January 18, 2006
Washington, D.C.

The American Record Management Association (ARMA) reports that more than 90% of all business records today are electronic. The growth of electronic records, and how they are managed, processed and stored, poses business, financial, legal and operational risks when analyzed in the context of recent laws and regulations, such as Sarbanes Oxley. Safeguarding the integrity of electronic data against unauthorized alteration or destruction is increasingly becoming a business imperative; demonstrating that such alteration and destruction has not occurred could make the difference between prevailing or not in a legal or regulatory dispute.

• Could your company withstand a data integrity challenge in the midst of a legal dispute?
• Could you be liable for harms arising from poor data integrity practices that allow malicious exploitation of vulnerabilities in your company's critical computer systems?
• Do you fully understand your fiduciary obligations as senior executives to ensuring the integrity of electronic records?

Legal, forensic, IT security and business experts in a unique setting will address these, and several other questions. You are cordially invited to take part in this discussion as we take on the "next big elephant" inside the boardroom that could fundamentally affect a company's credibility.

This Data Integrity Summit - targeting corporate executives, inside counsel and law firms - will focus on the legal implications of IT security with a mixture of keynote presentations, panels and a mock trial. John Podesta, former Chief of Staff for President Clinton and current CEO of the Center for American Progress will offer a morning keynote address. Randy Kahn, author of Information Nation, will define data integrity and discuss its importance inside the organization while Jeffrey Ritter, partner at Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Nicholson Graham, will discuss the business case/economic impact of data integrity. We will also be joined by Howard A. Schmidt, former chair of the President's Critical Infrastructure Protection Board and former CSO at Microsoft. The afternoon will present a "mock" examination of an expert witness to demonstrate the applicability of data integrity in a typical business litigation scenario. Finally, Orson Swindle, former Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission will summarize the day's discussion and how it relates to today's business regulatory environment.


Registration Fees:
Non-Government Employee:  $195.00
Government, Non-Profit and Educational Employees:  $95.00 
(must have a .gov, .org or .edu email address to qualify)