“Sharing information is extremely helpful, but some large companies are now assuming that truly determined hackers cannot be kept out. So they are putting more emphasis on building resilience—the ability to bounce back fast in the event of a breach. It is essential to have well-conceived recovery plan to test it regularly, says Ed Powers of Deloitte, a consulting firm. In financial services, where a problem at one company could easily trigger a system-wide crisis, regulators are urging banks and other firms to consider resilience across markets.”

—From the Cyber Security Special Report—Defending the Digital Frontier,

The Economist, July 12, 2014

DePaul University’s Arditti Center for Risk Management, Center for Financial Services, and the College of Computing and Digital Media are proud to collaborate with Sapient Global Markets as moderators to present “After the Breach” – the First Annual Chicago Cyber-Risk Conference at DePaul University on December 2nd from 8:15 am to 4:00 pm. We are excited to feature renowned cyber-security expert Peter W. Singer as our keynote speaker.

Conference Agenda

The question facing businesses and institutions today is not if they will get hacked, but when?

With the list of companies that have been breached growing daily, the needs of the industry are beyond simple solutions like “don’t click on links in emails.” Recognizing that a focus solely on prevention is short sighted, our three expert panels (including speakers from Sapient Global Markets, PwC, the FBI, Winston & Strawn, the FTC, Ropes & Gray, and Fleishman Hillard) will instead guide us through the three phases of breach response (Discovery, Disclosure, and Resilience), providing concrete answers and discussion that attendees can take with them and apply to their own businesses. Headlining the conference is our keynote speaker—renowned cyber-specialist Peter W. Singer.

7:45 a.m. Registration

8:15 a.m. Welcoming Remarks—After the Breach

Welcoming Remarks from our conference chairs and a demonstration of live hacking by Andrew Hoog, of via Forensics.

9:00 a.m. Panel: Discovery (Moderator: Sapient Global Markets)

How do you know you’ve been hacked? What should you, as an institution, do immediately once you’ve discovered your system has been compromised? Feature panelists include:

Eric Brelsford; FBI Special Agent, Cyber-Crime Division, Federal Bureau of Investigations

Liisa Thomas; Partner and Chair – Privacy and Data Security Practice,Winston & Strawn LLP

Don Ulsch; Managing Director, Cybercrime and Breach Response, PwC

Arlene Yetnikoff, Director of Information Security, DePaul University

10:30 a.m. Break

10:45 a.m. Panel: Disclosure (Moderator: Sapient Global Markets)

After the breach has been securely neutralized, what should your company do first to begin the process of disclosure and repair? What are effective strategies and business continuity plans for dealing with the reputational risk and renewing customer confidence? What are your legal responsibilities for notifying customers? Feature panelists include:

Deborah L Gersh; Partner, Ropes & Gray

David M. Saltz, Senior Vice President & Partner, FleishmanHillard

David M. Standish, Director, Complex Claims (Cyber/Tech/Media), AIG

12:00 p.m. Networking Lunch

A buffet lunch will be provided, with opportunities for networking.

12:45 p.m. Keynote Speaker: Peter W. Singer

Peter W. Singer will give a presentation, followed by time for questions and discussion.

2:15 p.m. Break

2:30 p.m. Panel: Resilience (Moderator: Sapient Global Markets)

Finally, now that your company has successfully neutralized the breach and disclosed it to the public, what are some best practices for preventing an attack from happening again and repairing the damage done? How do you move forward? Feature panelists include:

Randy Armknecht; Associate Director, IT Consulting, Protiviti

Leib Dodell; Director, Cyber.Media, ANV

Steve Wernikoff,Federal Trade Commission

Kevin P. Wright; Director, PwC

4:00 p.m. Reception

We are proud to feature Peter W. Singer as our keynote speaker for the lunch. An expert on cyber-security, with a long list of accolades and experience, Dr. Singer will offer a presentation on the conference theme and answer any questions. His new book—Cybersecurity and Cyberwar: What Everyone Needs to Know—will be available for purchase and signing.

View the agenda below or download it here.

Early Registration ($150)

Registration costs cover the fully day conference, including the three panels of experts, the keynote lunch with Peter W. Singer, and various refreshments throughout the day.

Sponsorship opportunities are available, including inclusion of logos in the Program and promotional material on the day of the conference. Academic discounts are also available. Contact us at arditti@depaul.edu for more info.

The conference has been approved for 6 GARP CPE credits.

Peter W. Singer

Peter W. Singer is Strategist and Senior Fellow at the New America Foundation, founder of NeoLuddite, a technology advisory firm, the author of multiple award winning books, and a contributing editor at Popular Science magazine. He has been named by the Smithsonian Institution-National Portrait Gallery as one of the 100 “leading innovators in the nation,” by Defense News as one of the 100 most influential people in defense issues, and by Foreign Policy Magazine to their Top 100 Global Thinkers List, of the people whose ideas most influenced the world that year.

Dr. Singer is considered one of the world’s leading experts on changes in 21st century warfare. He has consulted for the US Military, Defense Intelligence Agency, and FBI, as well as advised a wide-range of entertainment programs, including for Warner Brothers, Dreamworks, Universal, HBO, Discovery, History Channel, and the video game series Call of Duty, the best-selling entertainment project in history. He served as coordinator of the Obama-08 campaign’s defense policy task force and was named by the President to the US Military’s Transformation Advisory Group. He has provided commentary on military affairs for nearly every major TV and radio outlet, including ABC-Nightline, Al Jazeera, BBC, CBS-60 Minutes, CNN, FOX, NPR, and the NBC Today Show.

In addition to his work on conflict issues, Singer is a member of the US State Department’s Advisory Committee on International Communications and Information Policy. He has been quoted in every major U.S. newspaper and news magazine and delivered speeches at a range of venues including the U.S. Congress, South by Southwest, The Festival of Dangerous Ideas, TED, the royal court of the UAE and over 75 universities around the world. In the entertainment sector, he has received awards/support from the Tribeca Film Institute, Sloan Filmmakers Fund, Film Independent, and FAST Track at the L.A. Film Festival.

Prior to his current position, Dr. Singer was the founding Director of the Center for 21st Century Security and Intelligence at the Brookings Institution. He was the youngest scholar named Senior Fellow in Brookings’ 98-year history. Prior to that, he was the founding Director of the Project on U.S. Policy Towards the Islamic World at Brookings, where he was the organizer of the U.S.-Islamic World Forum, a global leaders conference. He has also worked for the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard, the Balkans Task Force in the U.S. Department of Defense, and the International Peace Academy. Singer received his Ph.D. in Government from Harvard University and a BA from the Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University.

Singer’s most recent book Cybersecurity and Cyberwar: What Everyone Needs to Know (Oxford University Press) is structured around answering the key questions we all face in the cyber age (how it all works, why it all matters, and what we can do?). It was described by the Chairman of Google as “an essential read” and by the former Supreme Allied Commander of NATO as “the most approachable and readable book ever written on the cyber world.” The book has been added to the US Navy and US Army professional reading lists and featured at venues like the Microsoft CEO Summit and South by Southwest festival.

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