Benjamin Dean

President, Iconoclast Tech; Fmr Fellow for Cyber Security and Internet Governance, Columbia SIPA

Benjamin Dean has worked at the intersection of technology, economics and public policy for the past decade. He is presently a Technology Exchange Fellow at the Center for Democracy and Technology in Washington DC. Dean was previously a Fellow for Cyber Security and Internet Governance at Columbia University in New York. He also spent time as a policy analyst at the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development in Paris, among other positions located in countries spanning the world.

Cyber Insurance: A Rising Role in Mitigating Risk for CISOs

Presented by Richard Bortnick , Benjamin Dean , Tim Francis , Jay Kramer , David Pollino • June 13, 2017

The financial risks to organizations from data breaches come from a variety of angles, from share price hits to class-action lawsuits to fines from regulators to reputational damage. As such, the insurance industry has jumped full steam into cyber. Larger insurers are already helping companies spot and mitigate...

Cyber Metrics: Recognizing Contingent Liabilities from Cyber Incidents

Presented by Benjamin Dean • April 13, 2017

Publicly listed companies are meant to recognize contingent liabilities, which are liabilities that may be incurred depending on the outcome of an uncertain future event, on their balance sheets. Cyber incidents are increasingly probable and known to impose costs and losses on businesses. Boards, regulators, insurers...