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Information Security & Data Breach Response

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Information security is one of the greatest challenges companies face today. We help our clients succeed with solutions that are legally sophisticated, technically savvy, and operationally practical.

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Security in Practice

Our "Security in Practice" webinar series offers practical strategies for building an information security program and preparing for potential incidents, covering topics like effective tabletop exercises, useful incident response plans, actionable risk assessments, and manageable third-party risk.
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Will You Be Ready if a Breach Occurs?

Our Information Security & Data Breach Response Team provides resources to help you develop your information security and incident response programs. For a more customized approach, contact a member of our team.

Ransomware Guide
Practical guidance for preparing for and responding to ransomware attacks, including legal, operational, communications, and regulatory considerations.
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Incident Preparedness Fixed Fee
A practical assessment designed to help organizations evaluate core incident response capabilities, reporting readiness, governance structures, and operational resilience priorities.
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State Data Breach Notification & Reporting Tracker
Track evolving state breach notification and cybersecurity reporting requirements with this regularly updated resource from DWT’s cybersecurity and privacy team. The tracker helps organizations assess notification obligations, reporting timelines, and key compliance considerations following cyber incidents and data breaches.
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Attorney-Client Privilege in Cyber Incident Response
Cyber incidents often trigger internal investigations, forensic reviews, regulatory scrutiny, and litigation risk. This resource explores key considerations for preserving attorney-client privilege and work product protections during cybersecurity and data breach investigations.

24/7 Breach Response Team

24/7 Breach Response team
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Assistance with assessing and responding to security incidents designed to limit legal liability, preserve system assets, and protect your business reputation. 

Information security is one of the great challenges companies face today. We help our clients succeed with solutions that are legally sophisticated, technically savvy, and operationally practical.

Overview

Legal Expertise

We don't dabble in information security law—we live it every day. From broadly applicable data breach and security laws to technical, sector-specific requirements, our legal advice is shaped by years of experience focused on information security.

Technical Savvy

Understanding our clients' technology is essential to our practice. We believe that only by engaging with complex technical issues can an attorney truly understand the legal risks and challenges that technology creates. Where other attorneys throw up their hands, our team digs in.

Practical Approach

We deliver actionable legal guidance tailored to your organization. We can help you turn esoteric legal requirements into concrete policies and practices that support both your compliance needs and business goals. We'll help you evaluate your legal risks and develop solutions that make both legal and business sense.

Areas of Practice

Our lawyers have advised clients on hundreds of data security incidents and data breaches.

We sharpen our clients' incident response skills through a variety of innovative service offerings.


We help our clients develop information security programs that comply with applicable security laws while supporting business and operational needs.

We untangle complex information security laws, regulations, standards and frameworks and assess our clients' compliance obligations.

We advise our clients on the information security and data strategy aspects of complex commercial and corporate transactions.

24/7 Breach Response Team

24/7 Breach Response team
844-GoToDWT
Assistance with assessing and responding to security incidents designed to limit legal liability, preserve system assets, and protect your business reputation. 
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Our Resources

Our Information Security & Data Breach Response Team provides resources to help you develop your information security and incident response programs.

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State-By-State Data + Privacy Laws

Map of USA Link to /gcp/state-data-breach-statutes Summary of State Breach Notification Statutes Read More Link to /gcp/state-data-breach-statutes
State General Privacy Law Tracker Link to /gcp/state-privacy-laws-tracker/broad-state-privacy-law-tracker State General Privacy Law Tracker Read More Link to /gcp/state-privacy-laws-tracker/broad-state-privacy-law-tracker
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Incident Response Workshops

Whether you have an existing incident response (IR) plan in place or are looking to bring an informal program up to scale, IR workshops from our information security team can help you evaluate the risks and identify priorities that are unique to your organization.

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Practice Contacts

Borgia, Michael
Michael T. Borgia
Partner
Washington, D.C.
202.973.4282
Lewis, Andrew
Andrew M. Lewis
Counsel
San Francisco
415.276.6563

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Ready to tackle your next challenge, or simply have questions? Let's talk. Our team is ready to help you navigate complexity with clarity, confidence, and results.

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