The Enemy from Within

Ruth Hill Bro is a partner at Baker & McKenzie LLP (Chicago), where she advises businesses on privacy strategy and global compliance and is the founding North American member of the firm’s Global Privacy Steering Committee and its Privacy Newsletter editorial board. Now Chair-Elect of the ABA Section of Science & Technology Law, she founded/chaired the ABA’s E-Privacy Law Committee for five years. She also chairs the Section's new Committee for the Advancement of Science and Technology Law and Education (CASTLE). Ruth speaks and writes extensively, including her quarterly column, CPO Corner, and her most recent book, The E-Business Legal Arsenal: Practitioner Agreements and Checklists. Listings include Chambers USA: America's Leading Business Lawyers and The Legal 500 US. Her views have been noted in the Wall Street Journal, NY Times, National Law Journal, Corporate Counsel, BNA Privacy & Security Law Report, Bloomberg Radio, and CNBC. She received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Northwestern University and a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Chicago. And she won New York Law Journal's 2006 fiction contest for her short story, "Privilege".

Don Kohtz is the Director of Investigative & Compliance Solutions with Continuum Worldwide. He was formerly an Assistant Attorney General for the State of Nebraska, the Fraud Bureau Chief at the Nebraska Department of Insurance, and was legal counsel to insurance companies and financial institutions.

Don has presented and published articles on the topics of fraud, risk mitigation, and compliance matters. He has investigated matters involving fraud, white collar crime and unethical behavior.

Don holds a Bachelor of Science degree, a Doctorate of Jurisprudence, and is certified as a HIPAA Professional (HIPPAP). He is a member of the Nebraska Power Review Board, which regulates Nebraska’s publicly owned electrical utility industry. He is a former executive board member of the Nebraska Crime Stoppers, Inc., and the Heartland Chapter of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE). He is an associate member of both the local chapter and the national organization of the ACFE. He is a recipient of the Distinguished Achievement Award from the ACFE for his efforts in the fight against fraud.

Mark is Principal in charge of the Information Security Services Group at LarsonAllen. He has over 20 years experience in auditing and technology consulting. In this position, he has actively led many IT audits and security assessments for banks with a diversity of operating environments. He leads a team of technology and industry specialists in an efficient approach to provide security analyses that are balanced with business needs. Information security assessments include:
   • Network penetration services.
   • Internal network security assessments.
   • Information security general controls.
   • Information security policies and procedures assessment / consulting.
   • Incident response and electronic forensics services.

Mark is a frequent speaker on information security topics for banks and has been retained by the Independent Community Bankers of America to teach information systems auditing course as part of their Audit Institute for bank internal auditors.

Jonathan Gossels is President of SystemExpertsTM Corporation, a consulting firm specializing in computer and network security and compliance. He plays an active, hands-on role advising clients in compliance, technology strategies, managing complex programs, and building effective security organizations. Jonathan brings a business focus to this work, balancing all technical initiatives with business requirements and impact. 

Prior to founding SystemExperts, Jonathan built the Consulting Services operation for OpenVision Technologies (now Veritas). Before that, he was the Director of Business Development and Business Area Manager of Interoperability for the Open Software Foundation (OSF). In that role, Jonathan initiated and led the Distributed Computing Environment (DCE) project from its inception through its three major releases. 

Jonathan is frequently quoted on the emerging challenges as well as best practices in information security in leading publications such as ComputerWorld, Information Week, CSO Magazine, Wall Street & Technology Magazine, and InfoWorld. He is also a regular contributor to SC Magazine and the ISSA Journal. 

Jonathan has served on the editorial advisory board of Information Security Magazine, as technical advisor to Dateline NBC, and has been a guest on CBS news radio. 

Jonathan is a graduate of Yale University and MIT's Sloan School of Management.