Retirement plans make an appealing target for cyber crimes – and on April 15, we’ll have a keynote address at the NAPA 401(k) SUMMIT with insights that will help you – and your clients – prepare.
Not only are retirement plans an information-rich source of data, they have personally identifiable information – what hackers call “gateway” data that can open the door to no end of mischief.
Rachel Wilson, Head of Cybersecurity for Wealth Management Technology at Morgan Stanley, having spent nearly 15 years at the National Security Agency (NSA) will share insights on current cybersecurity threats/trends, industry initiatives to protect financial data, and what advisors and your clients need to know about protecting themselves.
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Rachel Wilson, Executive Director and Head of Cybersecurity for Wealth Management Technology at Morgan Stanley[/caption]
Wilson joined Morgan Stanley in April 2017 after nearly 15 years at the National Security Agency (NSA). She is responsible for protecting the cybersecurity of wealth management systems and the integrity and confidentiality of firm and client data, and advises the Head of Wealth Management Technology and his direct reports on cybersecurity issues ranging across code development standards, secure network architecture, vendor relationships, Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) detection and mobile security. She also leads field and client education and communication on cyber threats and mitigations.
Over the course of her NSA career, Wilson held several key senior executive level leadership positions. Between 2008 and 2010, she ran NSA’s counterterrorism operations and led a global enterprise in detecting and disrupting terrorist plotting against the United States and its allies.
Between 2010 and 2012, Wilson served as the NSA’s Chief of Operations in the UK, working out of the U.S. embassy in London. In this role, she worked with UK intelligence services to counter terrorist and cyber threats to the 2012 Olympics. After returning to the U.S. in 2012, she spent nearly five years leading NSA’s cyber exploitation operations as the Deputy and then Chief of the Remote Operations Center with NSA’s Tailored Access Operations. In this capacity, she led the planning and execution of thousands of cyber exploitation operations against a wide array of foreign intelligence, military and cyber targets, and served as the committing official for many of NSA’s highest risk and most important intelligence gathering activities.
The NAPA 401(k) SUMMIT – the nation’s retirement plan advisor convention. Nashville, Tennessee. April 15-17, 2018. Register today at http://napasummit.org.
