Nancy Brainerd

Medtronic

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Senior Director, Global Security Office, Medtronic

Nancy Brainerd has worked at Medtronic since 2000 holding various technical roles in Global IT.  In 2006, she began working within the information security field, and currently leads the Information Risk Management and Cyber Operations function within the Global Security Office.

Nancy holds a CISSP (Certified Information Systems Security Professional) certification from ISC2 and a CIPP/US (Certified Information Privacy Professional) from IAPP.  Nancy participates in many industry organizations and programs, including:

• The Infragard program, the partnership organization between the FBI and the private sector.
• Minnesota Women in Security, a local organization comprised of local female security professionals.
• Coordination of “TC3”, a local consortium of security professionals within the Twin Cities comprised of members from large organizations such as Cargill, Target, UHG/Optum, 3M, and General Mills.
• Frequent guest lecturer at the University of Minnesota for “Introduction to Information Technology in Business” course on the topic of Cybersecurity.