Cyber University On-Demand

Recorded On: 09/15/2026


Did you miss the live session of Cyber University? In this on-demand version, you'll have access to the Learner Workbook, PowerPoints, and session recordings from the most recent live virtual session. By completing this course, you'll meet the Cyber University requirement for the CPLP designation. 

This course does not qualify for state insurance license CE/CLE credit and cannot be used towards CPLP maintenance requirements.

Bill Hardin

Bill Hardin

Vice President

Charles River Associates

Bill has worked on over a thousand data incident/data breach cases along with numerous cases dealing with white collar crime and enterprise risk management. He has handled all types of ransomware, data extortion, business email compromise, nation state attacks, malware outbreaks, insider threats, amongst other items. Many of his cases have been mentioned in The Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, Forbes, and Krebs on Security, amongst other publications. With a background in finance, operations, and software development, he brings valuable insights to clients from multiple dimensions. 

In addition to his forensic engagement assignments, Bill has served in numerous interim management roles for organizations experiencing disruption. He has assisted companies with various management consulting assignments pertaining to strategy, operations, and software implementations. 

Bill is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA)/CFF, Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE), and a certified Project Management Professional (PMP). He has spoken at numerous events on cybercrime, risk management, and strategy/operations consulting. He serves on the board for Legal Prep Charter Schools and is an adjunct professor at DePaul University in Chicago. 

Molly McGinnis Stine

Molly McGinnis Stine

Insurance and Privacy & Cybersecurity Groups

Troutman Pepper Locke LLP

Molly McGinnis Stine is in Troutman Pepper Locke’s Chicago office and represents insurers and ‎reinsurers with cyber, technology, media, professional liability, D&O, and E&O policies and ‎risks.  She advises insurers developing or revising a variety of types of policy wording.  Molly ‎also has experience with more than 1,500 first-party and third-party cybersecurity and privacy ‎claims. In addition, she works with clients to create and implement programs and procedures for ‎cybersecurity and privacy risk preparedness and compliance.  Molly graduated from Macalester ‎College and the University of Michigan Law School.‎

Kelly Dworniczek

Kelly Dworniczek

(former) Chief Underwriting Officer

Insurance Executive

Ms. Dworniczek began her career as a litigation and coverage attorney before transitioning to an in-house Senior Claim Counsel role in 2002. Inspired by her colleagues in actuarial and underwriting, she subsequently led large, national underwriting teams and developed a strategic focus on building and revitalizing insurance portfolios.  Ms. Dworniczek is also General Counsel for Chicago French Bulldog Rescue, a cause close to her heart.  A frequent panelist and lecturer, she is also committed to teaching and mentoring the next generation of insurance professionals.

Sara Voutyras

Sara Voutyras

Partner

Skarzynski Marick & Black LLP

Sarah Voutyras has over ten years of experience advising U.S. and London insurers on complex and high-exposure coverage disputes involving Cyber, Technology Errors & Omissions, Directors & Officers, and other Professional Liability and E&O insurance policies. Sarah has broad experience with underlying claims involving class actions, consumer privacy, cybersecurity, emerging technologies, False Claims Act and other government investigations, shareholder litigation, and other common law claims. Sarah represents insurers throughout the entire life cycle of claims, from initial evaluation of coverage to coverage dispute resolution and litigation. Sarah also provides litigation monitoring and dispute resolution services involving high stakes exposures. 
 
Honors:
The Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America, Insurance Law, 2023 - present
New York Super Lawyers Rising Stars, 2016 - 2025
California Super Lawyers Rising Stars, 2026
New York Metro Women's Edition Super Lawyers Rising Stars, 2023 - 2025
 
Professional Associations:
Professional Liability Underwriting Society (PLUS), Member

Peter Hedberg

Peter Hedberg

Account Executive Director

Corvus by Travelers

Peter Hedberg is currently Vice President of Cyber Underwriting at Corvus by Travelers, and specializes in Cyber and Tech E&O. Entrusted with leading a world-class underwriting organization, Peter leverages predictive data-driven insights to provide superior risk selection, accelerated decision-making and IT security recommendations. With over 20 years of experience in the insurance industry, Hedberg provides a well-rounded underwriting perspective on the most pressing risk management challenges and claims trends. Hedberg has led the charge in expanding Corvus’s cyber and technology operations across the U.S. since 2019. Prior to his role at Corvus, Hedberg held leadership roles at organizations like Hays Companies of Minnesota (now Brown & Brown) and Hiscox and NAS Insurance Services (now Tokio Marine HCC) in New York City. Peter is a Registered Professional Liability Underwriter (RPLU), Cyber Professional Liability Practitioner (CPLP), and is currently based in Orange County, CA after living in Washington DC most recently. 

