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Practice Areas :
Business
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Information Security and Risk Analysis
Attorneys in the Patton Boggs Information Security group advise banks and financial institutions on a range of information security issues, from data control to cybertheft prevention to minimizing liability stemming from information security breaches. The group includes members of the firm’s banking, business, public policy, and litigation practices.
Because of our team’s unique spectrum of capabilities, Patton Boggs is able to offer clients an in-depth analysis of their computer systems’ vulnerabilities, as well as an assessment of the legal implications of information security breaches or thefts. Through this two-pronged approach, we are able to offer our clients the ability to avoid, and where necessary, effectively manage a potential crisis involving electronic information, identity and assets theft.
An analysis of a client’s computer security system may include the following categories:
Information security issues also hold important public policy implications. Thus, in addition to providing review and assessment of information security systems for individual clients, Patton Boggs attorneys are working with their contacts in federal departments and agencies and on Capitol Hill to prevent the imposition of draconian measures that could be introduced to control information and cybersecurity issues. Such regulations, for example, might impose Sarbanes-Oxley style regulations with regard to the treatment of sensitive customer financial information. Banks and financial institutions could be forced to contend with congressionally enacted “strict liability” standards for failure to adopt the necessary systems and protections for handling and storage of customer’s personal financial information. Our goal is to prevent such drastic measures while at the same time encouraging policies that would work to the advantage of our clients.
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