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Responding to a Cybersecurity Incident – Best Practices

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Morrison Foerster invites you to join an interactive webinar where you will learn more about the best practices for responding to a cybersecurity incident.

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28 Oct 2024 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM PDT28 Oct 2024 8:30 PM - 10:00 PM EDT<hr class="divider">Morrison Foerster invites you to join an interactive webinar where you will learn more about the best practices for responding to a cybersecurity incident. Through an interactive tabletop exercise, several of our highly regarded attorneys in the fields of Privacy + Data Security, Intellectual Property, Trade Secrets, and Private Equity will share their insights.This presentation will feature real-time, anonymous polling that will allow you to participate in hands-on exercises based on real-world situations.<h4>Exercises and Discussion Topics:</h4><ul><li>Cyber threat landscape</li><li>Ransomware</li><li>What you should do to be prepared</li><li>Engaging outside help</li><li>Notification obligations</li></ul><h4>Presenters:</h4><ul><li>Miriam H. Wugmeister, Global Co-Chair of MoFo’s Privacy + Data Security Practice, New York</li></ul>Recommended by Chambers Global and Chambers USA as a top tier Privacy & Data Security lawyer, Miriam has helped hundreds of clients confront their most complicated, high-stakes matters associated with data security incidents, ransomware, and other cyber attacks.<ul><li>Linda Clark, Partner, Privacy + Data Security Group, Miami</li></ul>Linda’s practice centers on crafting strategic and comprehensive data security risk management programs, providing business-focused and practical advice to help organizations and their stakeholders prepare for and respond to incidents on a global and operationally feasible basis. Linda previously served as Chief Data Security Counsel for RELX, leading the data security legal compliance efforts in over 40 countries.<ul><li>Greg Salathé, Partner, Corporate Group, New York/Tokyo </li></ul>A partner in the firm’s Corporate Group, Greg has over 30 years of international experience in private equity and cross border M&A, having practiced in Tokyo, Hong Kong, Singapore, and New York. Greg recently joined MoFo from PAG, where he served as Partner and Group General Counsel. Greg will share his practical, real-world experience in preparing companies for cyber incidents. <ul><li>Chie Yakura, Partner, Litigation, Tokyo</li></ul>Chie represents both non-Japanese and Japanese corporations in a wide range of complex litigation matters with an emphasis on intellectual property, technology transactions and trade secrets, and antitrust/competition law, as well as cross-border contractual and commercial disputes, cybersecurity, and product liability matters.<hr class="divider">*This event will be hosted via Zoom.*A participant link will be sent to you following your RSVP.*Attendance is free of charge.*This webinar will be recorded.<hr>

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Few lawyers in the world have Miriam Wugmeister’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, 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. Ranked among the top in the profession by all major directories, her clients say: “Miriam is the best privacy counsel in the country that I have ever worked with. Her advice is always spot-on, practical, and helpful, and her judgment is impeccable.” “Miriam is a true leader in her field. I appreciate her brilliance and expertise.” “She keeps up with a rapidly evolving area and is quick to answer the most challenging questions with practical guidance a business can use.” (Chambers USA).Miriam’s counsel is particularly prized for complex global privacy and data security incidents. She has navigated some of the largest and most consequential incidents in history, including assisting Mandiant when it discovered and warned the world about the SolarWinds compromise. Having helped hundreds of clients respond to cybersecurity incidents, Miriam is 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 other 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 advises organizations on the planning and execution of complex global compliance efforts and defends regulatory matters relating to privacy and cybersecurity in the United States and internationally.Miriam serves as a board member of the <a href="https://sustainability.adp.com/adp-innovation-strategy.html#:~:text=In%20harnessing%20the%20power%20of%20big%20data%20through,that%20involve%20artificial%20intelligence%2C%20ML%20and%20big%20data." target="_blank">ADP AI & Data Ethics Committee</a> and is a leader in <a href="/capabilities/artificial-intelligence" target="_self">MoFo’s AI Group</a>, 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 provide her clients with fast access to the newest trends and developments in AI.As founder and leader of the Global Privacy Alliance (GPA), Miriam encourages the development of rational privacy laws around the world and monitors privacy practices, laws, and regulations globally. On behalf of the GPA’s members, she takes an active role in anticipating upcoming privacy legislation and educating regulators on the commercial implications of proposed regulations.Chambers USA and Chambers Global recommend Miriam in the top tier of privacy and data security lawyers worldwide, with clients commenting to Chambers USA that she is “extremely practical and phenomenally smart. Just about one of the best privacy advisers there is,” and The Legal 500 US recognizing her as a leading lawyer for her “professionalism and strong international presence.” For her work in data protection and privacy, Miriam 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.

