Description
Businesses of every size need a cybersecurity plan. Learn from experts in the cybersecurity field about what you can be doing to protect your business at the 2025 Sioux Falls Cybersecurity Conference.
Attendees will explore the evolving threat landscape, how to implement a culture of security, and industry-developed best practices for protecting your business or organization.
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
Natalie Suarez
Natalie is a Principal Solutions Advisor for ConnectWise. She is responsible for providing thought leadership and education around managing cyber risk for ConnectWise partners and their clients. She was named an IT Channel Executive on the 2023 Channel Chief’s list. As part of her work to advance the channel and deliver successful programs and strategies, she launched the IT Nation Evolve™ cybersecurity peer group and is Vice Chair Nominee on the Global Technology Industry Association (GTIA) Information Sharing and Analysis Organization’s (ISAO) Governance Committee.
Dr. Mark Spanier
Dr. Mark Spanier is an associate professor in The Beacom College of Computer & Cyber Sciences. He teaches a wide range of courses at the undergraduate and graduate levels in the areas of discrete mathematics, cryptography, machine learning and AI, and foundations of computation. He also serves as coordinator of the MS in Artificial Intelligence. Dr. Spanier’s research focuses on applications of AI and machine learning, cryptography, number theory, and signal processing. He serves as co-director of DSU’s Artificial Intelligence Lab and director for the DSU + AI Sweden Industrial Immersion Program, where students collaborate with industry partners to solve real-world challenges in AI and cybersecurity.
AGENDA
7:30 a.m. Registration and breakfast
8:10 a.m. – Welcome Remarks
• Jeff Griffin, Greater Sioux Falls Chamber of Commerce
• Chris Aeilts, SDN Communications
8:30 a.m. – Morning Keynote
• Natalie Suarez, ConnectWise
BREAKOUT SESSIONS
9:30 a.m.
• Communication in Security: Katelyn Flowers-Velasquez, Black Hills Energy
•Navigating CMMC: Challenges for DoD Contractors and the vCISO Solution: Anders Erickson & Rick Oliver, Eide Bailly LLP
• Travis Kroger, FifthWall Solutions
10:15 a.m. NETWORKING BREAK
BREAKOUT SESSIONS
10:30 a.m.
•From Supply Chains to Cybersecurity: Why IT Asset Disposal Matters: Clint Parsons & Levi Hentges, SEAM (Secure Enterprise Asset Management)
• Malicious Actors and AI: Jordan Arndt, Cerulean Cyber Consulting
LUNCH
12:15 p.m. – Afternoon Keynote
•AI + Cybersecurity: Innovation Through Industry Partnership: Dr. Mark Spanier, Beacom College of Computer & Cyber Science
1:30 p.m. Closing remarks
•agenda is subject to change
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