Atlanta, Georgia, October 30, 2024, CyberNewsWire
National cyber directors from the White House, CEOs, key financial services providers, congressional and executive branch experts will discuss industry priorities for 2025 and beyond
The American Transaction Processors Coalition (ATPC) Cyber Council will convene “The Tie that Binds: A 21st Century Cybersecurity Dialogue” on October 31, 2024 at the Convention Hall of the Bank of America Financial Center Tower in Atlanta. The event will feature leading cyber experts from the financial industry, federal agencies, the White House and Congress to focus on pressing cybersecurity issues and the ways the financial services industry is addressing them. It will include discussions on evolving technologies that will impact the path forward, the role of AI, supply chain security needs and more.
“Cybersecurity is the backbone of the payment processing industry,” said H. West Richards, executive director of ATPC. “The work of the ATPC Cyber Council is a testament to our commitment to protecting our financial ecosystem and advancing a collaborative approach to addressing the cybersecurity challenges of tomorrow.”
Key speakers and highlights:
- The Honorable Harry Coker, Jr., White House National Cyber Director, will deliver the luncheon keynote.
- The Honorable Rich McCormick (R-GA-06) will deliver a keynote address.
- Moira Bergin, staff director of the House Committee on Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity Subcommittee, will discuss legislative priorities and global cybersecurity risks.
- The Honorable Andre Dickens, Mayor of Atlanta, will deliver a video address.
- Barry McCarthy, CEO of Deluxe and Chairman of the ATPC Board of Directors, will also deliver a keynote.
- Bridgette Walsh, executive director of the Financial Services Sector Coordinating Council, and Josh Magri, founder and CEO of Cyber Risk Institute, will participate in a fireside chat on private sector best practices.
- A panel on AI in financial services includes Clarissa Banks (Deluxe), David Excell (Featurespace), David King (Mastercard) and Donna Teevens (ACI Worldwide), moderated by Rick Van Luvender.
- A panel on cyber education includes Dr. Tony Coulson (CSUSB), Dr. Albena Asenova-Belal (Gwinnett Technical College), Dr. Humayun Zafar (Kennesaw State University) and Dr. Michael Nowatkowski (Augusta University).
- H. West Richards, Executive Director of ATPC, will open the event with a welcome address.
- Rick Van Luvender, ATPC Cyber Council Chair & SVP, Head of Cybersecurity Client Trust & International Cybersecurity Service at Fiserv, will deliver the opening remarks.
- Norma Krayem, ATPC Cyber Council Director & Vice President, Chair of the Cybersecurity, Privacy & Digital Innovation Practice Group at Van Scoyoc Associates, will provide insights on future cybersecurity trends.
The forum will conclude with a fireside chat focused on “A Look to the Future: 2025: Top Cybersecurity and Critical Technology Priorities for the ATPC Cyber Council,” with Fiserv’s Rick Van Luvender and Norma Krayem, the Director of the ATPC Cyber Council, focusing on future cybersecurity and critical technology priorities.
Details of the conference are available at https://atpcoalition.com/atpc-cyber-forum/.
ATPC is a leading voice for America’s payment processors, consisting of the world’s largest global payment processors, banks, credit card companies and financial services companies. ATPC member companies are uniquely positioned to ensure that global payments move seamlessly around the world, while enabling broader and more diverse participation within the financial services system. In the race for a better future, technology solutions can advance faster than companies can keep up with cybersecurity risks. As a result, the ATPC is one of the few coalitions to establish a standalone Cybersecurity Council to prioritize these important cybersecurity issues among its member companies. The ATPC Cyber Council is a unique group composed exclusively of CISOs, CSOs, CIOs and CTOs who are on the front lines every day dealing with the operational implications of cybersecurity. These US-based companies serve hundreds of millions of customer businesses around the world every day and process hundreds of billions of transactions per year.
About the ATPC
The ATPC is a leading voice for America’s payment processors, driving awareness of the industry and its value to consumers, businesses and the economy, working with lawmakers and regulators at the federal, state and international levels. The ATPC is rooted in Georgia’s Transaction Alley, where electronic payments and the fintech industry began. Yet our members enable payments in states across the country and in every corner of the world. The ATPC has a rich history of economic development, thought leadership and involvement in legislative and regulatory topics such as cybersecurity, privacy, financial inclusion, fraud, as well as emerging themes such as open banking, AI and stable coins.
About the ATPC Cyber Council
The American Transaction Processors Coalition (ATPC) has established a dedicated Cyber Council to advance the efforts of ATPC member companies in addressing cybersecurity risks. The Cyber Council’s mission is to identify best practices and areas of shared risk to help ATPC members address the evolving cyber threat in the U.S. payment processing system and thus strengthen the industry’s ability to identify cyber attacks, protect, detect, respond to and recover from.
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