Shehla Qureshi

Shehla Qureshi

Cyber Claims Manager

AXA XL

Shehla Qureshi is a Claims Manager for AXA XL’s Cyber, Technology, and Media Liability claims group. Shehla originally joined AXA XL as a Senior Claims Specialist in July 2021 before moving to her current role in December 2021. Prior to AXA XL, Shehla worked at Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty as the Cyber Claims Practice Leader handling complex cyber, technology and media matters for several years. Prior to that, Shehla worked at Allianz and Fireman’s Fund Insurance Company handling errors and omissions claims. Shehla also worked at Lancer Claims Services in California working on errors and omissions claims. Shehla obtained her J.D. from Case Western Reserve University School of Law in Cleveland, Ohio. She received her bachelor’s degree from Emory University majoring in History and Biology. Shehla is admitted to the California and West Virginia State Bar Associations. She is currently based out of AXA XL’s Atlanta office.  

Amy Landefeld

Amy Landefeld

Senior Vice President

Ambridge

Currently serving as Senior Vice President of Cyber at Ambridge Group in Chicago since October 2022, Amy has built upon nearly a decade of experience in the market specializing in SME and middle market cyber, technology and MPL products. She has maintained management, product leadership and underwriting roles during her tenure. 

David Molitano

David Molitano

Senior Vice President

Berkley Cyber Risk Solutions

David Molitano is Senior Vice President and Affiliate Underwriting Manager for Berkley Cyber Risk Solutions, a wholly owned operating company of W.R. Berkley Corporation. He is responsible for creating, implementing, and managing cyber business within W.R. Berkley. He is based in Boston, MA.

David has over 30 years of insurance experience with 26 of those years in Cyber, Technology, and Media underwriting. He is a frequent speaker at industry conferences and has been quoted in many articles related to cyber, technology, and media insurance.

Prior to his current position, David was Senior Vice President at OneBeacon Technology Insurance. He has previous Underwriting and Product Management experience at XL, Beazley, Lexington Insurance, and Chubb. He has an MBA from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

David Wasson

David Wasson

Senior Vice President, Professional and Cyber Risk Practice Leader

Brown & Brown

David Wasson is a Senior Vice President at Brown & Brown, a global insurance brokerage with $4.8B annual revenue, where he leads a team specializing in cyber risk, professional liability, and intellectual property matters. In addition to his sixteen years of experience in both brokerage and underwriting, he holds various professional designations including Registered Professional Liability Underwriter (RPLU,) Certified Information Privacy Professional / United States (CIPP/US,) and Certified Information Privacy Manager (CIPM.) David earned a Bachelor of Science in Finance from Saint Louis University, a Cyber COPE Insurance Certificate from Carnegie Mellon University, and is a Fellow of Information Privacy with the International Association of Privacy Professionals.

Colin Battersby

Colin Battersby

Member

McDonald Hopkins

Colin is a member in the McDonald Hopkins' national Data Privacy and Cybersecurity Practice Group. He is certified by the International Association of Privacy Professionals as a Certified Information Professional for the United States, which is considered the gold standard for information privacy professionals. 

He advises clients on best practices to prevent and respond to cybersecurity concerns, including leading data breach incident response efforts in combination with forensic technical vendors and company decision-makers, provides counsel on post-breach notice obligations in accordance with state data breach notice statutes or specific contractual obligations, drafts and coordinates the delivery of required notice throughout the United States and advises on post-breach remedial measures.

Prior to joining McDonald Hopkins, Colin was the co-founder and co-leader of the Cybersecurity and Data Privacy Service at Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone, P.L.C.

Colin also represents large and small businesses across many industries in claims alleging breach of contract, tort, product liability, legal and accounting malpractice and securities violations.

Mark A. Sadler, JD, RPLU, CPLP, CIPP/US

Mark A. Sadler, JD, RPLU, CPLP, CIPP/US

Divisional Senior Vice President

Great American Insurance Group

Mark Sadler is a Divisional Senior Vice President in the Cyber Risk Division for the Great American Insurance Group. He is responsible for management, handling and oversight of claims that arise within Great American’s Cyber Risk Division as well as vendor management, form drafting and review and producer relations for cyber claim matters.

