Emerging Cyber Threats: Interactive Crisis Scenarios for Directors

In Person  |  April 28, 2026  |  11:30 AM - 1:30 PM CDT  |  The Woodlands, TX

Directors worked through real-world cyber crisis scenarios designed to sharpen instincts and stress-test oversight frameworks under pressure. Through interactive exercises based on today's most pressing threats, participants navigated the decisions, communications, and governance actions that define how boards perform when incidents escalate faster than playbooks anticipate.

Attendees left understanding how boards coordinate response in the critical hours after a breach, what questions directors should ask before, during, and after incidents, and which oversight practices actually hold up under duress. The scenarios revealed how emerging threats manifest in boardrooms, how post-incident hardening prevents recurrence, and where governance gaps surface when crises unfold in real time.

Rather than theoretical discussion, the interactive format pushed directors to make actual decisions with incomplete information—the reality of crisis governance. Participants departed with practical tools to bring back to their boardrooms and a clearer understanding of what preparedness actually requires.

Program Resources

NACD

• New Release: Director’s Handbook on Cyber-Risk Oversight - Fifth Edition
• Toolkit for Action From the Cyber-Risk Handbook

CROWE

• Cybersecurity Risk Assessments
• Defensive Cybersecurity Tools: How To Untangle the Options

FGS GLOBAL

• As SEC Cybersecurity Disclosure Rules Change, Threats to Data Security - and Reputation - Don't
• Wide-Spread Implementation of AI by Businesses Presents New Opportunities for Cybercriminals

HOLLAND & KNIGHT

• New iOS Exploit "DarkSword" and a New Era of Mobile Security

Panelists

Partner, Holland & Knight

Bart Huffman

Bart Huffman is a data strategy, security and privacy attorney in Holland & Knight's Houston office. Huffman has a systems engineering and intellectual property (IP) background, as well as deep experience in privacy and cyber security matters and sophisticated technology transactions...

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Principal, Cyber Consulting & Office Managing Principal, Sarasota and Tallahassee, Crowe LLP

Serge Jorgensen

Serge Jorgensen is a principal in the consulting group at Crowe. He is also the office managing principal for the Sarasota and Tallahassee offices. Jorgensen has more than 25 years of experience in developing strategic cyber solutions protecting critical infrastructure, sensitive data, and business operations by leveraging a feedback loop...

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Partner and Head of Houston Office, FGS Global

Kelly Kimberly

Kelly Kimberly is a Partner and Head of the Houston office. She advises clients on communications strategies related to high-stakes crisis and litigation situations and reputation management. She also co-heads the firm's Cybersecurity and Data Privacy practice.​..

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President & CEO, P.A. Miller Consulting Inc.; Director, American Bank - Houston Regional Board, World Affairs Council of Greater Houston, NACD Texas TriCities Chapter

Paula Ann Miller

Paula Ann Miller began her career at Coopers & Lybrand, currently PwC, and has accumulated thirty years of experience in financial consulting for law firms, private businesses, and Fortune 500 companies...

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