The growing threat of cybercrime and data breaches has created an ever-increasing concern about security. Given recent data breaches in consumers’ private data (Target, Neiman Marcus, et al.), the panel’s description of threats and how to mitigate them was very salient. On a panel of private sector and government representatives, the Data Security and Cybercrime … Continue reading »

The Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act is going to affect Foreign Financial Institutions (FFIs) to an extraordinary degree. This panel on FATCA and the three R’s for non-US Financial Institutions (FI) aimed at showing the far reach FATCA will have and how FFIs can comply with “Register, Review, and Report”. The panel began with a … Continue reading »