Wednesday, April 18, 2001
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"How secure is YOUR Intellectual Property?"
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 The true value of any company is its intellectual property. These corporate gems are easy pickings for cyber thieves according to former U.S. Attorney Paul Coggins.
Coggins was regarded as one of the Justice Department's top legal authorities on cyber crime. He prosecuted two landmark cases in North Texas. First, Coggins won convictions against a group of hackers called the "Phone Masters." This band of hackers committed the deepest penetration of infrastructure in U.S. history including the White House telephone network. The hackers set themselves up as information brokers and sold personal data stolen from government and corporate data banks. They gained control of switches inside every telephone carrier in the nation, which meant they in effect "owned" the network.
Paul also prosecuted the nation's largest economic espionage case in which millions of dollars worth of trade secrets were stolen. A competitor bribed two employees to steal proprietary plans for oil field equipment. The stolen data was used to help Iraq rebuild its oil fields in violation of the embargo. |
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- How your business - large or small - can be destroyed overnight.
- Ways to protect your data.
- What to do if an intrusion occurs.
- Profiles of cyber criminals - disgruntled employees, competitors, hackers and terrorists.
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Background:
- Principal of Fish & Richardson P.C. Joined the firm in 2001.Former United States Attorney for the Northern District of Texas (1993-2001) and Assistant United States Attorney for the Northern District of Texas, Dallas, Texas (1980-1983). Member of Attorney General Janet Reno's Advisory Committee from 1994-1995 and 1997-1999; Vice Chair from 1998-1999. Former Texas Special Assistant Attorney General (1991-1993).
- Previously a Partner with Meadows, Owens, Collier, Reed & Coggins in Dallas, Texas (1986-1993). Additional legal experience as an Associate/Partner with Johnson & Gibbs in Dallas, Texas (1983-1986) and as an Associate with Hewett, Johnson, Swanson & Barbee in Dallas, Texas (1979-1980).
- Involved in numerous public service organizations, including the Boards of the Greater Dallas Crime Commission, CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates for Children), Chair of the Executive Committee of the HIDTA Task Force (1998-present), Chair of "Target: Kids in Court" Steering Committee (1998-present), and Chair of ALOUD (Alliance on Underage Drinking) (1999-present). Also involved with Family Violence Prevention Council, Coalition for a Safer Dallas, member of the Advisory Board of the Dallas County Adult Literacy Council, the Patrick Higginbotham Inn of Court, the Texas Bar Foundation, and a co-founder of the Southwest Section of the ABA Committee on White Collar Crime.
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