TOPIC
This session will take a look at the Canadian landscape when it comes to cyber threats and identify emerging issues from a legal, operational and national security standpoint. The session will also provide recommendations on best practices that organizations should be implementing and take a look at what other jurisdictions are doing to counter this threat.
Lunch will be served at noon and the presentation will begin at 12:30 pm.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Imran Ahmad is a partner in the Toronto office of Miller Thomson and specializes in the areas of cybersecurity, technology and privacy law. As part of his cybersecurity, privacy and data breach practice, Imran works closely with clients to develop and implement practical and informed strategies related to cyber threats and data breaches. He focuses on legal risk assessments, compliance, due diligence and risk allocation advice, security and data breach incident preparedness and response. He also provides representation in the event of an investigation, an enforcement action, or a litigation.
Imran is the author of Canada’s first legal incident preparation and response handbook titled A Handbook to Cyber Law in Canada which was published in the summer of 2017 by LexisNexis Canada.
COST FOR ATTENDANCE
Cost for attendance: ten dollars ($10) for members and students, twenty dollars ($20) for non-members, payable at the meeting. Receipts will be available. Cheques should be made payable to the Toronto Computer Lawyers’ Group.
MEMBERSHIP
The cost of membership for lawyers is fifty-five dollars ($55), and articling students and law school students may join the TCLG free of charge by indicating that they are “students” on the membership application form. Please see the online membership page for further details: http://www.tclg.org/membership.
REGISTRATION
Please register before 10:00am Friday, November 6, 2017. Registrations will not be confirmed. Substitutions are permitted anytime. Registrants who do not attend and do not cancel or send a substitute may be invoiced for lunch. Please e-mail registrations or cancellations to: secretary@tclg.org.
When registering, please advise if you have any dietary restrictions.
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