Mark earned his Juris Doctor, magna cum laude, from the Mitchell Hamline School of Law where he was a member of the Hamline Law Review. He also earned a master’s in business administration from the University of Cincinnati and has attained numerous professional designations, including the CPCU, CIPP/US, CIPP/C and RPLU professional designations. Mark is admitted to practice law in the state of Minnesota.

Evgueni Erchov

Evgueni Erchov

Sr Director of Research & Threat Intel

Cypfer

Evgueni Erchov is the Senior Director of Research & Threat Intel, focused on leading a global team, in US, EMEA, and Asia related to emerging trends, and best practices to counter the impacts of Ransomware. Evgueni has more than 20 years of professional experience in application development, IT security, cybercrime investigations, computer forensics, cryptocurrency blockchain technology and cyber threat intelligence analysis/fusion in both federal and private sectors. 

Chris Dilenno

Chris Dilenno

Attorney

Mullen Coughlin LLC

Christopher Dilenno is a Founding Partner of Mullen Coughlin, focusing his practice on assisting organizations as they respond to data privacy and security incidents. He counsels victim organizations on the applicable legal and regulatory obligations under state, federal and international data breach notification and privacy laws, as well as any contractual requirements, throughout the incident, engaging forensics experts, reporting to regulators and making other third-party notifications, responding to media and other requests, and coordinating with call center, identity protection and public relations vendors. Chris also defends client organizations against formal regulatory investigations and other third-party actions that can arise. Chris is also a member of Mullen Coughlin’s Advisory Compliance and Consulting practice, helping organizations prepare for, and hopefully avoid, a data privacy incident, by conducting Tabletop Exercises, developing Incident Response Plans and Data Privacy Policies and Procedures, assisting with Risk Assessments, Disaster Recovery planning, and Document Retention policies, among other services.

Nadia Hoyte

Nadia Hoyte

Nadia Hoyte is a National Cyber Practice Leader in the Executive & Professional Risk Solutions Practice. Nadia is responsible for developing program strategy, building insurer relationships, and designing insurance risk transfer solutions. 

Nadia has over 20 years of experience in the insurance industry, with 15 specializing in Cyber and Professional Liability exposures.

Prior to her role as National Cyber Practice Leader at USI, Nadia was the Cyber Practice Leader at a small wholesale brokerage firm. Here she focused on delivering targeted Cyber Insurance solutions designed to enhance insurance agency portfolios.

Prior to that, Nadia was a Senior Vice President at Willis Towers Watson. While at Willis, she was skilled at understanding clients’ unique needs, tolerance for risk, distilling complex information for laypeople and delivering bespoke insurance solutions.

Nadia started her career at Marsh USA, where she served in many capacities. At Marsh USA, Nadia was a specialty broker who concentrated on creating and delivering solutions for convergent risks. And most importantly finding homes for hard-to-place specialty risks.

In 2015, Risk and Insurance named Nadia one of their “Power Brokers Under 40”. Nadia has authored pieces on Cyber exposures with a focus on insurance implications of ‘Cyber War”. Nadia is a member of USI’s Diversity and Inclusion Council and serves on the Education subcommittee.


Annmarie Giblin

Annmarie Giblin

Chief Compliance Officer

Cloaked

Annmarie helps clients navigate the legal complexities surrounding cybersecurity, privacy and data management with a focus on data governance, maintenance, cybersecurity planning and policies, privacy concerns and strategies, emerging technologies, and related compliance programs. Her practice is data-centric and anchored by her proactive cybersecurity approach, which holistically prepares for a data security incident and related response/compliance issues before it occurs, and includes all related legal concerns that affect data, including data governance, privacy legal issues and compliance, and the collection, use, sharing and transfer of data. Annmarie brings a unique perspective to every engagement, shaped by her over 16 years of legal experience, including time as the global cyber attorney for a large multi-national company and running her own cybersecurity and privacy boutique law firm. This background has prepared Annmarie to be a nimble and adaptable legal advisor, and she is especially skilled at monitoring and preparing for rapid changes in the law, allowing her to anticipate legal trends and new laws well before they are set into practice.

John Butler

John Butler

Cyber and Tech E&O Product Leader

E-Risk Services LLC - A Nationwide Company

John’s current role at CNA leads and directs an underwriting group and is accountable for business results through overall management, profitability, and business development of our Cyber and E&O market segments.

John has worked in the insurance industry for 20 years in various underwriting and leadership roles. As >span class="TextRun SCXP251309195 BCX8" xml:lang="EN-US" lang="EN-US">product, John’s development and growth has lead him in collaborating on past initiatives regarding emerging technology and the impact this has on the insurance marketplace.

