Weathering the Storm: Insights on the SolarWinds Wells Notice

Overview

A panel reviews the SolarWinds cyber attack, its technical complexity and breadth of affected parties, then examines the regulatory response including Executive Order 14028 and the SEC's 2023 cybersecurity disclosure rules. The session focuses on the June 2023 Wells Notice, the first to directly name a CISO, and its implications for executive liability, concluding with best practices to safeguard organizations.

What you’ll learn

• ✓Understand the SolarWinds attack, its methods and scope
• ✓Explain the regulatory response and SEC disclosure rules
• ✓Assess the executive and CISO liability implications of the Wells Notice
• ✓Apply best practices to mitigate cyber risk and executive exposure

Curriculum

1. 1. Weathering the Storm: Insights on the SolarWinds Wells Notice

   What You Will Learn In this seminar, our panel of industry leaders begin by reviewing the SolarWinds attack to highlight key facts, the technical complexity of the attack method, and the breadth of affected parties. Our speakers then review the response to the breach, and focus on the SEC’s June 2023 Wells Notice, to highlight its potential implications for executive liability. The panel concludes the discussion by highlighting best practices to safeguard organizations and avoid the pitfalls of digital threats. Topics covered in this webinar: The SolarWinds Cyber Attack Regulatory Response Wells Notice Looking Ahead and Best Practices

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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.

Rick Borden

Partner, Frankfurt Kurnit

Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz

Rick Borden is a partner at Frankfurt Kurnit, advising on privacy, cybersecurity, and regulatory enforcement, including the SolarWinds Wells Notice.

Craig Martin

Partner and Co-Chair, Investigations + White Collar Defense, Morrison & Foerster

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Craig Martin is a partner and co-chair of the Investigations and White Collar Defense group at Morrison & Foerster, teaching on the SolarWinds Wells Notice and SEC cybersecurity enforcement.