Maria long is tenured cyber insurance risk professional and a Certified Information Privacy Manager (CIPM). In addition to underwriting cyber and technology risks, she is responsible for curating and deploying valuable risk management programs for insureds to drive cyber and privacy resilience and shape the maturity of organizations in an effort to generate loss avoidance. Maria has spearheaded numerous initiatives aimed at enhancing risk resilience and sustainable growth. Her collaborative approach and ability to foster strong partnerships have earned her recognition as a trusted advisor among clients and colleagues alike. Maria currently serves as Vice President within the Cyber and Technology E&O practice at Munich Re Specialty, and is responsible for the launch of their Reflex™ program, a complimentary cyber risk management program for cyber insureds. Beyond her professional endeavors, Maria is passionate about mentorship and empowering the next generation of risk management professionals. She actively participates in mentoring programs and industry forums, dedicating her time to nurturing talent and fostering innovation within the field.
Ms. Sullivan is an industry-leading cybersecurity and privacy attorney and Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP/US) who has provided thousands of clients with cybersecurity, privacy and emerging technology (AI) services. She currently leads the Crum; Forster Cyber Solutions Team, providing cyber insurance policyholders with value added resources before, during and after a cyber incident. Her expertise in preparing businesses for cyber incidents and managing scaled breach responses has made her a trusted authority for public and private sector clients, including many Fortune 100 companies. Ms. Sullivan also serves as a professor of Cybersecurity; Privacy Law for Baylor Law School’s LLM. Program, where her focus on litigation management has made her course especially valuable to general counsels and leading law firms nationwide.
Julian Sylvestro is a Senior Vice President in Marsh’s US & Canada National Cyber Practice and resides in Cincinnati, OH. In addition to managing a team of Cyber Advisors, he is responsible for a full range of advisory and placement services to clients with complex cyber, technology and services risk, including exposure identification, financial impact analysis and insurance program development and execution for Fortune 500 & Global 1000 Companies. Julian’s expertise with complex global clients includes depth in the Defense Contracting, Life Sciences, Healthcare, Manufacturing, Agriculture, and Technology industry sectors. Julian joined our firm in 2022. Prior to joining Marsh, Julian was a Director at Secureworks, where he developed the Insurance and Legal Verticals connecting technical cybersecurity experts with cyber insurancestakeholders. In his time at Secureworks he also helped stand up a ransom negotiation offering to help organizations impacted by ransomware safely navigate interactions with threat actors. Julian has a passion for driving alignment across the Cyber Risk ecosystem to provide more effective and efficient incident response services to his clients. Prior to Secureworks, Julian also spent a decade serving clients’ cyber brokerage needs for both retail and wholesale insurance broking organizations.
Jess is a principal analyst at Forrester serving security and risk (S&R) professionals. She contributes to Forrester’s research on the role of the CISO with a focus on security talent management. Additionally, Jess covers incident response and crisis management, and email security. Prior to her analyst role, Jess spent eight years as a principal advisor on Forrester’s Security & Risk Council. In this role, she was a trusted partner to a network of CISOs and S&R leaders, making and communicating critical decisions about and investments in their programs. Before she was an advisor, Jess led a Forrester Consulting practice focused on helping tech and service providers with their business and go-to-market strategies. Jess holds a Bachelor of Arts in communications, with concentrations in English and marketing, from the University of Connecticut.