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FTI Consulting, Inc. today announced the continued expansion of its Cybersecurity practice with the appointment of two regional leaders in London and Seoul, South Korea. Joshua Burch joins FTI Consulting in London as a Senior Managing Director and Head of Cybersecurity for the Europe, Middle East and Africa (“EMEA”) region, and Kyung Kim joins in […]
As private companies grapple with the implications of collecting consumer data, and experience increasing government scrutiny over the national security concerns related to these practices, a niche practice area has emerged and grown in popularity among Big Law firms. Rushing to fill that need and help clients navigate the complex issues emerging in the space, several […]
Booz Allen Hamilton announced today that Jerry Bessette, a former senior cybersecurity official at the Federal Bureau of Investigation, has joined Booz Allen as a leader of the firm’s Commercial business. In his new role as a senior vice president, Bessette will head the U.S. Commercial group’s Incident Response team, helping clients deploy cyber security […]
Capital One Financial Corp. is moving its chief information security officer out of the role in the wake of the bank’s massive data breach, according to people familiar with the matter. The bank informed employees on Thursday that Michael Johnson will become an adviser and that the bank will begin an external search for a […]
McDermott Will & Emery has hired the co-chair of BakerHostetler’s blockchain technologies and digital currencies team as its global head of privacy and cybersecurity practice in Washington. An experienced privacy and cybersecurity attorney, Laura Jehl has spent the past three decades handling complex data security incidents and led investigations both in-house and in private practice. […]
Haun spent her early years abroad thanks to her parents’ jobs at a Fortune 500 company, and her teenage years in Cairo, Egypt. She moved back to the States to attend Boston University, then Stanford Law School, and began her career as a law clerk. Haun eventually worked for Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy. When […]
Davis Polk today announced that Robert Cohen will join the firm as a partner in the Litigation Department in Washington DC. Mr. Cohen will be a member of the firm’s White Collar Criminal Defense and Government Investigations Group, where he will focus on representing companies and boards in regulatory matters and internal investigations. He joins […]
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that Robert A. Cohen, Chief of the Division of Enforcement’s Cyber Unit, will be leaving the agency in August after 15 years of service. Mr. Cohen is the first Chief of the Cyber Unit, created in 2017. The unit focuses on violations involving digital assets and cryptocurrency, cyber-related trading […]
Eric Welling, former deputy assistant director of the cyber division at the FBI, has been named senior security executive at Accenture, CyberScoop reported Friday. The report said Welling will manage the company’s North America Incident Response Command Center, which analyzes cyber threats and provides security support to customers. via FBI Vet Eric Welling to Joins Accenture as Senior […]
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, the premier provider of legal services to technology, life sciences, and growth enterprises worldwide, announced today that Nikolaos Theodorakis has joined the firm’s privacy and cybersecurity practice as Of Counsel in the Brussels office. via Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati Expands Privacy and Cybersecurity Practice.
It’s no secret that blockchain and cryptocurrency are fast-growing specializations within the financial industry—JPMorgan Chase & Co. just tested its own digital currency—and law firms are busily snatching up lawyers with expertise in the emerging fields. Major, Lindsey & Africa managing director Brian Burlant, who recruits for law firms and in-house legal departments, said it’s been hard to keep […]
“It’s even harder to find the lawyers who are good at technology, because, at least when I was in law school, cybersecurity didn’t exist as a topic you would study as a lawyer,” Adam Hickey, deputy assistant Attorney General, said on Agency in Focus: Justice Department. “And that, fortunately I think, has changed a great […]
FTI Consulting, Inc. today announced the continued expansion of its Cybersecurity practice with the addition of Ronald Yearwood as a Senior Managing Director in San Francisco. Mr. Yearwood joins FTI Consulting from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”), where he was a special agent for more than 23 years. As the FBI’s chief hacker, he most […]
Lisa Monaco, a veteran official of Washington’s highest levels, is joining O’Melveny & Myers as partner and co-chair of the firm’s data security and privacy group. via Ex-Obama Official Lisa Monaco Joins O’Melveny as Data Security and Privacy Co-Chair | National Law Journal.
Morrison & Foerster has hired the head of Proskauer’s privacy & cybersecurity group to join its growing privacy and data security practice. Kristen Mathews, a veteran of cybersecurity law, has joined MoFo as a partner in its New York office. Her move is the latest in a string of recent lateral hires in that office— […]