How Attorneys Orchestrate Cyberattack Investigations

Doug DePeppe of the firm eosedge Legal, a Trust Partner of IR Global, was recently interviewed in this podcast and described the central role cyberlaw counsel plays in breach coaching after a cyberattack. His narrative during the video runs through the initial advantages – and the best practice – of utilizing counsel for the advantages of legal privilege, so that discovery of damaging evidence might be enveloped inside a "cone of silence". Next, he articulates how a breach coach directs the investigation in ways that focus on the potential theft of personally identifiable information (PII). He explains that determining PII loss is the central question for determining whether the legal definition of "data breach" has been triggered from the attack.