At Morrison & Foerster, we have worked with countless organizations to help them detect, prevent and mitigate the impact of cyberattacks and other data security issues. We have helped companies design and strengthen their data security policies and practices in an effort not only to minimize the risks associated with data security breaches but also to comply with the ever-growing landscape of federal and state data security requirements.
We also advise our clients on all aspects of the information life cycle—from the collection, use, disclosure and storage of information to its ultimate destruction. In this context, we assist clients with, among other things, analyzing their data security practices, drafting internal data security policies and procedures, drafting online data privacy policies, and drafting and negotiating service provider contracts.
Our lawyers have also been at the forefront of developments relating to data security and data security breaches and have been actively engaged in advising legislators, regulators, trade associations and individual companies on legislative developments relating to data security.
Learn more about our Privacy + Data Security practice and what sets us apart from our competitors.
Cybersecurity Developments in the U.S. and the EU
Everyone is talking about cybersecurity. Articles appear almost daily regarding significant cybersecurity events. And over the past two years, the drumbeat for action on the issue of cybersecurity and the protection of the nation’s critical infrastructure has grown louder and louder. In the context of the current debate on cybersecurity, virtually everyone agrees that cyberthreats are real, as evidenced by highly publicized cyberevents, such as the recent denial of service attacks on banks. Virtually everyone also agrees that protecting critical infrastructure is an important goal. Nonetheless, little consensus has been reached, particularly in the U.S. Congress, on the “appropriate” approach to protecting the nation’s critical infrastructure from cyberthreats.
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Our privacy team writes extensively on privacy and data security matters, including two treatises:
Information Security and Privacy: A Guide to Federal and State Law and Compliance, 2013 ed.
Information Security and Privacy: A Guide to International Law and Compliance, 2013 ed.
Recent privacy and data security publications:
Beware the Botnets: Cyber-Security is a Board Level Issue
How to Get a Grip on Data With ‘Information Superiority’
Dealing with Data Breaches in Europe and Beyond
Information Superiority: Turning “Big Data” into Actionable Intelligence
Information Superiority—The CEO’s Path to Improved Decision-Making
Calling All CEOs—Are You Ready to Defend the Battlefield of the 21st Century?
Vermont Offers Businesses Two Confusing Options For Notifying the Vermont AG of Security Breaches
Chairman Rockefeller Requests Cybersecurity Input From Fortune 500 Companies
Our team frequently speaks on privacy and data security-related topics. Past programs include:
The Cybersecurity Challenge: Teleconference
The protection of networks, computers, programs and data from attack, damage or unauthorized access is vital to our global economic and national security. A distinguished panel of experts, including MoFo’s Andy Serwin, examined whether the proposals put forth by President Barack Obama and the European Union adequately address the cybersecurity threat, and what specific challenges—and opportunities—face the public and private sector.
A summary of the discussion can be read
here.
Podcast hosted by Experian® Data Breach Resolution
“Improving Your Data Breach with Accelerated Breach Response with Miriam Wugmeister”
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