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Defending your Legal Practice from Cyber Threats

Hosted by Chris White, Andrew Papastefanou & Andrew Gibbens
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In today’s rapidly changing cyber landscape, securing your legal practice has never been more critical. This is a unique opportunity to gain valuable insights and practical strategies to protect your firm from evolving cyber threats.

We have two speakers confirmed for this exclusive event for the legal community, hosted by Talanos Cybersecurity.

Session 1: Chris White - Strategic Technology Advisor, CIO and NED

We’ll be joined by special guest Chris White, former CIO of law firms Ashurst, Kennedy’s and Clyde & Co. With a proven track record of delivering world-class business solutions for the legal sector, Chris will share his expertise and actionable advice to help your firm stay secure and compliant.

Key Takeaways:

  • Strategies and support when discussing cyber with the partners and board

  • Understand the latest cyber threats targeting the legal sector

  • Learn how to proactively defend your firm in a digital-first world

  • Real-world examples of how law firms are securing their data and clients

Session 2: Andy Papastefanou - Head of Threat Intel

Talanos MD and Head of Threat Intelligence, Andy Papastefanou will perform a live demonstration of the Dark Web and explain how legal practices can use the discovered data to proactively defend themselves.

Key Takeaways:

  • Understand what the dark web is and the kinds of data that can be explored

  • Live demonstration of real life dark web uses cases to preempt attacks

  • Highlight the benefits of adding this intelligence to your security strategy

  • DIY takedowns before the bad guys can act

The event will be followed by a drinks and refreshments reception. Don't miss this chance to network with industry peers and strengthen your firm’s cybersecurity strategy. We look forward to seeing you there!

About our speakers:

Chris White

Chris started his career in Financial Services holding senior IT positions at NPI Asset Management, Schroders, Henderson Investors and Cogent Investment Operations. He joined Law Firm Ashurst as CIO in 2002. Since leaving in 2009 he has undertaken a number of roles including Interim IT Director of International law firm Kennedys and CIO of Cloud e mail management company Mimecast.

Chris is the former Global CIO of international law firm Clyde&Co where he managed an IT team of 150 staff across 45 offices globally and also lead the Business Acceptance Unit and Litigation Support. He advises a number of businesses on IT strategy and how to deliver value from technology.

Andy Papastefanou

Andy has over 16 years of experience in strategy, architecture, design, implementation and support of cybersecurity solutions. He has completed his Masters in Information Security from Surrey University and is a certified CISSP, CEH and CCP. He volunteers in the NCSC industry 100 program and has contributed to many standards and frameworks such as NIST CSF v2.0 and MITRE D3FEND.

As MD of Talanos, Andy is also responsible for the threat intelligence practice - helping customers proactively defend their businesses.

About Talanos Cybersecurity

Talanos Cybersecurity are a Managed Security Services Provider offering Managed Detection and Response (MDR) services through our global cybersecurity operations centres (SOC) in the UK, South Africa and India. We are committed to helping organisations of all sizes prepare, protect, detect and respond in the face of growing cyber threats.

We also specialise in the implementation of Privileged Account Management (PAM) and Identity Governance and Administration (IGA) solutions, having successfully delivered such projects all over the world. NCSC Certified Cybersecurity Professionals certified in the security architecture domain are also available for bespoke projects and advisory.

Location
citizenM Tower of London hotel
40 Trinity Square, London EC3N 4DJ, UK
Meeting Room 6