What CISOs Want Lawyers to Understand About Cybersecurity

As security and privacy threats and regulations proliferate, it is more important than ever for in-house counsel to collaborate with a company’s information security team to mitigate risks and protect their organization’s confidential information. At a recent panel at Georgetown Law’s Cybersecurity Law Institute, CISOs from Deloitte, BDP and Northrop Grumman shared advice about how lawyers and information security professionals can achieve that goal. The panelists addressed fostering a collaborative relationship, areas of tension between legal and IT, and how counsel can more effectively act as advocates for mitigating data security and privacy risk. See also “Coordinating Legal and Security Teams in the Current Cybersecurity Landscape”: Part One (Jul. 1, 2015); Part Two (Jul. 15, 2015).

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