Whiteboard Wednesday

The Legal Perspective of a Data Breach

September 13, 2017

In this week’s Whiteboard Wednesday, Christopher Hart, an attorney at Foley Hoag and a member of Foley Hoag’s cybersecurity incident response team, shares his perspective on the legal considerations of a data breach, including incident preparation, crisis management, and litigation. While this is not meant to constitute legal advice, it can serve as helpful guidance for approaching incident preparation and breach response in any organization.

Watch to learn more, and then read a blog post from Rapid7’s Director of Incident Response, Jeremiah Dewey, on how his team considers the legal side of things during tabletop exercises.

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