DHS, FBI and DOJ Data Hacks Could Have Been Avoided, says

Cybersecurity Expert and Consultant Edgar Perez

Edgar Perez, author of Knightmare on Wall Street and The Speed Traders, is presenting the 3Day Masterclass in Cybersecurity, workshop targeted at board members and senior executives
looking for new ways to gain and maintain competitive business advantage in one of the most
critical subjects for corporations and governments worldwide.
New York City, NY, USA (February 13, 2016) -- The
recent hacker attack that compromised information
from some 20,000 people employed by the
Department of Justice, including Federal Bureau of
Investigation officials, and another 9,000 from the
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) could have
been prevented, said Edgar Perez, author of
Knightmare on Wall Street and The Speed Traders,
and presenter of the 3-Day Masterclass in
Cybersecurity.
According to technology news site Motherboard, the
hacker had used spear phishing and simple human
engineering to bypass one stage of the authorities'
security systems. Motherboard quoted the hacker,
who explained: "So I called up, told them I was new
and I didn't understand how to get past [the portal].
They asked if I had a token code, I said no, they said
that's fine - just use our one."
Mr. Perez, author, business consultant for private equity and hedge funds and Council Member at the
Gerson Lehrman Group, took issue with the relatively ease with which hackers gained access to the
organizations in charge of protecting the security of millions of Americans. "It is beyond my
understanding how personnel of the Department of Homeland Security didn't take steps to verify an
anonymous request from an alleged new employee. Furthermore, they provided the pseudo employee
with a token code no questions asked. What this reveals is a dramatic lack of awareness of the very
cyber risks the agency is tasked with fighting against."
This recent incident comes after a June data theft from the Office of Personnel Management (OPM)
that exposed the deeply researched security clearances of 21.5m current and former government
employees and contractors, from phone numbers to fingerprints.
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The *brand-new* 3 Day Masterclass in Cybersecurity is designed for all C-level executives and senior
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ABOUT KNIGHTMARE ON WALL STREET

Knightmare on Wall Street, The Rise and Fall of Knight Capital and the Biggest Risk for Financial
Markets is a thrilling minute-by-minute account of the terrifying hours following Knight Capital's August
1, 2012 trading debacle, with news-breaking research regarding the firm's 17 years of tumultuous
existence as an independent company. Knightmare on Wall Street is the definitive behind-the-scenes
story of Knight Capital.
Knight Capital announced a staggering loss of $440 million. What followed after this shocking
announcement were several rounds of desperate conversations with a number of vulture players who
had smelled opportunity and were readying themselves to pick up bargain-priced pieces. On August 6,
2012, Joyce confirmed that Knight Capital had struck a deal with Jefferies, TD Ameritrade, Blackstone,
GETCO, Stephens, and Stifel Financial, staving off collapse days after the trading mishap.
Knightmare on Wall Street provides a fascinating account of what it took to elevate the firm to the cusp
of the retail investing revolution of the late 1990s, to struggle through booms and busts, and to bring
the firm down, to end up ultimately being ignominiously bought up by a competitor.
ABOUT THE SPEED TRADERS
High-frequency traders have been called many things-from masters of the universe and market
pioneers to exploiters, computer geeks, and even predators. Everyone in the business of investing has
an opinion of speed traders, but how many really understand how they operate? The shadow people
of the investing world, today's high-frequency traders have decidedly kept a low profile-until now. In
this new title, The Speed Traders, Mr. Perez opens the door to the secretive world of high-frequency
trading (HFT). Inside, prominent figures of HFT drop their guard and speak with unprecedented
candidness about their trade.
Mr. Perez begins with an overview of computerized trading, which formally began on February 8,
1971, when NASDAQ launched the world's first electronic market with 2,500 over-the-counter stocks
and which has evolved into the present-day practice of making multiple trades in a matter of
microseconds. He then picks the brains of today's top players. Manoj Narang (Tradeworx), John Netto
(M3 Capital), and Aaron Lebovitz (Infinium Capital Management) are just a few of the luminaries who
decided to break their silence and speak openly to Mr. Perez. Virtually all of the expertise available
from the world of speed trading is packed into these pages.
The Speed Traders, published by McGraw-Hill Inc., is the most comprehensive, revealing work
available on the most important development in trading in generations. High-frequency trading will no
doubt play an ever larger role as computer technology advances and the global exchanges embrace
fast electronic access. The Speed Traders explains everything there is to know about how today's
high-frequency traders make millions-one cent at a time.
ABOUT EDGAR PEREZ
Mr. Perez is the author of Knightmare on Wall Street, The Rise and Fall of Knight Capital and the
Biggest Risk for Financial Markets (2013), and The Speed Traders, An Insider's Look at the New HighFrequency Trading Phenomenon That is Transforming the Investing World, published in English by
McGraw-Hill Inc. (2011), Published in Mandarin by China Financial Publishing House (2012), and
Investasi Super Kilat, published in Bahasa Indonesia by Kompas Gramedia (2012).
Mr. Perez has been interviewed on CNN's Quest Means Business, CNBC's Squawk on the Street,
Worldwide Exchange, Cash Flow and Squawk Box, FOX BUSINESS's Countdown to the Closing Bell
and After the Bell, Bloomberg TV's Market Makers, CNN en Espaol's Dinero, Sina Finance, BNN's
Business Day, CCTV China, News.Sina.com, ifeng.com, Finance.Sina.com, The Korea Times, The
Korea Herald, The Star, The Malaysian Insider, BMF 89.9, iMoney Hong Kong, CNBC, Bloomberg

