Cybersecurity and Emerging Legal Standards: An Expanded Threat Landscape Puts Vital Assets at Risk

Data Security and Privacy attorney Mark Melodia co-authored an article for the PLI Chronicle about the cyber threat landscape and how organizations will need to pivot moving forward to combat and handle cybersecurity incidents. The size of the cyber attack surface has exploded in recent years and will remain a significant concern in a post-COVID world.

Organizations who decide to move to a full-time or even partially remote workforce will permanently have more access points to their networks and databases, and thus to their sensitive or proprietary information and data—in other words, additional ways for savvy cyber actors to gain access and cause significant damages if not properly safeguarded. This article discusses what happens when data is accessed by an unauthorized party and how to appropriately respond to a cybersecurity incident.

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