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How to Assess an Investment Adviser's Cybersecurity Program: Critical Considerations for Investment Managers and Due Diligence Professionals
April 27, 2016 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Cybersecurity is a pervasive and visceral threat to the Investment Management industry and the SEC has characterized this issue as a “defining issue of our time” and has warned that those investment advisers that chose to minimize or ignore this issue, do so at their peril. Attacks are launched and vulnerabilities are exploited daily and just recently, a now well-known London-based established hedge fund was swindled out of $1.2 Million due to a sophisticated cyber-attack launched against a seasoned and capable CFO. Fund Managers and Due Diligence Professionals alike must be informed and educated on how to develop and asses, respectively, a modern day Cybersecurity Program.
Learning Objectives:
General Cyber Security Risks posed to Fund Managers
Real World Attack Scenarios – A Technical Look
Progression of Regulatory pronouncements regarding Cybersecurity
Regulatory Guidance – What the Guidelines Mandate
How does Regulatory Compliance Translate to Action
Sacrificial Case – RT Jones Capital Equities Case
What Will an Audit Look Like?
Take aways; What’s next?”
Understanding cyber threats, precautions and pitfalls is now part of any thorough due diligence effort. Being prepared for the inevitable can be the difference between a serious business disruption and a minor inconvenience.