SightSpan CEO and NY DA Speaking at ACFCS Financial Crime Conference on Cyber Terrorism

NEW YORK - April 20, 2015 - PRLog -- SightSpan, a leading provider of risk management and security solutions, today announced that its CEO John Walsh will be speaking at the Association of Certified Financial Crime Specialists (ACFCS) Financial Crime Conference in NYC, along with Cyrus R. Vance, Jr., The District Attorney of New York County, US Congressmen Robert Pittenger and leaders of the Financial Crimes Risk Management Industry.  John will present on topics related to Financial Crime Risk Management, including cyber warfare and cyber terrorism threats and counter terrorist financing.

This comes one week after John spoke at the International Association of Financial Crimes Investigators (IAFCI) 2015 Cyber Summit in Raleigh about Cyber Security Issues facing small businesses in the USA, where the company has also sponsored the attendance of several local law enforcement members.

SightSpan people, solutions and methodologies are the frontline defense against money laundering and terrorist financing at financial institutions around the globe and security matters both in the US and Middle East.  SightSpan Security provides security to individuals, companies and governments in some of the most dangerous parts of the world.  SightSpan’s unique perspective is highly sought after in today’s environment, with increasing volatility easily reaching across boarders.

“We’re happy to share what we are learning from the front lines every day with local firms and financial institutions,” said John Walsh, CEO of SightSpan.  “We seek to protect global citizens and the integrity of the financial system every day and this is a battle we are all in together.”

About SightSpan

SightSpan is a multinational advisory group with local and international expertise focused on risk management and security matters. Some of the largest financial institutions in the world rely on SightSpan experts and solutions to mitigate compliance risk and uncover financial crime around the globe.  SightSpan also assists governments in keeping people safe in dangerous or higher risk situations, deals with threat financing, money laundering and general illicit financial activities and designs communications and training programs to better assist citizens.

SightSpan is headquartered in Mooresville, North Carolina, with additional offices in New York, Miami, Montreal, New Zealand and in the Middle East.  Go to www.sightspan.com.

For more information on either event, go to the below links.

IAFCI - https://www.iafci.org/Public/Training_Events/2015_Cyber_Fraud_Summit.aspx

ACFCS -

http://www.financialcrimeconference.com/