Top Five Tips To Protect Privilege In A Data Breach

When your organization is addressing a cyber-attack or other data breach, protecting privilege is crucial. In the aftermath of a data breach, events can move very quickly. However, appropriate steps should be taken to ensure that the privileged and confidential documents generated in your breach investigation and response stay that way. Shortcuts taken for expediency's sake can lead to problems later, particularly in the event of litigation. Protecting privilege is important to preserve the confidentiality of your discussions with counsel and other documents generated in your breach response, to guard against the risk of such materials being producible in future litigation.

Here are our top five tips for protecting privilege in the context of a data breach: