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In today’s world, data is currency. With that in mind, organizations need to consider the fiduciary duty they owe to data subjects, especially when they suffer a ransomware attack. This session outlines what types of fiduciary duties organizations have, why paying a ransom falls under those duties, how negotiations mitigate harm, and three steps for effectively responding to a ransomware attack.

Speakers:

Robert Fitzgerald, Founder and CEO, Arcas Risk Management

Karen Walsh, CEO and Founder, Allegro Solutions

Kacy Zurkus, Content Strategist, RSAC

Have you been wondering how to get into Cybersecurity? It may seem that you have to be a security tester or expert. It's not true! There are many paths into Cybersecurity using your existing experience, skills, and schooling. This talk will show the multiple paths people have followed into the Schneider Electric IT Security and Application Security organizations.

Cassie Crossley, Director, Product Security Office, Schneider Electric

Kacy Zurkus, Content Strategist, RSAC

You've gotten the job in tech—congrats! So now what do you do? We’ve heard stories from those who struggled with overcoming unexpected obstacles while new to the job. Let’s talk about what you can do to prepare for the unexpected. In this podcast, you’ll hear from an industry expert on ways to level up your career. This talk will provide various tools and resources to help navigate the tech space and make the most of what you have and help you in reaching your future goals.

Speakers:

Mari Galloway, Chief Executive Officer and Founding Board Member, Women’s Society of Cyberjutsu

Kacy Zurkus, Content Strategist, RSAC

Humans engage with Android technology in myriad ways, but how has the technology been used to date and how is it evolving? This podcast will explore the ways in which the Android ecosystem has evolved by looking at Android from a techno-sociological, security, and privacy context. We will discuss dimensions of privacy, the impact Android has had on humans, the kinds of threats we are seeing in the wild, the security challenges that need to be addressed, and the evolution of features like Digital Well Being.

Speakers:

Aditi Bhatnagar, Product Security Engineer, Atlassian

Kacy Zurkus, Content Strategist, RSAC

In this podcast, we discuss how countries have influenced worldwide elections historically and in modern day using cyberwarfare. We explore how countries and critical infrastructure respond to these attacks and how they should respond in the future. By the end, we brainstorm the ways to disrupt a future election in order to understand how to better protect it.

Geoff Hale, Senior Cybersecurity Advisor, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency

Allie Mellen, Analyst, Security and Risk, Forrester Research

Throughout 2020, ransomware was consistently amongst the most challenging cyber exposures for organizations to manage. The insurance market can provide critical insights on how to understand the evolving ransomware landscape, given the volume of insurance claims being seen and emerging data on loss and exposure trends. This session will bring together experts from across the cyber insurance and breach coach space and give end to end insights on the financial and organizational impact of ransomware, risk implications, and challenges that will be seen in the market.

Speakers:

Marcello Antonucci, Global Cyber & Tech Claims Team Leader, Beazley

Benjamin Di Marco, Cyber Specialist, Willis Towers Watson

Christina Terplan, Founding Partner and President, Atheria Law

This episode is brought to you by Axonius. Axonius helps organizations immediately know what assets they have, and shows which devices, cloud instances, and users adhere to or deviate from security policies. Try it free at axonius.com/rsac

Drawing on original research, the speakers will dive deep into one of the most prominent ransomware strains today: Sodinokibi/REvil. By tracking its operators’ activity in affected organizations, on the dark web, and through the group’s public blog, we will bring our collective insights to the audience, detailing how Sodinokibi operates, its malware uniqueness, and the damage it has inflicted.

Speakers:

Limor Kessem, Executive Security Advisor, IBM Security

Camille Jackson Singleton, Strategic Cyber Threat Lead, IBM

Kacy Zurkus, Content Strategist, RSAC

With the increased scale and pace of automated processes along with migrations to the cloud, proper design of security architecture becomes a critical component of your overall IT architecture implementation. Considering this, what should your business prioritize as the ultimate driver for security architecture decisions - and where does risk, privacy and compliance fit into the picture?

Speakers:

Shinesa Cambric, CISSP, CISA, CISM, CDPSE, Principal Program Manager, Microsoft

Aparna Murthy, Aparna Murthy, CA, CPA, Principal Risk and Compliance Consultant

Kacy Zurkus, Content Strategist, RSAC

Turku Energia - a Finnish energy distribution company - secured its power supply & IT network for the city’s 200,000 citizens. Utility SCADA systems are hacking targets, due to the damage that can be inflicted by sending cities dark or damaging the grids. The utility’s IT team ensured data integrity, visibility, and rapid threat detection and remediation within both IT and OT environments.

Speakers:

Vikram Sharma, Senior Engineering Manager, IoT, Cisco

Kacy Zurkus, Content Strategist, RSAC

Study after study shows cybersecurity job descriptions lack clarity across most roles and industries — stifling talent recruitment, development and retention efforts. Infosec Institute and Aspen Cybersecurity Workforce Coalition will provide data-backed insights into how organizations are aligning job descriptions and training to tools like the NICE Framework, including what’s working and what’s not.

Speakers:

David Forscey, Senior Policy Analyst, National Governors Association

Megan Sawle, VP of Research & Marketing, Infosec

Kacy Zurkus, Content Strategist, RSA Conference