Unauthorized User: Ransomware and Forensics

Overview

This CLE webinar covers ransomware and the role of digital forensics for attorneys. Panelists discuss what ransomware attacks are and the current U.S. threat environment, break down the 2021 OFAC ransomware advisory and how it affects payment legality, give an overview of computer forensics and its role after an attack, and share best practices to limit an organization's ransomware risk.

What you’ll learn

• ✓Explain how ransomware attacks occur and the current threat environment
• ✓Apply the 2021 OFAC ransomware advisory to payment decisions
• ✓Understand the role of computer forensics after a ransomware attack
• ✓Advise clients on best practices to limit ransomware risk

Curriculum

1. 1. Unauthorized User: Ransomware and Forensics for Lawyers 

   In this CLE webinar, our expert panelists begin by discussing what ransomware attacks are, how they occur, and the current threat environment in the United States. Next, our speakers break down the 2021 OFAC ransomware advisory, which parties it applies to, and the factors considered in determining potential violations. They also review the option for licensing policies and the penalties imposed by OFAC. Next, our experts give an overview of computer forensics, its capabilities, and its role after a ransomware attack. Finally, our speakers share the best practices to limit an organization’s ransomware risk, which counsel can both observe and advise clients to do. Topics covered in this webinar: Overview of Ransomware OFAC Ransomware Advisory Overview of Computer Forensics and its Ro

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Your instructors

Daniel B. Garrie

Founder, Law & Forensics; Neutral at JAMS; Faculty at Harvard

Law & Forensics LLC · JAMS · Harvard · Rutgers Law School · Journal of Law & Cyber Warfare

Daniel B. Garrie is the founder and executive managing partner of Law & Forensics LLC, a boutique cybersecurity and forensic engineering firm he co-founded in 2008. He serves as a neutral, arbitrator, and forensic special master at JAMS, focusing on cybersecurity, cryptocurrency, and complex technology disputes, and holds faculty appointments at Harvard and Rutgers Law School. A patented software inventor and prolific author, he is editor-in-chief of the Journal of Law & Cyber Warfare and a widely cited authority on computer forensics, eDiscovery, and cyber litigation.

Bradford Newman

Chair, North America Trade Secret Practice, Baker McKenzie

Baker McKenzie

Bradford Newman chairs Baker McKenzie's North America Trade Secret Practice. He advises clients on trade secret protection, artificial intelligence, and emerging technology risk, and speaks frequently on AI regulation and ethics for attorneys.

Douglas Meal

Partner, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Douglas Meal is a partner at Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, a leading practitioner in data breach and cybersecurity litigation.