Data Security Management: Common Threats and Best Practices to Bolster Defenses

The rise of data has created a host of opportunities for businesses and organizations across all industries. However, as data has become a company’s most valuable asset, safeguarding it from internal and external threats has also become crucial to business continuity and success.
Failure to protect data from breaches and cyberattacks can result in devastating consequences, including financial liability, reputational damage, and compliance violations. To mitigate these risks, strengthening policies, processes, and security controls is, therefore, of utmost importance.
Join distinguished data security and privacy lawyers Paul Lanois (Fieldfisher) and Kenneth Dort (Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP) as they explore the latest trends, critical security issues, and compliance challenges facing organizations and consumers today. Speakers will also offer best practices in developing and implementing an effective data security strategy.

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Partner Leading Lawyer in Data Security Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
Ken Dort is a preeminent resource on mission-critical data security issues and is consulted often for immediate counsel on high-stakes data breaches, as well as for guidance and strategy on the privacy and other legal implications of new technologies. Ken is a recognized adviser to clients around the world on data security and privacy practices and compliance needs arising under federal, state, provincial and international laws and industry standards. He also is a powerful litigator in the courtroom, a deft negotiator with regulators and a valued counselor on software development and integration.

Director Highly Experienced in Data Privacy and Cybersecurity Matters Fieldfisher
Paul Lanois is a security and privacy lawyer and a Director at Fieldfisher. Paul provides advice to companies on both domestic and international privacy and cybersecurity compliance matters, including the GDPR, CCPA and the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS). Paul also advises clients on a wide range of other privacy and cybersecurity issues, including data breaches and incident response, risk assessments, and policy development. Before joining Fieldfisher, he was Vice President and senior legal counsel at a leading international bank, Credit Suisse, at its headquarters in Switzerland as well as its Hong Kong office. Paul is a winner of the 2022 California Legal Awards in the category of ‘Lawyers on the Fast Track (under 40)’ by The Recorder (2022). He is also named in the Global Data Review (GDR) ’40 under 40′ (2021) and is listed in the ‘2020 Most Influential People in Security’ by Security Magazine (2020).