NJSBA 2025 Cybersecurity Institute: From Breach to Boardroom

Tuition Rates:

– Members: $203
– Non-Members: $254

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.

9:00 | 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.

10:00 a.m. | 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.

10:30 a.m. | 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.

12:00 | Break

12:15 | Legislative and Regulatory Update – Presented by: John T. Wolak, Esq., CIPP-US 

– Panelists: Michelle A. Schaap, Esq. and Morgan Jones, Esq.

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.

1:00  | Practical Implementation Workshop: Your Monday Morning Action Plan – Moderated by: Rebecca L. Rakoski, Esq.

– Panelists: 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.

2:00 | Adjourn

CLE CREDITS:

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