The Technology Network allows technology professionals at Minnesota community banks to exchange ideas, discuss best practices, and explore innovative new technologies and strategies in a peer-to-peer environment. Each network meeting offers the opportunity for professional development, collaboration, and networking among members.

Network meeting topics are decided by members to ensure each event provides the highest value and covers the unique challenges and opportunities of our member banks. This network is open exclusively to the employees of BankIn Minnesota member banks. It is an opportunity for our bank members' professionals to share ideas and best practices.  

Pricing: Complimentary for Bank Members only

Agenda:
10:00 -11:00 AM – Proactive Cybersecurity: Three things your bank should be implanting now, presented by Ironcore
11:15 – 12:15 PM – AI’s Impact on Cybersecurity: The good, the bad, and the ugly, presented by Ironcore
12:15 – 1:00 PM – Lunch
1:00 – 2:00 PM – Banker to Banker Discussion

Presentation Title: Proactive Cybersecurity: Three things your bank should be implanting now.
          
Ransomware is one of the fastest-growing cyber risks faced by community banks, and the methods and tactics used by malicious actors is constantly evolving.  Community banks need to remain vigilant in implementing controls and procedures to effectively protect against and recover from a cyberattack.  But many community banks still struggle with where to start, especially if they have limited staff and experience. 

We believe all organizations should begin with simple and straightforward prioritization of efforts (three steps) that each community bank should implement immediately.  In this presentation we break down, in non-technical terms, 3 specific actions your bank should be taking to defend against and recover from ransomware attacks.  

• In the world of community bank data management, concerns about data loss, data security and regulatory compliance loom large. We discuss how immutable storage is the key to protecting your community bank’s most important information from accidental deletions or malicious tampering.  
• We break-down how community banks can access tools that combine event, threat and risk data into a single solution to improve the detection and remediation of security issues and provide an extra layer of in-depth defense.  
• Can your bank management answer the question, “How are we doing on cybersecurity?” The answer: Implement a technical control framework. We discuss how the framework helps executives explain to the board, the bank’s cybersecurity posture.

Presenter: Joseph Carty: An IT infrastructure and technology applications professional since 1994 Joseph Carty is passionate about applying his information systems and cybersecurity experience to help organizations become more secure.  As a speaker and technology strategist Joe has worked with Fortune 500 companies across many vertical markets including Marathon Petroleum, Deere, AbbVie, Kraft Foods and Bloomberg and has been invited to present at events including the American Library Association Annual Conference and the National Post Forum.  Since joining IRONCORE as a Territory General Manager, Joe has focused exclusively on helping Community Banks meet their technology and cybersecurity strategic initiatives as such he is frequently asked to contribute thought-leadership articles on cybersecurity and bank technology related topics.

Presentation Title: AI’s Impact on Cybersecurity: The good, the bad, and the ugly

Artificial Intelligence is officially a tangible product that anyone can manipulate. The excitement behind AI and its potential has been a hot topic, but not all of its uses are positive. In a study by Sapio Research, 51% of financials believe generative AI tools will make their organization more vulnerable to cyber attacks. Through the use of generative AI tools bad actors can lower their barrier to entry creating more sophisticated and believable attacks with larger volumes and frequencies than ever before. Additionally, black hat hackers continue to expand their AI capabilities to produce new complex attacks that work to evade robust protections. Unfortunately, this leaves banks with the difficult task of balancing the need to continuously improve their security posture with an allocation of resources that the organization can reasonably sustain. In this presentation Ironcore discusses the impacts AI has made on today’s threat landscape and describes how to defend your bank through changes to policy, cybersecurity strategy, and tool allocation.
 
Takeaways:
1. How generative AI has changed the threat landscape
2. Expected changes and trends in AI cyber attacks 
3. Policy, cybersecurity strategy, and tool usage recommendations

Presenter: Andy Minneker: Since 1997, Andy has been in technology and leadership roles at fortune 500 companies, small businesses, and across several critical industries, including health care and finance.  Before becoming a cofounder and president of Ironcore, Inc., Andy was a technical coordinator at Fiserv.  During his tenure at Fiserv, Andy was responsible for the design and implementation of the first Fiserv Precision data center, along with much of its security infrastructure.  Andy has a wide range of technical, security, and financial services knowledge and enjoys assisting customers with everything from strategic planning to infrastructure and security design.  Andy serves on a wide range of advisory boards, from the local technical college, to industry leading network and security vendors.  Andy’s current passions are FinTech, Zero Trust, and of course AI.