World's Top 50 Leading Digital Forensics Expert

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Erik Laykin is the CEO and Managing Partner of Global Data Risk LLC (GDR) Mr. Laykin manages complex investigations and disputes in a wide variety of industries including financial services, technology and international trade on behalf of litigants, corporations and government agencies. He has been recognized as one of the world’s leading authorities on Trade Secret theft and investigations and has had over 100 expert witness appointments. Mr. Laykin serves as an expert witness, investigator, Special Master and Independent Neutral to Federal and State courts in cases involving intellectual property, cyber crime, information technology failures, geopolitical risk, financial services risk, valuations, eDiscovery, corporate espionage and other complex disputes which arise from the usage of digital data, computers, software, networks and the Internet. Through his ability to distill and simplify a broad range of technology concepts and issues, his clients have successfully resolved their disputes, many of which were valued in the billions of dollars. For over 25 years Mr. Laykin has led multinational investigations on behalf of global financial institutions and corporations into fraud, corruption, international sanctions, due diligence, insider trading and regulatory violations. He has worked with a variety of institutions including the SEC (Securities and Exchange Commission) the FTC (Federal Trade Commission) the NYDFS (New York Department of Financial Services). Mr. Laykin has served on many American Bar Association committees including as Co-Chair of the ABA’s Computer Forensics Expert Witness Sub-Committee on several advisory boards including the California Judicial Council’s Subcommittee on Digital Evidence, The Electronic Commerce Council, The State of California’s Insurance Fraud Task Force and he is the past Pacific Rim Director of the FBI’s INFRAGARD program. Over the course of his career, Mr. Laykin has trained and instructed thousands of corporate and government cyber investigators, lawyers, judges and eDiscovery professionals in the United States, Asia, Middle East and Europe. Previously, Mr. Laykin was the Managing Director and Founding Practice Chair of the Kroll / Duff & Phelps Cyber Investigations, eDiscovery and Computer Forensics practices from 2008 through 2022. Prior to that, Mr. Laykin was the Director of Information Technology Investigations at Navigant Consulting, Inc. (NYSE: NCI) and in the mid 1990’s was the Founder and President of Online Security, Inc., a pioneer in the emerging discipline of high technology investigations, computer forensics and electronic discovery.