Edgar
Perez, author of Knightmare on Wall Street and The Speed Traders,
partnering with Terrapinn Training to bring key insights for board
members and CEOs who need to become more educated about cyber
security today.
New
York City, NY, USA -- As cyber attacks become more common,
companies are increasingly investing in cyber security protections
and awareness. But even with the best systems in place, hackers can
still easily break into a company's network if employees and
contractors aren't also being diligent about security. Cyber
criminals have gotten much better at disguising malicious email to
make it look more legitimate. So employees need to be vigilant and
ask questions about all of the email they receive that raises even
the slightest suspicion, which is most likely not what happened at
some of the high-profile cyber security breaches that have been in
the headlines: Adobe, E*Trade, Fidelity, Home Depot, Neiman Marcus,
Sony, Target and Wal-mart.
As
Internet usage becomes increasingly widespread and information
technology ever more complex, cybersecurity is becoming an
increasingly important and business-critical field. Are you and your
organization effectively prepared to handle cybersecurity threats? Do
you know how to identify threats, address challenges and apply a
cybersecurity framework? Participants at Terrapinn Training's 3-Day
Masterclass Cybersecurity will:
• Gain
a comprehensive understanding of cybersecurity and its key aspects
• Get
to grips with various cybersecurity testing methods
• Learn
valuable system administration techniques for executives
• Master
the cybersecurity framework and its five core functions
• Discover
how to establish or improve your cybersecurity program
• Consider
how the "weak human link" can become the organization's
greatest strength
• Understand
the four components of the cyber preparedness continuum
Edgar
Perez, author of The Speed Traders and Knightmare on Wall Street, is
a recognized keynote speaker and director of programs targeted at
board members, chief executive officers and senior executives looking
for new ways to gain and maintain a competitive business advantage.
He can be reached through Twitter and Weibo.
ABOUT
KNIGHTMARE ON WALL STREET
Knightmare
on Wall Street (http://www.knightmareonwallstreet.com),
The Rise and Fall of Knight Capital and the Biggest Risk for
Financial Markets, provides a fascinating account of what it took to
elevate the firm to the cusp of the retail investing revolution of
the late 1990s, to struggle through booms and busts, and to bring the
firm down, to end up ultimately being ignominiously bought up by a
competitor.
Knight
Capital announced a staggering loss of $440 million. What followed
after this shocking announcement were several rounds of desperate
conversations with a number of vulture players who had smelled
opportunity and were readying themselves to pick up bargain-priced
pieces. On August 6, 2012, Joyce confirmed that Knight Capital had
struck a deal with Jefferies, TD Ameritrade, Blackstone, GETCO,
Stephens, and Stifel Financial, staving off collapse days after the
trading mishap.
Knightmare
on Wall Street, is a thrilling minute-by-minute account of the
terrifying hours following Knight Capital's August 1, 2012 trading
debacle, with news-breaking research regarding the firm's 17 years of
tumultuous existence as an independent company. Knightmare on Wall
Street is the definitive behind-the-scenes story of Knight Capital.
High-frequency
traders have been called many things-from masters of the universe and
market pioneers to exploiters, computer geeks, and even predators.
Everyone in the business of investing has an opinion of speed
traders, but how many really understand how they operate? The shadow
people of the investing world, today's high-frequency traders have
decidedly kept a low profile-until now. In this title, The Speed
Traders, Mr. Perez opens the door to the secretive world of
high-frequency trading (HFT). Inside, prominent figures of HFT drop
their guard and speak with unprecedented candidness about their
trade.
Mr.
Perez begins with an overview of computerized trading, which formally
began on February 8, 1971, when NASDAQ launched the world's first
electronic market with 2,500 over-the-counter stocks and which has
evolved into the present-day practice of making multiple trades in a
matter of microseconds. He then picks the brains of today's top
players. John Netto (M3 Capital), Manoj Narang (Tradeworx), and Aaron
Lebovitz (Infinium Capital Management) are just a few of the
luminaries who decided to break their silence and speak openly to Mr.
Perez. Virtually all of the expertise available from the world of
speed trading is packed into these pages.
The
Speed Traders, published by McGraw-Hill, is the most comprehensive,
revealing work available on the most important development in trading
in generations. High-frequency trading will no doubt play an ever
larger role as computer technology advances and the global exchanges
embrace fast electronic access. The Speed Traders explains everything
there is to know about how today's high-frequency traders make
millions-one cent at a time.
ABOUT
EDGAR PEREZ
Mr.
