Hyperthreats Alert – Risk Management in 2012

Ms. Menna is the Acting Director of the U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team and Director of the Critical Infrastructure Cyber Protection and Awareness Branch within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). As Director, she leads DHS’s cybersecurity engagement with industry and state and local government. Her roles also include overseeing the control systems security, cyber exercise, cyber security evaluation, and outreach and awareness programs. These programs provide leadership, expertise and coordination to assess and mitigate risk to the nation’s critical cyber infrastructure. She was selected as a member of the Senior Executive Service in 2009. Ms. Menna also formerly served as the Deputy Director of the Infrastructure Partnerships branch in the Office of Infrastructure Protection. Prior to joining the Department of Homeland Security, Ms. Menna held a variety of leadership roles for a large systems integration firm. She received both her M.A. and B.A. from the University of Chicago.

Jason Straight is managing director for Kroll Advisory Solutions. In this role, he provides extensive knowledge and expert guidance to attorneys, IT professionals, information security directors, compliance officers and risk management personnel, among others in the areas of information assurance, computer forensics, cyber investigations data breach response.Straight joined Kroll in 2002 as a legal consultant in Kroll’s legal technologies group, then served as a regional manager and later led Kroll Ontrack’s technology consulting and computer forensics practice. Alongside a team of specialized consultants, he provides clients with advice on digital investigations, data privacy protection, information security, best practices, tactical incident response and strategic data breach preparedness. He has been involved in or overseen dozens of complex engagements concerning alleged network intrusion incidents, intellectual property theft, theft or loss of customer or employee data and all manner of internal corporate investigations.

Martha Lessman Katz advises domestic and international clients regarding privacy and data security matters including cross border transfers, licensing and related technology transactions, outsourcing, e-Commerce transactions, and emerging issues with social media. Martha also assists businesses in a wide spectrum of industries in the development, implementation and management of intellectual property asset strategies, helping them to manage the exploitation and commercialization of their intellectual property assets and all facets of technology transactions. Examples of such matters include: in and out licensing, technology transfer, subscription agreements, website legal terms, Software/Platform/Infrastructure as a Service and cloud computing agreements.Martha has been included in Best Lawyers in America, Information Technology Law each year since 2009. She is certified by the International Association of Privacy Professionals as an information privacy professional. She is also certified by the Licensing Executives Society as a licensing specialist.

Mr. McNairy is a partner in the Litigation Department of Seyfarth Shaw LLP. He specializes in matters involving trade secret, non-compete, computer fraud, unfair competition, and related business tort claims. He prosecutes and defends trade secret misappropriation claims, as well as efforts to enforce/invalidate restrictive covenants in employment-related agreements.Mr. McNairy is serving as a member of the Executive Committee of the State Bar of California’s Intellectual Property Law Section for the 2012-2015 term. He routinely writes and presents on trade secret, non-compete and computer fraud issues and is a contributing editor to the 2011 Supplement to Trade Secret Litigation and Protection in California, a widely referenced publication of the Intellectual Property Section of the State Bar of California.