
Chicago
CISO Community
Town Hall
March 25, 2021 | 2:00pm CDT
March 25, 2021 | 2:00pm CDT
Responding to a Heavyweight Disruptive Extortion Attack: A View from the Frontlines
Participate with your CISO peers in the Chicago community in small, breakout discussions on a mission-critical priority for security leaders. These informal discussions allow you to share your insights and learn from the lessons, approaches and experiences of a diverse group of peers in virtual breakout rooms.
Join fellow CISOs in the Chicago community to discuss:
Accelerating security to match the pace of digital business initiatives
Managing the risk created from a landscape of new core technologies
Achieving sustainability for the CISO role without compromising outcomes
Discussion Leaders
Members of the Chicago CISO community will lead the interactive discussion and share lessons learned.

Adam Finkelstein
Sygnia
VP, Cyber Security Services, NA
Panelist

Justin Metallo
Volkswagen Financial Services
CISO
Panelist

Arlan McMillan
Kirkland & Ellis
Chief Security Officer
Moderator
Agenda
March 25, 2021
2:00pm - 3:00pm CDT
Responding to a Heavyweight Disruptive Extortion Attack: A View from the Frontlines
Hosted by Sygnia
This session will offer a window into a high impact extortion cyber-attack presented through the attacker and responder perspectives. It will leverage experience from the frontlines of cyber, to exhibit some of the latest techniques threat actors are using against organizations, provide a sense of the digital battle within a network, and share key recommendations on adapting resilience and responding to attacks.
Join this virtual session to explore:
- Insights into some of the latest in offensive techniques and trends, in the context of Extortion attacks and the recent incidents
- Effective measures for adapting resilience to the evolving threat landscape
- Techniques for leading through a cyber crisis and defeating attacks within the network
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