“Oh, put me in, Coach - I’m ready to play today!” – John Fogerty, Centerfield, 1985

The roster has been set, you made the team, and you will be starting in the position of Information Security Officer (ISO). Your bank is depending on you to strike out the cybercriminals, play gold glove defense, and hit a few homeruns in the process. To succeed in a competitive game, one must receive the right coaching and employ the right techniques.

Rookies or veterans, as a new season approaches, even the best baseball players migrate to spring training to improve their games and enhance their skills. From fundamentals to analytics, a professional player must master several disciplines to put together an all-star season. Let us be the coaches who make you the best ISO in the business, arming you with the knowledge and skills necessary to protect your bank defensively while contributing offensively…managing risk while scoring runs and reaping rewards.

Join Jimmy Sawyers and Joshua Jacobs as they lead you and your team to new heights with winning strategies, valuable takeaways, and the right calls to help you score big. Get in the game and become your bank’s ISO MVP!

SCHEDULE

9:00 AM - MORNING SESSIONS

• Spring Training for ISOs: Fundamentals, Drills, and New Techniques

1. Introductions
2. Legal and Regulatory Update
3. ISO Roles and Responsibilities
4. ISO Coaching: Reading the Signs
5. ISO Checklist: The Right Equipment
6. Game Recap: Reporting to Management and the Board

• Plays of the Year: A Rundown of Cybersecurity Incidents

1. Corporate and Government Breaches
2. Ransomware-as-a-Service
3. Artificial Intelligence Cybersecurity Concerns

• Umpires, Hot Dog Vendors, and Fans: Managing the Game Outside the Lines

1. Pleasing the Umpires: Examiner Expectations
2. Runs and Errors: Bank Cautionary Tales
3. Third-Party Risk Management
4. Technology Provider Due Diligence

12:00 PM - LUNCH BREAK

1:00 PM - AFTERNOON SESSIONS

• Making the Right Call: Incident Response Game Plan

1. Goals of Your Incident Response Plan
2. Testing the Game Plan
3. Covering All the Bases (Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability)
4. Cybersecurity Insurance Considerations

• Strikeouts, Pickoffs, and Hit by Pitch: Risk Management for ISOs

1. Artificial Intelligence Risks
2. Operational Risk Management
3. Information Security Governance
4. Incident Response versus Customer Response

• Winning the World Series of Cybersecurity

1. Death of the CAT and Framework Considerations
2. Layering the Best On-Premises Cybersecurity Controls
3. Using the Cloud Effectively
4. Real Protections Versus Cybersecurity Theater

4:00 PM ADJOURN

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

This session will appeal to Information Security Officers (ISOs), chief risk officers, auditors, compliance officers, technology and operations management, chief financial officers, board members, and anyone else responsible for information security or cybersecurity preparedness.

BENEFITS AND CERTIFICATE

By completing this entertaining, informative, banking industry-specific training, participants will be provided with the knowledge and confidence necessary to take on the important role and responsibility of Information Security Officer. In addition, participants will receive a personalized certificate of completion following this livestream event.

Note: This is a Sawyers & Jacobs LLC event presented for bankers and examiners only. 

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