Kim Peretti, co-chair of the firm’s Security Incident Management & Response Team, will be a featured speaker during the second annual Cybersecurity Law Institute sponsored by the Georgetown University Law Center. Cybersecurity continues to stay in the news in 2014 as the White House calls for a “Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights” for the digital age. What […]
OCR and ONC Release New Security Risk Assessment Tool
Late last week, the HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) and Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) released a security risk assessment (SRA) tool designed to help health care providers conduct risk assessments as required by the HIPAA Security Rule. Under the Security Rule, health care providers must perform risk assessments […]
Alston & Bird and Kroll Hosting Webinar: Global Breach Investigations in a Post Snowden World – New Standards, New Challenges
Jim Harvey, partner and co-chair of the firm’s Privacy & Data Security team and the Security Incident Management and Response Team, will moderate a panel discussion during this April 2 webinar. The featured speakers are Kim Peretti, Partner and co-chair of the firm’s Security Incident Management & Response Team, E.J. Hilbert, Managing Director and Head of […]
Alston & Bird Hosting Privacy, Innovation and Big Data Program Organized by the American Constitution Society
On March 25, Alston & Bird partner David Keating to moderate panel discussion organized by the American Constitution Society and Georgia State Bar on Big Data. Featured speakers are Georgia Tech’s Peter Swire, Acxiom’s Jerry Jones, FTC’s Cindy Liebes, and attorney Gerald Weber. David Keating, Partner and co-chair of the firm’s Privacy & Security team, […]
Kristy Brown Speaking at Federal Bar Association Cyber Liability Luncheon
Kristy Brown, chair of the firm’s Telecommunications & Technology, and Privacy Litigation Practice Teams, will be a featured speaker at a lunch program sponsored by the Atlanta Chapter of the Federal Bar Association and hosted in Alston & Bird’s Atlanta office on March 25. Recent news stories about government surveillance, data breaches and hacking have made […]