John has received two insurance designations, RPLU+ and CPLP, from the Professional Liability Underwriting Society. He earned a bachelor's degree from Illinois State University and Masters of Business Administration from Keller Graduate School of Management.

John is involved with the Professional Liability Underwriting Society as a Cyber Trend Advisor and sits on the CPLP committee, which is responsible for on-demand learning products in the CPLP designation program and future content for PLUS members.

Alyssa Watzman

Alyssa Watzman

Partner

Constangy

Alyssa Watzman is a partner and Vice Chair of the Constangy Cyber Team. She helps organizations prepare for and respond to complex data security incidents, including ransomware attacks, and facilitates tabletop exercises and incident response planning to strengthen organizational readiness. Alyssa has guided hundreds of organizations through forensic investigations, ransom negotiations, regulatory compliance, and the operational and legal challenges that follow a cyber incident. She works closely with cyber insurers, brokers, forensic firms, and other response partners to help clients navigate incidents efficiently and effectively.

Alyssa is also an active leader and frequent speaker within the cyber insurance and data security industries. She co-chaired the 2025 NetDiligence Philadelphia Cyber Risk Summit and regularly participates in leading industry events, including Zywave and the INSUREtrust Cyber Summit.

Her industry recognition includes being highly commended for Cyber Insurance Lawyer of the Year at the 2026 Cyber Insurance Awards USA, being named a finalist for Cyber Risk Industry Person of the Year – Attorney at the 2026 Zywave Cyber Risk Awards, and being selected as a finalist for Inspiring Woman in Cyber at the 2025 Cyber Insurance Awards USA.

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Privacy and Cybersecurity Factual and Legal Foundations - Part 1
Open to view video.  |  66 minutes
Open to view video.  |  66 minutes Ransomware, business email compromise, nation state attacks, and more. Privacy and cybersecurity issues dominate headlines, consume significant resources, prompt considerable legal attention, and affect the global insurance marketplace. Part 1 of this session explores privacy and cybersecurity concepts.
Privacy and Cybersecurity Factual and Legal Foundations - Part 2
Open to view video.  |  78 minutes
Open to view video.  |  78 minutes Ransomware, business email compromise, nation state attacks, and more. Privacy and cybersecurity issues dominate headlines, consume significant resources, prompt considerable legal attention, and affect the global insurance marketplace. Part 2 of this session explores applicable privacy and cybersecurity laws and regulations.
Non-Cyber Line of Coverage, Evolution of Cyber Coverage, and Interplay Among Lines
Open to view video.  |  69 minutes
Open to view video.  |  69 minutes Learn about coverage for privacy and cyber risks under various traditional policies and the evolution of so-called “cyber” coverages, highlighting the types of provisions offered for first- and third-party coverage. Then consider how a single loss may implicate different lines of coverage.
Debunking Myths about Cyber Insurance
Open to view video.  |  60 minutes
Open to view video.  |  60 minutes This session discusses many of the misperceptions about cyber insurance that contribute to what are still relatively low adoption rates in certain industries. The speakers explore some of these myths as well as counter-arguments to utilize when making the business case for entities adding cyber insurance to their risk management portfolios.
Underwriting, Breach Response, 1st Party Incidents, 3rd Party Claims, & Emerging Coverages
Open to view video.  |  55 minutes
Open to view video.  |  55 minutes This session provides a broad overview of the state of the market, basic and evolving coverages, and claims. Learn the background basics of these points as well as emerging issues and products in this evolving marketplace.
Risk Management and How Business Leaders Prepare and Respond
Open to view video.  |  56 minutes
Open to view video.  |  56 minutes Cyber, privacy and security risks are not just a task for the IT department to tackle. These are enterprise risks and require a task force within an organization. In this session, a risk manager and a chief information security officer discuss how they manage these risks, communicate and plan.
Breach Scenario: Surviving a Cybersecurity Incident
Open to view video.  |  57 minutes
Open to view video.  |  57 minutes This session walks through a hypothetical breach scenario and focus on the challenges of identifying a breach, the discovery process, the role of the crisis response team, critical steps, the resolution of the breach, and what type of follow up is necessary.
Cyber Roundtable: Trends, Risks, and Emerging Issues
Open to view video.  |  90 minutes
Open to view video.  |  90 minutes Our roundtable experts discuss common cyber risks and emerging exposures that should be on any cyber insurance professional’s radar. This session also explores the role of the policy holder and insurers as it relates to mitigating cyber risks and the current state of the cyber insurance market.
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