Name
F8. Incident Response Preparedness for Executives
Track
Vendor
Date
Thursday, May 10, 2018
Time
11:15 AM - 12:15 PM
Description
Session Description:
In a recent survey, nearly 60% of enterprise respondents experienced a cyber breach. Cyber breaches can significantly impact an organization. In 2017 alone, the average global cost of a cyber breach was reported at $3.62 million. These costs include significant financial loss, reputational damage and possible legal ramifications which often continued long after the breach had been remediated and operations returned to normal.
Today’s cyber landscape has become a matter of ‘when’ not ‘if’ a cyber breach will affect your organization. In this environment, running a successful organization requires mature cyber incident response capabilities that lead to strong organizational defense and mitigation of harmful breaches. C-suite understanding and sponsorship is critical to advance these goals.
An increasing number of regulations require executives to monitor and acknowledge in writing that they understand their organization’s potential security risks and have approved the established security program. Breached organizations that have violated these regulations may face sizable penalties — tens of millions of dollars or more.
Even when organizations are well versed on the consequences of cyber breaches and not adhering to security regulations, they often struggle with identifying, prioritizing and managing cyber risks and evaluating their organization's ability to detect and respond to a cyber attack. IT departments can’t do this alone. As cyber-attacks become more prevalent, executives must ensure the adequacy and effectiveness of their cyber risk management processes and IR capabilities.
This session is intended to help executives proactively develop and evaluate processes that strengthen their organization’s cyber security posture.
SESSION PRESENTED BY MANDIANT, A FIREEYE COMPANY
This session is part of our Vendor Track and may be more commercial in nature
Learner Objectives
Attendees will learn the executive’s role in developing a best-in-class security practice, including:
- How to prepare for a breach
- What to do during a breach
- Best practices following a breach
Speakers
Speaker Bio(s)
Dustin Nowak is a Senior Security Consultant at Mandiant, a FireEye Company. Currently he leads engagements evaluating clients ability to perform Incident Response and security operations, and integrate the security program with the business. Prior to Mandiant, he was a lead Incident Responder for CenturyLink, the third largest telecommunications provider in the US. The Mandiant and CenturyLink positions have garnered him broad experience across some of the largest commercial security incidents recently published in the media.
Dustin’s career began in the Air Force after graduating from the United States Air Force Academy in 2003. Over the course of an 8 year military career he traveled to 8 countries, providing security engineering and architecture leadership to support the Global War on Terror. He also completed his Master’s degree in Computer Science with a focus on Artificial Intelligence. Upon separating from the Air Force, he transitioned to direct support of government cyber-security operations in Northern Virginia. This experience exposed him to sophisticated, cutting-edge state actor techniques, tools and procedures. He is passionate about sharing the knowledge and experience he has gained to grow cyber security awareness.