Event Overview

Do you know where your data is? How IT and legal teams can work together to address the implications of data protection

Data protection has long been an important issue for corporate IT and legal teams, but it has become an increasingly high-profile concern following HM Revenue & Customs’ loss of 25 million child benefit records, and other similar private sector revelations. Companies are realising that they are being exposed to a higher level of regulatory, legal and market risks from data being spread all across the organisation.

With the increase in these incidents it is vital that data is not seen purely as another facet of IT, but as a key asset which needs to be secured and audited at all times. Organisations must take proactive measures to ensure they know exactly where their important information resides. Legal and IT professionals need to be sure that sensitive information is secured, and is managed and used appropriately in line with internal and external compliance requirements .

This Computing web seminar, hosted jointly with Legal Week, will discuss how legal and IT teams can work together to meet the demands of data protection, audit, and policy enforcement. The event will provide viewers with the best practice tools and techniques to successfully, manage the cost, resource and time implications of protecting your vital data.

Who should attend?

• CIOs, IT directors, IT managers
• Chief security officers / IT security managers
• Computer storage managers
• Data protection managers
• Content managers
• IT audit / governance experts
• Ecommerce managers
• Operational risk managers

Why you should attend?

• Find out what data protection really means for your organisation
• Understand the legal implication of data protection laws
• Learn about the regulatory and organisational impacts of data protection
• Understand how IT and legal teams can best work together to protect your organisation
• Gain best practice tips on how to put an effective data protection, audit and policy enforcement plan into action
• Learn from real-life case studies how to minimise the cost and resource implications of effective data protection
• Put your questions to our panel of legal and IT experts

Speakers



Alessandro Moretti - CISSP, Executive Director, UBS Investment Bank, IT Security Risk Management.

Alessandro leads a global risk analysis, risk management and IT forensic team. A British and Swiss national, he has extensive international consulting experience working with Fortune 500 financial services, nuclear and petrochemical companies, including Baker Hughes, as interim CISO on some assignments, establishing new security risk management and security testing functions.

Laurence Pender CISSP – Enterprise Business Manager

Laurence Pender is an Enterprise Business Manager for Guidance Software, a company recognised as the world leader in digital investigations. Laurence has 15 years experience in the IT software and services industry working for both UK government agencies and global corporations where he has specialised in areas of Software Engineering, IT Security & Systems Management and Enterprise Digital Investigations. Laurence has extensive consulting experience covering a wide range of commercial and government organisations. This expertise and rare insight of business operations enables Laurence to analyse complex challenges faced by the Enterprise market, and then execute the delivery of the required infrastructure and investments to meet threats posed by the digital world. Laurence Pender received his Bachelor of Engineering from Bath University, United Kingdom and has several other qualifications including CISSP.

Mark Surguy, Senior Associate, Dispute Resolution & Litigation Group, Pinsent Masons

Mark Surguy is a Senior Associate in our Dispute Resolution & Litigation Group and is a versatile, resourceful and highly experienced commercial lawyer.  He has conducted contentious banking, insolvency, commercial fraud, and a wide range of contractual cases in the High Court and Court of Appeal, arbitral tribunals and by means of Alternative Dispute Resolution on behalf of public and private companies, public institutions and wealthy individuals.

Mark Handles large-scale, complex, high-value and multi-party cases for claimants and defendants and has considerable trial and appellate experience.

He is particularly interested in multi-disciplinary project management, synergistic team-building and enhancing litigators’ practical and professional skills.  In the age of information overload his focus is on using knowledge, not just having it.
As part of his practice Mark has focused on the impact of technology on the disclosure process and regularly advises on the pre-litigation / investigation stage on document management, e-disclosure, and litigation holds.  He has recently been involved in a project in Birmingham to raise awareness of e-disclosure practice and procedure amongst the judiciary.

Working with the firm’s in house team of forensic accountants mark was jointly responsible for the introduction of formal decision-analysis techniques into Pinsent Masons’ Reaching Solutions dispute resolution methodology.

Mark has lectured professionally in litigation procedure and has a passion for education and training.



Paul Gilbert - Chief Executive and founder of LBC Wise Counsel

Paul Gilbert is the Chief Executive and founder of LBC Wise Counsel, a specialist management consultancy for law firms and in-house legal teams with a particular focus on soft skills, change management, relationship management, value-adding initiatives, strategic planning and staff development. LBC acts for law firms and in-house legal teams in the UK and overseas.

He is a Trustee of the LawWorks pro bono charity, is a former member of the England & Wales Law Society Council and Management Board.

Previously Paul was General Counsel in two UK financial services companies, United Assurance Group PLC and Cheltenham & Gloucester plc.  He has also held positions as chairman and chief executive of the England & Wales national in-house lawyers Commerce & Industry Group.

Paul is also a successful author with two books and articles regularly published in the legal and training press in the UK and internationally.