As the cost of a data breach in the U.S. rose to more than 10 billion, and with 60 billion records having been compromised since 2024, the impact of online exposure continues to be a vulnerability that executives and high-profile individuals must address. Join industry experts Michael Bruemmer and Dr. Chris Pierson as they discuss the findings of Experian’s 2026 Data Breach Industry Forecast.

About our guest:

With more than 25 years in the industry, Michael Bruemmer brings a wealth of knowledge related to crisis response management from discovery to post-incident clean up.  He has handled some of the nation’s largest data breaches during his tenure with Experian and more than 70,000 to date. Michael has educated businesses of all sizes and sectors on pre-breach and breach response planning and delivery. This ranges from how to notify affected consumers, to call center set up and even how to implement identity theft protection services.

He is a respected speaker and presents to industry organizations across the country. He has provided insight to many trade and business media outlets including Dark Reading, IT Business, CIO, Info Security, Security Week, Health IT Security, Wall Street Journal, and American Banker among others. He has been a guest columnist for SecurityInfoWatch and has appeared on broadcast channels such as Fox Business.

He currently resides on the Ponemon Responsible Information Management (RIM) Board as well as the NetDiligence and BlackCloak Advisory Boards.

He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Labor Economics from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.