Enterprises Overlook Legal Issues In Breach Preparedness

Scott L. Vernick was quoted in the CSO Online article, "Enterprises Overlook Legal Issues in Breach Preparedness." Full text can be found in the May 1, 2015, issue, but a synopsis is below.

A recent study by Hanover Research revealed that while approximately 54 percent of companies have conducted an audit of cyber threats, only 33 percent involved legal departments in the audit process.

According to noted privacy attorney Scott Vernick, this presents a problem because IT or security staff typically focus on physical and electric security, not necessarily the legal, compliance or privacy issues of a data breach.

"They won't necessarily be sensitive to or be able to spot the issues that the lawyers are thinking about," Vernick said."The ideal is to have everyone working together."