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What Keeps Your Board Up at Night? Sylvia Kerrigan, Exec. VP, General Counsel & Secretary – Marathon Oil Sean Gorman, Partner – Bracewell & Giuliani
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Page 2 Overview Cybersecurity International Compliance Black Swan Events Advising the Board 1 2 3 4
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Cybersecurity Page 3 20102011201220132014 9.4 million 22.7 million 24.9 million 28.9 million 42.8 million Total number of security incidents detected by respondents * The equivalent of over 117,000 incoming attacks per day, every day in 2014 * PWC 2015 Global State of Information Security® Survey
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Page 4 Cybersecurity Advanced Persistent Threat (APT): Often state-funded; methodical infilitration over months/years Ex.: Stuxnet; U.S. Office of Personnel Management Organized crime: Targeting corporate data for financial gain Ex.: Target; Fin4 “Hacktivism”: Advancing political/policy views Ex. Anonymous Insider threats: Employees or contractors using access to possess or release corporate information for personal, competitive, or financial reasons
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Page 5 International Compliance Overview Heightened focus on international compliance enforcement actions and investigations Fines and penalties can reach into the hundreds of millions of dollars Enforcement actions can result in the potential indictment of a corporate entity Increasing number of ways that investigations are triggered Enhanced focus on individual culpability
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Page 6 Black Swan Events A “Black Swan” event is one that is highly improbable in terms of frequency, but with game-changing, even catastrophic, consequences when it does occur Examples: -Macondo -Hurricane Katrina How does an entity plan for something that it cannot predict? -Need to address response and solution
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Page 7 Advising the Board Regardless of the issue or event, Board duties remain the same Directors must also consider the potential risk of Board and individual liability for corporate events Lay the foundation for application of the business judgment rule Understand the scope of existing D&O insurance coverage
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Page 8 Advising the Board Are you prepared to advise the Board on these questions? -Does the company have a process or standard to articulate key risk events? -What are the company‘s top risks? -How severe is the impact of these risks? -How likely are the risks to occur? -What are the potential costs of not addressing these risks? -How often do you assess these risks? -Who owns and who is accountable for these risks? -Does the company have the right personnel and resources to address these risks? -How effectively does the company manage these risks? -What does the company spend to prevent and mitigate these risks? -How would the company respond to an event involving these risks?
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Page 9 Advising the Board Timing -As events arise or on a scheduled basis? Audience -Specific committee, such as the Audit or Emergency Response Committee, or the entire Board? Form of presentation -Continued, ongoing updates on the same key risks or focus on different risk for each presentation? -Oral report, ppt. or a more graphical representation? -Focus on big picture or view from the trenches? -Inclusion of industry/external benchmarking or focus on internal detail for context? It is not necessarily either/or; customize to fit the needs of your Board and company
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Page 10 Advising the Board
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Page 11 Advising the Board Protect Identify Tone from the top Internal culture Documented program Written policies and procedures Training and education Third party contract management Insurance Risk assessment Internal and external audits Notification standard Ethics Helpline Engagement with internal and external experts Tabletop simulations Industry threat intelligence
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Page 12 Advising the Board Mitigate Emergency response committee Response and crisis management External communications Engagement of the appropriate expertise Notify external parties where applicable Respond Regulatory investigations Claims and litigation Insurance recovery Look back
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What Keeps Your Board Up at Night? Sylvia Kerrigan, Exec. VP, General Counsel & Secretary – Marathon Oil Sean Gorman, Partner – Bracewell & Giuliani
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