Uncharted Territory: Navigating New Rules and Evolving SEC Expectations for Cyber, AI, and Reg S-P
Join the IAA and Salus GRC for a webinar to help advisers navigate evolving regulatory expectations and cybersecurity requirements for investment advisers. We’ll cover key trends, challenges, and strategies that will help strengthen your compliance and cyber programs.
- Expectations under the new administration: how regulatory priorities are shifting
- What does the amended Reg S-P rule mean for cyber programs?
- SEC exam trends: the heightened focus on cyber policies, risk assessments, vendor oversight, and incident response planning
- Operational challenges for implementing the new Reg S-P requirements
- The AI dichotomy: productivity enabler for portfolio management and compliance vs. an emerging cyber threat
- Practical tips to enhance your compliance and cyber programs ahead of the new Reg S-P requirements
Speaker
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E.J. YerzakManaging Director, Salus GRCE.J. Yerzak, CISA, CISM, CRISC, is Managing Director at Salus GRC. He has over two decades of experience as a cybersecurity and regulatory compliance professional and thought leader helping financial services firms manage risk. His cybersecurity experience includes governance, vulnerability and penetration testing, consulting on data security incidents, reporting frameworks and related cybersecurity risk assessments (including NIST and NYDFS), and vendor due diligence, as well as management of teams conducting phishing testing and dark web monitoring. His regulatory experience includes consulting for private equity funds, hedge funds, pension consulting firms, and retail wealth managers on investment adviser compliance programs, compliance forensic testing, risk assessments, and annual reviews.
Prior to joining Salus GRC, E.J. was Director of Cybersecurity Services for Confluence Technologies, which acquired Compliance Solutions Strategies (CSS) where he served in the same role. CSS acquired Ascendant Compliance Management, where E.J. was a Partner and senior consultant.
As a cybersecurity expert, E.J. has authored numerous articles on emerging technology and regulatory issues published in journals and by third parties and is the author of two award-winning technothriller fiction novels. He is frequently requested to speak at industry conferences around the world on cybersecurity, regulatory compliance, and blockchain.
E.J. holds a juris doctorate (J.D.) magna cum laude from Quinnipiac University School of Law and is licensed to practice at the State Bar of Connecticut and in federal court before the District Court for the District of Connecticut. He also has an MS from Central Connecticut State University in Computer Information Technology/Computer Science, and a dual BA from Colgate University magna cum laude in English and Computer Science.