Dan Clark, Corporate Counsel: Boards of Directors Are Showing Increased Concern Over Cybersecurity

Extract from Dan Clark’s article “Boards of Directors Are Showing Increased Concern Over Cybersecurity”

Increased regulation and litigation coupled with the growing threat of hackers disrupting a company have led boards of directors to become more involved in their companies’ cyberincident response plans.

“Compliance and new regulations, whether it’s a cross-sector of regulation like GDPR [General Data Protection Regulation] or a sector-specific regulator, these are certainly things that are driving the board to pay closer attention,” said Michael Mahoney, a partner at Tapestry Networks and the Cyber Risk Director Network lead.

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