Kim Peretti, co-chair of the firm’s Security Incident Management & Response Team, authored (with contributions from associate Lou Dennig) the Bloomberg BNA article, “Cyber Threat Intelligence: To Share or Not to Share—What Are the Real Concerns?” In the article, Peretti discusses the importance of exchanging cyberthreat information and the concerns relating to information sharing, as […]
Board Governance & Cyber Risk Management
Inside Counsel Talks Cybersecurity with Kim Peretti Ahead of WIPL Conference
Kim Peretti, a partner in the firm’s White Collar Crime Group, discussed cybersecurity and the upcoming Women, Influence & Power in Law Conference with Inside Counsel. “From a legal standpoint, the risk exposure for a cyberattack has continued to rapidly increase,” and senior executives and board members play an important role in their company’s cybersecurity, said […]
Alston & Bird Hosting Event: The Evolving Cyber Insurance Market: Key Issues and Challenges
Kim Peretti, partner and co-chair of the firm’s Security Incident Management and Response Team, will moderate a panel discussion during this September 11 event. The featured speakers are Tom Finan, Senior Cybersecurity Strategist and Counsel with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, and Sean Hyatt, counsel in the firm’s Litigation & Trial Practice Group and […]
Kim Peretti Interviewed by BankInfoSecurity
Kim Peretti, co-chair of the firm’s Security Incident Management & Response Team, was interviewed by BankInfoSecurity about what boards must know about security issues and how to keep directors risk-aware. In the interview, titled “Cybersecurity: What Boards Must Know,” Peretti discusses what directors don’t know about security, the pre- and post-breach responsibilities of boards, and how […]
Secret Service Estimates in Follow-Up Advisory that “Backoff” Malware Affected 1,000 U.S. Businesses
On Friday, August 22 the Department of Homeland Security (“DHS”) and U.S. Secret Service released an advisory warning that a family of malware known as “Backoff” may have infiltrated the Point of Sale (“PoS”) systems of over 1,000 U.S. businesses. The malware was injected into some systems as far as back as October 2013, and DHS warns […]