AI & Cybersecurity: Don’t Let Them Take a Byte: Defending Your Data Bit by Bit

When:  Nov 21, 2025 from 12:00 PM to 01:00 PM (ET)
Associated with  New York Chapter

Please join us for the IMA New York Chapter: Don’t Let Them Take a Byte: Defending Your Data Bit by Bit on November 21, 2025 at 12:00 PM EST

 Hackers work tirelessly to sharpen their onslaught of sophisticated attacks, turbo charging their tactics with AI to steal your sensitive information or deploy a catastrophic ransomware attack. Every errant keystroke, mouse click, or misconfigured security setting can result in disastrous repercussions, leaving organizations with devastating costs and irreparable reputational damage. How can you cost effectively protect your organization from becoming the next victim of these nefarious threats and prepare for when – not if – an incident occurs?

Join Kevin Ricci, Partner, and co-leader of Citrin Cooperman’s Risk Advisory practice as he shares his expertise to help you understand today’s dangerous cybersecurity landscape and how to reduce the risks that threaten your business without exhausting your organization’s budget.

Attendees will leave with an understanding of crucially important cybersecurity concepts, including:

  • Key cybersecurity statistics and breach headlines
  • Adversaries that organizations are facing
  • Motivations and incentives of cybercriminals
  • Causes and costs of a data breach
  • How AI has made cyber-attacks exponentially more effective
  • Cost effective cybersecurity best practices, including an added focus on artificial intelligence and spear phishing detection and avoidance
  • A micro assessment for attendees to gauge their cyber readiness

Field of Study: Cybersecurity

CPE being offered: 1

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Speaker:

Kevin Ricci

Partner, and co-leader, Citrin Cooperman’s Risk Advisory practice

Kevin Ricci is a partner in the firm's Providence office and a co-practice leader within Citrin Cooperman’s Risk Advisory Practice, specializing in Cybersecurity and Cybersecurity Compliance. He has over 30 years of extensive experience in technology services including consulting, security assessments, cybersecurity awareness training, social engineering simulations, IT auditing, fractional CISO, project management, data analysis, and compliance services including PCI DSS, for which he is a Qualified Security Assessor (QSA).

Kevin has helped clients across the industry spectrum achieve their cybersecurity and privacy goals, helping assess, build, and transform their risk and security capabilities. As his clients’ trusted advisor, he has developed lasting relationships while providing cybersecurity solutions that help organizations remain safe and secure.

Prior to joining Citrin Cooperman, Kevin spent a decade leading the Information Technology team at a local telecommunication company, using his innovative leadership style to help the company achieve exponential growth. He then spent another ten years leading Citrin Cooperman’s Providence Information Technology team before moving into the consulting realm, arming him with a profound understanding of the challenges facing his client’s information technology resources.

Kevin is also a prodigious writer and presenter, frequently called upon to share his cybersecurity expertise on television, podcasts, articles, and conferences. He is also an active member of several technology-related resource groups, including the FBI’s Infragard program and the Rhode Island chapter of ISACA.

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