Securing the Future: Navigating Cyber Threats and National Strategy
Join us for this thought-provoking and informative webinar featuring the Deputy General Counsel for the Office of the National Cyber Director in conversation with leading private sector professionals in the legal, cyber, and consulting sectors. In March of 2023, the Biden-Harris Administration announced its National Cybersecurity Strategy. This executive action reflects a broader focus from the executive branch and the government more generally to prioritize cybersecurity for its national security implications. This is both ideologically motivated, such as to protect democratic institutions and human rights, as well as economically and logistically focused, as critical infrastructure sectors are particularly targeted. The guidance envisions cybersecurity as a tool to advance American priorities and values, by undertaking two fundamental shifts. First, the strategy seeks to redistribute the burden of cybersecurity defense from individuals, small businesses, and local governments onto larger organizations, which have more resources to reduce risk and protect the system as a whole. Second, the strategy looks to incentivize investment into the nation’s cybersecurity to take a long-term outlook, to protect against threats today but also in the future. To achieve these priorities, the strategy is built on five pillars: defend critical infrastructure, disrupt and dismantle threat actors, shape market forces to drive security and resilience, invest in a resilient future, and forge international partnerships to pursue shared goals. As the strategy is implemented, more rigorous cybersecurity measures can be expected to be put into place, as well as more public-private partnerships developed. Attorneys advising corporations will find this seminar a useful guide for understanding the state of cybersecurity today, the National Cybersecurity Strategy, and how we can expect it to affect business risk management and compliance.
In this seminar, our expert panelists begin by providing a brief review of cybersecurity and the current threat landscape, as well as the national security implications of these threats and some of the key industries at risk. Next, our speakers break down the National Cybersecurity Strategy according to its 5 pillars, highlighting its key strategic shifts and priorities. Our experts then review some of the Executive Orders by the Biden Administration that complement the strategy and reflect the increasing executive priority for national cybersecurity, concluding with the key takeaways of the strategy and what can be expected going forward.
Our Mission is to bridge the knowledge gap between law and technology professionals by educating attorneys on technology to attorneys and technology executives on its laws and regulations. Legal Cyber Academy provides a comprehensive tool and evolving knowledge base through exclusive insights from world class cybersecurity, privacy, web 3.0, forensic, and e-discovery legal and technical practitioners. Earn CLE, CPE, and CE credits. (Refunds are available if you do not receive credit) At Legal Cyber Academy We recognize that technology, the cybersecurity threats it faces, and relevant laws and regulation are rapidly evolving, presenting unique challenges and opportunities. Our platform is dedicated to empowering legal professionals with the skills and understanding necessary to navigate the complex landscape of technology in their field, enabling them to effectively advise clients, draft contracts, and navigate legal implications in a technology-driven world. Simultaneously, we strive to equip technology professionals with the legal knowledge they need to make informed decisions, ensure compliance with regulations, and limit liability. By fostering a deep understanding of legal frameworks, we hope to support technology professionals in creating innovative, compliant, and socially conscious technological advancements. Join us in our mission to reshape the way legal professionals and technology experts understand and interact with each other in a rapidly changing technical and legal landscape. Together, they will mitigate risk better, ensure compliance, and actively shape the future of technology and its accompanying laws.
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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.
Associate Partner | McKinsey & Company
Jeffrey Caso is an Expert Associate Partner in McKinsey’s Cybersecurity Practice, based out of Washington, DC Jeffrey focuses on market growth strategy, and is passionate about bringing to market next-generation cybersecurity offerings and moonshots. He serves clients on digital risk and technology strategy with an emphasis on cybersecurity, working with enterprises, private equity firms and investors, and cybersecurity providers Jeffrey is also the co-leader of Cyber Threat Snapshot, McKinsey’s flagship deep web threat intelligence offering, and one of the leaders of the Provider Strategy cyber hub. Jeffrey holds a B.S.F.S. from the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service in Science, Technology, and International Affairs Jeffrey is published on cyberwarfare, privacy regulation, and COVID-19 impact on cyber markets, and is an active speaker at roundtables and conferences
Partner | Manatt
With three decades of experience across law, government and consulting, Paul Luehr is a respected technology leader who has handled some of the largest data security and privacy incidents in history. Throughout his career, Paul has been a trusted partner for organizations looking to optimize their privacy and data security practices. His work advising a wide range of clients—including national retailers, global financial institutions, digital health care organizations, web hosting companies, universities and manufacturers—gives him a unique understanding of the complex cybersecurity challenges and opportunities organizations face, as well as how to implement effective policies to mitigate crises and meet legal, technology and business needs. In the privacy arena, and drawing on his notable consulting and regulatory experience, Paul advises companies on the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), new U.S. state privacy laws, and Federal Trade Commission (FTC) regulations. He draws on his roles as a regulator and litigator with the FTC, where he led the first cross-agency Internet team, and he provides a practical perspective on how to operationalize compliance obligations to clients across the nation. On the cybersecurity side, Paul is consistently recognized as a top incident response attorney, and he spent over a decade with a global consulting firm where he led security experts into some of the largest breaches on record. He also prosecuted major cybercrimes for the U.S. Department of Justice and has unique experience providing advice related to ransomware gangs, wire fraud and business email compromises (BECs), distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks, credential stuffing, structured query language (SQL) injections, and other digital hacks. Over his career, Paul has managed complex digital forensics matters, led numerous investigations, argued cases at trial and on appeal, and represented clients before many regulators (e.g., HHS OCR, State Attorneys General, state Insurance Commissioners, the SEC, CISA and foreign data protection authorities (DPAs)). He has created robust compliance programs and frequently advised Board Directors and officers on new privacy and cybersecurity risks and obligations. He also has broad experience addressing artificial intelligence (AI), including performing cyber due diligence on mergers involving robotics and medical devices, and addressing new AI uses in financial services.
