be followed by a boat cruise and dinner along the St. Croix river. Registration forms and further details are below.

When:

Thursday, May 21, 2009

Where:

All Roundtable Events Held at:
Water Street Inn
101 Water St S
Stillwater, MN 55082
(651) 439-6000

The Boat Cruise and Dinner:
St. Croix Boat & Packet
P.O. Box 406
525 South Main Street
Stillwater MN 55082
Phone: (651) 430-1234

Agenda: (Sign up for one or all events)

Time Agenda Description

11:15 AM to 11:30 PM

Registration

11:30 PM to 12:15 PM Lunch

12:15 PM to 1:45
IT Leaders Roundtable – "IT Governance"

2:00 to 3:30 PM Technical Roundtable – “Virtualization Security"

3:30 to 4:15 PM Annual Meeting; Voting for 2009 – 2010 Board Members

5:00 PM to 8:00 PM Boat Cruise and Dinner (leaves promptly at 5:00 PM from 525 South Main St, Stillwater)

The Minnesota ISACA chapter is proud to present our 2009 Annual Meeting, Roundtables and Social Gathering. We encourage all members to attend the roundtables, however if unable to attend the roundtables, please join us afterwards for our annual elections and the famous boat cruises.

IT Leaders Roundtable: IT Governance

Seasoned professionals lead this roundtable to discuss the background and principles of IT governance, the various reference models, focus areas and processes. We will discuss the benefits of using CoBiT to implement IT Governance, we'll discuss the implementation roadmap, and review the implementation toolkit. We will also look at some real world examples.

Technical Roundtable: Virtualization Security

Virtualization is fast becoming a fact of life in modern data centers. The business advantages of maximizing hardware investments and reducing data center costs are too significant for organizations not to adopt the technology. However, organizations today need to recognize that the adoption of virtualization can be used to both reduce data exposure risks as well as potentially increase them. This presentation will review the key motivators that business leaders use to make virtualization decisions, and follow up with the security implications of real world virtualization deployments that SunGard has reviewed and developed strategies to implement. In addition to issues such as zones of trust, hypervisor vulnerabilities, and security management challenges, we'lll also discuss compliance aspects to virtualization and the necessary impact on corporate virtualization decisions.

The presenter for this presentation is Richard Rees. Richard is a nationally recognized expert in how information security trends and technologies effectively support business operations. Richard works with SunGard’s customers to define and architect reliable, independent and timely information security solutions designed to keep them out of harm’s way – combating both external and internal threats against the enterprise.

Chapter's Annual Elections:

Join your peers to hear a recap of the chapter year and participate in the election of officers for next year. In accordance with our Bylaws, our chapter has developed a slate of candidates for next year's Board of Directors. Members have the options of voting for these candadates or writing in their own choices.

We will conduct a vote for the 2009-2010 Board of Directors.

Chapter's Annual Boat Cruise: Boat Cruise, Dinner, and CISA/CISM Recognition

$40 For Members
Free for New CISAs and CISMs With a VIP Guest Invitation
Free for Chapter Volunteers With a VIP Guest Invitation

On the boat you will have an opportunity to network with peers. You also will be treated to a wonderful dinner with accompanying libations. And finally, this year we are continuing our new tradition by recognizing our new CISAs and CISMs on the boat.

Registration Instructions

Step 1:

Click Here to download the Registration Form

Step 2:

Complete the Registration Form

Step 3:

Submit by Email, or print and mail the completed form to our chapter office by Monday, May 18, 2009

Fax Number:

651-290-2266

Email Address:

lauriek@ewald.com

Postal Address:

MN ISACA
1000 Westgate Dr, Ste 252
St. Paul, MN 55114

Step 4:

Wait for your registration confirmation. Registration confirmations will be done by phone or by Email within 48 hours.

Registration Questions:

Please contact Laurie Krueger at lauriek@ewald.com or by phone (651) 290-6283.

Cancellation Policy:

http://www.mnisaca.org/cancel.htm