About the Conference:

Financial firms must be able to influence the latest tools, technologies and procedures to proactively identify and eliminate threats. They are taking steps like patching and updating systems, frequently backing up data, and strengthening real-time defenses to tackle different types of attacks. Tracked sessions focusing on cyber, information and data security will highlight advanced security governance and procedures, stakeholder alignment, data quality and information sharing, the latest regulatory developments to drive compliance, and cyber risk mitigation and resilience strategies. The Q1 Operational Cybersecurity & Information Security for Financial Institutions Conference will provide security and risk professionals with practical methods and tools to bolster cyber risk management, data privacy, and information security compliance.

Core Topics to be Addressed:

• Fortify the enterprise against evolving cyber threats to prevent operational setbacks
• Trailblazing regulatory developments plus state and federal regulatory compliance directives
• Effective cybersecurity third party risk management through due diligence and oversight
• Adoption of new technologies and overhauling legacy infrastructure to mitigate cyber risk
• People, process, and technology challenges of proactive security and cost of failure
• Executing insider threat programs for refined threat intelligence across the enterprise
• Present to senior leadership and gain buy-in from the Board on pressing security initiatives
• New privacy addendum and its implications in the updated NIST cybersecurity framework
• Regulatory harmonization for optimal security compliance across multiple jurisdictions
• Standardize data collection for increased data privacy intelligence and information sharing
• Data minimization, quality and storage to eliminate litigation and privacy risk challenges
• Implement cybersecurity procedures and systems in a practical and enforceable fashion
• Limit exposure from cyber threats, streamline cybersecurity controls, and reporting criteria
• Enriched incident response management, recovery strategies, and continuity planning
• Bridge the diversity gap in cybersecurity through culture and talent shortages