News & events
Recognition, milestones, and the work behind them.
Awards, appointments, books, and speaking engagements from across the Law & Forensics team.
Speaking · May 21, 2026
Roland Cloutier Moderates CISO Panel at Cranium AI Summit & Headbangers Ball
Jersey City, NJ — May 21, 2026 — Roland Cloutier, globally recognized cybersecurity executive and strategic advisor, hosted and moderated a high-profile panel of current and former Chief Informatio…
Speaking · May 8, 2026
Roland Cloutier Appears on Super Cyber Friday Show — 'Hacking the End of Compliance'
On May 8, 2026, global cybersecurity executive and strategist Roland Cloutier appeared as a featured guest on the Super Cyber Friday Show, hosted by David Spark, for an episode titled "Hacking the …
Speaking · April 30, 2026
David Cass Participates in CISOs Connect Security Shark Tank at Scottsdale
David Cass, President of CISOs Connect and Chief Information Security Officer of Keyrock, was publicly credited as a participant in the CISOs Connect Security Shark Tank event held in Scottsdale on…
Awards · April 28, 2026
David Cass Quoted in CISOs Connect A100 2026 Awards Launch Press Release
CISOs Connect announced on April 28, 2026 the opening of nominations for the 2026 A100: CISOs Top 100 Accelerated CISOs Awards, positioning the program as a benchmark for identifying security leade…
Awards · April 28, 2026
CISOs Connect Opens 2026 A100: CISOs Top 100 Accelerated CISOs Awards as AI Reshapes Cybersecurity
On April 28, 2026, David Cass, President of CISOs Connect and Chief Information Security Officer of Keyrock, announced the opening of nominations for the 2026 A100 CISOs Top 100 Accelerated CISOs A…
Publications · April 22, 2026
David Cass Featured in Black Hat MEA Insights Article on Global Cybersecurity Community
An article published April 22, 2026 on the Black Hat MEA Insights platform, titled "Cybersecurity Is a Universal Language," features David Cass — identified as CISO at Keyrock and Faculty at Harvar…
Publications · April 8, 2026
KLogix Security Publishes In-Depth CISO Profile of Roland Cloutier
KLogix Security has published a dedicated profile of Roland Cloutier as part of its Feats of Strength CISO publication series, examining his career arc from operational security leadership to strat…
Publications · April 1, 2026
Law & Forensics Expert Gary Corn Publishes "Cognitive Warfare: Generative AI, False Realities, and International Humanitarian Law"
The paper, drafted as a chapter for the Lieber Institute for Law & Land Warfare's forthcoming volume on international law and artificial intelligence in armed conflict, analyzes GenAI's capacity to…
Speaking · March 25, 2026
David Cass on Agentic AI Third-Party Risk in Financial Services (RSAC 2026)
GovInfoSecurity, published by ISMG, has released a video interview with David Cass — CISO at Keyrock, President of CISOs Connect, and adjunct faculty at Harvard Extension School — recorded at RSAC …
Speaking · March 18, 2026
Roland Cloutier Featured on Redefining CyberSecurity Podcast: 'When Cyber Meets Physical'
Roland Cloutier, Principal of The Business Protection Group and former Global Chief Security Officer at TikTok/ByteDance and ADP, appeared as a featured guest on the Redefining CyberSecurity Podcas…
Publications · November 4, 2025
Law & Forensics Expert Dr. Morgan B. Ward Doran Co-Authors Law360 Alert on Generative AI Metadata Hallucinations
Document metadata — the embedded data fields recording author names, creation dates, modification histories, and organizational origins — has traditionally been generated automatically by software …
Speaking · October 21, 2025
Daniel Garrie Delivers Opening Keynote at Dallas Cybersecurity Summit 2025; Speaks at RSA Conference and Converge Security 2024
In May 2024, Garrie presented at RSA Conference 2024 in San Francisco (May 6–9), the global cybersecurity industry's flagship gathering, where he addressed an audience of security professionals, te…
Publications · July 25, 2025
Law & Forensics Expert Gary Corn Publishes Two-Part Analysis of Cyber Warfare Law Arising from the Israel-Iran 12-Day War
The essays analyze the activities of approximately 170 hacking groups that targeted Israel and 55 that targeted Iran during the 12-day escalation beginning June 13, 2025, conducting operations rang…
Books · February 21, 2025