Edgar
Perez is a published author, business consultant
for billion-dollar private equity and hedge funds and Council Member
at the Gerson Lehrman Group, Guidepoint Global Advisors and Research
International, with subject matter expertise in cyber security,
investing, trading, financial regulation (Dodd-Frank Act) and market
structure.
He
is author of Knightmare on Wall Street, The Rise and Fall of Knight
Capital and the Biggest Risk for Financial Markets (2013), and The
Speed Traders, An Insider's Look at the New High-Frequency Trading
Phenomenon That is Transforming the Investing World, published in
English by McGraw-Hill Inc. (2011), Published in Mandarin by China
Financial Publishing House (2012), and Investasi Super Kilat,
published in Bahasa Indonesia by Kompas Gramedia (2012).
Mr.
Perez is course director of Cybersecurity Boardroom Workshop, How
Boards of Directors and CXOs Can Build the Proper Foundation to
Address Today's Information Security Challenges, and The Speed
Traders Workshop, How High Frequency Traders Leverage Profitable
Strategies to Find Alpha in Equities, Options, Futures and FX; he has
presented his workshops in Singapore, Hong Kong, Sao Paulo, Seoul,
Kuala Lumpur, Warsaw, Kiev, New York, Singapore, Beijing, Shanghai.
He contributes to The New York Times and China's International
Finance News and Sina Finance.
Mr.
Perez has presented to the Council on Foreign Relations, Vadym Hetman
Kyiv National Economic University (Kiev), Quant Investment & HFT
Summit APAC (Shanghai), U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
(Washington DC), CFA Singapore, Hong Kong Securities Institute,
Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences at New York University,
University of International Business and Economics (Beijing), Hult
International Business School (Shanghai) and Pace University (New
York), among other public and private institutions. In addition, Mr.
Perez has spoken at a number of global conferences, including Cyber
Security World Conference (New York), Inside Market Data (Chicago),
Emerging Markets Investments Summit (Warsaw), CME Group's Global
Financial Leadership Conference (Naples Beach, FL), Harvard Business
School's Venture Capital & Private Equity Conference (Boston),
High-Frequency Trading Leaders Forum (New York, Chicago), MIT Sloan
Investment Management Conference (Cambridge), Institutional
Investor's Global Growth Markets Forum (London), Technical Analysis
Society (Singapore), TradeTech Asia (Singapore), FIXGlobal Face2Face
(Seoul) and Private Equity Convention Russia, CIS & Eurasia
(London).
Mr.
Perez has been interviewed on CNN's Quest Means Business, CNBC's
Squawk on the Street, Worldwide Exchange, Cash Flow and Squawk Box,
FOX BUSINESS's Countdown to the Closing Bell and After the Bell,
Bloomberg TV's Market Makers, CNN en Español's Dinero, Petersburg -
Channel 5, Sina Finance, BNN's Business Day, CCTV China, Bankier.pl,
TheStreet.com, Leaderonomics, GPW Media, Channel NewsAsia's Business
Tonight and Cents & Sensibilities. In addition, Mr. Perez has
been featured on Sohu, News.Sina.com, Yicai, eastmoney, Caijing,
ETF88.com, 360doc, AH Radio, CNFOL.com, CITICS Futures, Tongxin
Securities, ZhiCheng.com, CBNweek.com, Caixin, Futures Daily, Xinhua,
CBN Newswire, Chinese Financial News, ifeng.com, International
Finance News, Finance.QQ.com, hexun.com, Finance.Sina.com, The Korea
Times, The Korea Herald, The Star, The Malaysian Insider, BMF 89.9,
iMoney Hong Kong, CNBC, Bloomberg Hedge Fund Brief, The Wall Street
Journal, The New York Times, Dallas Morning News, Valor Econômico,
FIXGlobal Trading, TODAY Online, Oriental Daily News and Business
Times.
Mr.
Perez was a vice president at Citigroup, a senior consultant at IBM,
and a strategy consultant at McKinsey & Co. in New York City.
Previously, he managed Operations and Technology for Peruval Finance.
Mr. Perez has an undergraduate degree in Systems Engineering from
Universidad Nacional de IngenierÃa, Lima, Peru (1994), a Master of
Administration from Universidad ESAN, Lima, Peru (1997) and a Master
of Business Administration from Columbia Business School, New York,
with a dual major in Finance and Management (2002). He belongs to the
Beta Gamma Sigma honor society. Mr. Perez is an accomplished salsa
and hustle dancer and resides in the New York City area.
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