As part of its Cyber Savvy webinar series, McDonald Hopkins will present "The Anatomy of a Data Breach: What you need to know to be prepared" on Wednesday, November 16, from 2 to 3 p.m.
Data breaches are occurring rapidly and everyone is at risk, Preparation for a proper response is critical for a business due to the potential long-term damaging affects of a breach. What can businesses do to mitigate the impact?
In this webinar presented by the McDonald Hopkins Data Privacy & Cybersecurity Practice Group, attorneys Sean Bowen of the Detroit office and Blair Dawson of the Chicago office will provide an overview of actions that need to happen once a business detects a data breach in its system.
Topics to be covered include:
• Verification of the breach
• Containment and mitigation
• Investigation and analysis
• Notification plans
• Post-notification and what is involved
An associate at McDonald Hopkins in Detroit, Bowen is accredited by the International Association of Privacy Professionals as a certified information privacy professional for the U.S.
Bowen's practice focuses on advising clients on best practices to prevent and respond to data privacy and cybersecurity matters such as ransomware attacks and email comprises. His expertise includes providing pre-breach and incident response counseling and managing all aspects of cybersecurity incident response, including forensic investigations and remediation, media and third party communications, data mining, breach notification, subrogation, and litigation. Bowen has experience managing media and third party communications with state, federal and international regulators and represents his clients in connections with government investigations that arise out of cybersecurity issues.
In addition to his years of experience as a data privacy and cybersecurity attorney, Bowen served as a senior analyst handling compliance matters for a Fortune 50 health insurance company and also was a prosecutor and defense litigation attorney at the New York City Law Department, where he conducted several trials and hearings. He is also a U.S. Army veteran, having served for over six years, attaining the rank of captain.
Bowen received his B.S. in criminal justice from East Carolina University. He went on to earn his law degree at Rutgers Law School.
For additional information on the "The Anatomy of a Data Breach: What you need to know to be prepared" webinar, visit https://mcdonaldhopkins.com and click on "events."
