Limiting Liability Exposure for the IT Manager

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Peter Vogel


Program Track:
Peak Performance

Program Duration:
18 Minutes  



Value Category: Best practices
Key Issues: Is there a discussion on liability questions regarding IT breaches and management accountability? How are directors and officers protected? What actions should be taken when breaches are discovered? What are the potential IT liabilities? What are the basics of liability insurance coverage? Are there guidelines the IT manager can put into practice? Is there a manager's checklist?
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Peter Vogel, partner at law firm Gardere Wynne Sewell, answers liability questions regarding IT breaches and management accountability, and discusses whether directors and officers are protected. He also describes actions to take when breaches are discovered. Vogel opens the program with an overview of liability issues. He continues by explaining potential IT liabilities, identifying conditions to look for, discussing analysis and remediation of IT security problems, and describing the basics of liability insurance coverage.In a section that will give the IT manager guidelines that can be put into practice, Vogel presents a manager's checklist that outlines where to start, how to hire, how to use the results of a security analysis, with whom to share those results, and the role of the risk manager.

By watching this program, you will:

~ Learn about potential IT liabilities and risks that threaten you and your organization;

~ Understand the role of the risk manager in IT security issues;

~ Understand and be able to implement the steps you should take to prevent or limit liability exposure.

PROGRAM TOPICS:

  • WATCHIT PROGRAMS
  • INTRODUCTION
  • PROGRAM ROI
  • AGENDA
  • VALUE-ADDED RESOURCES INCLUDED WITH THIS PROGRAM
  • AN OVERVIEW OF LIABILITY ISSUES
  • An Overview of Liability Issues: Determination of Insurance Coverage
  • An Overview of Liability Issues: Ensuring Adequate Insurance Coverage
  • An Overview of Liability Issues: Security Policies and IT-Savvy Lawyers
  • An Overview of Liability Issues: Negligence
  • An Overview of Liability Issues: Proving Negligence
  • POTENTIAL IT LIABILITIES
  • Potential IT Liabilities: Identity Theft
  • Potential IT Liabilities: Hackers, Viruses and Worms
  • Potential IT Liabilities: Internal and External Threats
  • Potential IT Liabilities: Other Common IT Liabilities
  • Potential IT Liabilities: Internal Attacks Disguised as System Failures
  • Potential IT Liabilities: Review Insurance Policies Carefully
  • ANALYSIS AND REMEDIATION OF IT SECURITY PROBLEMS
  • Investigate the Attack Before Fixing the Security Problem
  • Use Outside Auditors to Identify IT System Problem Areas
  • Recommendations for Working With Security Professionals
  • Validate the Results of a Security Audit
  • Communicate Security Audit Results to the Board of Directors
  • Plan for Security Remediation and Test for Success
  • INSURANCE COVERAGE: INS AND OUTS
  • Insurance Coverage Ins and Outs: Effective Period
  • Insurance Coverage Ins and Outs: Types of Policies – General Liability
  • Insurance Coverage Ins and Outs: Types of Policies – D & O
  • Insurance Coverage Ins and Outs: Types of Policies – E & O
  • Insurance Coverage Ins and Outs: Types of Policies – Professional Liability, IT, E-Mail
  • Insurance Coverage Ins and Outs: Types of Policies – Virus and Internet Policies
  • Insurance Coverage Ins and Outs: Additions and Exclusions
  • Insurance Coverage Ins and Outs: Review Policy and Shop Periodically
  • IT MANAGER’S SECURITY CHECKLIST
  • IT Manager’s Security Checklist: Where to Start
  • IT Manager’s Security Checklist: Who to Hire
  • IT Manager’s Security Checklist: How to Use the Results of a Security Analysis
  • IT Manager’s Security Checklist: Sharing the Results of a Security Analysis
  • IT Manager’s Security Checklist: The Role of Risk Management
  • CONCLUSION
  • FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
  • LEGAL INFORMATION

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    Presenter:

    Peter Vogel
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