Miriam Wugmeister

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Linda Clark is a partner in Morrison Foerster’s Privacy + Data Security Group. Prior to joining the firm, Linda served as the Chief Data Security Counsel for RELX, where she led the data security legal compliance efforts for RELX in over 40 countries and across their operations in four different market segments worldwide. Prior to that, Linda was a litigator at a large New York law firm. She has over 20 years’ experience advising clients, including on data security best practices and obligations, designing and implementing frameworks for compliance across large multinational organizations, and in complex litigation and regulatory matters.Linda’s practice centers on crafting strategic and comprehensive data security risk management programs, providing business-focused and practical advice, and leveraging her knowledge and deep experience to help organizations and their stakeholders, at all levels, prepare for and respond to incidents on a global and operationally feasible basis. This includes working with clients to proactively prepare for cyber incidents, including by developing incident response programs and risk assessment methodologies and conducting tabletop exercises for global audiences of varying seniority and responsibility. This comprehensive approach to incident readiness helps organizations hone the skills they will need to support critical decision making in high-stakes situations, allowing organizations to implement and leverage an incident response framework that goes beyond legal compliance and supports ethical decision-making.A defining aspect of Linda’s counsel is her ability to translate complex legal issues into actionable advice while accounting for the myriad and diverse concerns of stakeholders at all levels of an organization. She combines an in-depth understanding of technology and cybersecurity with knowledge of the challenges and opportunities clients face when addressing real-world issues. She has a broad command of global privacy and data security laws, having worked on matters in the United Kingdom, the United States, France, Japan, the Netherlands, South Africa, Australia, China, Austria, Brazil, the Philippines, and Germany. She frequently engages with regulators and law enforcement, enabling her to understand and navigate regulatory reviews, third-party audits, and investigations on behalf of her clients around the globe.An industry thought leader, Linda frequently speaks at conferences and educational institutions and is sought out by leading publications and think tanks for her analysis on timely data security and privacy issues, including the American Bar Association (ABA) Cyber Security Institute on topics such as ethical obligations to secure client information, cybersecurity risks, trends in the law relating to data security, and risk management and minimization strategies. Linda also speaks at schools and universities to educate younger generations about safeguarding their digital identities. Additionally, Linda works with leading U.S. nonpartisan, nonprofit law-and-policy think tank, the Sedona Conference, where she has served on the Data Security and Privacy Liability Leadership Council since 2017.Linda graduated cum laude from Barnard College, Columbia University, and is a graduate of the University of Michigan Law School. While at Barnard, Linda was a Research Assistant for the Human Learning and Memory lab, and also focused her studies on human and primate cognition. She is also a Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP/US) and a Steering Committee Member, New York City Bar’s Cyrus R. Vance Center for International Justice, Miami Chapter of “Women in the Profession.” She previously served on the Steering Committee for the Cybersecurity Leaders’ Roundtable as well as on the Executive Committee of the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.

Linda Clark

Greg Salathé is a partner in the firm’s Corporate Group. Greg has over 30 years of international experience in private equity and cross border M&A, having practiced in Tokyo, Hong Kong, Singapore, and New York.Greg has represented private funds in downstream investments, regulatory compliance and fund raising across Asia. His funds practice includes private equity acquisitions and buy-outs, real estate and infrastructure, and credit lending. In addition, Greg has been a trusted adviser to corporate clients on complex and high-value international transactions across numerous sectors, including financial services, hospitality and life sciences experience in Japan includes multibillion dollar M&A transactions in both public and private transactions.Before joining Morrison Foerster, Greg served as a Partner and the Group General Counsel of PAG, one of the largest independent alternative fund managers in Asia. PAG manages more than US$55 billion in capital across its private equity, real assets and credit & markets businesses.Greg has has been recognized as a leading lawyer by The Legal 500 Asia Pacific.Greg received his J.D. from the University of Virginia, and his B.A. with honors from Haverford College. He is admitted to practice law in New York.

Gregory Salathé

Chie Yakura is a partner of the Litigation Department of Morrison Foerster Law Offices. She represents both non-Japanese and Japanese corporations in a wide range of complex litigation matters with an emphasis on intellectual property, technology transactions and trade secrets, antitrust/competition law, as well as cross-border contractual and commercial disputes and product liability matters. Chie also focuses on anti-corruption and compliance matters and conducts internal investigations. She has handled cases in a variety of industries, including software, hardware, consumer electronics, pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, transportation, real estate and manufacturing.Chie received her LL.B. from Kyoto University in 1999 and graduated from the Legal Training and Research Institute of the Supreme Court of Japan in 2000. Chie also received an LL.M. from Columbia Law School in 2005 and an LL.M. in international business law from the University of London, London School of Economics and Political Science in 2006.Chie is a bengoshi, admitted to practice in Japan in 2000. She is also a benrishi (patent attorney) in Japan and admitted in New York.Chie is a member of the Dai-ichi Tokyo Bar Association, the Japan Patent Attorneys Association and the American Bar Association.

Chie Yakura

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