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Cyber-attacks and data breaches are disruptive, stressful, and costly. Reputational damage can have serious and long-lasting repercussions, and regaining trust from key stakeholders is challenging. Without the right support, you might find yourself dealing with a crisis spiralling out of control.

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If you have a digital footprint, you’ll encounter the risk of phishing scams, ransomware attacks, accidental data loss, supply chain vulnerabilities and payment fraud. With the right specialist cyber law team supporting you, you can be assured that you have the expertise to help you prevent attacks and minimise risks from the outset. Should the worst happen, they will help coordinate your response so that you can recover from an incident quickly and manage any exposure.

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You’ll benefit from a team that comprises experts with deep knowledge of all aspects of cyber security, alongside specialists from the insurance and data protection sectors. How can we help you with this? Firstly by ensuring you stay one step ahead - with proactive prevention and response strategies. Then we’ll ensure you have thorough post-event management and investigations to mitigate a data breach and prevent a recurrence. You know as well as we do that whenever there’s a cyber risk event, time is of the essence so you can expect a fast and efficient response from us.

Our advice will ensure you meet any legal reporting obligations, but also help you quickly and securely recover your systems and prepare effective communication plans. After the event, we advise on regulatory investigations and claims for compensation. Whatever the cause, when your data and reputation are at risk our team will make sure that business interruption is kept to a minimum.

In need of a cyber security lawyer? Look no further.
At Womble Bond Dickinson we have an exceptional team of talented lawyers and business professionals who can offer guidance and find the solutions right for your business. We have both broad and niche expertise across all our UK and US offices
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How we've made a difference

The proof's in our experience

  • An international tech company that suffered a ransomware attack and data exfiltration; we advised on its cross-border response to UK, EU and US regulatory investigations, customer claims and class action defences
  • Advising a pension fund on responding to the loss of pensions data arising from the exploitation of a zero-day vulnerability in its IT systems
  • Helping an international logistics company respond to a ransomware attack that rendered it inoperable
  • Various cyber insurance companies on handling incidents affecting Insureds and on policy coverage and claims
  • Managing a major security breach where hard drives containing 3,000,000+ banking records were lost.
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