DATE: Thursday, April 12, 2018
TIME: 8:15 AM - 9:00 AM
VENUE: The Metropolitan, 233 South Wacker Drive, 67th Floor, Chicago, IL
ORGANIZER: American Conference Institute
Some of the topics to be discussed are:
- Understanding the newest risk in ransomware attacks
- Addressing system failures and inability to access computers and data
- Assessing system failures from the vendor perspective
- Building and testing proper business continuity
- Exploring the method of demanding ransom in the form of bitcoins
- Utilizing blockchain technology to trace ransom attacks
- Re-drafting cyber policies and tightening exclusions in cyber policies after the surge in ransomware attacks
- Analyzing kidnapping and ransomware coverage to include ransomware attacks and the resulting litigation that follows
- Retaining the appropriate forensic experts to identify the vulnerabilities and strengthen the weaknesses in an internal system
- Implementing risk management and better training for employees to reduce cyber attacks, phishing emails, viruses, and other data breaches