The Relationship Between Roles: Legal Counsel And Information Security | Redefining CyberSecurity With Cody Wamsley And Diego Fernández

Way too often, we think of cybersecurity professionals as if they come from another galaxy; Aliens, with no understanding of the business and not much to contribute to it. Well, it's not true. In this series, we explain why.

There are exciting intersections between law, compliance, security, privacy, contracts, and business. It's time we talk about the value of building a strong relationship between information security and the legal team.

Suppose things were not already uneasy; to make things even more interesting, let's consider policy differences around the world. These can impact how organizations define and run their business, collect and store their data, protect their information and systems, and demonstrate that they are doing the "right thing." Toss in the 3rd-party vendor ecosystem, and now we're having fun. Unless, of course, the InfoSec and legal teams are working in silos, unknowingly causing the other team angst and pain—or worse—actively working against each other, bringing disruption to operational efficiencies and harm to the overall business.

Legal processes have been around for donkeys years. InfoSec practices, not so much. So, how do two lawyers familiar with security and privacy law (among other things)—and that also have a hand in information security practices—view the relationship between the two roles?

We're glad you asked. Have a listen to find out.

Guests Cody Wamsley, Associate at Dorsey & Whitney LLP (@codywamsley on Twitter)

Diego Fernández, Partner IP, IT & Privacy - RegTech- Marval, O'Farrell & Mairal (@DferDiego on Twitter)

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