Deputy General Counsel | Office of the National Cyber Director
Paul is a partner in Hunton & Williams LLP’s Washington office. He co-chairs the firm’s multi-disciplinary Cyber and Physical Security Task Force and its Energy Sector Security Team. He assists clients from a wide range of sectors with security, law enforcement, electronic surveillance and privacy issues. Paul regularly advises companies on risk management, preparedness, cyber incident response, compliance, litigation, policy and legislation. Prior to joining Hunton & Williams, Paul served as Special Counsel and then Senior Counselor for Cybersecurity and Technology to the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. In that position, he advised the FBI Director on programmatic, policy and legal issues relating to cyber, counterintelligence and counter-terrorism. He also represented the FBI in senior-level discussions with other agencies, the White House, Congress and industry. Paul previously served on the US Senate Judiciary Committee as Counsel to the Senate Assistant Majority Leader, where he wrote legislation and provided advice on criminal and national security issues. He is a former Assistant US Attorney in the District of Maryland. At the US Attorney's Office, Paul investigated and prosecuted cyber intrusions, intellectual property violations, white collar fraud, organized crime, drug trafficking, and violent crimes. He also served as the coordinator of computer hacking and intellectual property cases. Paul began his career as a law clerk for the Honorable Mary Schroeder of the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, and then served as a trial lawyer in the honors program of the Department of Justice Civil Rights Division. In between stints in the government, he was in private practice at a large law firm handling civil and criminal litigation matters involving complex technology. Paul is an adjunct professor of cybersecurity law and policy at George Washington University, a guest lecturer on cybersecurity and privacy at various universities, and an instructor at the National Institute for Trial Advocacy. He is a member of the Virginia Cyber Security Commission, appointed by Governor Terry McAuliffe; a member of the Maryland Cybersecurity Council, appointed by Attorney General Brian Frosh; and Chair of the Montgomery County Criminal Justice Coordinating Commission, appointed by County Executive Ike Leggett.
Partner | Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
Erez Liebermann is a litigation partner and a member of the firm’s Data Strategy & Security Group. His practice focuses on advising major businesses on a wide range of complex, high-impact cyber incident response matters and on data related regulatory requirements. With decades of experience in data issues as a litigator, federal prosecutor and senior in-house counsel at a global financial services company, combined with technical training as an aerospace engineer, Mr. Liebermann regularly advises clients at the C-suite and board level on building strategies to reduce their data-related regulatory and reputational risks, and on navigating high-profile investigations following cyber incidents. He is also widely acknowledged as a leading cybersecurity and data privacy professional and is ranked among the leading lawyers by Chambers Global (2024), Chambers USA (2023) and The Legal 500 (2023). Clients note that he is “very talented” and “one of the most intelligent attorneys, [and] very practical and great to work with.” Prior to joining Debevoise, Mr. Liebermann co-chaired the U.S. cybersecurity and privacy practice of another international law firm where he advised companies on a broad range of data privacy and cybersecurity issues. Before that, Mr. Liebermann served as Chief Counsel of Cybersecurity & Privacy at Prudential, where he led the company’s legal, regulatory and investigative matters on cyber, privacy, data science and artificial intelligence, including advising the company’s senior management and board. In addition to his role as counsel, Mr. Liebermann built and managed Prudential’s global technical incident response, threat intelligence and threat hunting team. Before that, Mr. Liebermann spent 10 years investigating and prosecuting global cyber and white collar crimes as Deputy Chief of the Criminal Division of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of New Jersey. He also served as Chief of the Computer Hacking and Intellectual Property Section, and National Security Cyber Specialist where he led groundbreaking cyber prosecutions, including the largest credit card hacking case charged to date, US v. Vladimir Drinkman et al., relating to hacks into 7-Eleven, JC Penney, Heartland Payment Systems, Hannaford Brothers, Visa, Jet Blue, and others. He also prosecuted a group of individuals for leading a stock pump and dump scheme facilitated by a global botnet. He received the Attorney General’s Distinguished Service Award for the Drinkman prosecution. His cases are featured in numerous television shows and the WSJ podcast, Hack Me If You Can. In 2023, Mr. Liebermann was appointed by the Chief Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court to service on the Court’s AI Committee, and is Vice Chair of the Association of Law Insurance Counsel’s Data and Technology Section. He is also on the Department of Treasury’s Cybersecurity Public Affairs Committee. He was formerly a member of the New York State Cybersecurity Advisory Board and was on Cybersecurity and Policy Committees of the Financial Services Sector Coordinating Counsel. He is an Adjunct Professor at University of Texas School of Law – Austin, teaching Cyber Incident Response, and a Fellow for the NYU Tandem’s Cybersecurity program. Earlier in his career, Mr. Liebermann served as a law clerk to Chief Justice Deborah Portiz of the New Jersey Supreme Court and U.S. District Court Judge Faith Hochberg in Newark. Mr. Liebermann received his J.D. from Columbia Law School in 1999 and his B.S. in aerospace engineering from the University of Virginia in 1996.
