Edgar
Perez, author of Knightmare on Wall Street and The Speed Traders, is
presenting the 3-Day Masterclass in Cybersecurity, workshop targeted
at board members and senior executives looking for new ways to gain
and maintain competitive business advantage in one of the most
critical subjects for corporations and governments worldwide.
New
York City, NY, USA (February 13, 2016) -- The recent hacker
attack that compromised information from some 20,000 people employed
by the Department of Justice, including Federal Bureau of
Investigation officials, and another 9,000 from the Department of
Homeland Security (DHS) could have been prevented, said Edgar
Perez, author of Knightmare on Wall Street and The
Speed Traders, and presenter of the 3-Day
Masterclass in Cybersecurity.
According
to technology news site Motherboard, the hacker had used spear
phishing and simple human engineering to bypass one stage of the
authorities' security systems. Motherboard quoted the hacker, who
explained: "So I called up, told them I was new and I didn't
understand how to get past [the portal]. They asked if I had a token
code, I said no, they said that's fine - just use our one."
Mr.
Perez, author, business consultant for private equity and hedge funds
and Council Member at the Gerson Lehrman Group, took issue with the
relatively ease with which hackers gained access to the organizations
in charge of protecting the security of millions of Americans. "It
is beyond my understanding how personnel of the Department of
Homeland Security didn't take steps to verify an anonymous request
from an alleged new employee. Furthermore, they provided the pseudo
employee with a token code no questions asked. What this reveals is a
dramatic lack of awareness of the very cyber risks the agency is
tasked with fighting against."
This
recent incident comes after a June data theft from the Office of
Personnel Management (OPM) that exposed the deeply researched
security clearances of 21.5m current and former government employees
and contractors, from phone numbers to fingerprints.
ABOUT
3-DAY MASTERCLASS IN CYBERSECURITY
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 and address challenges, and how to
apply a cybersecurity framework?
The
*brand-new* 3 Day Masterclass in Cybersecurity is designed for all
C-level executives and senior managers looking for a comprehensive
overview of the field, as well as specialists in data security,
information technology and software development.
ABOUT
KNIGHTMARE ON WALL STREET
Knightmare
on Wall Street, The Rise and Fall of Knight Capital and the Biggest
Risk for Financial Markets 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.
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 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.
ABOUT
THE SPEED TRADERS
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 new 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. Manoj Narang (Tradeworx), John Netto (M3 Capital), 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 Inc., 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.
Perez is the 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 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, Sina Finance,
BNN's Business Day, CCTV China, News.Sina.com, ifeng.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, Bankier.pl, TheStreet.com, Leaderonomics, GPW Media,
Channel NewsAsia's Business Tonight and Cents & Sensibilities. In
addition, Mr. Perez has been featured on Sohu, The Wall Street
Journal, 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, The New York Times, Dallas Morning News, Valor
Econômico, FIXGlobal Trading, TODAY Online, Oriental Daily News and
Business Times.
Mr.
Perez has presented at a number of global conferences, including
Cyber Security World Conference (New York), MIT Sloan Investment
Management Conference (Cambridge), Inside Market Data 2013 (Chicago),
Institutional Investor's Global Growth Markets Forum (London),
Technical Analysis Society (Singapore), TradeTech Asia (Singapore),
Emerging Markets Investments Summit 2013 (Warsaw), CME Group's Global
Financial Leadership Conference (Naples Beach, FL), Harvard Business
School's Venture Capital & Private Equity Conference (Boston0
High-Frequency Trading Leaders Forum (New York, Chicago), FIXGlobal
Face2Face (Seoul) and Private Equity Convention Russia, CIS &
Eurasia (London).
Additionally,
Mr. Perez has been engaged to present to the Council on Foreign
Relations, Vadym Hetman Kyiv National Economic University (Kiev),
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (Washington DC), Quant
Investment & HFT Summit APAC 2012 (Shanghai), 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.
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 resides in the New York
City area with his wife Olga, son Edgar Felipe and daughter Svetlana
Sofia.
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