Distinguished Panel: From Containment to Pursuit: How Modern Incident Response Teams Track, Investigate, and Disrupt Cyber Threats

Moderator: Evan Perez, Senior Justice Correspondent, CNN

Incident response is no longer just about damage control and victim notifications. In today’s threat landscape, where attacks are increasingly sophisticated, persistent, and often nation-state-backed, organizations must rethink what it means to “respond.” Today’s incident response is about investigation, attribution, and disruption. It’s about identifying the adversary, understanding their methods and motives, and working across legal, technical, and governmental boundaries to take meaningful action. This panel will explore how companies can evolve their response strategy to go beyond containment and into pursuit. Panelists will unpack what it takes to build an investigative incident response team that doesn’t just clean up the mess but also helps hunt down the perpetrators.

We’ll discuss real-world cases, the evolving role of private-public collaboration, how to preserve evidence that meets prosecutorial standards, and what companies need to know about engaging law enforcement early. Attendees will come away with a clear understanding of how legal, technical, and federal stakeholders can align to turn a breach into a pathway to justice—and deterrence.

NY 1.0 Cybersecurity, Privacy and Data Protection - General; NJ 1.0 General CLE

Anthony J. Ferrante
Senior Managing Director,
Global Head of Cybersecurity,
FTI Consulting

Stephenie Gosnell Handle
Partner, Gibson Dunn

Adam S. Hickey 
Mayer Brown, Partner, Cybersecurity & Data Privacy, National Security, Global Investigations & White Collar Defense