Free Lunch-n-Learn: War, Resilience and Decision Making + Protecting from Ransomware

Limited free lunch event with hybrid online access. Limit of 30 in-person spots.

CPE Hours: 2
Topic:  War, Resilience, Decision Making: Lessons Learned by Entity in Kyiv, Ukraine
Speaker: Anastasiia Konoplova, ISACA Kyiv Chapter, Immediate Past-President

Background: There are frameworks that help to be prepared for whatever life throws at you. We live in a complex interconnected system within an unpredictable environment. We tested some of them as a Ukrainian IT consultancy entity facing war, and now share the outcome from our risk management implementation.

Speaker Bio: Anastasiia Konoplova, CISA, CRISC, CDPSE, is the past-president and leader of the ISACA Kyiv Chapter, Ukraine and CEO of LLC UAG, an IT consultancy, risk management and assurance services company dedicated to serve commercial banks and enterprises. Ms. Konoplova is an entrepreneur, analyst, author, trainer, speaker, curious learner, IT auditor with financial audit experience.

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Topic:  Protecting from Ransomware Attacks – Real-World Examples
Speaker: Ben McGee, CyberProtex

Background: Ransomware incidents can severely impact business processes and leave organizations without the data they need to operate and deliver mission-critical services. Malicious actors have adjusted their ransomware tactics over time to include pressuring victims for payment by threatening to release stolen data if they refuse to pay and publicly naming and shaming victims as secondary forms of extortion.

Learning Objectives:

• This discussion on ransomware will explore the numerous types of ransomware.
• How to implement best practices to protect your corporate infrastructure from being compromised.
• Detail ways prevent, respond to, and recover from a ransomware incident based off of real-world examples experienced all over the United States.

Speaker Bio: Ben McGee is a leader in secure software and systems engineering. Ben began slinging code on an Atari 800XL computer at 10 years old and hasn't looked back since. He has spoken at more than 100 cybersecurity events across the United States and is an educator, cyber innovator, and a dedicated cyber mentor to the next generation of Cyber Warriors.