Conference on Global Cyber Threats: Corporate and Governmental Challenges to Protecting Private Data

April 6, 2018

The goal of the conference was to bring together academics, enforcement officials, general counsels, compliance officers, and white-collar defense lawyers to discuss how government regulators and companies can best address threats to the security of private data.

Conference Agenda: View Here (PDF: 1 MB)

Keynote Speakers:
John Demers, Assistant Attorney General, National Security Division, U.S. Department of Justice
Jeh Charles Johnson, Partner, Paul Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, and former Secretary, U.S. Department of Homeland Security

Text of Jeh Charles Johnson's speech can be viewed by clicking here.

Presentations and Panels:

Panel 1: Cybersecurity: Identifying and Responding to Next-Generation Threats
Moderator: Pablo Quiñones, Executive Director, PCCE, NYU School of Law
Panelists

• Luke Dembosky, Partner, Debevoise & Plimpton
• Richard T. Jacobs, Assistant Special Agent in Charge, Cyber Branch, Federal Bureau of Investigation, New York Office
• Caroline D. Krass, Senior Vice President and General Counsel, General Insurance, and Deputy General Counsel, American International Group, Inc.
• Edward Stroz, Co-President, Stroz Friedberg
• Lisa Wiswell, Principal, GRIMM and Advisor, HackerOne

Panel 2: Government Regulation: Existing Responses and Remaining Concerns
Moderator: Jennifer Arlen ’86, Norma Z. Paige Professor of Law and Director, PCCE, NYU School of Law
Panelists

• Jason Chipman, Partner, Wilmer Hale
• Robert Cohen, Chief, Cyber Unit, Division of Enforcement, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
• John Lynch, Chief, Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section, U.S. Department of Justice
• Clark Russell, Deputy Bureau Chief, Bureau of Internet and Technology, New York  State Office of the Attorney General
• David Shonka, Principal Deputy General Counsel, Federal Trade Commission

Keynote Speech: John Demers, Assistant Attorney General, National Security Division, U.S. Department of Justice

Panel 3: Cybersecurity in Networks: Implications and Lessons from SWIFT’s Customer Security Program
Moderator: Randal Milch, Faculty Co-Chair, Center for Cybersecurity, NYU School of Law
Panelists

• Thomas Baxter, Of Counsel, Sullivan & Cromwell
• Head of Legal, The U.K. National Cyber Security Centre
• Stephanie Heller, Deputy General Counsel, New York Federal Reserve
• Yawar Shah, Chairman, SWIFT and Managing Director, Citigroup, U.S.
• Peter Tippett, Chief Executive Officer, Healthcelerate

Panel 4: Governance and Cyber Compliance
Moderator: Judith Germano, Senior Fellow, NYU Center for Cybersecurity and NYU Center on Law & Security; Adjunct Professor, NYU School of Law; Founder, GermanoLaw LLC
Panelists

• Peter J. Beshar, Executive Vice President and General Counsel, Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc.
• Brian Cincera, Vice President, Global Information Security, Pfizer, Inc.
• Avi Gesser, Partner, Davis Polk & Wardwell
• Thomas Glocer, Executive Chairman, BlueVoyant LLC and Lead Director, Morgan Stanley
• John Smith, General Counsel of Global Business Services and Vice President for Cybersecurity Law, Raytheon

Keynote Speech: Jeh Charles Johnson, Partner, Paul Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, and former Secretary, U.S. Department of Homeland Security