Cybersecurity Conference: Navigating Risk in the Age of AI (VIRTUAL)

Speaker: Jonathan Trimble - Former FBI Technology Executive and CEO of Bawn

Cyber threats are evolving rapidly, but the weaknesses criminals exploit often remain surprisingly familiar. Drawing on lessons from FBI cyber and financial-fraud investigations, Jonathan Trimble will examine how attackers take advantage of people, processes, and technology—and how artificial intelligence and automation are increasing the speed, scale, and sophistication of those attacks.

Designed for small and mid-sized accounting firms, including sole practitioners, this session will translate the changing threat landscape into practical priorities. Attendees will learn how to strengthen fraud controls, protect sensitive client information, prepare for cyber incidents, and build a more defensible cybersecurity and compliance program without requiring enterprise-level resources.

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Speaker 1: Jacob W. Buttiker - Associate at Day Pitney LLP

Speaker 2: Chris Wisneski - IT Security and Assurance Services Manager at Whittlesey

This session will examine how accounting professionals can use tools such as Microsoft Copilot and common chatbots (e.g. - ChatGPT, Google Gemini, Claude) without compromising sensitive or client data. Panelists will explain the differences among licensed and unlicensed AI models, including public and closed-loop systems, and provide a practical overview of what constitutes a data breach under Connecticut, Massachusetts, and federal law. The session will also address safeguards such as staff training, vendor diligence, AI-use policies, approved-tool lists, human review, and incident response planning, followed by audience Q&A.

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Speaker: Perry Carpenter - Author, Podcaster, Speaker and Chief Deception Strategist at KnowBe4

AI-generated deception is evolving at extraordinary speed. Deepfakes that once required specialized skills and significant computing power can now be created in minutes. Voices can be cloned from short samples, faces can be swapped in real time, synthetic identities can be built from scratch, and AI systems are making personalized deception easier to create and scale.

In this fast-moving session, Perry Carpenter takes audiences inside the rapidly evolving world of AI-powered deception. Through compelling demonstrations, current examples, and an accessible look at emerging capabilities, he explores how deepfakes, voice cloning, synthetic media, AI agents, and other tools are changing the way scams and social engineering attacks are built and delivered.

The session also examines an uncomfortable reality: visual and technical “tells” are becoming less dependable as the technology improves. The more durable defense begins with understanding the story, emotional pressure, and requested action behind a suspicious interaction. Attendees leave with a clearer picture of where AI-powered deception is headed and practical ways to protect how people make decisions when familiar signals of authenticity can no longer be taken for granted.

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Speaker 1: Chris Florentino – Senior Engagement Manager for ADNET 

Speaker 2: Tim Weber – VP of Channel Growth for Cyber74

Session details coming soon

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Speaker: Donny C. Shimamoto, CPA.CITP, CGMA, Managing Director, IntrapriseTechKnowlogies LLC

Due to our duty to the public and the high reliance that clients place on both our compliance and advisory services, CPA firms have a much higher bar for our AI policies than “normal businesses.” Beyond standard IT governance requirements, AI governance has broader factors that should be considered. In addition to that, CPA firms must also address the profession’s ethical standards and quality management standards to ensure continued trust in our profession, that our professional judgement isn’t subordinated by AI, and that documentation standards can be met. Attend this session to identify the authoritative sources driving these additional compliance requirements, and strategies to enable your firm to still be innovative while protecting your place as your clients’ trusted advisor.

Learning objectives:

• Identify authoritative sources of AI policy and governance guidance for CPA firms
• Define the additional factors that affect AI governance beyond IT governance
• Describe strategies to enable innovation with quality guardrails

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