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Danie Garrie, Esq., is the Co-Founder of Law & Forensics LLC, where he heads the Computer Forensics and digital discovery Cybersecurity teams. Daniel has been a dominant voice in the computer forensics and cybersecurity space for the past 20 years, as an attorney and technologist. He is an adjunct professor at Harvard for Computer Forensics, and prior to Law & Forensics, he successfully built and sold several technology start-up companies. Since co-founding Law & Forensics LLC in 2008, Daniel has built it into one of the leading boutique firms specializing in cybersecurity and forensic engineering. He is a mediator, arbitrator, and e-discovery special master for JAMS and is a partner and head of Cybersecurity practice at Zeichner, Ellman & Krause LLP. Daniel earned both a Bachelor’s and a Master’s degree in computer science from Brandeis University, as well as a J.D. from Rutgers Law School. Daniel has led cyber and forensic teams in some of the most visible and sensitive incidents in the United States. He and his team have worked globally for two of the top five banks and dozens of the largest private and public companies in the world. In addition, Daniel has been awarded several patents for advanced cybersecurity and forensic platforms he built with his team, including TableTop.AI, CustodyTrack.IO, and Forensic Scan. Daniel is also well-published in the cybersecurity space and has authored more than 200 articles and books. His work is cited by Black’s Law Dictionary 10th Ed. defining the terms 'software', 'internet', and 'algorithm'. Lastly, he has been recognized by several United States Supreme Court Justices for his legal scholarship and is a trusted source and thought leader for cybersecurity articles and opinions, cited over 500 times to date.

Ms. Rhea Siers combines her operational, legal, and policy experience from thirty years in the US Intelligence Community to bring a multifaceted approach to cybersecurity and national security issues. She served as NSA's senior representative to the FBI, as well as NSA's Deputy Associate Director for Policy, led operational and intelligence production as a senior manager, and served in NSA's Office of General Counsel. As an attorney and policy expert in the cybersecurity arena, Ms. Siers was selected as a "Cyber Trail Blazer" by the National Law Journal (2014). She works with companies and organizations designing cybersecurity programs tailored to the challenges of different industries. Ms. Siers is the Senior Fellow for Policy and Legal issues at the Institute for Information Infrastructure Protection (I3P). Her work focuses on key cyber policy issues such as "Active Defense", with an emphasis on training the next generation of cyber and intelligence analysts as well as creating a multidisciplinary cyber curriculum. She has also written on cyber warfare issues in the Middle East. Ms. Siers is a member of the adjunct faculties of GWU and Johns Hopkins University where she developed and teaches courses on Cyber Threats, Data Privacy, Middle East issues, Non-State Actors, Terrorism, and Transnational Security issues. She is on the editorial board of The Journal of Law and Cyber Warfare and is a co-author of the book Cyber Warfare: Understanding the Law, Policy, and Technology (2015). Her articles and interviews about cyber deterrence, attribution, intelligence, and the Middle East have appeared in several publications including The Cipher Brief and WSJ. Ms. Siers is also on the Board of the Millennium Alliance, which focuses on providing guidance to senior executives on digital transformation.

Based in the Washington, DC area, Scott Corzine is a member of CohnReznick, LLP’s Cybersecurity, Technology Risk & Privacy Practice. He has more than 20 years of experience in enterprise-scale operational risk and resiliency, advising start-ups, growth stage, and large clients at the C-Suite and board levels. He helps clients with independent strategy, risk, compliance, and vulnerability assessments, improvement roadmaps, and governance. Scott’s clients are mid-market and large-market private sector organizations across many industry sectors, with a focus on regulated clients in financial services, healthcare, and defense. He also works with municipal, county, and state government agencies, higher education, and not-for-profits. Scott has developed a board cyber training program in anticipation of forthcoming SEC and New York State Department of Financial Services regulations expected to redefine board fiduciary duty to oversee organizations’ cybersecurity programs. Earlier, Scott served as CEO for early-stage technology and business services companies via assignment from venture capital investors and helped drive two IPOs. He co-founded and co-headed operational risk management practices at several global consulting firms.