Cyber Incident Response Planning

Our Privacy & Data Security Team not only understands the cyber-threat landscape, but we know where to prioritize. We help clients identify system vulnerabilities, incorporate security-by-design principles where necessary, and develop proactive incident response plans to minimize the legal and reputational impact of cybersecurity threats. In the event of a data breach or ransomware attack, we work with clients to contain the threat, recoup losses, draft and issue disclosure statements, and take appropriate steps to limit their legal and regulatory exposure.

To help prevent the unthinkable, we provide training to industry groups as well as company or non-profit boards of directors, executives, and employees, to ensure that your team understands the threat landscape. We also provide experienced counsel for your organization’s overall data privacy and cybersecurity policies, procedures, and insurance protection. We integrate your IT and compliance teams to ensure a concerted approach to the growing ransomware threat, or we can bridge the gap if your organization does not have an internal team.

Representative Incident Experience

• Assisted a national restaurant chain from with a credit card data breach in dozens of states with over one million card exposures. Responsibilities included emergency response coaching, breach evaluation, breach notification, breach vendor management, liability assessments, negotiations with processors, acquiring banks, issuing banks and card brands, and litigation support.
• Assisted a large multinational corporation with its evaluation of and response to a ransomware attack that crippled all corporate servers, including human resources and payroll.
• Assisted a company with response and notification arising from infiltration of the company’s system that altered payroll files processed by a third-party payroll processor. Responsibilities included working with a forensics investigation firm, coordination of notification to employees, and negotiation with the cyber liability insurance provider.
• Consulted with an international manufacturing business regarding a “phishing” incident directed at employees’ personal data. Responsibilities included identification of the scope of attempted intrusion, analysis of potentially applicable law of multiple jurisdictions, and assessment of technological safeguards in place to prevent an actual security breach of information systems in question.
• Advised a midsized consumer retail services business on response to employee theft of personal information from company systems. Worked with the client’s IT department to identify access and attempted misappropriation of information and coordinated with law enforcement for potential prosecution and assessment of any breach notification.