CISO Council

David Cass is a senior partner at Law & Forensics LLC where he leads the Cryptocurrency and Digital Banking Practice and is a member of the Cyber Security and Forensics Practice. He has extensive experience in financial services regulation, cryptocurrency, digital assets, blockchain, cloud, and digital banking. He most recently served as a lead regulator for the Federal Reserve Bank of New York where he was a member of the Large Institution Supervision Committee (LISCC). Prior to this appointment, David was the CISO & Global Partner of IBM’s Cloud Security Service Unit where he was responsible for its security practices, processes, and policies. He has been an active contributor of the FS-ISAC and the European Banking Federation on Cloud Compliance and Security for financial services firms and has worked closely with US and international regulators. He was part of the team that introduced the first financial services blockchain initiative utilizing public cloud supported by 10 major international banks. Previously, he served as SVP & CISO for Elsevier where he led an organization of experienced legal, risk, and security professionals who provided data protection, privacy, security, and risk management guidance on a global basis. He also served as Elsevier’s HIPAA officer. David has an MSE from the University of Pennsylvania, and an MBA from MIT. He is a frequent speaker at high-profile conferences and served on a public corporation’s Board of Directors. He also is an editorial board member for The Journal of Law & Cyber Warfare and serves as a board member for the UCLA Extension Silicon Beach Innovation Lab. He is a faculty member for the non-profit Global Cyber Institute, and an adjunct faculty member for Harvard and at the Rutgers Law School. He is a member of the New York City Cyber Critical Services & Infrastructure team organized by the NYPD and the office of the NY District Attorney. In his free time, David is a volunteer firefighter & Swiftwater Rescue Technician.

James “Coop” Cooper is a Technologist and Futurist helping enterprises break the legacy bonds that constrain employees from increasing shareholder wealth. He is Internationally recognized as an innovator for new technologies, processes and business models that impact the User Experience. Coop regularly predicts disruptions in technology, economics, government policies that corporations need to consider as part of their strategy to improve the user experience and create an environment where discovering new ideas to create value is more important than end to end management of devices. Coop is a global pioneer in simplification of technology management, virtualization, social networking services. Prior roles include Chief Technologist for the $4 Billion Mobility and Workplace business at Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Strategist for applied innovation, Chief Architect for workplace services and Sr. Consultant with HP Consulting.