"Help, we’ve been hacked!"
A Step-by-Step Guide to Responding to a Cyber Attack

Joint Business Law and Privacy & Access Law Sections

Recording

Description

You’ve just been informed of a cyber attack affecting your company (or your client). The steps you take next are critical in managing risk, mitigating any losses, addressing data privacy issues, and ensuring compliance with your legal obligations. Join us as we outline essential incident response activities, and explain how both federal and provincial laws are evolving to address ever-changing cyber threats.

SPEAKERs

Jane Elise Bates, Cox & Palmer

Jane Elise Bates currently serves as Counsel and Innovation Lead in Cox & Palmer's Halifax office and is Vice-Chair of the CBA-NS Business Law Section. Before joining private practice, Jane spent 15 years working as corporate counsel within government and multi-national corporations in the telecommunications, security, defence, and aviation industries. In 2015, she was awarded 'In-House Counsel of the Year' at the Australian Law Awards.
Jane is a Certified Information Privacy Professional and worked in Australia and France before relocating to Canada. Prior to joining Cox & Palmer, Jane served as the Executive Director of the CBA in Nova Scotia and was instrumental in leading the branch's response to the pandemic.

Matt Saunders, Deloitte Legal

Matt Saunders is a data privacy and cybersecurity lawyer at Deloitte Legal Canada. He is also Chair of the CBA-NS Privacy & Access to Information Law Section and holds an IAPP certification for Canada. Presently, Matt's work focuses on managing complex multidisciplinary mandates in privacy and cybersecurity, and acting as a breach coach for large data incidents.