Author: Bob Weiss July 1, 2026 0 Comments

Thursday July 16 3:00 to 5:00 pm
Sovran Inc
1210 Northland Dr #100,
Mendota Heights MN 55120, US

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What the July talk will cover:

Working frame is the shifting cybersecurity posture for local government and public institutions in Minnesota, and where ISC2 practitioners can play. Threads I’d pull on:

• Federal funding is receding. CISA has pulled back, and the hardest-hit are the least-resourced: counties, tribal nations, K-12 districts. We’re already seeing the impact (Winona County ransomware, St. Paul hit twice, Colonel Morgan’s Minnesota Cyber Guard deployed twice for incidents).
• Minnesota is standing up new capacity. MnCITLA is launching MnCRT, a cyber response team, to help counties during the foothold window before full IR kicks in. Matt Peabody and Nathan Zacarias are pushing this forward.
• A civilian cyber corps. Wisconsin already has 300-500 vetted practitioners supporting state-level incident response. I’m part of conversations at MN IT Services about building something similar. Relevance to your members: a future path where ISC2 practitioners can directly help local government during incidents.
• Agentic AI as a new governance gap. Existing controls weren’t built for Model Context Protocol (MCP), non-human agent identities, or semantic privilege escalation. Ties to the AI governance work I covered at MnTech Connect. I have attached my talk if you’d like to see that from early this month at the Minnesota Technology Association Tech Connect conference.

Quick bio:

Speaker: Vince Cabasag

I’m COO at Clockwork, a Twin Cities digital product agency. We build custom software, websites, and mobile apps for Fortune 500s and mid-market enterprises. I lead delivery, operations, IT, and information security. Background in software development.

I chair the State of Minnesota Technology Advisory Council, which advises the Governor, Legislature, and state agencies on modernizing digital services. TAC covers four areas: cybersecurity, AI, project-to-product, and customer experience. I co-chair the TAC Cybersecurity Subcommittee and work alongside State CISO John Israel’s team and the Minnesota Cybersecurity Task Force.

Pre-pandemic, I started the Twin Cities chapter of EvolveSecurity. That local one went away during COVID but the relationships are still alive.

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Election of Officers

Nominationns are open

The Board is looking for other members interested in running for office and working on the Board.  You may nominate yourself or any chapter memeber in good standing with a current CISSP certification.  Other ISC2 certifications are acceptable in place of the CISSP

Board Members to be elected for a two year term

President – Jason Banick CISSP
Treasurer – Scott Stone CISSP

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Short Presentation from John Benninghoff

I’ve been an ISC2 member for a long time, but recently decided to become more active in the organization, and have joined the ISC2 Code of Conduct Task Force. I’d like some time to introduce the code of conduct, which was published in February, (https://www.isc2.org/Insights/2026/02/ISC2-launches-Code-of-Professional-Conduct-to-elevate-cybersecurity-practices), talk about my involvement in the Task Force, answer questions, and also get feedback from the chapter members! I was in a Task Force meeting today, and I expect they will be providing me with some additional resources to share.