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In-House Counsel's Growing Role in Data Protection and Security Risk Management

<b><I>Building an Intelligence-Led Program</b></i><p>With reports of major breaches surfacing with alarming frequency, boards and C-Level management are now looking to counsel to implement programs that help the corporation prepare for, quickly recover and reduce fallout from, inevitable cyber incidents. In-house counsel is facing growing responsibility to minimize damage to the corporate reputation, loss of key data, and legal and regulatory penalties. And many worry their organization is stuck in a game of catch-up.

3 minute readJuly 01, 2018 at 12:09 AM
By
Deana Uhl
In-House Counsel's Growing Role in Data Protection and Security Risk Management
as reported by IDG 2017 Cost of Cyber Crime Study ALM/Morrison Forrester Crisis Management In-Depth Report

Mapping the Risk

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