Law & Forensics Expert Gary Corn Co-Authors Major National Security Law Casebook, Third Edition
The third edition, co-authored by Geoffrey S. Corn, Jimmy Gurulé, Jeffrey D. Kahn, Gary Corn, and Amy C. Gaudion, comprehensively examines the constitutional foundations for national security polic…
Appointments · January 1, 2025
Law & Forensics Welcomes Jeremy Desor as Senior Consultant Following 21-Year FBI Career
During his FBI career, Desor served in field offices in Chicago, San Francisco, and Washington, D.C., as well as at FBI Headquarters, where he served as Supervisory Special Agent overseeing the com…
Books · November 16, 2024
Daniel Garrie Co-Authors "Uncovering Digital Evidence," Published by Springer (2024)
The volume provides legal practitioners — from trial attorneys and judges to in-house counsel — with an authoritative, practice-ready reference at the intersection of digital forensics and civil an…
Speaking · October 15, 2024
Law & Forensics Expert Consultant George Pierce Presents on Board-Level Cybersecurity Risk Management at Nippon Club Event Co-Sponsored by ZEK and JCCI New York
Pierce co-presented alongside Daniel B. Garrie, Founder of Law & Forensics. The session addressed the expanding cybersecurity threat landscape facing businesses of all sectors, with a particular em…
Speaking · September 1, 2024
David Cass Teaches Graduate Cybersecurity at Harvard Extension School and Speaks at Major Conferences
At Harvard Extension School, Cass teaches graduate-level coursework in cybersecurity, co-instructing a course with Law & Forensics Founder Daniel B. Garrie that provides students with hands-on expe…
Appointments · August 5, 2024
Law & Forensics Expert Gary Corn Named Adjunct Senior Fellow at Center for a New American Security
CNAS, headquartered in Washington, D.C., produces policy research and analysis that informs senior government decision-makers, military leaders, and allied governments on national security strategy…
Publications · June 1, 2024
Daniel Garrie's Scholarship Cited in Black's Law Dictionary for Foundational Technology Definitions
Black's Law Dictionary is the reference courts, practitioners, and law students turn to when they need a precise legal definition of a term. Having one's scholarship relied upon by its editors is a…
Publications · May 1, 2024
Daniel Garrie Publishes 15+ Articles in Bloomberg Law, Law360, CSO Online, and Daily Journal, 2023–2024
- D. Garrie, J. Deutsch & D. Cass, "Lessons for CISOs From the SolarWinds Breach and SEC Enforcement," ALM Cyber (May 2024). - D. Garrie & Hon. R. Kramer, "Navigating Personal Liability: Post Data-…
Publications · April 15, 2024
Daniel Garrie Co-Authors JAMS Artificial Intelligence Rules for Dispute Resolution
As artificial intelligence becomes embedded in business operations, evidence, and the practice of law itself, arbitrators and mediators increasingly confront questions that traditional procedural r…
Speaking · February 22, 2024
Roland Cloutier Delivers Keynotes and Featured Presentations at Major Cybersecurity Conferences, 2023–2024
- ISSA Cyber Executive Forum (February 22–23, 2024) — Hilton Clearwater Beach Resort & Spa, Clearwater, Florida. Cloutier presented as a featured speaker at the Information Systems Security Associa…
Projects · January 26, 2024
Law & Forensics Senior Director J-Michael Roberts Marks More Than a Decade as Creator of VirusShare, the Cybersecurity Community's Premier Malware Repository
VirusShare operates as an invitation-only repository, requiring prospective users to submit access requests subject to review, a model Roberts designed to ensure the platform's resources remain in …
Appointments · January 1, 2024
Roland Cloutier Serves on Blue Cross Blue Shield Board Cyber Subcommittee and ICMCP Board
Cloutier has served on the Board of Directors Cyber Subcommittee of the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association of America since 2016, providing ongoing strategic cybersecurity guidance to one of the na…
Awards · January 1, 2024
Law & Forensics Expert Witness Morgan B. Ward Doran Receives 2024 SEC Chair's Award for Investor Protection and Paul R. Carey Agency Award
The SEC Chair's Award for Investor Protection is among the SEC's highest internal honors, recognizing staff who have made exceptional contributions to the agency's core mission of protecting invest…
