Joanne
Berman
Joanne Berman serves as Counsel to the Cybersecurity Division of New York’s Department of Financial Services (DFS). In that role, she heads the legal team that enforces New York’s first-in-the-nation Cybersecurity Regulation for the financial services industry, which took effect in March 2017 and which has served as a model for other regulators, including the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, multiple states, the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, and the Conference of State Bank Supervisors. In addition to working on cybersecurity policy, Joanne reviews cybersecurity issues arising from DFS's supervision and examinations, and focuses on publishing regulations, alerts, reports, and guidance for the financial services industry, including DFS’s recently released guidance on Ransomware Prevention, Multi-Factor Authentication, and Cyber Insurance Risk.
Prior to joining DFS, Joanne was Deputy Attorney General for the State of New Jersey in the Department of Gaming Enforcement where she enforced laws and regulations applicable to the casino industry. She has also worked on complex corporate cases in the litigation departments of Greenberg Traurig and Arnold & Porter.
Joanne received her J.D. from New York University Law School and is a graduate of Cornell University where she received her B.A. in Economics and Near Eastern Studies.