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Webinars
TRACE hosts webinars on a variety of regulatory compliance topics on a monthly basis. Webinar recordings are available in the members-only Resource Center and can be used for ad hoc training or as part of a comprehensive global training program coupled with our eLearning. Select webinars are open to the public. Advanced training, available through TRACEpro, includes a selection of our recorded webinars.
From the Frontline: Best Practices for Due Diligence in the International Sector
Thursday, 27 March 2025 | 1:00 PM EDT (5:00 PM GMT)
During this session hear from Kirk Foster, Assistant General Counsel and Director of Compliance and Privacy at HII Mission Technologies, as he shares firsthand perspectives and best practice recommendations for addressing real-life scenarios across a myriad of corporate compliance and risk areas.
As the global regulatory landscapes continue to evolve and emerging technologies (and related risks) present new and more complex concerns for day-to-day business operations, benefit from a discussion that will address the uncertainties faced by compliance and legal executives in the year ahead.
With an eye towards crafting an approach to risk assessment and compliance that is responsive to on the ground challenges while keeping in mind various factors like geopolitics, data security and more, topics addressed during this session will include:
- third party vendor and supplier risk
- data and cybersecurity risk
- contract risk
- sanctions risk; and
- fraud and money laundering risk.
SPEAKER BIOGRAPHY
Kirk Foster
General Counsel and Director of Compliance and Privacy
HII Mission Technologies
Kirk Foster joined the corporate Legal Team of Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) in June 2019, as the director of compliance for HII’s Technical Solutions Division (TSD) and senior counsel to the HII-Mission Driven Innovative Solutions (MDIS) business group in Fair Lakes, Virginia. He advises the President of HII-TSD on compliance matters and supports the various TSD compliance counsel and managers on legal and regulatory compliance issues and strategies, and he also supports the business operations for HII-MDIS. He also supports the TSD Chief Information Officer on cyber and technology matters.
Prior to joining HII, Kirk served a 28-year career with the U.S. Navy’s Judge Advocate General’s Corps, where he served in a variety of senior legal counsel positions including the Pentagon, various Navy and Joint commands, at-sea deployments, as well as deployments to Iraq and Pakistan.
Kirk is a licensed member of the bar of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the Commonwealth of Virginia (corporate admission). He earned a bachelor’s degree in political science from the University of Pennsylvania, a law degree from Villanova University School of Law, and a master’s degree in environmental law from George Washington University School of Law. Kirk also supports various non-profit organizations, and serves as a volunteer official on the Board of Directors, Supervisory Committee, and Technology Committee of Navy Federal Credit Union.