Awards · January 1, 2024
Law & Forensics Senior Consultant Jeremy Desor Honored with FBI Medal of Excellence
Desor's career at the FBI — spanning field offices in Chicago, San Francisco, and Washington, D.C., as well as a supervisory role at FBI Headquarters — produced one of the Bureau's most accomplishe…
Speaking · October 1, 2023
Law & Forensics Senior Director J-Michael Roberts Presents 'Cracking the (Digital) Case: Digital Forensics for Lawyers' at Legal Cyber Academy
The presentation, made available through the learnformula CLE platform, reflects the growing demand among the legal community for practitioner-level fluency in digital evidence matters. Roberts dre…
Appointments · August 26, 2023
Law & Forensics Welcomes George Pierce as Expert Consultant; Pierce Joins Zeichner Ellman & Krause as Special Counsel
Pierce brings more than four decades of experience advising Japanese corporations and Japanese-owned U.S. subsidiaries on complex litigation, international trade, regulatory compliance, corporate g…
Books · January 1, 2023
Roland Cloutier Named Contributing Author on "The Privacy Leader Compass," a Best-Selling Privacy Title
Authored primarily by Valerie Lyons and Todd Fitzgerald, The Privacy Leader Compass draws on the expertise of more than 60 leading practitioners across cybersecurity, privacy law, and risk manageme…
Speaking · October 19, 2022
Law & Forensics Expert Consultant George Pierce Speaks at 11th Annual Journal of Law & Cyber Warfare Symposium
The JLCW Cyber Warfare Symposium is among the leading academic and practitioner forums on the legal dimensions of cybersecurity and cyber warfare, convening government officials, in-house counsel, …
Patent · June 7, 2022
Law & Forensics Founder Daniel Garrie Named Inventor on U.S. Patent for Simultaneous Multi-Engine Forensic Malware Scanning
The patented method allows an examiner to analyze both active and deleted files within a duplicate forensic image of a computer system for known forms of malicious code using many malware-detection…
Appointments · April 21, 2022
David Cass Named President of CISOs Connect, International Cybersecurity Organization
CISOs Connect is one of the world's leading peer-engagement communities for senior security leaders, with more than 500 CISOs and security experts as members at the time of Cass's appointment. The …
Awards · September 2, 2021
Law & Forensics Consultant Roland Cloutier Named Inaugural EWF Catalyst Award Recipient for Cybersecurity Diversity Leadership
The EWF created the Catalyst Award in 2021 to formally recognize male allyship in a field where gender diversity remains a critical issue. The five inaugural honorees — which included executives fr…
Awards · May 3, 2021
Law & Forensics Expert Consultant Roland Cloutier Inducted into CSO Hall of Fame
The CSO Hall of Fame, presented by CSO Magazine (an IDG publication), recognizes security executives who have made lasting, significant contributions to the advancement of information risk manageme…
Awards · January 1, 2021
Law & Forensics Expert Witness Morgan B. Ward Doran Receives SEC Chair's Award for Excellence
The recognition came during a pivotal period in Dr. Ward Doran's SEC career, coinciding with the culmination of several high-profile enforcement actions that he led or played a central role in pros…
Awards · April 23, 2019
Law & Forensics Founder Daniel Garrie Accepted into Forbes Technology Council
Forbes Technology Council members gain access to exclusive opportunities to publish expert insights directly on Forbes.com, collaborate with senior technology and business leaders in a private foru…
Awards · March 9, 2016
Law & Forensics Expert Consultant Roland Cloutier Receives RSA Conference Excellence in Information Security Award
The RSA Conference Excellence in the Field of Information Security Award recognizes an individual who has demonstrated exceptional achievement in advancing the state of information security through…
Awards · January 1, 2015
Law & Forensics Founder Daniel Garrie Named Distinguished Neutral by Daily Journal and Academy of Court Appointed Masters
The Distinguished Neutral designation from the Daily Journal is awarded annually to neutrals — mediators, arbitrators, and special masters — who have demonstrated exceptional skill and reputation f…