Photo: Adobe Stock When Your Network's Strange, Who You Gonna Call? Ghostbusters... or Your Outside Counsel?
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 30, 2021 at 08:00 AM
5 minute read
Cybersecurity
The original version of this story was published on Corporate Counsel
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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