e-Financial WorldExpo
October 27 - 28, 2005
National Trade Centre at Exhibition Place
Toronto, Canada

Michael Coady
Vice President, Computer Associates

Designing a Secure Organization

This presentation will go through some of the global issues facing financial institutions from outside and inside risks. There will be an overview of some current statistics dealing with the current threats facing financial institutions and information in regards to the newest threats and how they are impacting institutions across the global enterprise. We will go into and in-depth review of an external hack that took place using the above-mentioned threats and from a physical perspective items those institutions should be aware of moving forward. After reviewing the problems above we will go into what institutions are doing to fix their problems, most institutions are starting this through the mitigation of access control via Identity Management. We will have brief overview of the expectations of what good Identity Management architectures look like through the maturity of deployment.

Biographical Summary:

Background

Mr. Coady is a Vice President with Computer Associates Int. Security Practice with sixteen years of Privacy and Technology experience. During the past 12 years he has worked with two Big Five Firms and lead Forensics and Security investigations both in the public and private sector. Mr. Coady has worked with Computer Task Forces around the world and has developed an enterprise security methodology to help mitigate risks to companies.

Mr. Coady has worked with many U.S. and European based clients implementing the European Privacy Directive in the early 1990’s. He is a renowned National Speaker for Privacy and Security as it relates to HIPAA and GLBA compliance. He has managed over 60+ Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), EU Privacy Directive (EUPD) and Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA) engagements nationwide for clients in the public and private sector. Mr. Coady served with the British armed forces from 1984-1989 and again between 1990-91for Tactical Operations during Desert Storm.