Hedge Fund Brief, Bankier.pl, TheStreet.com, Leaderonomics, GPW Media, Channel NewsAsia's
Business Tonight and Cents & Sensibilities. In addition, Mr. Perez has been featured on Sohu, The
Wall Street Journal, Yicai, eastmoney, Caijing, ETF88.com, 360doc, AH Radio, CNFOL.com, CITICS
Futures, Tongxin Securities, ZhiCheng.com, CBNweek.com, Caixin, Futures Daily, Xinhua, CBN
Newswire, Chinese Financial News, The New York Times, Dallas Morning News, Valor Econmico,
FIXGlobal Trading, TODAY Online, Oriental Daily News and Business Times.
Mr. Perez has presented at a number of global conferences, including Cyber Security World
Conference (New York), MIT Sloan Investment Management Conference (Cambridge), Inside Market
Data 2013 (Chicago), Institutional Investor's Global Growth Markets Forum (London), Technical
Analysis Society (Singapore), TradeTech Asia (Singapore), Emerging Markets Investments Summit
2013 (Warsaw), CME Group's Global Financial Leadership Conference (Naples Beach, FL), Harvard
Business School's Venture Capital & Private Equity Conference (Boston0 High-Frequency Trading
Leaders Forum (New York, Chicago), FIXGlobal Face2Face (Seoul) and Private Equity Convention
Russia, CIS & Eurasia (London).
Additionally, Mr. Perez has been engaged to present to the Council on Foreign Relations, Vadym
Hetman Kyiv National Economic University (Kiev), U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
(Washington DC), Quant Investment & HFT Summit APAC 2012 (Shanghai), CFA Singapore, Hong
Kong Securities Institute, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences at New York University,
University of International Business and Economics (Beijing), Hult International Business School
(Shanghai) and Pace University (New York), among other public and private institutions.
Mr. Perez was a vice president at Citigroup, a senior consultant at IBM, and a strategy consultant at
McKinsey & Co. in New York City. Previously, he managed Operations and Technology for Peruval
Finance. Mr. Perez has an undergraduate degree in Systems Engineering from Universidad Nacional
de Ingeniera, Lima, Peru (1994), a Master of Administration from Universidad ESAN, Lima, Peru
(1997) and a Master of Business Administration from Columbia Business School, New York, with a
dual major in Finance and Management (2002). He belongs to the Beta Gamma Sigma honor society.
Mr. Perez resides in the New York City area with his wife Olga, son Edgar Felipe and daughter
Svetlana Sofia.
Media Contact:
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The Speed Traders
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