Event

2026 State-of-the-Field Conference on Cyber Risk to Financial Stability

April 17, 2026
On Friday, April 17, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) will co-host the seventh State-of-the-Field Conference on Cyber Risk to Financial Stability. The conference, held at SIPA, brings together thought leaders across the fields of finance and cybersecurity, representing government, academia, and the private sector. Panels will focus on ongoing research, publications, and lessons learned to guide a robust discussion on financial stability and cybersecurity. Featured speakers include Jacob J. Lew, former secretary of the Treasury, and Arvind Krishna, chairman and CEO of IBM.

The conference structure is comprised of three core sessions:
  1. What Are We Learning? This involves insights from researchers from academia, central banks, and industry around cyber risks to financial stability.
  2. What Are We Doing? This highlights some of the most important developments in both cyber risk management and oversight of financial stability risk and includes representatives from government and industry.
  3. What’s Next? This is a forward-looking assessment of risks across geopolitics, national security, and finance, as well as an evaluation of structural changes.

    4. Event Details

    Date & Time
    April 17, 2026
    9:00am-2:15pm EDT

    Location

    Columbia University
    School of International and Public Affairs
    420 W. 118th Street, 15th floor
    New York, NY 10027


    Audience

    This event is open to the public.


    Media

    This event is open to the media in person. For Media inquiries, please contact Ellen Simon, Ellen.Simon@ny.frb.org.



     

    Agenda
    Agenda
    8:00am–9:00am Registration
    9:00am–9:15am Introduction

    Jason Healey, Director, SIPA Cyber, Columbia University

    Danny Brando, Deputy CRO, Head of Risk Response and Resiliency, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
    9:15am–10:15am Panel 1: What Are We Learning?

    Moderator: Patricia Mosser, Special Research Scholar and Adjunct Professor of the Faculty of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University

    Steven Baker, Senior Financial Economist, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
    Cyber Risk in Banking: Measuring and Predicting Vulnerability

    Dr. Ben Edwards, Principal Research Scientist, Bitsight
    Under the Surface: Uncovering Cyber Risk in the Global Supply Chain

    Tom Johansmeyer, PhD candidate, University of Kent, Canterbury;
    Co-director of the Economic and Legal Warfare Project, Irregular Warfare Initiative
    Rewriting History: Understanding Historical Catastrophic CyberEconomic Losses
    10:15am–10:30am Break
    10:30am–11:30am Panel 2: What Are We Doing?

    Danny Brando, Deputy CRO, Head of Risk Response and Resiliency, Federal Reserve Bank of New York

    Charlene Balfour, Head of Product Delivery, Financial Risk Programs Analysis and Resilience Center for Systemic Risk

    Todd Conklin, Chief Information Security Officer and Head of Security Engineering, The Clearing House

    Duncan Mackinnon, Executive Director, Supervisory Risk Specialists, Prudential Regulation Authority, Bank of England
    12:00pm–12:45pm Spotlight Interview

    Jacob J. Lew, Professor of International and Public Affairs and IGP Faculty Policy Director, Columbia SIPA; 76th US Secretary of the Treasury

    Arvind Krishna, Chairman and CEO, IBM
    12:45pm–1:00pm Break
    1:00pm–2:00pm Panel 3: What’s Next?

    Moderator: Jason Healey, Director, SIPA Cyber, Columbia University

    Marina Kaganovich, Americas Financial Services Executive Trust Lead, Office of CISO, Google Cloud

    Neal Pollard, Partner, Control Risks

    Gregory Rattray, Partner/Co-founder, NEXT PEAK
    2:00pm–2:15pm Closing Remarks

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