Replay: NJSBA 2025 Cybersecurity Institute: From Breach to Boardroom
Date: Aug 30, 2026 9:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Location: Online
Member Price: $225.00
Non-Member Price: $274.00
Section Price: $0.00
Areas of Law:
Keynote
Moderator
- Rebecca L. Rakoski, Esq.
- Co-Chair, New JerseySBA Cybersecurity & Data Privacy Committee
XPAN Law Partners LLP, Marlton - Karen Painter Randall, Esq.
- Chair, Cybersecurity, Data Privacy and Incident Response Group
Connell Foley LLP, Roselandis founder and Chair of the Cybersecurity, Data Privacy and Incident Response Group at Connell Foley LLP in Roseland, New Jersey. Formerly Certified as a Civil Trial Attorney by the Supreme Court of New Jersey, she represents clients in complex litigation, and regulatory compliance and defense matters involving cybersecurity, data protection and privacy, social media and professional liability; and provides counsel and advocacy in federal and state courts for both professionals and businesses across a broad range of industries.
Admitted to practice in New Jersey and before the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals and the United States Supreme Court, Ms. Randall is a member of the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) and serves as Co-Chair of its New Jersey KnowledgeNet chapter. She received three ABA presidential appointments to serve on the Cybersecuity Legal Task Force and the Standing Committee on Lawyer’s Professional Liability, and is the co-founder and Chair of the New Jersey State Bar Association’s Cybersecurity Legal Task Force. Ms. Randall has also served as Chair of the USLAW Network Data Privacy and Cybersecurity Practice Group and co-chaired the Claims and Litigation Management Alliance (CLM) 2016 NYC Cyber Liability Summit, and the University of South Carolina School of Law selected her to serve as Director of the Cybersecurity Institute. A Fellow of the American Bar Foundation, she was appointed by Chief Justice Rabner to serve on the Board on Civil Trial Certification.
Ms. Randall was selected by Bloomberg BNA to serve as its New Jersey Contributing Editor on cyber and privacy issues for Bloomberg Law: Privacy & Data Security, focusing on the
regulatory and compliance landscape of data protection laws in the U.S. and around the world. She has lectured for the American Bar Association, the AICPA and other professional organizations, and is the author and co-author of articles which have appeared in New Jersey Lawyer, USLAW Magazine and other publications. She is the recipient of several honors.
Ms. Randall received her B.A. and M.A. in Public Administration from the University of South Carolina and her J.D. from the University of South Carolina School of Law. She completed the Advanced Legal Management Program at Montclair University’s School of Business and clerked for the Honorable J. Emmet Cassidy, JSC.
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Presenters
- Killol Darji
- Chief Information Security Officer, New Jersey Courts
- Monique Ferraro, Esq.
- Hartford Steam Boiler
- Paul Ihme
- Cofounder and Managing Principal
Soteria LLC - Morgan Jones, Esq.
- Partner, Cybersecurity and Data Privacy
Brown Rudnick LLP, New York - Laks Kattalai
- Chief Information Officer, New Jersey Judiciary
- Jessica Lewis Kelly, Esq.
- Special Assistant To the Administrative Director, Administrative Office of the Courts
- Conor Osthoff
- Head of Incident Response, Americas, S-RM
- Michelle A. Schaap, Esq.
- Member, Tech, Privacy and Data Innovations
Chiesa Shahinian & Giantomasi PC, Roseland - John T. Wolak
- Partner, FBT Gibbons, Newark
- Don Wyper
- Chief Operating Officer, DigitalMint Cyber
This is a replay of NJSBA 2025 Cybersecurity Institute: From Breach to Boardroom, which originally took place on October 3, 2025.
The Essential Annual Update Every Attorney Needs to Protect Their Firm, Their Reputation, and Their Clients' Futures
Your clients trust you with their most sensitive information. One breach could destroy that trust - and your practice. In five fast-paced hours, the tri-state area's leading cybersecurity and data privacy authorities will arm you with practical, battle-tested strategies to transform your firm from vulnerable target to fortified practice. You'll leave with tools you'll implement Monday morning, contracts you'll revise that afternoon, and the confidence to guide clients through their darkest digital hours.
This isn't theory. This is survival.
Topics include:
- Opening Keynote: Threat Landscape 2025
Presented by: Karen Painter Randall, Esq.
Panelists: Monique Ferraro, Paul Ihme, Conor Osthoff and Don Wyper
- This deep dive brings together the state’s foremost cybersecurity and privacy experts to examine the current threat environment and what’s coming next. The panel will explore real-world attack scenarios currently targeting law firms and businesses in the tri-state area, including ransomware-as-a-service operations, supply chain compromises, and AI-enhanced social engineering. You’ll learn how the New Jersey Judiciary defends against millions of daily attack attempts and discover practical strategies for building resilience.
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Keynote: The Privacy Nightmare That Follows — When the Breach Is Just the Beginning
Presented by: Rebecca L. Rakoski, Esq.
- After the ransom is paid, a hidden catastrophe begins. This session explores the 180-day danger zone where privacy violations multiply, leading to massive regulatory penalties and class-action lawsuits. Using a real-world case study, you will learn how plaintiffs build their cases, what happens to your data on the dark web, and how to use a post-breach privacy audit to break the "privacy kill chain" before regulators arrive.
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The First 60 Minutes: Inside a Live Ransomware Attack
Presented by: Karen Painter Randall, Esq.
Panelists: Killol Darji; Monique Ferraro; Paul Ihme; Laks Kattalai; Jessica Lewis Kelly, Esq.; Conor Osthoff; Rebecca L. Rakoski, Esq.; and Don Wyper- Experience a minute-by-minute breakdown of what actually happens during a modern ransomware attack—in the server room and the boardroom. This session reveals the new ransomware playbook, the critical decisions you must make in the first hour, and provides practical, real-world scenarios from recent incidents. You’ll walk away with a 60-minute incident response checklist and a communication tree template to save your firm's reputation.
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Legislative and Regulatory Update
Presented by: John T. Wolak, Esq., CIPP-US- Navigate the rapidly evolving compliance landscape with a comprehensive update on the federal and state regulations reshaping cybersecurity and privacy obligations. This session decodes the SEC’s new disclosure requirements, the FTC’s enhanced safeguards rule, and the wave of state privacy laws taking effect in 2025, with a special focus on New Jersey legislation and multi-state enforcement trends creating new liability for firms and their clients.
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Practical Implementation Workshop: Your Monday Morning Action Plan
Moderator: Rebecca L. Rakoski, Esq.
Presenters: Killol Darji; Laks Kattalai; Jessica Lewis Kelly, Esq.; and Karen Painter Randall, Esq.- This intensive final hour delivers a rapid-fire round of immediately actionable tips and solutions. No theory—just practical wisdom from decades of experience. Learn the five-minute email fix that blocks 90% of phishing, the MFA configurations that actually work, the contract clauses that transfer vendor risk, and the wire transfer protocols that stop the #1 source of law firm losses. You'll leave with a prioritized playbook of security and privacy enhancements you can deploy immediately.
NOTE: This is a previously recorded seminar and does not count as live credits.
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