Who You Gonna Call When There's Something Strange in Your Network—Ghostbusters or Your Outside Counsel?
General counsel and in-house legal teams are still struggling to determine when to call outside counsel to assist with a potential cyber breach or hack. While outside lawyers, such as privacy specialists, can help companies devise communication strategies and work with law enforcement, they can also cost critical time.
April 29, 2021 at 02:58 PM
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A general counsel is awoken from a peaceful sleep late one night and informed that their organization's network has been taken hostage by ransomware. The C-suite and other key stakeholders are notified. Someone rallies the IT department. Cyber forensics experts may even receive some outreach. But when does outside counsel get a call?
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