Executive Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer & Secretary, Kilroy Realty
Search every verified Heidi Roth interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. Heidi Roth, Executive Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer & Secretary at Kilroy Realty, has spoken about her participation in the REITWise conference, which she described as an opportunity to connect with peers and discuss the regulatory environment, SEC financial reporting, and day-to-day challenges. She noted that she had attended the conference multiple times. In a 2015 interview, Roth discussed cybersecurity risks for real estate investment trusts (REITs). She stated that cybersecurity threats "know no boundaries," citing attacks on companies such as Target, Home Depot, and Sony. Roth said that cybersecurity risks should be part of corporate governance and risk management, and recommended that companies conduct comprehensive risk assessments and develop incident response plans. She also emphasized the importance of internal education, stating that awareness campaigns should cover secure passwords, email and mobile device risks, and that protocols should be communicated consistently throughout an organization.
“I believe this is my 10th, three, twice conference that I've attended and I've really found that it's an excellent opportunity for me to connect with my peers.”
“I connect with my peers and talk about the regulatory environment, what's going on, hot topics with SEC financial reporting.”
“It's an opportunity to discuss our day-to-day struggles and challenges.”
“I think it's recognizing that cyber security risks should really be part of the overall corporate governance risk management and planning framework and that companies should really do a very comprehensive risk assessment to look at what their specific risk factors are and come up with a plan to mitigate those risks.”
“I think it's also important that people have a very well vetted cyber incident response plan because in the event that an attack happens it's important to be prepared.”
“Internal education is critically important I think throughout the organization from the boardroom to the mailroom it's critically important for everyone to understand the sensitivity of the information that they're responsible for and to protect that information.”
“Companies should be very mindful of having an effective awareness campaign within their organizations and involving things as simple as people understanding the importance of secure passwords, the risks with incoming and outgoing email, the risk of mobile devices and really coming up with a protocol to try to mitigate...”
Heidi Roth, EVP, CAO and controller at Kilroy Realty Corp. (NYSE: KRC), joined REIT.com for a video interview during REITWise ...... joining me is heidi roth executive vice president chief accounting officer and controller with kilroy realty corporation heidi thanks ...
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