Industry expert Mark Pribish will outline how businesses and consumers should focus on response, resiliency, and recovery:

More and more businesses and consumers are becoming victims of identity theft and data breach events and yet most businesses and consumers are not equipped to address the problem. In this session, industry expert Mark Pribish will discuss why information security, governance and technology should be a critical focus for both businesses and consumers in preventing a data breach or ID theft event - an equal or more important focus should be response, resiliency and recovery. He will discuss the reality of data breaches and identity theft and how businesses and consumers can be better prepared for the inevitable.

Learning Objectives:
After this presentation, participants will:
- Cyber threats will get more difficult and insider threats will become harder to track
- Organizations should focus on response and recovery when it comes to data breach risk management
- The threat environment changes so quickly that security policies and procedures are not keeping up
- Pre and post breach planning services are critical as state and federal laws are not keeping up with evolving cyber risks
- IT and hacking are the sizzle that makes the news; however, insider threat is the primary factor in most data breaches
- The CEOs of Target and Equifax were not fired because they were hacked, they were fired because of their failed management response to their breach events
- Businesses and consumers need to be more resilient and compromise ready in the event of a data breach or ID theft event

Mark Pribish

Mark Pribish has 32 years of insurance and risk experience including the identity theft and data breach risk management business sectors. As Vice President and Practice Leader at Aura, Mark is helping lead channel sales and strategic partnerships for Aura’s digital security solutions including identity theft and device protection. Prior to joining Aura, Mark held senior level positions at Vero, Merchants Information Solutions, Aon, and AIG. He has authored hundreds of articles and is interviewed by local and national media as an ID theft and data breach risk management expert. Mark is the author of the longest running, educational monthly column (Since 2006) on the topics of cybersecurity, data breach risk management, identity theft, and personal privacy. He is a member of the Identity Theft Resource Center Board of Directors, Grand Canyon University Technology Advisory Board, Consumer Federation of America ID Theft Best Practices Group, and a graduate of the FBI Citizens Academy Class of 2012. Mark is a graduate of the University of Dayton.