Incident Response: Investigate suspected and actual data breaches, advise on notification and remediation and represent clients in regulatory proceedings. Recent matters include engagements with a publicly-traded mortgage lender, a registered investment company, a manufacturer and e-commerce merchant and a leading public university.

Controls Enhancement: Lead media company’s post-breach evaluations of incident response plans and privacy policies.

Cyber Due Diligence: Advise in M&A deals on sufficiency of cybersecurity disclosures, representations and warranties.

Crime Prevention: Assist global company to investigate and halt attempts by overseas perpetrator to steal online platform.

Employment Investigation: Unmask rogue employee, averting suit by business whose website he hacked and defaced.

Criminal Defense: Convince district attorney’s office not to prosecute client whom former employer accused him of hacking lead information.

IP Protection: Lead investigation to unmask seller of pirated copies of secure standardized tests. Represent exam developer in federal lawsuit that culminated in seller paying all investigative and litigation costs and surrendering domain.

Internal Investigation. Conduct inquiry within Fortune 500 client to determine cause and scope of decades-long regulatory violation.  Findings drove reforms and employee disciplinary actions, including termination.

Expert Trial Advisor: In trial of Madoff employees, advised defendant programmers’ counsel on strategies for cross-examining government’s computer expert.

Cybercrime Inquiry & Referral: Investigated network intrusion that shuttered multinational client’s U.S operations. Traced attack to client’s former employee and persuaded federal authorities to prosecute.