AI Compliance and Security Considerations for Investment Managers

Speakers

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  E.J. Yerzak Managing Director, Salus GRC
  

  E.J. Yerzak

  Managing Director, Salus GRC

  E.J. Yerzak, CISA, CISM, CRISC, is Managing Director at Salus GRC. He has over two decades of experience as a cybersecurity and regulatory compliance professional and thought leader helping financial services firms manage risk. His cybersecurity experience includes governance, vulnerability and penetration testing, consulting on data security incidents, reporting frameworks and related cybersecurity risk assessments (including NIST and NYDFS), and vendor due diligence, as well as management of teams conducting phishing testing and dark web monitoring. His regulatory experience includes consulting for private equity funds, hedge funds, pension consulting firms, and retail wealth managers on investment adviser compliance programs, compliance forensic testing, risk assessments, and annual reviews.

  Prior to joining Salus GRC, E.J. was Director of Cybersecurity Services for Confluence Technologies, which acquired Compliance Solutions Strategies (CSS) where he served in the same role. CSS acquired Ascendant Compliance Management, where E.J. was a Partner and senior consultant.

  As a cybersecurity expert, E.J. has authored numerous articles on emerging technology and regulatory issues published in journals and by third parties and is the author of two award-winning technothriller fiction novels. He is frequently requested to speak at industry conferences around the world on cybersecurity, regulatory compliance, and blockchain.

  E.J. holds a juris doctorate (J.D.) magna cum laude from Quinnipiac University School of Law and is licensed to practice at the State Bar of Connecticut and in federal court before the District Court for the District of Connecticut. He also has an MS from Central Connecticut State University in Computer Information Technology/Computer Science, and a dual BA from Colgate University magna cum laude in English and Computer Science.

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  Jacob Cane Managing Director - Head of Cybersecurity Risk Services, Salus GRC
  

  Jacob Cane

  Managing Director - Head of Cybersecurity Risk Services, Salus GRC

  Jacob has over 25 years of experience providing cybersecurity and IT services. Jacob was the co-founder and CEO of Proactive Technologies, an outsourced IT and cybersecurity provider to investment managers. Proactive was acquired by Abacus Group, where Jacob was a member of the leadership team. Jacob was most recently the Global Head of Customer Success & Strategy at Drawbridge Partners, a cybersecurity firm serving the investment industry. Jacob has a BA from Columbia University and maintains a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) certification.

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  Bill Saltus Executive Director, Morgan Stanley
  

  Bill Saltus

  Executive Director, Morgan Stanley

  Bill is an Executive Director on Morgan Stanley’s Prime Brokerage consulting team, where he helps hedge fund clients across all stages of their evolution. While he has advised clients on operational efficiency across a variety of functional areas, he has also been involved in the production of thought leadership in his current role and at prior firms. Currently, Bill and the consulting team are focused on how hedge funds are beginning to implement Generative AI. In past consulting roles at Wells Fargo and Citi, Bill helped the team with content related to performance and expense benchmarking, ESG, and Alternative Data. Earlier in his career, Bill was an implementation consultant at Advent Software, after having started his career as a portfolio accountant at both Lazard Asset Management and Jennison Associates. Bill also holds FINRA Series 7 & 63 licenses.