Get Smart: Cybersecurity and Data Privacy

Many companies have maintained remote and hybrid workforces distributed across numerous locations, which has multiplied cybersecurity risks and highlighted new vulnerabilities for boards and corporations to address. This session will not transform you into a cybersecurity expert, but it will help you to become a more knowledgeable corporate director, better informed about state-of-the-art approaches that corporations can deploy to protect against and respond to a significant cyber attack. It will also highlight the techniques that boards and corporations can deploy to better identify an incident, ensure that management is responding to threats in an appropriate and timely manner, and help minimize the damage once an attack has been discovered. The panelists will share practical lessons and risk mitigation techniques regarding prominent recent cyber breaches, explore the challenges of assessing the materiality of a cyber incident and meeting disclosure obligations in a timely manner, and consider when and how companies might cooperate with law enforcement, government agencies, or other firms in the industry.