NYU Law Forum—The SolarWinds Breach: What Happened and Where Do We Go From Here?
In early 2020, the company SolarWinds suffered a massive cybersecurity breach of its software that went undetected for many months and had the effect of compromising a number of U.S. government agencies in addition to many private sector companies. Our understanding of the scale and scope of the attack is still unfolding, and the breach will constitute an early challenge for the Biden Administration. As more information comes out about the breadth of the hack—widely suspected to be the product of a foreign espionage campaign—and its impact on both the U.S. government and the private sector, our panelists will address what happened, who has responsibility, what is the legal landscape, and what can be done to address the breach.
This program is co-sponsored by the Reiss Center on Law and Security and the NYU Center for Cybersecurity
Panelists
Edward Amoroso, Edward Amoroso, Research Professor, NYU Center for Cybersecurity; CEO, TAG Cyber LLC
Kristen Eichensehr, Professor of Law and Director, National Security Law Center, University of Virginia School of Law
Judith Germano, Senior Fellow, Reiss Center on Law and Security; Distinguished Fellow, NYU Center for Cybersecurity; Adjunct Professor of Law, NYU School of Law
Aaron Hughes, Group Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer, Albertsons Companies; Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Cyber Policy, US Department of Defense, 2015-2017
Randal Milch, Co-Chair, NYU Center for Cybersecurity, Distinguished Fellow, Reiss Center on Law and Security, and Professor of Practice at NYU School of Law
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This event has been approved for one New York State CLE credit in the category of Areas of Professional Practice. The credit is both transitional and nontransitional; it is appropriate for both experienced and newly admitted attorneys.