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Cybersecurity, regulation and compliance, and data privacy remain the top three issues that CLOs rank as most important for their businesses overall, according to the 2022 Exterro/Association of Corporate Counsel Survey. In fact, the importance is increasing YoY.

The high importance given to these three areas aligns with CLOs' expectations that industry-specific regulations and data protection privacy rules will most likely pose the biggest legal challenges to the business. Sixty-six percent anticipate that regulations will cause the biggest legal challenges this year and 55% list data protection rules as a cause for legal concern.