Cybersecurity and The Board’s Responsibility: What Directors Need to Know about Risk and Oversight

Cybersecurity continues to be a pressing concern for boards in virtually all corporate sectors. Cyber attacks appear in the headlines virtually every week, reminding board members of the reputational, legal, and business threats such attacks pose. Regulators expect boards to maintain effective oversight over cybersecurity and to ensure that their companies are adequately prepared to respond and recover from any attack that does happen—including making timely disclosures required by ever-expanding notification requirements. Is your board providing proper oversight over your cybersecurity program? Are you ready to handle a significant attack – along with the potential legal ramifications? The Rock Center and SVDX will host a panel of experts to discuss the current cybersecurity threat landscape, evolving regulatory developments in this area, and what boards should be doing to ensure that their companies are well protected and that their oversight responsibilities are being adequately fulfilled.

Anthony P. Garcia

Senior Counsel, The Boeing Company

Prior to joining Boeing in 2013, Anthony was with the U.S. Department of Justice.  His last assignment was to the Gangs and Narcotics Section in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Illinois. He served as the U.S. Department of Justice attaché assigned to the U.S. Embassy in Mexico City, Mexico, from 2009 to 2011.

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Alexa King

Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, FireEye

Heading up the FireEye legal, stock administration and privacy teams, Alexa is Executive Vice President, General Counsel, and Corporate Secretary. Before FireEye, Alexa was Vice President, General Counsel, and Secretary of Aruba Networks, Inc., a provider of enterprise wireless networks.

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Milan Patel

Chief Client Officer, BlueVoyant

Milan Patel came to BlueVoyant from his role as a managing director in the Cyber Defense practice at K2 Intelligence. Before K2 Intelligence, Milan was the CTO of the FBI Cyber Division in charge of technology strategy. Milan organized and co-lead the Joint Requirements Team, facilitated by the White House National Security Council. 

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Serrin A. Turner

Partner, Latham & Watkins LLP

Serrin Turner is a partner in the New York office of Latham & Watkins and a member of the firm’s Information Law, Data Privacy & Cybersecurity Practice, White Collar Defense & Government Investigations Practice, and Complex Commercial Litigation Practice.

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