HTCIA 3rd Annual Asia Pacific Regional Training Conference
Presenter Details

Keynote Speaker - Mr. Erik Laykin, Managing Director, Global Electronic Discovery and Investigations, Duff & Phelps, LLC

Mr. Laykin is the Managing Director and Co-Chairman of the Duff & Phelps, LLC (NYSE: DUF) Global Electronic Discovery and Investigations practice. He focuses on large scale international corporate investigations and significant high stakes litigation issues in which computer forensics and electronic discovery plays a major role.

A native of Los Angeles, California whom calls Hong Kong his “second home”,  Mr. Laykin is recognized as an early pioneer in the computer forensic and cyber crime space. He is an internationally accredited testifying expert in the reactive investigation and analysis of cyber-crime, electronic fraud, data breaches, trade secret theft, trademark, patent and systems design infringement / failure, online piracy, corporate espionage, and a variety of other complex information technology disputes.

As a result of his investigations, complex data management and expert testimony, Mr. Laykin and his team have successfully contributed to the resolution of matters valued in the hundreds of millions of dollars on behalf of Fortune 100 companies both domestically and abroad.

Previously, Mr. Laykin was the founding Chair of the Information Technology Investigations practice for Navigant Consulting (NYSE: NCI) where he led investigations throughout the US, EU and Asia. In the mid 1990’s Mr. Laykin established OnlineSecurity.com, one of the world’s first investigative consulting firms focusing exclusively on I.T Investigations and Computer Forensics and established Hong Kong’s first commercial computer forensic lab.