By Professor Robert Kang, Loyola Law School, Los Angeles
In boardrooms across the nation, there is one risk that stands above all others: cybersecurity. As an ever-evolving threat, companies and the legal profession must also evolve to meet it. In 2010 I started advocating for Southern California businesses and law schools to recognize “cyber law” as a legal practice. There was no interest. Today, however, with cybersecurity as a top business and legal priority, I successfully helped launch Southern California’s first cybersecurity and data privacy law school concentration, and a growing number of companies are looking to hire in-house cyber counsel. But while the demand for bringing this role in-house has increased, many companies don’t understand its nuances. Here are some tips that may help.
1. Understand the Difference Between “Privacy” and “Cyber” Counsel
Many people think that “privacy” and “cybersecurity” lawyers are one-and-the-same; thus if you hire one you also get the other. In fact, though there is overlap between the two practice areas, they are distinct in the same way that litigation and regulatory law may overlap, but are…
