Combating Ransomware – Legal Technical ConsiderationsSeminar agenda topics will include COVID impacts on:
1) The latest attack vectors and techniques
2) Preventative measures, including new automated tools
3) New federal regulations that ban ransomware payments
Akash Desai,
Director of Consulting for ERMProtect Cybersecurity Solutions
Mr Desai has more than 15 years of experience in Information Security in areas such as penetration testing, security assessments, incident response, security risk management, information systems audit, digital forensics, and regulatory compliance. He served as the technical backbone of a white team at the CERT Coordination Center in Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania) and has worked with the innovative Carnegie Mellon CyLab on highly sophisticated projects. He received a master’s degree in information Security from Carnegie Mellon University.
Patricia M. Hernandez,
Partner at ARHMF
Ms. Hernandez has extensive experience representing dementing and international financial institutions and businesses in all aspects of regulatory compliance, lending, mergers and acquisitions, and other transactional matters. She specializes in areas of compliance including AML-BSA and OFAC, which recently warned that ransomware payments may subject companies to fines. She has successfully represented many financial institutions in enforcement matters, as well as in remediation efforts to comply with enforcement actions.
