As financial institutions accelerate digital transformation, managing identity across hybrid environments has become a pressing cybersecurity challenge. The expanding ecosystem of third-party vendors, cloud services, and legacy systems has turned service accounts and external access into prime targets for threat actors. From headline-grabbing breaches to insider misuse, the risks are intensifying and demand urgent action.
During this session, you will hear:
- Stories from the trenches from cybersecurity experts including identity specialists, legal experts, and cybersecurity strategy advisors who are actively addressing the evolving identity threat landscape.
- Discussions on scalable strategies for managing service accounts, securing third-party access, and curbing privilege sprawl.
- Real-world case studies will highlight credential abuse, automation blind spots, and how Zero Trust architectures are reshaping security across the financial ecosystem.
Speakers:
Violet Sullivan (Moderator)
AVP Cyber Solutions Team Leader, Crum & Forster
Violet Sullivan is a leading cybersecurity and privacy attorney, CIPP/US & CIPM, and head of Crum & Forster’s Cyber Solutions Team, advising clients on incident response and risk management. Ms.Sullivan provides value-added resources to cyber insurance policyholders and also serves as a professor of Cybersecurity & Privacy Law at Baylor Law School’s LLM program.
Jim Aldridge
SVP Cybersecurity Advisor, Marsh
Jim applies a practical, front-line perspective to helping Marsh clients manage security risks. His experience spans a variety of technology and business domains including security leadership, incident response, and offensive security.
Sian Schafle
Partner & Chair, Incident Response, Mullen Coughlin LLC
Sian Schafle is a Partner at Mullen Coughlin and Chair of the Firm’s Incident Response practice group. She focuses her practice on data privacy and security incident response, regulatory investigation defense, and pre-incident Advisory Compliance planning and counseling.
Matt Pannebaker
Sales Engineer, Silverfort