Full Name
Sam Rubin
Job Title
Vice President Global Operations
Company
Palo Alto Networks
Speaker Bio
Sam Rubin , the global head of operations at Unit 42, is responsible for all client delivery as the leader of the Professional Services team. He also directs the strategic development of the firm’s procedures and overhead processes and maintains an active docket of cases, serving as an expert witness in digital forensics engagements. He has deep expertise in matters involving theft of intellectual property, incident response, e-forgery, leaks of confidential information, and information security best practices.
Prior to joining the team, Sam was a managing director with a specialized risk management firm. There, he led technical teams in a variety of cyber- related engagements, including digital forensic investigations, IT security risk assessments, and data breach incident response. He also oversaw its U.S. western region digital forensic practice and was actively involved in the strategic development of the firm’s cyber and eDiscovery service offerings.
He has served as an expert witness in digital forensics and has provided expert testimony in numerous civil and criminal matters. Triers of fact have relied upon Sam’s technical advice and expert opinions in a number of high-stakes cases, including a large, privately held healthcare software company’s landmark victory in a trade secret misappropriation case, a federal criminal securities fraud case against the former CEO of a national telecommunications carrier, and civil litigation stemming from a $1.2- billion-dollar Ponzi scheme.
Sam has also testified on the topic of combating ransomware tactics on September 27, 2023, before a joint committee of the United States House of Representatives comprising the Committee on Oversight and Accountability and the Economic Growth, Energy Policy, and Regulatory Affairs Subcommittee, and to the Committee on Energy and Commerce’s Communications and Technology Subcommittee on the subject of leveraging artificial intelligence to improve American communications on November 14, 2023.
Sam is co-author of “What Every Lawyer Should Know About Digital Forensics,” published in The Pennsylvania Lawyer (Fall 2006), and is a frequent presenter and lecturer on computer forensics, insider threats to proprietary data, and other cyber-related topics.
Prior to joining the team, Sam was a managing director with a specialized risk management firm. There, he led technical teams in a variety of cyber- related engagements, including digital forensic investigations, IT security risk assessments, and data breach incident response. He also oversaw its U.S. western region digital forensic practice and was actively involved in the strategic development of the firm’s cyber and eDiscovery service offerings.
He has served as an expert witness in digital forensics and has provided expert testimony in numerous civil and criminal matters. Triers of fact have relied upon Sam’s technical advice and expert opinions in a number of high-stakes cases, including a large, privately held healthcare software company’s landmark victory in a trade secret misappropriation case, a federal criminal securities fraud case against the former CEO of a national telecommunications carrier, and civil litigation stemming from a $1.2- billion-dollar Ponzi scheme.
Sam has also testified on the topic of combating ransomware tactics on September 27, 2023, before a joint committee of the United States House of Representatives comprising the Committee on Oversight and Accountability and the Economic Growth, Energy Policy, and Regulatory Affairs Subcommittee, and to the Committee on Energy and Commerce’s Communications and Technology Subcommittee on the subject of leveraging artificial intelligence to improve American communications on November 14, 2023.
Sam is co-author of “What Every Lawyer Should Know About Digital Forensics,” published in The Pennsylvania Lawyer (Fall 2006), and is a frequent presenter and lecturer on computer forensics, insider threats to proprietary data, and other cyber-related topics.
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