Published on Mar 24th, 2014 | Posted in Articles
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced the agenda and panelists for its March 26 roundtable on the issues and challenges cybersecurity presents for market participants and public companies. The roundtable, announced in February, will begin at 9:30 a.m. and will be divided into four panels.  Participants on the first panel will discuss the cybersecurity landscape.  The second panel will discuss cybersecurity disclosure issues faced by public companies.  Participants on the third panel will discuss the cybersecurity issues faced by exchanges and other key market systems.  On the final panel, participants will discuss how broker-dealers, investment advisers, and transfer agents address cybersecurity issues, including those involving identity theft and data protection. Agenda and Panelists 9:30 a.m.         Opening Remarks 9:40 a.m.         Panel 1:  Cybersecurity Landscape Moderators:  Thomas Bayer, Chief Information Officer, Keith Higgins, Director, Division of Corporation Finance, James Burns, Deputy Director, Division of Trading and Markets Panelists:
  • Cyrus Amir-Mokri, Assistant Secretary for Financial Institutions, Department of the Treasury
  • Mary E. Galligan, Director, Cyber Risk Services, Deloitte & Touche LLP
  • Craig Mundie, Member, President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology; Senior Advisor to the Chief Executive Officer, Microsoft Corporation
  • Javier Ortiz, Vice President, Strategy and Global Head of Government Affairs, TaaSera, Inc.
  • Andy Roth, Partner and Co-Chair, Global Privacy and Security Group, Dentons US LLP
  • Ari Schwartz, Acting Senior Director for Cybersecurity Programs, National Security Council, The White House
  • Adam Sedgewick, Senior Information Technology Policy Advisor, National Institute of Standards and Technology
  • Larry Zelvin, Director, National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
10:40 a.m.       Panel 2:  Public Company Disclosure Moderator:  Keith Higgins, Director, Division of Corporation Finance Panelists:
  • Peter J. Beshar, Executive Vice President and General Counsel, Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc.
  • David Burg, Global and U.S. Advisor Cyber Security Leader, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
  • Roberta Karmel, Centennial Professor of Law, Brooklyn Law School
  • Jonas Kron, Senior Vice President, Director of Shareholder Advocacy, Trillium Asset Management LLC
  • Douglas Meal, Partner, Ropes & Gray LLP
  • Leslie T. Thornton, Vice President and General Counsel, WGL Holdings, Inc. and Washington Gas Light Company
11:40 a.m.       Break 12:45 p.m.       Panel 3:  Market Systems Moderator:  James Burns, Deputy Director, Division of Trading and Markets Panelists:
  • Mark G. Clancy, Managing Director and Corporate Information Security Officer, The Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation (DTCC)
  • Mark Graff, Chief Information Security Officer, NASDAQ OMX
  • Todd Furney, Vice President, Systems Security, Chicago Board Options Exchange
  • Katheryn Rosen, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office of Financial Institutions Policy, Department of the Treasury
  • Thomas Sinnott, Managing Director, Global Information Security, CME Group
  • Aaron Weissenfluh, Chief Information Security Officer, BATS Global Markets, Inc.
1:45 p.m.         Panel 4:  Broker-Dealers, Investment Advisers, and Transfer Agents Moderators:   David Grim, Deputy Director, Division of Investment Management, James Burns, Deputy Director, Division of Trading and Markets, Andrew Bowden, Director, Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations Panelists:
  • John Denning, Senior Vice President, Operational Policy Integration, Development & Strategy, Bank of America/Merrill Lynch
  • Jimmie H. Lenz, Senior Vice President, Chief Risk and Credit Officer, Wells Fargo Advisors LLC
  • Mark R. Manley, Senior Vice President, Deputy General Counsel, and Chief Compliance Officer, AllianceBernstein L.P.
  • Marcus Prendergast, Director and Corporate Information Security Officer, ITG
  • Karl Schimmeck,  Managing Director, Financial Services Operations, Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association
  • Daniel M. Sibears, Executive Vice President, Regulatory Operations/Shared Services, FINRA
  • John Reed Stark, Managing Director, Stroz Friedberg
  • Craig Thomas, Chief Information Security Officer, Computershare
  • David G. Tittsworth, Executive Director and Executive Vice President, Investment Adviser Association
2:45 p.m.         Closing Remarks 3:00 p.m.         Roundtable concludes The roundtable will be held at the SEC’s headquarters in Washington D.C., and is open to the public on a first-come, first-served basis.  The event also will be webcast live on the SEC website and archived for later viewing. Members of the public are welcome to submit comments on the topics to be addressed at the roundtable.  Comments may be submitted electronically or on paper; please use one method only.  Any comments submitted will become part of the public record of the roundtable and posted on the SEC’s website. Electronic submissions: Use the SEC’s Internet submissions form or send an e-mail to rule-comments@sec.gov. Paper submissions: Send paper submissions in triplicate to the Office of the Secretary, Securities and Exchange Commission, 100 F Street N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549-1090. All submissions should refer to File Number 4-673 and the file number should be included on the subject line if e-mail is used.