Kimberly Peretti

About Kimberly Peretti

Kim is a former DOJ cybercrime prosecutor and former director of PwC’s cyber forensics group. She has over 20 years of experience in cybercrime, data breach response, and cybersecurity and delivers top-of-the-line cyber risk management and information security counsel to her clients. Kim is co-lead of our Cybersecurity Preparedness & Response Team.

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The NYDFS Brings First Enforcement Action under the Cybersecurity Regulation

July 27, 2020 By Kimberly Peretti, Amy Mushahwar and Dorian Simmons

On Tuesday, July 21, 2020, the New York Department of Financial Services (the “NYDFS”) brought its first enforcement action under its Cybersecurity Regulation (the “Regulation”) against a large title insurer (the “Company”) for failing to protect sensitive personal information. The NYDFS is seeking civil monetary penalties, an order requiring the Company to remedy the alleged […]

UK National Cyber Security Centre Advisory: Russian Attackers, APT29, Targets Companies Involved in COVID-19 Vaccine Development

July 17, 2020 By Amy Mushahwar, Kimberly Peretti and Larry Sommerfeld

Yesterday, the UK National Cyber Security Centre and Canada’s Communications Security Establishment released an advisory linking APT29 (also known as, ‘the Dukes’ or ‘Cozy Bear’) to attacks against COVID-19 vaccine development in Canada, the US and the UK. The Advisory stated that APT29 is “almost certainly part of the Russian intelligence services.” APT29/Cozy Bear was […]

Warning: Iranian Cyber Response Possible Against Private Industry

January 7, 2020 By James Harvey, Kimberly Peretti and Amy Mushahwar

After Friday’s announcement of the killing of Major General Qassem Soleimani, a leader of Iran’s Quds Force, several regulators have put industry on high alert of the increased potential for cyber-attack. Iran has a known history of launching cyber-attacks against US industry, and regulators warn industry to prepare for a possible rise in cyber-attacks. The […]

DOJ to Host Cybersecurity Roundtable on Data Breaches

April 27, 2015 By Kimberly Peretti

On April 29, 2015, the Department of Justice’s Criminal Division will host a cybersecurity industry roundtable on data breaches. The event, which will include audience question and answer sessions, will focus on a range of recent industry developments. The event will feature a discussion of cybersecurity from the national security perspective by John P. Carlin, […]

Retail Breaches: Investigating Payment Card Breaches

January 29, 2014 By Kimberly Peretti

“Challenges in Conducting Breach Investigations: Part 2,” was published in April 2013 by Law360, however, given the recent spate of retail breaches involving payment cards, it is highly relevant to entities experiencing these types of incidents. The article describes some of the challenges to conducting breach investigations in response to increasingly sophisticated attacks. In particular, […]