Managing Cyber Threats, Privacy & Risk
Sponsored Event | March.26.2015 | 8:00am - 10:30am (Pacific Standard Time)
Orrick Silicon ValleyCompanies are dealing with the new reality that their cybersecurity posture is important to business partners, customers, employees, board members, shareholders and regulators across the globe. With the dramatic rise in the prevalence and frequency of cyber-attacks that result in lost intellectual property, business intelligence and customer data, the question is “when, not if” your organization will experience a security compromise. Orrick, PwC and Edelman have assembled a team of cybersecurity and privacy specialists for an interactive discussion covering topics critical to every organization.
- “Knowing the adversary”: threat actors, attack vectors, methodologies and risks to your enterprise and its critical data assets
- Risk mitigation strategies, including evaluating cloud SaaS and IaaS offerings, and implementing contractual and technical methods for shifting security risks
- Step-by-step breach planning to minimize disruption to the business, efficiently comply with regulatory obligations, and preserve brand and reputation
- Internal and external communication strategies to manage breach incidents while reinforcing public trust and minimizing regulatory scrutiny
Attendees should include: Chief Executive Officers, Chief Financial Officers, Chief Information Officers, Chief Risk Officers, General Counsel, Chief Audit Executives, Chief Marketing Officers, Audit Committee and Board Members, Directors and others interested in this subject matter.
Featured Specialists:
- Antony Kim, Partner, Cybersecurity & Data Privacy, Orrick
- Aravind Swaminathan, Partner, Cybersecurity & Data Privacy, Orrick
- David Chamberlin, Data Security & Privacy Group Lead, Edelman
- Jane Allen, Forensic Investigations Partner, PwC
- Charles White, Strategic Threat Management Director, PwC
CLE Credits Available: Y
Practice:
- Finance Sector
- Technology & Innovation Sector
- Cyber, Privacy & Data Innovation
- Class Action Defense
- White Collar, Investigations, Securities Litigation & Compliance
- Investigations internationales et mesures d'application
- Procès
- Strategic Advisory & Government Enforcement (SAGE)
Aravind Swaminathan Partner
Seattle; Boston
As a strategic cybersecurity advisor, Aravind partners with clients to proactively plan for a crisis and develop strategies to improve resiliency, respond efficiently and effectively, protect their business and brand, and defend them in the onslaught of litigation and enforcement actions that follow. He guides organizations from large public company financial institutions to start-up technology companies to critical infrastructure providers through incidents, and develops business- and brand-centric strategies to mitigate and manage risk. He has directed more than 200 cybersecurity incident and data breach investigations, including enterprise-wide network intrusions to cyberattacks with national security implications.
With extensive trial, litigation and appellate experience, he defends his clients in cyber, privacy, and payments related class actions and other civil litigation (particularly Computer Fraud and Abuse Act matters), and in when these issues lead to regulatory investigations by the SEC, DOJ, FTC, and State Attorneys General.
Aravind’s background as an Assistant United States Attorney and Computer Hacking and Intellectual Property Section attorney gives him first-hand understanding of federal agencies that allows him to swiftly navigate the system, partner with investigators and find creative solutions for his clients. As a federal cybercrime prosecutor, Aravind investigated and prosecuted a broad array of cybercrime cases, including hacking, phishing, trade secrets theft, click fraud, cyber threats, and identity theft. Aravind also led the cybercrime outreach program, where he worked with members of the Department of Justice, state and federal regulators, law enforcement and other organizations on cybersecurity and related privacy issues. During his time as federal prosecutor in the Complex Crimes Unit, he also investigated and prosecuted a wide array of white-collar crimes, including investment schemes, corporate fraud and embezzlement, securities fraud, tax evasion and the nation’s largest bank failure.