General Wesley Clark

"Cyber Security Protecting Against Crimeware”

February 17, 2010 – Northland Inn Brooklyn Park, Minnesota

General Wesley Clark retired after 38 years in the United States Army. He graduated first in his class at West Point. He went on to attain degrees in Philosophy, Political Science and Economics from Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar. In his last assignment with the Army he was appointed Supreme Allied Commander Europe where he led NATO forces to victory in "Operation Allied Force” saving 1.5 million Albanians from ethnic cleansing. His military awards include the Presidential Medal of Freedom, Defense Distinguished Service Medal, Bronze and Silver Stars, Purple Heart, Honorary Knighthoods from the British and Dutch Governments, Commander of Legion of Honor from France and numerous awards from other governments.

Currently General Clark is CEO of Clark Bova Group, LLC, a strategic consulting firm, Chairman of investment bank Rodman & Renshaw, Co-Chairman of Growth Energy, Senior Fellow at UCLA’s Berkley Center for International Relations, Director of International Crisis Group, and is a member of other corporate Boards of Directors and Advisory Groups. Additionally, General Clark authored three books.

His expertise in the area of data security has been nurtured by an understanding of the enormous political and economic impact that crime-ware and data breaches have on the stability and viability of businesses and governments, both domestic and international.

During the first half of the program General Clark will:

I. Highlight the landscape and profile of the criminal elements around the world who view mayhem of stealing PII and financial   data as nothing more than a financially rewarding enterprise.

II. Discuss the threat and impact of these criminal elements as it relates to the stability and economic viability of business, governments and national security.

III. Discuss new and evolving technologies to make networks invisible to these criminal entities and essential precautions that every organization should take to reduce risk and help meet compliance requirements within their organization.

The second half of the program will be a panel and open floor discussion moderated by General Clark where guests and members will air their questions, concerns and strategies employed to secure company data against breach.

Please join us for this very exciting and interactive event!

Registration...................................................   2:00.. - 2:30

Presentation/Discussion................................ 2:30.. - 3:45

Break.............................................................    3:45.. - 4:00

Panel Discussion...........................................  4:00.. - 5:00

Reception/Networking.................................... 5:00.. - 6:30

(Guest Fee $200 payable to SIM Minnesota. Guests are invited to stay for the Social Hour)

Reserve your seat by contacting SIM at to membership@simmn.org

Mark your calendars now for our upcoming events:

February 16, 2011 5:30 PM Dinner with General Wesley Clark Hazeltine Country Club

March 17, 2010 2:00 PM "Gartner "Leading in Times of Change” Northland Inn

April 21, 2010 2:00 PM "Strategy Aligned Management” Northland Inn

May 19, 2010 7:30 AM "Social Networking Best Practices” Sheraton South

Kevin Kraft - Vice President and Director of Programs SIM Minnesota

Visit our web-site at www.simmn.org for more information.