Alston & Bird’s Cybersecurity Preparedness and Response (CPR) team recently partnered with Stroz Friedberg and Brunswick Group to conduct a comprehensive, all day breach preparedness and response training session for A&B team members. Approximately 35 members of the firm participated in this in person multi-disciplinary training session. CPR team members shared their experiences and insight […]
Cybersecurity
Kim Peretti Speaking at Financial Services Roundtable 2015 Fall Conference
Kim Peretti, partner and co-chair of Alston & Bird’s Cybersecurity Preparedness & Response Team, will be a featured speaker at the Financial Services Roundtable (FSR) 2015 Fall Conference, hosted by FSR. Ms. Peretti is participating in a public panel on October 2 from 12-1pm EST. The topic is “Corporate Cyber Liability: How Prepared Is Your Board?” Panelists […]
SEC Provides Additional Information On Cybersecurity Examinations
On September 15, 2015, the Security and Exchange Commission’s Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (“OCIE”) issued a Risk Alert to provide additional information on the areas of focus for its second round of cybersecurity examinations. The OCIE’s initial cybersecurity examinations in 2014 were to identify cybersecurity risks and assess cybersecurity preparedness in the securities […]
Kim Peretti Appointed Co-Chair of Georgetown Cybersecurity Law Institute
Kim Peretti, co-chair of Alston & Bird’s Cybersecurity Preparedness & Response Team, has been invited to be a co-chair of Georgetown’s Cybersecurity Law Institute. The Cybersecurity Law Institute is in its third year and Ms. Peretti has been an advisory board member of the Institute for the past two years. In that time, she has already […]
Kim Peretti Speaking at NIST’s 2015 Cybersecurity Innovation Forum
Kim Peretti, co-chair of Alston & Bird’s Cybersecurity Preparedness & Response Team, will be a featured speaker at the 2015 Cybersecurity Innovation Forum (CIF) in Washington, DC, hosted by The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). The CIF takes place September 9 – 11 and is a three-day event being planned with participation from the Department […]