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Cyber Defense Dialogues: MoFo’s New Podcast Series – Episode 3

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 Ahead of the 2025 NATO Summit, hosts Lokke Moerel and Miriam Wugmeister spoke with the top expert about hybrid threats,...

Cyber Defense Dialogues: MoFo’s New Podcast Series – Episode 3

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Few lawyers in the world have Miriam’s breadth and understanding of privacy and data security laws, obligations, and practices. As co-chair of Morrison Foerster’s preeminent global Privacy + Data Security Group, leading 60+ lawyers, Miriam is regularly called upon by some of the world’s largest and most complex multinational organizations to confront their most difficult U.S. and international privacy and cybersecurity challenges. Miriam is a trusted advisor who provides legal and strategic advice on all areas of international privacy and data protection issues. She works with global companies on the planning and execution of complex global compliance efforts and helps them find practical solutions to use and manage personal information in every country in the world. She also defends regulatory matters relating to privacy and cybersecurity in the United States and internationally and advises on the Department of Justice Bulk Data Rules. Her counsel is particularly prized for cybersecurity preparedness and breach response. Miriam and her team have navigated some of the largest and most consequential cybersecurity incidents in history, including assisting Mandiant when it discovered and warned the world about the SolarWinds compromise. Having helped hundreds of clients respond to breaches, Miriam is frequently called upon to advise and educate boards of directors regarding cybersecurity and the key role that boards play in understanding and overseeing the potential risks. Miriam works with companies to develop comprehensive customized incident response plans, train staff, conduct extensive tabletop exercises, and address key issues with executive management. While she regularly advises clients on responses to ransomware attacks and other cyber extortion incidents, she works on all aspects that arise in the context of large security incidents, including communication strategies, notifications to customers, consumers, and regulators; public disclosures; interactions with law enforcement globally; litigation; and investigations by regulators around the world.Miriam serves as a board member of the ADP AI & Data Ethics Committee and is a leader in MoFo’s AI Group, a cross-practice team that provides sophisticated, full-service representation to a wide range of clients with companies that both develop and use cutting-edge, rapidly changing technology in the AI space. Miriam uses her extensive industry experience and collaborative global approach to help her clients integrate the newest trends and developments in AI with their business needs.Recognized as a market leader by all major directories, Miriam has been ranked in the top tier of privacy and data security lawyers worldwide by Chambers USA and Chambers Global for well over a decade. She was an inaugural inductee into The Legal 500 Hall of Fame, which is comprised of outstanding U.S. lawyers who have been recommended as The Legal 500’s Leading Lawyers for the last six consecutive years. The Cybersecurity Docket has recognized Miriam as one of its Incident Response 50, a list of the top data breach response lawyers globally. She has been named one of Financial Times’ Top 10 Innovative Lawyers in North America and a National Law Journal Cybersecurity and Data Privacy Trailblazer for her breakthrough work in this space. Miriam was also previously designated as an Ethisphere Attorney Who Matters and a BTI Client Service All-Star. A frequent commentator on cybersecurity, she has been interviewed by media outlets including CNBC, The New York Times, and The Wall Street Journal, among many others.

Miriam Wugmeister

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<div class="videoWrapper"><iframe class="sticky-video" title="Meet Lokke Moerel, Privacy and Data Security Senior Of Counsel" src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/uk873cH6OuE?rel=0" frameborder="0" allow="autoplay; encrypted-media" allowfullscreen="1" title="iframe"></iframe></div>Among the world’s best-known privacy and cybersecurity advisers, Lokke is regularly called upon by some of the most sophisticated multinational organizations to confront their global privacy and ethical challenges. Lokke routinely offers guidance to clients when implementing new technologies and digital business models and assists them with their global cybersecurity incident response and regulatory investigations.An authority on artificial intelligence (AI), big data, and the Internet of things, Lokke has a proven track record helping clients shape complex AI projects that combine global data assets of multinational companies in the healthcare, financial services, technology, and recruitment sectors, with the intricate technologies of tech giants to create next generation AI solutions.Lokke is also a professor of global ICT law at Tilburg University and co-academic director of two Tilburg University professional learning programs, “Big Data: AI & Law” (teaching Algorithmic Accountability) and “Advanced Cyber Security and Governance”. Lokke is a member of the Dutch Cyber Security Council (the independent advisory body of the Dutch cabinet on cybersecurity), a member of the Strategic Advisory Board of the Netherlands AI Coalition and the Dutch Corporate Governance Code Monitoring Committee, and a non-executive board member of several nonprofit organizations.Lokke has practiced law in the Netherlands, London, and Berlin, and is now resident in MoFo’s Amsterdam office. She is a member of MoFo’s Responsible Tech Committee and the Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Steering Committee. Lokke is MoFo’s lead counsel on Binding Corporate Rules (BCR) and has unsurpassed experience advising multinational companies on obtaining their BCR approvals throughout the EU, having authored the leading textbook on BCR published by Oxford University.Lokke is an IAPP Emeritus Fellow and has received many international awards, including the International Law Office Client Choice Award as best Internet & Technology Lawyer 2019 and 2021 and recognition by Global Data Review’s 2022 Women in Data Award for being on the cutting edge of legislation, regulation, and technology around the world.

Lokke Moerel

Senior Of Counsel

Privacy + Data Security