THE TIE THAT BINDS:
A 21ST CENTURY CYBERSECURITY DIALOGUE

Thursday, October 31st 2024
Bank of America Plaza Conference Center
600 Peachtree Street, NE Atlanta, GA 30308


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KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Rich McCormick
Congressman (R-GA)

Dr. Rich McCormick is a decorated veteran and Emergency Room physician who proudly serves Georgia’s 6th Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives.

Raised by a single mother, Rich was a paperboy in middle school and eventually worked his way through college, earning a degree from Oregon State University. A firm believer in service before self, McCormick joined the Marine Corps and became a helicopter pilot.

During his two decades of service, Rich deployed to combat zones in Africa, the Persian Gulf, and Afghanistan. As a Marine, he flew helicopters, was Airborne and attached to Army and foreign forces, and taught at Georgia Tech and Morehouse College as the Marine Officer Instructor. In the Navy, Rich earned the rank of Commander and served as Department Head for the Emergency Medicine Department in Kandahar, Afghanistan.

Between deployments, Rich earned his Master of Business Administration from National University and medical degree from Morehouse School of Medicine in Atlanta, where he was honored to serve as student body president. He completed residency in Emergency Medicine through Emory while training at Grady Hospital in Atlanta. Most recently, Dr. McCormick served as an Emergency Room physician at Northside Hospital.

In Congress, Rich serves on the House Armed Services, Foreign Affairs, and Science, Space, and Technology Committees, as well as the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic.

Rich lives in Suwanee, Georgia and is a member of Cross Pointe Church.

Harry Coker, Jr.
White House National Cyber Director

Harry Coker, Jr. was confirmed by the Senate on December 12, 2023 as the second National Cyber Director in the Office of the National Cyber Director, the White House. Director Coker is a retired Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) senior executive and career Naval Officer, is a graduate of the US Naval Academy, the Naval Postgraduate School, and Georgetown University Law Center.

Coker completed a joint duty assignment as the Executive Director of the National Security Agency (NSA). As the third in command of the largest component of the US Intelligence Community, he directly supported NSA’s Director and Deputy Director in the strategic and day-to-day leadership of the Agency. Coker’s service to the Nation and NSA was recognized with the awarding of the National Intelligence Distinguished Service Medal, the NSA Director’s Distinguished Service Medal, and the IC EEOD Outstanding Leadership Award.

During the first seventeen years of his service with the CIA, Coker was assigned to leadership positions in the Directorate of Digital Innovation; the Directorate of Science & Technology; and the Director’s Area. Key assignments included service as Director of the Open Source Enterprise, which is responsible for leveraging publicly available information; and as Deputy Director of CIA’s Office of Public Affairs, which is responsible for the Agency’s internal and external communications and media relations. Coker was also a member of the small, hand-selected team of senior officers that architected the Agency’s organizational construct and operating model. He also had a key role in formulating and executing the Diversity in Leadership Study; and served on the Executive Diversity & Inclusion Council. Coker’s leadership and contributions earned him the Presidential Rank Award and CIA’s prestigious Don Cryer Award for Diversity & Inclusion.

Barry McCarthy
Barry McCarthy
CEO of Deluxe

Barry McCarthy is a Fortune 1000, NYSE-listed company Board Director and CEO with broad experience helping Boards and management unlock shareholder value.

He has experience delivering transformations, turn-arounds, M&A, and scaling innovation in small- to large-cap, private and public companies. His multi-industry experience includes: Payments, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), FinTech, Financial Services, Manufacturing, Distribution and Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG).

Currently, Barry serves as the President, CEO, and Board Director of Deluxe, a 109-year-old, $2.2B revenue, NYSE-listed (DLX) company. Through Barry’s leadership, Deluxe is in its fourth consecutive year of organic growth. Previously, the company had not grown organically in more than a decade, and likely not since 1996. The company has now transformed from a check printer into a Trusted Payments and Data company. Today, Deluxe processes nearly $3 trillion in electronic payments, about 15% of the US GDP while still producing the industry’s leading check product.

Barry spent the first 12 years of his career at Procter & Gamble. He later applied these classic product/brand skills at Wells Fargo, Verisign and at First Data (now Fiserv). He led the collaboration between Apple and First Data, supporting the launch of ApplePay. At Verisign, he built their payment business leading to its acquisition by PayPal. At Wells Fargo he led the team that created the first cloud-managed ATMs and their modern UI/UX that continues today. He helped launch dozens of new products while at P&G.

Davey Ware
Davey Ware
Special Agent at the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)

Special Agent Davey Ware of the FBI is currently assigned to the Atlanta Division’s cyber-squad where he specializes in both national security and criminal computer intrusion cases. He has been with the FBI for over 16 years. Prior to joining the FBI, Ware worked at a telecommunication company as both a system administrator and a data network supervisor.

EVENT DETAILS

THE 2024 ATPC CYBER FORUM

This one-day conference, hosted by the American Transaction Processors Coalition (ATPC) and the ATPC Cyber Council, will highlight the critical cybersecurity work being done by the financial services sector, particularly the payments sector. The ATPC is a national coalition comprised of the world’s largest, global payment processors, banks, credit card companies, and financial services companies. ATPC member companies ensure that global payments move seamlessly across the world, while empowering and encouraging broader and more diverse participation in the financial services system.

The ATPC Cyber Council is a unique group, part of the ATPC, that is comprised only of CISOs, CSOs, CIOs and CTOs who are on the front lines every day dealing with the operational impacts of cybersecurity. These U.S. based companies serve hundreds of millions of customer businesses across the globe daily and process hundreds of billions of transactions per year. Cybersecurity is one of the top priorities of the ATPC, which is also one of the few coalitions to have created a stand-alone Cybersecurity Council.

The event will feature panels and remarks from the high-level dignitaries including Federal officials from the White House, Federal agencies, Congress as well as a wide range of cyber experts and senior executives from the ATPC, Financial Services sector, state and local elected officials and more. It will include a high-level discussion on cybersecurity issues, Artificial Intelligence, supply chain security and more.

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WHAT TO EXPECT

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The ATPC is a leading voice for America’s payments processors, driving awareness of the industry and its value to consumers, businesses, and the economy with legislations and regulators at federal, state, and international levels.

LEARN & ENGAGE

The ATPC is rooted in Georgia’s Transaction Alley where electronic payments and the fintech industry began. Yet, our members enable payments in states across the nation and in every corner of the globe. The ATPC has a rich history of economic development, thought leadership, and engagement on legislative and regulatory topics like cybersecurity, privacy, financial inclusion, fraud, as well as emerging themes like open banking, AI, and stablecoins. At its core, the ATPC is an advocacy organization focused on furthering the interests of the payments processing industry throughout federal and state government ecosystems.

MEET THE EXPERTS

The ATPC Cyber Council is a unique group that is part of the ATPC and comprised only of CISOs, CSOs, CIOs and CTOs who are on the front lines every day dealing with the operational impacts of cybersecurity. These U.S. based companies serve hundreds of millions of customer businesses across the globe daily and process hundreds of billions of transactions per year. Cybersecurity is one of the top priorities of the ATPC, which is also one of the few coalitions to have created a stand-alone Cybersecurity Council.

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