The Minneapolis Official Cybersecurity Summit is a full-day event built for CISOs and senior security leaders. The kind of room where real conversations happen. Expect actionable sessions, solution showcases, and genuine networking, with a catered breakfast, lunch, and closing cocktail reception to keep things flowing.
IT Audit Labs is proud to have Jen Lotze on the stage this year.
Session: Before the Alarm: Community as a Security Control
After hundreds of incident response engagements, Jen has spotted a pattern. The organizations that hold up best aren’t always the ones with the biggest budgets or the most sophisticated tools. They’re the ones where people actually trust each other.
Jen’s path into cybersecurity wasn’t exactly a straight line. She went from special education teacher to school district tech director to Minnesota’s CISA Cybersecurity State Coordinator, and every stop shaped how she thinks about community, trust, and who this field still isn’t reaching.
When an insider threat lands in your top five worst cases ever, the technical response matters. But the culture you built before the alarm went off? That’s what holds.