Cyber Threats and Security (E1509499)

Michael K. Bernstein is a director with K2 Intelligence’s Investigations and Disputes practice. Combining over a decade of experience in public accounting, private finance and operational management, forensic accounting and fraud investigation, and risk management and advisory, he leads a variety of investigatory and advisory assignments for government, corporate, and high-net-worth individual clients.

At K2 Intelligence, Michael contributes to the protection of clients’ financial, operational, and reputational interests through engagements that identify and investigate fraud, waste, and abuse, quantify losses and prepare evidence of allegations of financial crimes, and develop and improve internal controls and compliance programs to deter misappropriations. Michael is also experienced in corporate contests, disputes and litigation, information security, and data analytics cases. He has assessed anti-money laundering, internal audit, and internal controls programs of global banks on behalf of government regulators and has evaluated internal controls over federal grant management for major city disaster response and recovery efforts. Michael also lead the initial audit over operational effectiveness of a major provider of outsourced banking anti-money laundering solutions, providing assurance over accuracy and completeness of background checks, site security and access control, business continuity and disaster recovery, and regulatory compliance.

Michael started with K2 Intelligence as Director of Finance, where he provided financial and operational insight to inform key decisions that fueled the organization’s growth. He also guided practitioners through client engagements and advised the firm’s various practices on engagement management.

Prior to joining K2 Intelligence, Michael served as the accounting manager of a fixed-base operator at Teterboro Airport, where, following the organization’s purchase by Goldman Sachs, he built its Accounting and Finance Department that provided timely, precise financial and operational reporting and insight. He also supervised airport operations, secured airport assets, and worked with various state and federal law enforcement agencies to ensure facilities security during special events.

Michael began his career with Sobel & Co., LLC, a regional public accounting firm, where he managed a diverse range of audit, tax, and consulting clients in the financial services, retail, manufacturing, distribution, real estate management, construction, services, and not-for-profit sectors. At Sobel, Michael served as the Senior Auditor in Charge of the Brokers and Dealers in Securities, Investment Advisors, and Pension Plan Groups, and Quality Control Reviewer of the Internal Controls Audit Group.

Michael received a B.S. in Accounting and Entrepreneurship from Hofstra University. He is a Certified Public Accountant, a Chartered Global Management Accountant, and a Certified Fraud Examiner. He serves as active director on the NJ Society of CPAs Essex Chapter Executive Board and as a Director on the Advisory Board of the Arc of Essex County.

Uri Gutfreund, RPLU is a member of the Risk Strategies Professional Practice Group (RiskPro) at Singer Nelson Chalmers. His multi discipline team advises professional firms on all types of insurance and benefits. He is a frequent speaker at conferences, writer, and blogger on insurance and risk management issues for professional firms. Uri also is the Founder & Moderator of The Managing Partner Forum™, a leading leadership think tank for mid-size law firms. He holds a designation as a Registered Professional Liability Underwriter and he received his Bachelor of Arts Degree in Economics from Yeshiva University.

Rob Kleeger is the Founder and Managing Director of Digital4nx Group, Ltd. Rob is a subject matter expert on digital forensics, cyber security, and electronic discovery. Rob has overseen several leading digital evidence matters since being involved in this emerging field since its inception in the private sector such as Zubulake v. UBS Warburg (The leading eDiscovery case), The Nigerian Barge Trial (1st criminal case from The Enron Scandal), and then in 2011, the Sony Computer Entertainment America, Inc. v. Hotz (The hacktivist group Anonymous which shut Sony’s PS3 network down for days). Rob was a Senior Partner in a leading Digital Forensics firm managing strategic relationships and directing case management teams and sales teams until the firm was acquired by a global business risk advisory and compliance firm in early 2006.

Robert H. Rosenzweig, RPLU is a Vice President & National Cyber Risk Practice Leader at Singer Nelson Charlmers. In this role he is responsible for coordinating and growing the cyber liability business across all Risk Strategies companies nationwide. He also works directly with the firm’s clients and prospects on creating comprehensive and customized coverage for their data security, privacy, and errors & omissions exposures. He has also written on cyber liability topics, has participated on panels and has led seminars on a variety of related topics. Mr. Rosenzweig currently holds a designation as a Registered Professional Liability Underwriter and he received his Bachelor of Arts Degree in Government & Economics from Hamilton College.

Khizar Sheikh is a Partner of Mandelbaum Salsburg PC and chairs its Cybersecurity Practice Group. Mr. Sheikh focuses his practice on cybersecurity, privacy, and data matters. He counsels clients ranging from emerging growth companies to publicly-traded, global organizations, in industries that include banking and financial services, consumer retail, healthcare, and education, on issues relating to data collection, storage, protection, use, and sharing, risk assessments, and legal compliance issues. He also advises security researchers and “white hat” hackers on the unique legal issues that their work implicates.

Mr. Sheikh received a B.A. in biochemistry from Hamilton College and a J.D. from Rutgers University School of Law.

Douglas Veivia is director of Corporate Investigations at Prudential Financial. This division is responsible for increasing collaboration and cooperation with investigative components within International Businesses to better manage risks across the enterprise. Prior to joining Prudential, he spent over 22 years serving in the F.B.I. where he supervised Special Agents, analysts, and forensic accounts responsible for investigations of FCPA, Corruption, Securities Fraud, and other Financial Crimes. He served as the Coordinator for the Corruption and Financial Crimes programs where he was responsible for identification of risks specific to those programs and the development of operational programs designed to combat them. He has served as a speaker and panelist at numerous domestic and international Corruption, Compliance, and Financial Crimes training events.

Mr. Veivia is a graduate of Clarkson University with a Ph.D. in Chemistry.